Josiah V. Thompson Uniontown, Pa Family Record Book No 16
Marriages Robert Carothers & Sarah Shaw was married April 29, 1824 by Rev J. Gill
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Marriages Robert Carothers & Sarah Shaw was married April 29, 1824 by Rev J. Gill. Births (of their children) Charles Carothers was born Feby 16, 1825 David Shaw Carothers was born May 10, 1826 "in the eavning" James Carothers was born Oct 20, 1827 "in the eavning" Samuel Shaw Carothers was born Oct 24, 1829 "in the eavning" Robert Carothers was born Oct 18, 1831 in the morning Margaret Carothers was born Oct 13, 1833 in the morning John Akin Carothers was born Mch 27, 1836 "in the eavning" Joseph Chriswell Carothers was born Jany 5, 1839 "in the eavning" Jane Elizabeth Carothers was July 3, 1841 in the morning. Deaths Jas Elizabeth Carothers died Mch 25, 1846 in her 5th year Charles Carothers died Apr 14, 1846 in his 22d year Samuel Shaw Carothers died Apr 5, 1847 in his 18th yr All the foregoing is in the handwriting of Robert Carothers. All that follows is in handwriting of Joseph C. except the death of his father so Miss Maxwell says & both were excellent fine scribed. Rev Robert Carothers died Mch 17, 1882 in his 51st year James Carothers died Feby 1895 in his 68th year David Shaw Carothers died May 15, 1900 aged 74 yrs & 5 days Margaret Carothers died Apr 4, 1904 in her 71st year John A. Carothers died June 9, 1920 in his 85th year
Sarah Shaw Carothers died Jany 31, 1891 in her 95 year Miss Maxwell says that Margaret, John A. & Joseph C. Carothers never married & that John A. returned here penniless after an absence & abt 40 yrs & she cared for him for abt 2 yrs & he was then taken to a hospital where he died & is buried at Cross Roads Pres Ch which is abt three miles from here. She says they burned bushels of old letters. We telephoned the cemetery Trust Co Exr of J.C.C. & Earl A. Morton said I could take the old letter with me for two weeks & I am giving Mrs Maxwell a receipt for 174 letters to be returned by May 15, 1926 Leaving 1 PM Miss Maxwell pointed out from the kitchen window (the kitchen being the frame part of the old home) the old home across on the left hand side of the road as we came up which has an upstairs or second floor porch above the first floor porch. This where all Robt Carothers children were born. The house looks small, but Miss Maxwell says it has good sized rooms. V16 Page 314 At residence of Edward Rolfe Williams No 1216 Macon St, Wilkinsburg, Pa May 1, 1926 2:22 PM When I got off the street car from Turtle Creek in Wilkinsburg, no one seemed to know where Macon St was & when asking a policeman, corner of Wood & Penn St, Urbane J. Ewing drove along in his auto & took me in & made inquiries locating the place & drove me by where he lives, corner Center & North Aves & pointed out the home of Mrs Judge J. Boyd Duff just across North from him, but I did not have time to stop. Urbane's ten yr old daughter in 5th grade in school was with him & is gathering stamps & asked if I got any foreign ones to send them to her at Miss Betty Ewing, 1116 Center St, Wilkinsburg, Pa & I told her I would. Mrs Caroline Stewart, widow of Major Robert E. Stewart lives here with her daughter, Mrs Williams. Her granddaughter dressed in pants came front from the back yard where she was painting & went upstairs & called her grandmother who is very distinctively a Markle, being below medium height, not as large as Maggie McMasters, but V16 Page 315 larger than Emma Larimer, but has to a remarkable