1. Captain Louis Ferree Carothers, b. 14 November 1816 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 14 July 1871 in Clarence, MO

Father: 2. James Carothers Jr., b. 1788 in Beaver Co., PA, d. 10 December 1865 in Shelby Co., MO
Mother: 2. Sarah Forsythe, b. 1 January 1789 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 14 July 1874 in Shelby Co., MO
Louis Ferree was Captain in Civil War in the Union Army.

Captain Carothers' family moved to a farm 21/2 miles north of Clarence, MO, in 1836. Where they lived for a number of years.

Spouse: Angelica Miller, b. 1822 in KY, d. 1 January 1871 in Clarence, MO

Father: Stephen Miller, b. ca. 1801 in KY
Mother: Elizabeth
Married 8 February 1844.

Children:

  1. James Forsythe Carothers, b. 1 January 1845 in Clarence, MO, m. Nancy J. Phillips, 22 February 1867 in Clarence, MO
  2. Sarah Frances Carothers, b. 23 October 1846 in Clarence, MO, m. Benjamin S. Turner, 17 February 1867 in Clarence, MO, m. William P. Turner, 1883?, d. 1927
  3. John Calvin Carothers, b. 23 February 1849 in Clarence, MO, m. Mary Elizabeth Parcels, 23 May 1872 in Kirksville, MO, d. 6 January 1929 in Kirksville, MO
  4. Mary Elizabeth Carothers, b. 25 June 1851 in Clarence, MO, m. George S. Purdy, 4 January 1872, d. 21 December 1872
  5. Samuel Carothers, b. 25 August 1853 in Clarence, MO, m. Edna Gertrude Kutzner, 13 March 1878, d. 21 August 1923
  6. Ella Angelica Carothers, b. 1 August 1856 in Clarence, MO, m. Thomas Hart Benton Dunnegan, 15 June 1880 in Kirksville, MO, d. 3 December 1920
  7. Abbie Carothers, b. 3 June 1858 in Clarence, MO, m. Thomas Matthews
  8. Emma Carothers, b. 7 April 1860 in Clarence, MO, m. Archie McDonald, m. Miles Turner, m. Berry Griffin, 8 June 1884
  9. Ida Carothers, b. 11 April 1862 in Clarence, MO, m. J. E. Cummins, 4 September 1883, d. 1884
  10. Malcolm (Mallie) Carothers, b. 28 July 1865 in Clarence, MO, m. Thomas Orrick Kreek, 25 December 1883 in Durham, MO, d. 1945 in Oregon, MO

2. James Carothers Jr., b. 1788 in Beaver Co., PA, d. 10 December 1865 in Shelby Co., MO

Father: 3. James Carothers Sr., b. 1766 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
Mother: 3. Ayles Carruthers, b. in Strabane, Ireland
James served in the military in the Black Hawk Infantry in the Black Hawk Indian War and later in the War of 1812. He was a Sergenant when he retired.

James and Sarah lived on a farm nine miles from Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA until 1836 when they and their children came to Missouri in covered wagons, settling in Ralls Co. and coming on to Shelby Co. in 1837 settling about four miles northwest of where Shelbina now stands.

He is buried on the old family burying ground on the old homestead in Shelby County. Sec. 23, Twp. 57, R.11.

Spouse: 2. Sarah Forsythe, b. 1 January 1789 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. James D. Livingston, 28 February 1805 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 14 July 1874 in Shelby Co., MO

Father: 29. James Forsythe Jr., b. 1 January 1756 in Chester Co., PA, d. 6 April 1850 in Allegheny Co., PA
Mother: 29. Susannah Kuykendall, b. 1767 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 10 February 1832 in Allegheny Co., PA
Married ca. 1813 in Allegheny Co., PA.

Children:

  1. Armstrong Carothers, b. 26 April 1815 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Elizabeth Christian, d. 27 March 1858
  2. 1. Captain Louis Ferree Carothers, b. 14 November 1816 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Angelica Miller, 8 February 1844, d. 14 July 1871 in Clarence, MO
  3. Mary F. Carothers, b. 10 March 1821 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. John Henderson Carothers, d. 24 April 1856
  4. John Calvin Carothers (1), b. 12 August 1823 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Louisa Henniger, d. 31 October 1906
  5. James Harvey Carothers, b. 12 November 1825 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Rebecca Hardin, m. Milly G. M. Taylor, d. 18 March 1892
  6. Sarah M. Carothers, b. 7 May 1828 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Michael Heckart, d. 31 January 1891
  7. Elvira Ann Carothers, b. 7 December 1831 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, d. 5 July 1843
  8. Andrew Jackson Carothers, b. 6 September 1834 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Melinda Forsythe, 7 September 1865, d. 25 June 1891

3. James Carothers Sr., b. 1766 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA

Father: 4. John Carruthers (10), b. 1739 in Antrim, Ireland, d. 21 February 1798 in Cumberland Co., PA
Mother: 4. Mary Armstrong, d. ca. 21 February 1790
James' father and Ayle's grandfathers were half brothers. James and Ayles only had one child. They moved to Beaver Co., PA before the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. They had one child.

Spouse: 3. Ayles Carruthers, b. in Strabane, Ireland

Father: 27. John Carruthers (11), b. 1739, d. 11 January 1783 in Cumberland Co., PA
Mother: 27. Ayles ?
Married.

Children:

  1. 2. James Carothers Jr., b. 1788 in Beaver Co., PA, m. Sarah Forsythe, ca. 1813 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 10 December 1865 in Shelby Co., MO

4. John Carruthers (10), b. 1739 in Antrim, Ireland, d. 21 February 1798 in Cumberland Co., PA

Father: 5. Robert Carruthers (3), b. 7 April 1690 in Paisley, Scotland, d. 1771 in Cumberland Co., PA
In America, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania was settled principally by Scotch-Irish. The Scotch-Irish immigrants organized the old Silver Spring Presbyterian Church about 1730. For elections, military training and all public meetings, the church was the central point for several generations. It was about this time that some of the Carruthers family began to change the spelling of their name from Carruthers to Caruthers or Carothers.

John came to America when a child around 1745. *He was listed among the early settlers and had a farm on the east side of Hoge's Run, where it empties into the Conodoguinet Creek and on the south side of the Conodoguinet Creek. Opposite him on the west and up the Conodoguinet Creek, was William Douglas, and in the same neighborhood were John and James Armstrong.

He served in the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant of Cumberland County from 1777 to 1779 and Captain of the Seventh Company, Third Battalion, 1780-1781. In "Egles Notes and Queries", Volume 6, page 111, we find under "Famous Men of Cumberland Valley": "John Caruthers: Was the son of Robert Caruthers, born 1739. Took an active part in the Revolutionary struggle, and was County Lieutenant, from August 11, 1777 to October 2, 1779. He was elected to the General Assembly in 1782, 1783, and 1784. On the 27th of September 1786, the Supreme Executive Council commissioned him a Justice of Peace, and a Judge of the Common Pleas Court."

The circumstance which resulted in John Carothers' death and a tragedy in his family was this: A young girl, named Sarah Clark, living in the family of John Douglas, contracted a strong attachment for Mr. Douglas' son, who was at that time paying attention to Miss Ann Carothers, daughter of John Carothers, who lived near Silver Spring and was a neighbor of Mr. Douglas.

Sarah Clark, overcome by her infatuation for young Douglas, determined to destroy the life of Ann Carothers and gain the object of her affections. With this aim in view, she hired as a servant in the house of Mr. Carothers and bided her time. Having no ill will against the family, she desired to poison only Ann, and with this in view, she purchased some arsenic. But no suitable opportunity offering, she grew desperate and put the arsenic in a pot of leaven.

The family all ate of the bread and became sick. Captain John Carothers died on the 26th of February, 1798, and his wife, Mary, died soon afterward. Ann Carothers, the intended victim, survived. Andrew Carothers, her brother, also survived, but was a cripple for life. Sally was tried, convicted, and hanged at Carlisle.

John Carothers was a member of the Silver Springs Presbyterian Church. He, with his wife and several children, is buried in the old church graveyard at the Silver Springs Meeting House.

Spouse: 4. Mary Armstrong, d. ca. 21 February 1790

Married ca. 1765.

Children:

  1. 3. James Carothers Sr., b. 1766 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Ayles Carruthers
  2. William Carothers, b. 1768 in Cumberland Co., PA, m. Margaret???
  3. John Carothers, b. 1770 in Cumberland Co., PA, m. Sarah Hoge
  4. Thomas Carothers, b. 1772 in Cumberland Co., PA, m. Elizabeth Loudon
  5. Jane Carothers, b. 1774 in Cumberland Co., PA, m. James Bell
  6. Ann Carothers, b. 1776 in Cumberland Co., PA, d. 1847
  7. Andrew Carothers, b. 20 January 1778 in Cumberland Co., PA, m. Catherine Loudon, d. 27 July 1836 in Carlisle, PA

5. Robert Carruthers (3), b. 7 April 1690 in Paisley, Scotland, d. 1771 in Cumberland Co., PA

Father: 6. Robert Carruthers (2), b. 1668 in Ramirskailles, Scotland, d. ca. 1733 in Ireland
Mother: 6. Sarah Sproul, b. ca. 1670 in Glascow, Strathclyde, Scotland
Came to Cumberland Co., PA around 1745.

