BIO: William 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.

  WILLIAM CAROTHERS (deceased) was born January 12, 1789, in West 
Pennsborough Township, this county, son of Andrew and Margaret (Geddes) 
Carothers, early settlers of Cumberland County.  Our subject was twice 
married; on first occasion to Miss Ann, daughter of Abraham Line, one 
of the sons of the original George Line.  They settled at once on the 
family homestead, on the Chambersburg Pike, and here Mrs. Carothers 
died in 1838.  To this union were born four children - two of whom died 
in infancy, Ann Rebecca died soon after her marriage with James M. 
Carothers, and Margaret Jane.  Mr. Carothers, who afterward married 
Miss Esther McFeeley, died March 9, 1870, in his eightieth year, his 
widow following him January 19, 1873, in her eighty-ninth year.  Mr. 
Carothers, who was an enterprising and successful farmer, acquired a 
fine farm of 200 acres, on which he had a handsome residence and 
substantial farm buildings.  He was a conscientious member of the 
Presbyterian Church.  Miss Margaret Jane Carothers, the daughter who 
survives, now owns the family homestead, where she resides, and is also 
the possessor of a fine farm of 184 acres of fertile, well-improved 
land.  She is a consistent member of the Evangelical Association, and 
is a lady of estimable Christian character, having the respect of the 
community.