Flavius Josephus Carpenter

Flavius Josephus Carpenter was an American businessman from Arkansas. He is best known for selecting the locations of two hydroelectric dams for Arkansas Power & Light on the Ouachita River, forming Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine. He was also an, steamboat captain, and deputy United States marshal.

Early life

He married on June 2, 1877, in Clark County, Arkansas, to Jane Elizabeth Wallis, who was born in August 1857 in Missouri; they were the parents of eight children.