Clark County IL Archives History .....Morris Carothers Family History 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable. com February 12, 2007, 7:08 am Morris Carothers Born in Indiana? in 1806. He came to near Westfield, Clark Co, Ill, took up land & died there. He was a farmer. He died in 1868 & is buried in a Country Cem known as the Connelly Cem 3 S.E. of Westfield. He married 1. Anna Hanna born Illinois. She died in Illinois & had by her 2 children both sons. He married 2. Demiah Connelly from Illinois. She died in Illinois & had by her 2 children, a boy & a girl. He married 3. Nancy Morrell from Illinois. She died in Illinois & had by her 6 children 4 boys & 2 girls. He married 4. Lavina Johns, a widow from Illinois. She died in Illinois & had by her 3 children, 3 girls. 1. Joseph Carothers, 1st wife, B Nov 16, 1827 ob Sept 30, 1882 near Newton, Jasper Co. M.1. Cevilla Morgan. m.2. Mary Collins 1.1. Richard N. Carothers, 1st wife, B Nov 11, 1850 m. Sarah Morrow. He died Apr 1880. She is living at Cleone, Ill, 6 ms SE of Westfield. 1.1.1. Anna Carothers 1.1.2. Ada Carothers 1.1.3. Joseph Carothers 1.2. George Riley Carothers, 1st wife, B Nov 26, 1851 ob Mch 8, 1885. Unmarried. 1.3. William Albert Carothers, 1st wife, B 1854 ob Sept 19, 1878. Unmarried. 1.4. Benjamin Franklin Carothers, 1st wife, B Aug 10, 1858 m. Sept 6, 1883 to Matilda E. Frazier of Newton, Ills who was born Feby 10, 1864 at Columbus, O. 1.4.1. Grace Carothers, B Dec 10, 1884 M. Robert McMillan 1.4.2. Heber Calvin Carothers, B Oct 4, 1886 unmarried 1.4.3. Roscoe Conkling Carothers, B Dec 12, 1889 ob May 30, 1893 1.4.4. Sarah Cevilla Carothers, B June 21, 1892 1.4.5. Stella Louise Carothers, B Oct 19, 1894 1.4.6. Anna Florence Carothers, B Feby 1897 1.4.7. Arnold Cyril Carothers, B July 7, 1899 1.4.8. Paul Frazier Carothers, B Dec 23, 1901 1.4.9. Loren Wayne Carothers, B Aug 5, 1904 1.4.10. Edwin Olen Carothers, B May 29, 1906 1.5. Margaret E. Carothers, 1st wife, B Jany 20, 1860. ob. M. Geo Morgan. He is living. 1.5.1. Ray Morgan 1.6. Cevilla Carothers, 1st wife, B. ob. unmarried 1.7. Others Carothers, 1st wife, died in infancy 1.8. Elizabeth Ann Carothers, 2d wife, B Mch 24?, 1874 ob Abt Feby 1906. M. Augustus Rinehart of Ingraham, Ill. He is living & married again & lives there. Mr C. thinks she got the family Bible with record of her father & grandfather. 1.8.1. Eunice Rinehart, aged abt 27 1.8.2. Nora Rinehart, aged abt 24 1.8.3. Maggie Rinehart, aged 15 1.9. William Carothers, 1st wife, m.1. m.2. & moved to near Milan, Mo, Sullivan Co in the "sixties" 1.10. Sarah Carothers, 2d wife, m. Louis Goble Lived near Westfield, Ills. Left 2 children now dead. 1.11. Jacob Carothers, 2d wife M. Lavina Huffman & lived near Neobbs Falls, Kansas. Left 4 girls See book 8 P 560 1.12. Amanda Jane Carothers, 3d wife, M. Geo W. Bishop & lived Marion In. 1.13. Nancy Carothers, 3d wife m. Alex Biggs & lived near Westfield. Left 1 dau. 1.14. Clark Carothers, 3d wife m. Rachel Lowry & lived at Clinton Mo. Left a family See Book 8 Page 550. 1.15. John Carothers 3d wife, unm. ob at Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kan abt 6 yrs ago in 1915. 1.16. Andrew Jackson Carothers, 3d wife, unmarried ob near Westfield a yr or so after close of Civil War. 1.17. Thornton Carothers, 3d wife, unmarried. was in Civil War Died in Calif 1.18. Mary Carothers, 4th wife, M. Lorenzo Fancher Lived at Greenups Ills Had 2 girls & 1 boy. 1.19. Lavina Carothers, 4th wife, unmarried. Died at Westfield 1.20. Malinda Carothers, 4th wife, unmarried died near Westfield. 2. William Carothers, Remained in Indiana, was married 3. James Carothers, Remained in Indiana. Was married 4. Isaac Carothers, Born 1824 ob 1904 See B 25 P 353. 4.1. Morton Carothers, St Louis, Mo 4.2. Isaac Carothers Jr 4.3. Oliver Carothers 4.4. Thornton Carothers 4.5. John Carothers 4.6. Mrs Frances Carothers Smith, Bloomington, Ind 4.7. Anna Carothers, Trinity Springs Ind 4.8. Mary E. Carothers, B. M. Dillman Lives at Shoals, Ind writing Mch 10/25 4.9. Geo W. Carothers, Lives in Glaune Apnts No 307 N. Prairie St, Indianapolis, Ind. Additional Comments: Extracted from the Josiah V. Thompson Journals File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/clark/history/other/morrisca72gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb