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Left to Right: Monte, Amy, [on phone] Elmer Gregory, Florence, Ila, Amos Carpenter,
Albert, [Ab] and Effie Gregory. Dave Carpenter is asleep on the floor.
Amos Carpenter was my grandfather and he was, among other things, a photographer.
From what I understand he was more than just a casual photographer because he
developed his own film and sold many photographs. In Florence [Harman] Carpenter's
journal she states that they made quite a lot of money from making pictures. He took this
picture and he is also in the picture, which was quite an accomplishment for those days.
Notice his hands in this picture. He is touching two electrical contacts together to set off the
flash.
Ila Carpenter, the little girl in the center, is my Aunt and she told me many stories about
the family and one thing that always interested me was their picture making techniques.
She helped to develop the film and helped to print the pictures. She gave many details,
which I still have on audio and video tape, of the process that was used then. Quite
primitive by today's standards but modern for those days of around 1910.
This picture was inside the home of Ab and Effie [Harman] Gregory near Steelville, MO.
Effie and Florence, shown here, were sisters, daughters of Job and Catherine [Mallow]
Harman of Steelville, MO.
Monte Lee Gregory, left, seated on the floor, was born Jan. 28, 1903 and died Aug. 14,
1968. He is buried at Liberty Cemetery near Steelville, MO.
Amy, the young lady at the telephone was born Dec. 14, 1895 which would make her about
17 years old in this picture. She married J. C. Brown and died at age 28, Feb. 25, 1923. She
is buried in the Liberty Cemetery near Steelville, MO.
Elmer Gregory, boy seated on floor was born in 1905 and died in 1965. Details unknown at
this time.
Florence Jemima[ Harman] Carpenter, seated in chair near center of picture was born July
16, 1871 to Job and Catherine [Mallow] Harman, in or near Steelville, MO. She was about
41 years old in this picture. She married Amos P. Carpenter on Dec 16, 1891 at Steelville,
MO. Later they moved to the area of Hitchita, Oklahoma, then moved back to Steelville
and then back to Oklahoma again. This picture was taken on one of their many visits to
Steelville while living in Oklahoma. She died on June 10, 1955 at her home in Claremore,
Oklahoma and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. Florence was my grandmother.
Ila Maud Carpenter, the little girl standing by Florence, was born May 11, 1904. She
married Solon Criswell May 16, 1919. After his death she married J. P. Brakebill May 18,
1927. She died in Claremore Feb. 2, 1994 and is buried beside her husband in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Claremore, Oklahoma. Ila was my Aunt.
Amos Pitts Carpenter, taking the picture by remote control, was born July 11, 1870 in
Franklin County, MO. He was about 42 years old in this picture. He married Florence
Jemima Harman Dec. 16, 1891 at Steelville, MO. He died at his home in Claremore,
Oklahoma Oct. 28, 1948. He is buried beside Florence in Woodlawn Cemetery in
Claremore, Oklahoma. Amos was my grandfather.
Albert [Ab] Gregory was born July 1, 1870. On July 28, 1895, he married Effie Harman.
He died Aug. 30, 1932 in St. Louis, MO. He is buried by his wife, Effie, at Liberty
Cemetery, near Steelville, MO.
Effie [Harman] Gregory was born March 26, 1875 in or near Steelville MO to Job and
Catherine [Mallow] Harman. She married Albert [AB] Gregory July 28, 1895. She died in
1959 and is buried beside her husband in Liberty Cemetery, near Steelville, MO.
David Algie Carpenter, foreground, asleep on the floor was born January 13, 1908 near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He married Maggie Mae McCaskey Sept. 10, 1927 near Claremore, Oklahoma. He was a farmer near Claremore, Oklahoma most of his adult life. He died April 2, 1962 in Claremore, OK and is buried beside his wife, Maggie, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. David was my Father.
---Jim