BIO: James M. Carothers, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LX.

                       WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

577  WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

  JAMES M. CAROTHERS, farmer, P. O. Plainfield, was born August 4, 
1829, in the house where he now lives, in West Pennsborough Township, 
this county.  His father, William M., a son of Armstrong Carothers, and 
also a native of this township, married Miss Fanny, daughter of George 
Clark, of Frankford Township Cumberland Co., Penn., and granddaughter 
of William Clark, a colonel in the Continental Army during the 
Revolution.  About 1828 William M. Carothers and family located in the 
McAllister District, West Pennsborough Township, this county, and here 
resided until his death.  Their children are as follows:  George, in 
Frontier County, Neb; Jane; Armstrong, who died in Wood County, Ohio; 
William W., in Big Spring, this county; Mrs. Martha Eliza Duffy, in 
Mount Holly Springs, this county; Rev. Martin J., a presiding elder in 
the Evangelical Association at Milton, Northumberland Co., Penn.; Mary 
(deceased) and James M.  William M. Carothers ended a useful life July 
21, 1864, and his esteemed widow followed him November 29, 1872, at the 
advanced age of eighty-three years.  They were an upright pioneer 
people, and their memory will long be honored.  Our subject completed 
his education under Prof. R. K. Burns, at Plainfield Academy, this 
county, and early adopted the profession of teaching, which he followed 
for six years, leaving an honorable record as a faithful and efficient 
teacher.  He remained at home and took care of his aged parents until 
their death.  He has purchased the interest of the other heirs in the 
homestead, and owns a fine farm of fifty-two acres of fertile and well-
improved land.  Mr. Carothers was married March 30, 1866, to Miss Ann 
Rebecca, daughter of William and Anne (Line) Carothers, and who died 
October 14, same year.  She was a lady of estimable Christian 

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character, and her early death was mourned by a large circle of 
friends.  Mr. Carothers was married on second occasion February 23, 
1871, to Isabel J. Kernan, of this township, and has one daughter, Mary 
J.  Mr. Carothers is a life-long Democrat, with strong temperance 
principles.  He and his worthy wife are consistent members of the 
Evangelical Association, in which he is class-leader.