degree, the H. Cornelia Tinstman aspect. She says she is bothered some with rheumatism. Referring to her grandmother's children, see book 12 page 338, she said there were two daughters who died in infancy & her mother & one son, Marion Markle. She don't know date of Caroline's birth or death. The name of the other one who Mrs Steen did not give me was Florilla. They both died in infancy at West Newton & she supposes are buried at the Old Markle graveyard. She at first thought they were both older than her mother, but when I gave her date of Caroline's birth 1822 & she gave me her mother's, 1824, she concluded that Florilla was younger than her mother. Mrs Stewart's brother, John Huey McMasters has a daughter Maud who married Robert S. Maginni (pronounce Majinny) who live at No 429 10th Ave Munhall, Pa, Tel Homestead 1849 M (verify) who Mrs Williams called up & who can give her father's record for which I am to write her. She has no issue. Maud has an older brother, John H. McMasters who lives Carrick way & has one boy. V16 Page 316 [fermata mark appears here] Her sister, Frances is next after her married Chas H. McCullough & live at 745 Bellaire Ave, Brookline or Mt Lebanon S.S. Pa. They have 3 children living & one dead. She also has a younger brother Howard McMasters who has been away for several years & not heard from & so far as they know is not married. Mrs Stewart's sister, Rachel Huey McMasters was born Nov 23? 1850 & died Sept 14, 1910 On Nov 24, 1870, she married Dr William Lightcap Hunter, son of James Hunter & his wife, Annice Lightcap. He was born Feby 8, 1844 & died Jany 8, 1907 in Edgewood, Pa & he & his wife Rachel are both buried in the Monongahela Cemetery, Braddock, Pa. They had two daughters both born in Turtle Creek Pa. Mrs Stewart's brother David Markle McMasters see book 12 p 338 married 1 Sallie Negley. She is buried in the Allegheny Cemetery in Negley lot. Married 2 Sarah Fulton daughter of Rev Jonathan Fulton & wife Frances. She is living temporarily in Akron, O with her daughter Leonora, who married John Collins & live at 1932 Manchester Road, Akron, O. No issue.
Mrs Stewart's children were: 1. Margaret Stewart born Apr 7, 1869 married Albert C. Dinkey 2. Dr John McMasters Stewart born June 9, 1871 3. Harry McMasters Stewart born Nov 23, 1873 4. Robert Eakin Stewart Jr born Jany 23, 1876 & died Oct 23, 1890 5. Leonora Markle Stewart born May 5, 1878 married Edward R. Williams she my good joint informant 6. James Sterrett Stewart born Oct 13, 1880 named for Judge Sterrett. 7. Caroline Stewart born Jany 11, 1883 married Dr Samuel Harris Johnson 8. David McMasters Stewart born June 19, 1884 & died Oct 11, 1884 She gave me the following grandchildren's records from a little book she had.
Charles Dinkey born July 15, 1895 Leonora Dinkey born Oct 24, 1904 Harry's children: Harry Hawthorne Stewart born June 19, 1901 Margaret Louise Stewart born Jany 16, 1903 Dr John's child: Harriet Stewart born Sept 15, 1909 Caroline's children: Samuel Harris Johnson Jr born Oct 13, 1910 Charles Kline Johnson born Nov 25, 1913 Leonora Williams child: Rebecca Rolfe Williams born Oct 5, 1912 James's girl: Caroline Jane Stewart born Sept 14, 1923
Left at 4:30 PM Mrs Williams drove me in her Ford to corner of Braddock & Hutchinson & I took a street car & transferred to another & reached east Liberty PRR sta at 5 o'clock & took the train there at 5:20 reached Uniontown 7:45 PM got my dinner at Citizens Cafeteria got my mail, got shaved & came out home abt 9:15 PM. It is now 1:42 AM 2d.
