Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Carpenter Middle School is a public school serving grades 6-8 within the Plano Independent School District (Collin County, Texas). Established in 1978, the school was named for Captain Robert Washington "R.W." Carpenter, a prominent early settler in the Plano area. Land formerly farmed by his son, Gip Carpenter, became the site for Carpenter M.S. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, R.W. organized a troop of cavalry for the Confederate States of America of which he was elected captain, a title he was to bear for the rest of his life. He was among the Collin County men who loaned money to help establish Add-Ran College, now Texas Christian University. He and his first wife raised eight children, including an orphaned son of Lanson Clark, Richard C. Clark, for whom R. C. Clark High School (also in PISD) is named. R.W. Carpenter died in 1898 and is interred in Bethany Cemetery in Plano.. }
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- Carpenter_Middle_School_(Plano,_Texas) abstract "Carpenter Middle School is a public school serving grades 6-8 within the Plano Independent School District (Collin County, Texas). Established in 1978, the school was named for Captain Robert Washington "R.W." Carpenter, a prominent early settler in the Plano area. Land formerly farmed by his son, Gip Carpenter, became the site for Carpenter M.S. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, R.W. organized a troop of cavalry for the Confederate States of America of which he was elected captain, a title he was to bear for the rest of his life. He was among the Collin County men who loaned money to help establish Add-Ran College, now Texas Christian University. He and his first wife raised eight children, including an orphaned son of Lanson Clark, Richard C. Clark, for whom R. C. Clark High School (also in PISD) is named. R.W. Carpenter died in 1898 and is interred in Bethany Cemetery in Plano.".