Samuel Carothers and Ruth Elliott

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Husband Samuel Carothers ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Samuel Caruthers 5
           Born: 1789 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 6
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Carothers (      -1801) 1 2 7
         Mother: Catherine Potter (      -      ) 1 5 7 8

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Ruth Elliott ^{2 3 6 9}

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           Born: 10 Feb 1791 - Fayette Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1840 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Capt. William Elliott (1751-1804) 9 10
         Mother: Ruth Crawford (1754-1830) 10 11 12

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Children

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1 M William E. Carothers ^{3 6 13}

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           Born: Nov 1817 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1890 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Caroline Taylor (1819-1896) 3 6 13

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2 F Eliza Carothers ^{5 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jasper Markle Thompson (1822/1822-      ) 6 14
           Marr: 1846 5

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Carothers

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He carried on the old family homestead farm in Sewickley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and both he and his wife died there.
He voted the republican ticket and was an elder in the Sewickley Presbyterian church.

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Notes: Marriage

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They had a family of two sons and five daughters.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 402.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 667.

3 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 136.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 317.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 351.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 321.

7 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 310, 316.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 109.

9 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1150.

10 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 628.

11 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 401.

12 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 663.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 763.

14 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 350.