My second cousin, Mrs Caroline Markle Stewart of Wilkinsburg, Pa see book 12 p 338 loaned me yesterday afternoon two letters & two rolls all about the Rothermel fortune which she says she recently found among the papers of her father, John H. McMasters & which she said she had not read. The letters are from Jos Bartholomew of Orwigsburgh, Schuylkill Co, Pa the first dated Mch 7, 1854 & the second May 7, 1854. In the 1st letter, he had recd his letter of Jany 27th & had delayed answering until he could get some information & now reports that he recd a letter "some time back" from Fredk Gentner, Esq of Phila, Pa who informed him that he had been to Monroe Co, Pa. See top of next page) (Stroudsburg, Pa, County seat to which go & search) to see a "lawyer named Buck who says he knows where the family record is which I think is quite important? Says "About 3 yrs ago, we sent a man named Forney from Berks Co to Germany to investigate the matter. He brought back the appraisement of the estate with him & says he had a copy of the will, but would never show it to us & says the money can be obtained but he never would give us a definite answer, he paid him $500 to go & unfortunately for us, he was the wrong man to send. If you think this of sufficient
In the 2d letter, he states he had recd his letter of April 13th asking for information concerning the Amsterdam Estate & then goes on to state: "the original legatee was John P. Zimmerman then living in Mainze (was it Mayense) he was married to a woman by the name of Metzgar, they had one son & he died in the age of twenty years, this was all the heir on his side except one sister & she was married to John Rothermel. She immigrated to America in the living time of her brother with the whole family consisting of five sons & one daughter. John Rothermel died on the voyage coming to America. Those Rothermels which immigrated are all dead. There are one or two of the second V16 Page 321 generation (investigate when there & look up Schuylkill Co Hist here) & some of the third generation living in Berks Co. Any information you want, you will have to get from them. All I know from Forney is this. He showed me the statement of the appraiser & he was in the city of Amersterdam where he was told that the money was there in the bank & he said he had a copy of the will, but would not show it at the meeting. There is a lawyer in Monroe Co, who was out on the same errand as Forney & he has all the papers (see above) he took copies from the original papers out of the office & if you will come to me, I will go along with you to see this man". Wants to know if he is a relation & says if he will come on himself, "I will tell you more about the thing". signed I. Bartholamew [sic] One of the rolls is five sheets of paper 8 x 10 1/2 inches written on both sides making ten pages & is headed Rotharmel Heirs Sets out that Sarah Metzgar married a Zimmerman & had a daughter who married a Rotharmel & they had seven children viz: Christian, John, Paul & other boys I don't remember their names and a daughter. John Rotharmel had children, one daughter Maria or Mary married
August Romish } Seishottzville, Berks Co, Pa Solomon Shedley} Breinigsville, Lehigh, Co, Pa Jacob Warm Cassell Jr Hamburg, Berks Co, Pa Paul Rotharmel Maiden Creek Berks Co, Pa Benjamin Walbeits Mertztown, Berks Co, Pa J.H. Rezzler, Dalmatia, Pa Northern Co Jacob Rotharmel, Fleetwood Berks Co, Pa Daniel Bittenbender, Breinigsville, Lehigh Co, Pa Amos Braufz, Maxatawny, Berks Co, Pa Jacob R. Heffner, Monterey, Berks, Co, Pa John Romish, Breinigsville, Lehigh Co, Pa Abraham Romish, 2023 Grand Ave, Phila, Pa This man, John J. Scholl who got Forney's papers has the line of heirship of all the different families of Rotharmel, Steinmans & Zimmermans & Metzgars & all the V16 Page 323 family traced down to the fourth generation & my mother was represented at all the meetings of heirship that was held down in Berks Co viz: Julyann Smith, daughter of Peter Rotharmel & your grandmother was a full cousin of Peter Rothermel. Peter was a son of Christian Rotharmel & your great grandfather John Rotharmel & Christian were brothers. Their will be no trouble to get our line of heirship from Theobald Metzgar down in Berks Co, Pa. Uncle Benjamin Rotharmel was down at the Allentown Pa meeting in 1868 & he said all of Christian Rotharmel's family was represented by an old man who had lived in the Rotharmel family for almost a hundred years & when Christian's heirs were called out, this old man answered to their names: Peter, Martin, Mrs