Census of 1930 - William C. Carpenter, Bay City, Matagorda County, age 72, born circa 1858 in Alabama, lawyer.
FamilySearch .
W.C. Carpenter, birth date 8/13/1857 in Alabama, death date 9/8/1934 [sic] in Bay City, Matagorda County, lawyer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.C. Carpenter, birth date 8/13/1857, death date 10/8/1934, "Son of Dr. Perry S. and Martha C. Carpenter of Vienna, Alabama," burial in Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, Matagorda County. Includes funeral notice.
Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/3/1929, p. 9.
Houston Post-Dispatch .
Carpenter, W. C. (born c.1871) — of Bay City, Matagorda County, Tex. Born in Alabama. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives 21st District, 1921-23, 1929. Burial location unknown.
Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries .
Death date 10/8/1934 in Bay City, "Former Solon Dies," 10/9/1934, p. 10.
Port Arthur News .