James Lewis Carpenter was born 10 September 1894 in Indian City, Payne County, Oklahoma, United States to David Nelson Carpenter (1871-1943) and Elizabeth York (1873-1941) and died 5 September 1970 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of unspecified causes. He married Louellen Quarles (1909-1988) 1 November 1925 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Flossie Lillian Carpenter (1926-2012) | 28 April 1926 Oklahoma, United States | 28 September 2012 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States | Glen Pelton Winkler (c1925-2013) |
| Jesse James Carpenter (1927-2013) | 21 July 1927 Boynton, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States | 17 May 2013 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States | Frances Leona McCrite (1934-1970) |
| Wennona Elma Carpenter (1928-2017) | 15 July 1928 Oklahoma, United States | 10 January 2017 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States | Romeo Joseph Ingley (1914-1999) |
| Roy Carpenter (1930) | 1930 Oklahoma, United States | Claudine Ann Clawson | |
| Alene Carpenter (c1934) | |||
| David Nelson Carpenter (1944) | |||