Stenger, Mrs Grosscup, Mrs Heffner, Mrs Long, Mrs Fegley. Christian Rotharmel landed in this country from Holland Aug 29, 1730. He had seven children. John Rotharmel heirs Uncle Benjamin said John Rotharmel's heirs were mostly all represented when their names were called. My oldest sister, Catherine can be qualified to Maria or Mary telling grandmother Rotharmel that she was a V16 Page 324 daughter of John Rotharmel, a brother of Christian. Uncle Benjamin said her name was not called at the meeting in 1868 at Allentown, Pa, but she can be proven along with us. Christ Scholl, get his deposition that Mary Markle was a full cousin of Peter Rotharmel our grandfather. Don't delay for who knows, hard telling what might happen. Death comes quick sometimes. Mrs Barbara Steinman was a sister of Theobald Metzgar. He was never married. He died intestate leaving all his fortune to his brothers & sisters. Mrs Barbara Steinman brought suit twice against the government of Holland & they broke her up both times. The King was a rascal & would not give up the fortune & baffled her off, plucky as she was. I have heard my ancestors tell of her suit over & over again & her suit put our claim on record in the courts of Holland & the law that was passed in 1872 abolishing all claimants previous to 1852 debarring the heirs from ever getting anything or opening up their claims is unconstitutional. Her claims & suit are on record as Forneys papers who investigated in Holland will prove. Those papers which John J. Scholl got off of Forney are all down in Berks or Lehigh Co, Pa. If we could get V16 Page 325 those papers, we could have a clean sail through to the fortune. He has the heirship both of Europe & America. I have written to Berks Co for our heirship. signed. Sam Smith West Newton, Pa. The above is in the handwriting of Sarah Markle daughter of Shep B. Jr & Belle & who then no doubt (no date on them) was in the office of her Uncle A.O. Tinstman. She married a Mills & lives now at Orange or East Orange, NJ. I don't know the handwriting on the two sheets which follow viz: The heirs of Rothermel & Zimmerman estate in Holland will take notice that a meeting was called by the undersigned for Friday Nov 15, 1867 at 10 AM in Aullenbach's hall No 608 Penn St Reading, Berks Co, Pa. The object being to raise money to get someone to go to Holland & get the immense estate for the rightful heirs. Says letters had been recd from Holland offering to buy the shares to perfect title to the property & mentions the estate so amounting to twenty to thirty five million dollars. He urges the heirs to make a final determined effort to get the fortune. States that a recent meeting of the heirs in Lehigh Co, Pa, the following persons work appointed to raise money. V16 Page 326 Treasurer Jacob Warm Kessel, Breinigsville, Lehigh Co, Pa Agents for subscription August Romisch Breinigsville, Lehigh Co, Pa Jacob Warm Kessel Jr Hamburg, Berks Co, Pa Benjamin Walbert, Merztown, Berks Co, Pa Solomon Shadley, Seishottzville, Berks Co, Pa Paul Rotharmel, Maiden Creek, Berks Co, Pa J.H. Reszler, Dalmatia, Northumberland Co, Pa Jacob Rothermel, Fleetwood, Berks Co, Pa Amos Bransy, Maxatawny, Berks Co, Pa John Romich, Breinigsville, Lehigh, Pa Abraham Romich, 2023 Girard Ave, Phila, Pa Daniel L. Bittenbender, Breinigsville, Lehigh Co, Pa Jacob W. Heffner Monterey, Berks Co, Pa
John J. Scholl Secy for the heirs of Rothermel & Zimmerman Estate, Phila, Pa The other roll is three pages on 8 1/2 & 11 inch letter heads of the Markle Paper Co with cousin Cyrus P. Markle's vignette on left & picture of the Mills on the right is copy of a circular "June 16, & 17, 1868 To the Rothermels, Zimmermans V16 Page 327 Steinman, Metzgar & other families of America interested as heirs to the estate left by the death of the Decd General Lieutenant & Governor of Breda, Netherlands, Theobald Metzgar from Weibuorn The undersigned has now ready for delivery his report of the claims of the above families to one of the most valuable estates in the Netherlands estimated at the death of the Decd to have been worth nearly 9,000,000 dollars & has since more than quadrupled itself, growing also a general & complete history of the decd & the application made for the estate with the decision of the Court of Holland also the translation of the work of Dr M. Mohr of Oberingelheim Provinz, Rheimhessen, relating to his investigation of the right of the heirs in 1838 & 1839. Copy of the will, testament & inventory opinion of the U.S. minister on the limitation law & European attorney on the subject. It will also contain the genealogy of the different families from A.D. 1154 down to date a complete record of the pedigree of 3000 families & their origin in a history very valuable for family reference. The work is neatly printed in book form & contains 100 pages closely printed matter. The copies
