William J. Carns and Lydia Scott

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Husband William J. Carns ¹

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           Born: 30 Oct 1835 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: [Father] Carns (      -      )
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Wife Lydia Scott ¹

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           Born: 6 Sep 1834 1
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         Father: James Scott (      -      ) 2 3
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Children

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1 F Laura B. Carns ¹

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         Spouse: Cummings Kimmel (      -      ) 1

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2 M Edward S. Carns ¹

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         Spouse: Brunetta Naugle (      -      ) 1

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3 F Emma Lizzie Carns ¹

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         Spouse: George B. Thomas (      -      ) 1

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4 M Harry Carns ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Ada Carns ¹

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6 M John William Geary Carns ⁴

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           Born: 4 Jan 1867 - Bridgeport, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Catherine J. Penrod (1869-1892) 3
           Marr: 25 Oct 1887 3

         Spouse: Edith J. Buell (1872-      ) 5
           Marr: 22 Oct 1902 3

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7 F Martha Jane Carns ¹

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         Spouse: Charles M. Clark (      -      ) 1

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8 M Albert Beltz Carns ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William J. Carns

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He was born on the Four Mile Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He attended the schools of his native region, and afterwards learned the trade of miller, being apprenticed to James Scott, of Laurelville. He was afterwards employed in the same trade by a Mr. Snyder, of Bridgeport, Westmoreland County, and worked there for a number of years. He then came to Laughlinstown, Ligonier township, in the spring of 1869, and bought there a mill property and conducted the mill thereon successfully until a few years before his death. He also bought much other property and became the possessor of five valuable farms, aggregating eight hundred acres. Three of these farms he operated himself and the other two he rented.
He served for three years in Company B, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, his regiment being one of those which participated in the famous march of General Sherman to the sea. Later in life he became a member of Ligonier Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He was a member of the United Brethren Church of Laughlinstown.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 533.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 301.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 534.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 533, 782.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 534, 782.