Shelt Carpenter (Fiddle Player)
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Shelton "Shelt" Carpenter, born February 7, 1862 at Sutton, West Virginia
, died April 28, 1937, was an outdoorsman, fiddle player, and mountain folklife
philosopher of note. He is interred in the Braxton County Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Sutton, West Virginia
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Sutton, West Virginia
Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia. Interstate 79, a major north-south route, connects with Appalachian...
, died April 28, 1937, was an outdoorsman, fiddle player, and mountain folklife
Folklife
Folklife is an extension of, and often an alternate term for the subject of, folklore. The term gained usage in the United States in the 1960s from its use by such folklore scholars as Don Yoder and Warren Roberts, who wished to recognize that the study of folklore goes beyond oral genres to...
philosopher of note. He is interred in the Braxton County Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Sutton, West Virginia
Sutton, West Virginia
Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia. Interstate 79, a major north-south route, connects with Appalachian...
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