1 copy for $5 11 copies for $50 All orders & communications should be sent to John J. Scholl Allentown, Lehigh Co, Pa P.S. Those desirous of securing copies should send in their orders without delay in order to secure copies as orders are coming in fast & it will not be republished. The above on this roll is also in Sarah Markle's handwriting. 7:07 PM
On this Markle paper Co Roll was written probably by Sam Smith: "Pleas [sic] return these papers to me when through with them. I did have more letters from friends in Reading Berks Co, but it so long ago that they have been lost. Mrs Leonora Markle McMasters only living child of David Markle, son of Mary Rothermel. Mary was the _____ of twenty children. Mary Rothermel being the second wife. Braddock, Allegheny Co, Pa I am today returning the two letters & two rolls by registered mail to Mrs Stewart & asking if she has any other letters or papers or the 100 page book or if her father ever went to Berks or Lehigh about it. 6:48 AM
In reading the letters 174 in 4 packets, that I got Saturday at the old Carothers home one dated 1st letter Dec 18, 1838 from Col Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah from Harrisburg, Pa speaks of differences & contentions with the "loca focas" in organizing the house & that since his arrival there, he had recd but one letter from her & "one from brother James" & at closing says "I wrote a letter to father, one to Samuel & one to James a few days since". Does he refer to sons when he wrote to Samuel & James (they were but 9 & 11 yrs old see page 312) & I think he referred to brothers. Miss Maxwell said the desk in which were the old letters & the Robert Carothers Bible was always kept locked & that Joseph C. would never tell his age. Said that desk had belonged to Joseph C's grandfather who owned a farm & lived at Monroeville 3 miles back where the Cross Roads Pres Ch is & she said that Joseph C. owned a farm there, which I presume was that of his grandfather whose name I believe was Charles, see book 9 pages 52 to 57 & the letter from his brother Adam in Ky. In the second room back on right hand side is a high desk being that of Col Robt Carothers which is stuffed full of papers & books.
Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah, dated Harrisburg, Pa Jany 29, 1839 Speaks of missing surrounding the family altar & asks "if grandmother is with you & how she is, how your babe is growing (that would be Joseph C. born Jany 5, see page 312) & little John &c. Give my love to all my children, my parents etc" Robert Carothers. Oak Hill May 4, 1926 9:27 AM 3rd letter Robert Carothers to his son Charles Jr dated Hbg Pa Mch 18, 1839 Speaks of his letter of 15th just recd informing him of his grandfather being a little better & in this letter, he, Robt, speaks of having recd a letter from his brother James stating that his father was "verry" ill on the 11th & also that he had last night recd a letter dated 11th from his brother Charles abt his father's condition & asks Charles to give his respects to his (Charles's) mother, grandfather & grandmother. Gives directions about sowing clover seed & Mr Nichol who is mentioned is evidently the hired man in charge of the farm. Says will start home in about ten days (Charles was then 14 yrs 1 mo & 2 days old see p 312) R. Carothers. V16 Page 331 4th letter Robert Carothers to his son Charles Jr dated Mch 23, 1839 Acknowledges receipt of his of the 20th with the gratifying news that his "grandfather is in a fair way of recovery". Says he will start home next Wednesday & will probably go by canal although it will take a day longer than by stage coach as it will be better for his health which has not been good. Robert Carothers. 5th letter Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah dated Hbg Pa Friday Mch 22, 1839 Says he recd a letter yesterday from his brother James saying his father was considerably better & great hopes were entertained of his recovery which was very gratifying as from former letters, he feared he would never see him again alive. Says he "hopes to write my next with my tongue & seal it with my lives" as he will start home next Wednesday 27th by whichever route he can get passage, canal or stage. Robert Carothers.
Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah. Dated Hbg Pa Saturday night May 30, 1840 Asks to give his respects to his father & mother, Robert Carothers
Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah dated Hbg Nov 30, 1838 States that he arrived yesterday morning at 7 o'c coming by stage via of Stewartsville & Ligonier & was sick all the way. Sends respects to "our family, our parents, brothers and sisters" etc. Robert Carothers. The above are notations from seven of the letters in the first packet of 31 letters I took up & are taken just as I came to them without regard to date or previous assorting & arranging. Am now taking up in the same way the second packet ctg 24 letters. 8th letter Robert Carothers to his wife Sarah dated Hbg Jany 9, (Thursday) 1840 States he arrived yesterday at 1:30 PM. Says he left Turtle Creek in an open sled (which would be on Monday morning Jany 6th the morning after (I thought it was the morning after his son Joseph C. was born, but it is a yr later.) in which he traveled to Greensburgh & got on another sled with a coach body in which they traveled to Ligonier & took supper at 8 o'c & reached Stoystown at 2 AM by which time he was quite sick traveling in a closed coach & they were there "reslipt" in an open sled & traveled over the Allegheny mountains in a snowstorm in which five inches fell. At Schellsburgh, they again
Robert Carothers. 9th letter Robert Carothers to his son Charles Jr dated Hbg Jany 18th 1840 Says "you mention that cousin John Wilson & wife paid you a visit. Is it John Wilson that is married to Jane Allen or have we any other cousins of that name" Robert Carothers
James Carothers to his brother Col R. Carothers Harrisburg, Pa Dated Wilkinsburgh, March 26th, 1840 Speaks of Harrison meetings both he & his brother being strong supporters of Harrison & then mentions result of their local elections & says: "In Peebles, Davison & Gore have been successful, I have learned that U. Stewart & Wm Majunken started Joseph Carothers & Peg Beatty & some tickets with Pug Thompson for constable. Some were voting for Saml E. Shaw & others for Wm McElroy for the same honorable office. I believe however the design of the two cut throats was to put Joseph in, but they were detected in time & Stewart went away
Ellen Carothers, Monroeville, Pa to her niece Miss Margaret Carothers at Saltsburgh, Pa dated Aug 29, 185N [sic] Says she recd her letter & tokens of friendship with great joy (it is written in a very fine hand small plain letters but in dilation of an elderly person's writing) but says she is bothered with her old complaint & don't get to sleep until 1 or 2 o'c & if it was not for that, David says he would take me to see you, but I am afraid to leave home. Your Uncle is not well with his head. Jane is as well as usual. We had word from your Uncle Charles, they had been sick but better now. James is working in Allegheny town gets $13 a month & washing & boarding. Tell Aunt May her mother & sisters were here yesterday. They were well. David was here today, he says they are well. Complains the warm weather is hard on her. Says she must excuse writing & spelling as you & me graduated at different colleges. You at Saltsburgh & me in our old "Citchen" & happy was I then. Sends her a token she V16 Page 335 had worn around her neck & hopes she can use it in school & hopes she may soon be home "to your mother & brothers, says "John is handing the girls around like a fine fellow yes in droves". From your affectionate Aunt Elelen [sic] Carothers & says to give her love to Aunt May & Mrs Brown. (This evidently written by a sister of Col Robert Carothers from the fact of her saying coming home to her "mother & brothers" I would say the indisdinct date above in 1854 as her Margaret's father died May 21, 1853 see page 313 top.) 12th letter. James Carothers to his brother Joseph C. Carothers dated "In the old Camp near Fredericksburg, VA Jany 29, 1863" Mentions a couple of slackers who want to go home & states that he sent $40 home yesterday. James Carothers.