Children:

  1. Janet Carruthers, b. in Antrim, Ireland, m. ? Nailer
  2. 4. John Carruthers (10), b. 1739 in Antrim, Ireland, m. Mary Armstrong, 1765?, d. 21 February 1798 in Cumberland Co., PA

6. Robert Carruthers (2), b. 1668 in Ramirskailles, Scotland, d. ca. 1733 in Ireland

Father: 7. Robert Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1643 in Scotland, d. 1694 in Scotland
Mother: 7. Sarah Halliday, b. ca. 1645 in Scotland
Robert went to Ireland about 1713.

Spouse: 6. Sarah Sproul, b. ca. 1670 in Glascow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Father: 26. John Sproul, b. ca. 1645 in Scotland
Mother: 26. Agnes?
Married 11 June 1689.

Children:

  1. 5. Robert Carruthers (3), b. 7 April 1690 in Paisley, Scotland, d. 1771 in Cumberland Co., PA
  2. Sarah Carruthers, b. ca. 1693 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  3. Margaret Carruthers (2), b. ca. 1696 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  4. John Carruthers (12), b. 11 February 1698 in Paisley, Scotland, m. Rebecca Orr, d. 1762 in Cumberland Co., PA
  5. Agnes Carruthers, b. ca. 1700 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  6. Francis Carruthers, b. ca. 1702 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  7. Jane Carruthers, b. ca. 1704 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  8. Elizabeth Carruthers, b. ca. 1706 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  9. Alice Carruthers, b. ca. 1708 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  10. Rebecca Carruthers, b. ca. 1710 in Ramirskailles, Scotland
  11. Hugh Carruthers, b. ca. 1712 in Ramirskailles, Scotland

Spouse: Elizabeth Farquhar, b. in Scotland

Father: Rev. John Farquhar
Married 12 August 1713 in Scotland.

Children:

7. Robert Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1643 in Scotland, d. 1694 in Scotland

Father: 8. Joannis Carruthers, b. ca. 1600 in Scotland, d. 1647 in Scotland
Mother: 8. Elizabeth Henderson(2), b. in Bandrum, Scotland

Spouse: 7. Sarah Halliday, b. ca. 1645 in Scotland

Father: 24. John Halliday (2), b. ca. 1604 in Scotland
Mother: 24. Isobel McDowell, b. ca. 1606 in Scotland
Married ca. 1667 in Scotland.

Children:

  1. 6. Robert Carruthers (2), b. 1668 in Ramirskailles, Scotland, m. Sarah Sproul, 11 June 1689, m. Elizabeth Farquhar, 12 August 1713 in Scotland, d. ca. 1733 in Ireland

8. Joannis Carruthers, b. ca. 1600 in Scotland, d. 1647 in Scotland

Father: 9. John Carruthers (9), b. ca. 1554 in Rammerscates and Howmains, Scotland
Mother: 9. Susannah Wydderspoon, b. in Scotland

Spouse: 8. Elizabeth Henderson(2), b. in Bandrum, Scotland

Father: 23. John Henderson
Married.

Children:

  1. 7. Robert Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1643 in Scotland, m. Sarah Halliday, ca. 1667 in Scotland, d. 1694 in Scotland

9. John Carruthers (9), b. ca. 1554 in Rammerscates and Howmains, Scotland

Father: 10. John Carruthers (8), b. ca. 1532 in Howmains, Scotland
He was the fifth son.

Spouse: 9. Susannah Wydderspoon, b. in Scotland

Father: 22. Alexander Wydderspoon
Married 1575 in Scotland.

