Darius Carrier and Frances Buell

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Husband Darius Carrier ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Feb 1803 - Marlborough, Hartford Co, CT 3
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           Died: 21 Mar 1891 or 1892 2
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         Father: Thomas Carrier (1767-1821) 3 4
         Mother: Hannah Dickenson (1772-1864) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Hetrick (      -1852) 3 5 6 - 1829 3

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Hetrick (      -      ) 3 7 - 1853 3

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Wife Frances Buell ⁸

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            AKA: Frances Sheppard 7
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           Died: Bef 1892
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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Shepard (      -      ) 8

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Darius Carrier

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In the year 1820 six brothers, Hiram, Darius, George, Nathan, Euphrastus and John Carrier, purchased ninety-six acres of land and all the mills at Troy, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, they and their descendants continuing to own the same for many years, rebuilding the mills several times. [HJC 1917 ii, 196]

In 1861 he erected a flour mill, and continued the operation of the same until he sold to his youngest son, Scott W., who continued in control for fifteen years and then sold the plant and business to J. C. Guthrie. This mill was finally destroyed by fire, on the 13th of December, 1915. The sawmill operated by Darius Carrier was on the opposite side of the creek from his gristmill, and he utilized the same power also in the operation of a factory, manufacturing buckets and tubs and chairs. The sawmill, with old-time upright saws, he operated for thirty years, and then sold the property to his sons, Albert A., Griswold B. and Stewart D. Carrier, who changed the equipment to the circular saws. Thereafter Stewart D. Carrier and Thomas Raine were associated in the operation of the mill until it was sold to Euphrastus and Scott W. Carrier. Euphrastus Carrier finally became the operator of the mill, installing steam power, and continued the enterprise successfully until his death, in 1909. The mill was then dismantled. Darius Carrier was the owner of 250 acres of land, and on this property all of the town on the north side of Red Bank creek was located. For many years he conducted a general store, and he was a stockholder in the first bank established at Brookville. He served in virtually all the township offices, besides having been for several years a member of the board of county commissioners.
He was one of the founders of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was organized in his home, he serving the same as class leader for many years. He was strongly opposed to the liquor traffic and it was largely through his efforts that Summerville was made a prohibition town. [HJC 1917 ii, 270]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 633.

2 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 196, 270.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 618.

4 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 270.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 633, 1621.

6 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 196, 271, 281.

7 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 196.

8 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 271.