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But little is known of the family again until 1709, when James Alexander Carnahan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is supposed to be the direct ancestor of the branch of the family hereinafter described. He is reputed to have been a man of powerful build, stand- ing six feet four inches in his bare feet, and weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds, of a dark and swarthy complexion, self-es- teemed, and very determined in his religious views. He had fourteen sons and five daugh- ters. Of the sons, James, Hugh and John emi- grated to America with their families between 1750 and 1770, and settled in the Cumberland valley at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
(I) Undoubtedly descended from one of the brothers above named was Adam Carnahan, born at or near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 22, 1777, died August 25, 1853. He re- moved to New Lebanon, Mercer county, where he settled on a five hundred acre tract of land for which he had obtained a patent, a document which is still extant. He served in the war of 1812. He married Ruth McEl- wayne, born January 25, 1781, died June 23, 1853, two months before the death of her hus- band. Children: Margaret, born February 6, 1804, married Wilkes Walker; Nancy, January 18, 1806, married John Hanna ; Maria, July 5, 1808, married Walker ; James Madison, of whom further; Elizabeth, April 16, 1813, married Adam Thompson; Adam Jr., October
12, 1816, married Lizzie Moore; Ruth, Decem- ber 28, 1818, married William Zahnizer ; John, April 15, 1821 ; William, July 19, 1823.
(II) James Madison, fourth child and eld- est son of Adam and Ruth ( McElwayne) Car- nahan, was born near New Lebanon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1810, died September 12, 1901. He was reared on the home farm, and received such education as the day provided. As he states in an autobi- ography, his class books were a speller, the New Testament and an arithmetic, with in- struction three months in the year in a little log schoolhouse, whose window lights were of greased paper. When he attained man- hood he received from his father a portion of the home farm, unimproved, covered with timber. This tract he improved and turned into fruitful fields. By frequent purchases he added to his farm until it comprised more than two hundred acres. Upon it he built comfortable home for his family. It was built of bricks made from clay dug on the land, and is still standing. He was a devoutly re- ligious man, and was all his life an active church worker. He was received into the Presbyterian church, November 16, 1841, at Fairfield, Mercer county, and was ordained elder, Jare 13, 1858. In politics he was first a Democrat, was a Republican during the civil war period, and finally joined the Prohibition party, of which he became a strong advocate, and he testified to his fealty by repeatedly being a candidate for the assembly on the Prohibition ticket, when there was no hope of his success. He married (first) in 1837-38, Mary, daugh- ter of Thompson and Margaret (Lindsay) McElwayne; (second) Mary Wilson; (third) Permelia Coulson. Children by first wife : Buchanan H., of whom further; Lacey, mar- ried Sponsler; Mary, married Caleb Bailey, children: Oscar and James. By sec- ond wife: Melvina, married Joseph Smith ; by third wife: Elmira, married Charles Christie; James, married Kate Bird; John, married Lucy Gilmore; Otis, married Florence Sim- cox ; Cassius S., married Florence Mook.
(III) Buchanan H., eldest child of James Madison and Mary (McElwayne) Carnahan, was born on the homestead farm at New Leb- anon, Pennsylvania, May 2. 1839. After re- ceiving a good common school education he went west to Missouri, where for a time he taught school. In 1863 he had removed to Boulder City, Colorado, where he engaged in
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the transportation business. Shortly after his marriage in 1864 he returned east and lived for a year on the old farm. He then removed to Oil City, where he established himself in the transfer business, and erected the comfort- able house in which he has resided for the past forty-seven years. He has served the city of his adoption in various responsible posi- tions, aggregating the long period of twenty- four years, a fact amply testifying to his capa- bility and the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the city council many years, and also of the water board. In 1908 he was elected mayor, and his administration was characterized by signal ability and integrity. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican.
Mr. Carnahan married, October 3, 1863. Melinda, daughter of Maxwell Coulson. Chil- dren : 1. Nettie G., born July 8, 1864; married (first) Oliver Shook, ( second) Newton Ack- ley. 2. James M., born July 25, 1866, died January 8, 1910; married (first) Lucy Sloper, (second) Susie Runkle. 3. Howard, born Oc- tober 3, 1873 ; married Minnie Paul ; children : Marion and Christopher Paul. 4. William, born February 2, 1876; married Cora Bannon.