Children:

  1. 8. Joannis Carruthers, b. ca. 1600 in Scotland, m. Elizabeth Henderson(2), d. 1647 in Scotland

10. John Carruthers (8), b. ca. 1532 in Howmains, Scotland

Father: 11. John Carruthers (7), b. ca. 1500 in Howmains, Annandale, Scotland
Mother: 11. Blanche Murray, b. in Scotland

Children:

  1. 9. John Carruthers (9), b. ca. 1554 in Rammerscates and Howmains, Scotland, m. Susannah Wydderspoon, 1575 in Scotland

11. John Carruthers (7), b. ca. 1500 in Howmains, Annandale, Scotland

Father: 12. John Carruthers (6), b. ca. 1480
First Baron of Howmains. Also married Janet Jardine, the widow of Cuthbert Murray

Spouse: 11. Blanche Murray, b. in Scotland

Father: 21. Sir John Murray
Married 1523 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland.

Children:

  1. 10. John Carruthers (8), b. ca. 1532 in Howmains, Scotland

12. John Carruthers (6), b. ca. 1480

Father: 13. John Carruthers (5), b. ca. 1460, d. 1523

Children:

  1. 11. John Carruthers (7), b. ca. 1500 in Howmains, Annandale, Scotland, m. Blanche Murray, 1523 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

13. John Carruthers (5), b. ca. 1460, d. 1523

Father: 14. John Carruthers (4), b. ca. 1430 in Howmains, Scotland

Children:

  1. 12. John Carruthers (6), b. ca. 1480

14. John Carruthers (4), b. ca. 1430 in Howmains, Scotland

Father: 15. John Carruthers (3), b. ca. 1400 in Howmains, Scotland

Children:

  1. 13. John Carruthers (5), b. ca. 1460, d. 1523

15. John Carruthers (3), b. ca. 1400 in Howmains, Scotland

Father: 16. Roger de Carruthers, b. ca. 1374 in Howmains, Scotland

Children:

  1. 14. John Carruthers (4), b. ca. 1430 in Howmains, Scotland

16. Roger de Carruthers, b. ca. 1374 in Howmains, Scotland

Father: 17. John Carruthers (2), b. ca. 1355

Children:

  1. 15. John Carruthers (3), b. ca. 1400 in Howmains, Scotland

17. John Carruthers (2), b. ca. 1355

Father: 18. John Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1325
Was King's Chancellor at Annandale. May be the progenitor of Howmains.

Children:

  1. 16. Roger de Carruthers, b. ca. 1374 in Howmains, Scotland

18. John Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1325

Father: 19. ? Carruthers, b. ca. 1310 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Probably father's name is Thomas. Owned land in Little Dalton.

Children:

  1. 17. John Carruthers (2), b. ca. 1355

19. ? Carruthers, b. ca. 1310 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Father: 20. William Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1285 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Children:

  1. 18. John Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1325

20. William Carruthers (1), b. ca. 1285 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland

The Carruthers' came from Scotland and Ireland, and quite possibly before that they were from France. William fought in support of Robert the Bruce, who was later King Robert, when he took the field against the English led by Baliol in 1306.
He is interred at Middlebie Parrish.

Children:

  1. 19. ? Carruthers, b. ca. 1310 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland

21. Sir John Murray

Children:

  1. 11. Blanche Murray, b. in Scotland, m. John Carruthers (7), 1523 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

26. John Sproul, b. ca. 1645 in Scotland

Spouse: 26. Agnes?

Married ca. 1669 in Scotland.

Children:

  1. 6. Sarah Sproul, b. ca. 1670 in Glascow, Strathclyde, Scotland, m. Robert Carruthers (2), 11 June 1689

27. John Carruthers (11), b. 1739, d. 11 January 1783 in Cumberland Co., PA

Father: 28. William Carruthers (2), b. 14 June 1714 in Strabane, Londonderry, Ireland
Mother: 28. Jean ?
John served in the Revolutionary War as a private. He lived on the old homestead settled by his father on the banks of the Conodoguinet Creek, about four miles east of the Silver Springs Presbyterian Church.

Spouse: 27. Ayles ?

Married.

Children:

  1. 3. Ayles Carruthers, b. in Strabane, Ireland, m. James Carothers Sr.
  2. James Carruthers (2), d. 1804
  3. Jean Carruthers
  4. John Carruthers (13), d. 1811
  5. Mary Carruthers
  6. William Carruthers (3), b. 1771, d. 1829

28. William Carruthers (2), b. 14 June 1714 in Strabane, Londonderry, Ireland

Father: 6. Robert Carruthers (2), b. 1668 in Ramirskailles, Scotland, d. ca. 1733 in Ireland
Mother: Elizabeth Farquhar, b. in Scotland

Spouse: 28. Jean ?

Married.

Children:

  1. Margaret Carruthers
  2. 27. John Carruthers (11), b. 1739, m. Ayles ?, d. 11 January 1783 in Cumberland Co., PA



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