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ROBERT CARRITHERSROBERT CARRITHERS passed his early years without noteworthy event, continuing with his father until the age of twenty-three, working with his brother in common for lands to be equally divided between them. He was born in Turman Township June 4,1831, and is the second son of seven children born to George and Jane (Weir) Carrithers, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Tennessee, and both of Isish extraction. Robert's education was very limited, as opportunites for acquiring the learning of the schools were far inferior to what they are at present. Notwithstanding, this, he secured sufficient education to carry on the ordinary affairs of life, and by industry, ecomony and integrity, now owns 251 acres of fine land and has an unsullied name. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat and a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. His wife, Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Daugherty) Gamble, to whom he was married January 9, 1855, was born January 9, 1835, and has borne her husband this family: Alice A., December 18, 1857; Ed G., May 8, 1860; George T., July 18, 1862; James, November 25, 1865; Nancy J., July 21,1869, an an infant December 22, 1873. Of these only Ed G. and George E. are now living. Mr. Carrithers owns a fine property in Graysville. His father was one of the very first settlers of the county, arriving when the Indians were yet occupying the soil and when the woods were full of wild animals.TURMAN TWP. PAGE 798 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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