J. P. Carnahan
American Professor
About J. P. Carnahan
Lived 1832 – 1912 (aged 79). J. P. Carnahan was a military officer, confederate States Army, people's Party (United States) and professor.
Jacob Preston Carnahan (September 22, 1832 – July 16, 1912) was an American Confederate officer, a professor of mathematics, and Populist politician in Arkansas. He ran for governor.
Early life Carnahan was born in Canehill, Arkansas on September 22, 1832. He attended the Cane Hill School and graduated from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Politician He was candidate for governor with the People's Party of Arkansas in 1892, receiving 31,116 of 156,186 (20%) votes, losing to Democrat William Meade Fishback and winning narrowly fewer votes than Republican mayor of Little Rock, William G. Whipple.
Personal life He was married to Susan Amelia Crawford Carnahan. They had five children, three daughters Evalyn "Eve" Carnahan (Quailie), Mary Clementine "Clem" Carnahan (Moore), Susan E. Carnahan (Rogers), and sons Rev. Alfred E. Carnahan of Cane Hill and James Crawford Carnahan.
He died July 16, 1912, at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Susan Rogers, near Prairie Grove. He was buried at Cane Hill..
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J. P. Carnahan was born on 22 September 1832 in Canehill.
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J. P. Carnahan died on 16 July 1912 in Prairie Grove.
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J. P. Carnahan was a military officer, confederate States Army, people's Party (United States) and professor.
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