Flavius Josephus Carpenter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFlavius Josephus Carpenter
American businessman
Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1851
Place of Birth: Franklin County, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 02-Aug-1933
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Flavius Josephus Carpenter
- Flavius Josephus Carpenter, born March 24, 1851 in Franklin County, Georgia, died August 2, 1933, at home in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, was an American Civil War veteran, steamboat captain, U.S.
- Marshal, and entrepreneurial businessman.He selected sites for two Arkansas Power & Light (now Entergy Arkansas, a subsidiary of Entergy) dams on the upper Ouachita River: Remmel Dam, which created Lake Catherine, and Carpenter Dam), which created Lake Hamilton in 1931.
- Carpenter Dam was named for him.
- Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine in Hot Spring County, Arkansas now sit upstream and downstream of Carpenter Dam.
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