James Carothers to his brother Col R. Carothers dated Wilkinsburg, Pa May 28, 1839 Acknowledges receipt of his of 22d & says "Father was so well that he paid us a visit last week & complained but little of fatigue". Condones the ousting of Stevens & says "the virtuous & intelligent part will be constrained to arise & assert their rights" etc. James Carothers.
James Carothers to his brother Col Robt Carothers dated Wilkinsburg, Pa Mch 7, 1839 Says "I was called before daylight this morning to visit father. He had been taken ill in the night with headache & sick stomach accompanied with so much prostration as to alarm the family. I found him suffering intensely with his head & applied a blister to the back of his neck. His faith is triumphant, although he seems to think his time here will be short, but I can't say that I feel alarmed as to the probable result". Says Judge Pentland died last night & that he had been called a few days before to visit him & found him vomiting large quantities of blood from the stomach which he succeeded in stopping for 12 hours but it then returned & killed him (I would infer he is a doctor). "My wife sends her love to you" James Carothers.
J.E. Brown to Robert Carothers Esq dated Kittanning Pa (Gov Post mark is "Kittaning" June 13, 1839 Ackg's receipt of his of 3d on his trip fr a land surveying tour in Erie Co along the Lake & is profuse in this thanks & offers to select & recommend any lands he wants. J.E. Browne (This is my old friend with whom I corresponded 50 yrs ago) V16 Page 337 16th letter M. Hampton to Robert Carothers Esq dated Pittsburgh, May 30, 1840 States receipt of yr favor of 20th inst & says "nothing further has been done than merely to bring suit in your case & nothing further will be done until after yr return"....."Our confidence in the election of old "Tip" is growing stronger & stronger everyday" Your friend etc. M. Hampton This is our Fayette Co Moses Hampton who married a daughter of John Miller & his wife who was daughter of Jacob Beeson & his signature as I well know. 17th letter James Carothers to his brother Col R. Carothers dated Wilkinsburg, Pa May 14, 1839 Says "Father was better last week" & closes with "Matilda (his wife no doubt) joins in her love to you" James Carothers.
"Dear Brother, I would inform you that through Divine Goodness, we are all well etc two weeks since Father was attacked with bleeding at the nose which alarmed us having bled more than a quart the last time, he enjoys tolerable health". He then goes on w V16 Page 338 to tell about the constable election heretofore alluded to saying that after a good many Antis had voted it was discovered that the Locos were voting for constable "search being made it was discovered I was their candidate. We discovered that U (Uriah) Stewart & the McJunkins & Landises were the authors of it" etc result "Stewart was elected by five majority" J.C. Carothers (this is Joseph C. Carothers) "Mch 26, 1840 I take up my pen at your own desk to inform you that your family are all well & atending to business [sic] J.C. Carothers" This finished the packet of 59 letters & I now commence on the 4th & last packet ctg 60 letters 12 o'clock midnight. 19th letter Chas Carothers Jr to his father Mr R. Carothers at Hbg Pa Dated Turtle Creek Pa March 19th, 1840 Acks his of 15th inst says "Grandfather & Aunt Elenor is here the day. Grandfather has got pretty well again. Grandmother is with us now." C. Carothers. N.B. Grandfather, grandmother & mother send their compliments to you C.C. V16 Page 339 20th letter James Carothers to his brother Col R. Carothers Dated Wilkinsburgh, June 17, 1839 he ackgs receipt of his of 7th inst & says "I had a letter from Uncle Adam a short time since in which he complains of your neglect in not writing to him" James Carothers.
