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    <abstract id="aspace_89707fcdfbe4ec00181e3131621b8a4f">A history of the Jacob Carpenter family of Barbour County. Immigrating from Germany, Jacob settled in the United States in 1810. Much of the content is an account of pioneer and rustic ways of life in the early days of West Virginia.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jacob Carpenter Family History, A&amp;M 2502, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018760" source="lcsh">Barbour County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Farms and farming.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052074" source="lcsh">Frontier and pioneer life</subject>
    <persname source="ingest">Carpenter, Jacob family.</persname>
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