PARKER The name Parker is derived from the Latin parcarius, and means one who keeps a park. It is thus a name of occupation. It is claimed that Danes, Saxons and Normans have borne this name, which thus would not only not be the exclusive name of one family, but would not even indicate common racial origin. The name is frequently met in English history, and is one of the most common surnames in England at the present ; it is also found in Ire- land.
There are few surnames in America whose bearers are harder to trace. Only for a few families of the name has the overwhelming task been extensively undertaken. Connecticut had the first Parker family, but there were numerous early New England settlers named Parker ; Virginia received a number of Parker immigrants in the sixteenth century ; New Jer- sey and New York have notable Parker fami- lies. The immigrant ancestors were numerous and widely scattered ; the name is common and widely extended, and relatively speaking this lias been true from the beginning of white settlement in America. There are coats-of-
arms of Connecticut, Virginia and New Jersey Parkers which, while not identical, are similar, probably pointing to original unity of these families in England.
(I) William Parker, the first member of this family about whom we have definite in- formation, died in 1808. Our first clear knowledge of him finds him in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, perhaps in the part which is now Washington county. This region is part of that which was disputed territory between Virginia and Pennsylvania, at the time of its early settlement. It is thought probable, though not certain, that William Par- ker came from Virginia. It is unfortunate, though not curious, that he is not traced back of his settlement in Westmoreland county; in the case of one so prominent, and of so inter- esting a history, we crave further information, but our ancestors were little concerned with the keeping of records ; they were rather mak- ing their own history! With several other families he removed from Westmoreland county and settled on Bear Creek, Armstrong county. When they were opposite the garri- son at Pittsburgh, one of the boats upset and several persons were drowned, included in this number being a son of William Parker. His son John was in Armstrong county before him. Soon after his arrival he erected a mil !. He married a sister of John Moore, who was pres- ident judge of Westmoreland county from 1785 to 1791. His parents were William and Jeannette ( Wilson ) Moore : his father died, his mother married (second) James Guthrie, and it seems more probable that the wife of William Parker was a daughter of this second inar- riage. Children: Samuel; John, of whom further ; Mary, married Thomas McKee, who was one of the first two associate judges of V'enango county.
(II) John, son of William Parker, was born in 1766, died July 17, 1842. As deputy under Judge John Moore he came into western Penn- sylvania for the purpose of surveying, about 1786. For his services in the survey he re- ceived land in this new country; nearly all the site of Parker City formerly belonged to him. About 1797 he removed to his land, set- tling at Parker's Landing, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, his house, however, being in Butler county, in the present town of Parker. He was one of the first associate judges of Butler county and held this office thirty-five years. He was a farmer and stock raiser,
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and very successful in business ; he greatly en- couraged and promoted the settlement of the surrounding territory. In 1815 he laid out the village of Lawrenceburg, now part of Parker City. Mr. Parker was a man of prudence and sagacity. He married, December 7, 1797, Jane Woods, who died July 5, 1833. Children : I. James W., born June 14, 1799, died August 24, 1833; married, April 14, 1829, Margaret Hamilton. 2. John W., of whom further. 3. Juliet, born December 29, 1802, died February 13, 1876; married, April 21, 1822, John Gil- christ. 4. William, born February 24, 1805, died November 13, 1848. 5. Fullerton, born December 15, 1806, died December 26, 1883; married, April 5, 1832, Amelie Harris. 6. Washington, born July 11, 1809, died June 25, 1844; married, October 15, 1833, Susan Clark. 7. George, born September 8, 1812, died December 10, 1887; married, June 20, 1843, Jane Pollock. 8. Thomas McKee, born December 17, 1815, died June 17, 1864 ; married, December 11, 1849, Margaret Woods. 9. Wil- son, born June 3, 1821, died January 17, 1845.