Harmar Denny to Col Carothers dated Pittsburgh, Feby 12, 1840 says: "Yesterday was a triumphant day for the advocates of sound principles & the friends of old Tippecanoe" Says a greater crowd was never assembled in the walls of the old court house & says they pledged 2500 majority & approved the nomination of the ticket at Phila & himself as "Elector" for this district. Harmar Denny
Chas Carothers Jr to his father Robt Carothers at Hbg Dated turtle Creek May 18, 1840 says: "I was out at preachen [sic] yesterday. Grandfather was able to be there & in good health. Mr Louis preached an able discourse fr Romans 5th Chap V 14 & in afternoon fr 11 Corinthians Chap 4 Verse 18. C. Carothers. Thus I have finished examination of the 174 letters & don't find the old letters sought May 5, 1926 6:33 PM JVT V16 Page 340 Oak Hill May 5, 1926 8:44 AM From West Newton Times Sun, I have a clipping announcing death of Miss Margaret Thompson say on Apr 25,1926 aged 22 yrs 3 mos & 1 day, only child of Mr & Mrs Geo F. Thompson of Rostraver Tp of peritonitis in McKeesport Hospital. She was born in Rostraver Tp Jany 24, 1904. I cannot find date when I was there, but it was after my trip to Cadiz, O when I called on Mrs Crumbley Feby 2, 1922 See book 6 pages 289 291. as Oak Hill May 6, 1926 2:22 PM Miss Harriet Hough of No 250 South St Clair St, East Liberty Pittsburgh, Pa who keeps roomers there, in a house which I believe she owned walked out after telephoning, arriving at 1:30 & left at 2;11 PM. She is a handsome, plump round faced medium heighth [sic] girl of near 40, I should say & weighs 170 lbs & I 180. She has a J.R. Barnes & J.V. Thompson $1000 6% note dated Oct 22, 1914 at 4 mos endorsed by F.C. Newcomer & on which he has waived protest which she says she bought from Newcomer a short time after its date at a little discount thinking she was making some extra interest, out of V16 Page 341 some of her first earnings from a millinery shop. She says she needs money now & I told her I had none that I could give her. She ackd that she knew the note was settled by the bankruptcy proceedings & I told her all my property had been taken from me, but if I could earn some commissions I would try to help her. She says she is daughter of Seth Hough & his wife Polly Smith, both dead. Her mother was of Smithton, Pa, daughter of Henry Smith, whose father was the founder of Smithton. Henry Smith, her grandfather was married three times & so was her other grandfather Daniel Hough of Smithton who had a distillery at Port Royal & sold out to Moss Says he had 20 children or more, her father, Seth being one of the first wives children. His half brothers, Rev Samuel Hough, has a son Ed Hough a magistrate on North side Pgh (Allegheny) whose sister married an Ellis & her daughter, Miss Margaret Ellis, a school teacher is getting up a Hough history. She will let me know her address. V16 Page 342 Oak Hill May 6, 1926 4:04 PM Through addresses given me by Mrs James Jackson of Tuscumbia, Ala, now of Dr [best guess] St Memphis, Tenn (& her address was given me by Benj W. Kilgore of Raleigh, NC. whose address was sent me by Miss Estelle Finley of Columbia, Tenn) I have letters from Mrs Margaret B. Johns aged 82 or Corinth, Miss with a closely printed six (14 x 8 1/2 inch) pages of record of the descendants of Benj Kilgore, second son of James Kilgore & his wife Elizabeth Jack & also from Mrs A.V. (see p 346) Stallworth of 251 Mills Ave Spartanburg, S.C. with a one page (11 x 8 1/2 inch) printed history of the children (& their children) of James Kilgore oldest child of Col Benj Kilgore of the Revolution on which important pencilings at top side & bottom appear. & while neither of these Kilgore descendants knew anything of the parentage of their ancestor Col Benj Kilgore, the tradition that both give of 18 sons & one daughter fully & conclusively along with what I have, identify & place him & while the record of Mrs Johns is a little confusing as to just where certain of the descendants given come in, I am starting a genealogical table & it will be a big one on page 344 in which I will embody eight of the sons of James & Elizabeth Jack Kilgore, were in the Revolutionary War viz: Benj, Joseph, Patrick, David, Oliver, Jonathan, William & Jesse & perhaps John. V16 Page 343 [blank] V16 Page 344 & V16 Page 345 [descendant chart] Download 2.12 Mb. Share with your friends:
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