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词条 J. P. Carnahan
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Civil War

  3. Educator

  4. Politician

  5. Personal life

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox person
|name = J. P. Carnahan
|image = JP Carnahan.jpg
|birth_name = Jacob Preston Carnahan
|birth_date = {{birth date|1832|09|22}}
|birth_place = Canehill, Arkansas, United States
|alma_mater = Cumberland University
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|7|16|1832|09|22}}
|death_place = Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States
|occupation = Confederate States Army captain, professor, Populist politician
|spouse = Susan Amelia Crawford Carnahan
|children = 5
}}

Jacob Preston Carnahan (1832-1912) was an American Confederate officer, a professor of mathematics, and Populist politician.

Early life

Carnahan was born in Canehill, Arkansas[1] on September 22, 1832. He attended the Cane Hill School;{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} he later graduated from what became Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.[1]

Civil War

Carnahan was a captain in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, he commanded Company G of the 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, involved in the bloody Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, also known as the Battle of Pea Ridge.[1]

Educator

He was a professor of mathematics at Cane Hill College, formerly Cane Hill School from 1869 to 1883.[2][3]

Politician

He was candidate for governor with the People's Party of Arkansas in 1892,[4] receiving 31,116 of 156,186 (20%) votes,[5] losing to Democrat William Meade Fishback and winning narrowly fewer votes than Republican mayor of Little Rock, William G. Whipple.[6]

Personal life

He was married to Susan Amelia Crawford Carnahan.[7] They had five children, three daughters (Mrs. Clem Moore, Mrs. Quaile, Mrs. John Rogers), and sons Rev. Alfred E. Carnahan of Cane Hill and James Carnahan. He died July 16, 1912 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Rogers, near Prairie Grove. He was buried at Cane Hill.[1]

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.luginbuel.com/deceased-records/person/jacob-preston-carnahan-1832-1912 |title=Jacob Preston Carnahan Obituary |authorlink=The Fayetteville Sentinel |website=Luginbuel Funeral Home |access-date=May 23, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional, and Private Records ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFW0FccemgAC&pg=PA268|year=1889|publisher=Goodspeed Publishing Company|pages=272–273}}
3. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273051912/?terms=%22J.%2BP.%2BCarnahan%22 |title=Cane Hill College |date=August 20, 1870 |work=Fayetteville Weekly Democrat |access-date=May 23, 2018 |page=3 |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com}}
4. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/132622253/?terms=Jacob%252BCarnahan |title=Third Party Ticket: Carnahan for Governor and Complete State Ticket |date=June 23, 1892 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |access-date=May 23, 2018 |page=3 |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Arkansas Historical Association|title=Publications, Volume I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysoUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA226|year=1906|page=226}}
6. ^{{cite book|author1=Jeannie M. Whayne|author2=Thomas A. DeBlack|author3=George Sabo|title=Arkansas: A Narrative History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq5UDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA252|date=15 October 2017|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-61075-043-1|page=252}}
7. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309689060/?terms=Susan%252BAmelia%252BCrawford%252BCarnahan |title=Historical Group will Pay Tribute to Three Sisters |date=October 14, 1956 |work=The Springfield News-Leader |access-date=May 23, 2018 |page=43 |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com}}

External links

  • {{Find a grave|id=39701971|name=J. P. Carnahan}}
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnahan, J. P.}}

6 : 1832 births|1912 deaths|Confederate States Army officers|Arkansas Populists|Mathematicians from Arkansas|Cumberland University alumni

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