(III) John W., son of John and Jane (Woods) Parker, was born October 20, 1800, died July 24, 1861. He married, January 8, 1822, Margaret, daughter of Moses and Sallie (Russell) Perry. Children : 1. William, born May 16, 1823, died July 4, 1899; married Isa- belle Pollock; children: Robert Pollock and others who died young. 2. James, born May 4, 1825, died September 8, 1894; married Emma Leonard ; children : John D., Mary Jane, Clara, Samuel, Reuben, Elizabeth, William, Keziah, Phoebe. 3. Sarah, born July 18, 1827, died in October, 1903; married Samuel Craig; chil- dren : Elizabeth and Miranda. 4. Elizabeth, born in 1829, died June 11, 1851 ; married Dr. John T. Beatty; children: William and two others who died young. 5. Margaret, born April 18, 1831, died December 11, 1896; mar- ried Dr. Joseph W. Eggert; children: John, George L., Elizabeth, Manda. 6. John, born October 9, 1833, died September 15, 1901 ; married Martha Jane Fitterer ; children: Alonzo S., Margaret Ann, Charles A., Kath- arine D., John W., Ethel. 7. Susan, born Au- gust 29, 1835; married (first) W. D. Biddle, (second) George W. Ball. 8. Phoebe, born July 16, 1835, died in December, 1908; mar- ried Jason Berry ; children : Isabelle, Richard Jason, Charles Parker. 9. George Washing- ton, of whom further.
(IV) George Washington, son of Jolmn W.
and Margaret (Perry) Parker, was born Feb- ruary 22, 1841. He attended business college in Pittsburgh. In 1861 he came to Oil City. He enlisted and served three months in the civil war. In 1865 he returned to Oil City and founded, in company with a man named Cas- tle, the firm of Parker, Castle & Company ; they were large shippers of oil. The firm was changed at a later date to Parker, Thompson & Company. Mr. Parker remained in this busi- ness until 1872, when he entered the employ- ment of the Oil City National Bank. He was first teller, was promoted to cashier, became president, and holds this position at the present day, having thus been connected with this bank, in various capacities, for over forty years. He has been a director for fifteen years. When Oil City was incorporated as a city, he was elected to the first city council, and he served in this office for ten years. For four years, also, he was a member of the select council, and for fifteen years a member of the school board. Mr. Parker married, November 4, 1869, Rebecca McCready, born June 19, 1850, died January 8, 1909. Children: Will- iam M., of whom further ; Edith, born July 13, 1874; Harold Thompson, born October 23, 1884; he is a graduate of Princeton College, and was admitted to the Venango county bar in 1911.
(V) William M., son of George Washing- ton and Rebecca (McCready) Parker, was born December 19, 1870. He is a graduate of Princeton College, in the class of 1891. He studied law with F. W. Hays and John S. Mattox, and at the same time taught mathe- matics in the high school at Oil City. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar, and in the same year he formed a partnership with J. D. Trax. This is one of the leading law firms of Oil City. Mr. Parker is a Republican. He married, April 21, 1898, Helen Innis. Children : Helen Elizabeth, born July 18, 1899; Marian, March 14, 1901; Warren Innis, September 9, 1902; Rebecca McCready, September 2, 1905; Will- iam M., November 14, 1907.
LEWIS Lewis is one of the oldest names in English history, and one of the most frequent and distinguished in America. The name is said to be the same as the French Louis. Many Huguenots of the name Louis went from France to England at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and changed the form of the name to Lewis. How-
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ever, the name Lewis was common in Eng- land, and even in Virginia, before this time. The name is too old and too frequent to allow the supposition of common origin for all who bear it. Its frequency in Wales, for several centuries before the settlement of the United States, is even comparable to the frequency of the name Smith in America today. How many distinct Lewis families are in America is not known.
(I) Enoch Lewis, the first member of this family about whom we have definite informa- tion, was born, probably in Wales, about 1743. His father's name was also probably Enoch. A tradition in the family says that the noted Baptist preacher, Christmas Evans, was brought up in South Wales by Enoch Lewis. He came to America and probably settled in Pennsylvania. One of his sons, it is said, was a vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad in the early days of that company. Mr. Lewis married (first) -, (second ) - - - Gib-
son. Among his children were: William, Ruth, Philip, of whom further.
(II) Philip, son of Enoch Lewis, was born in 1777 or 1778, and died near Clarion, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in 1852. He lived at one time in the Juniata Valley, near Tuscarora, Pennsylvania; from this place he removed to Clarion (then Venango) county, and took up a tract of land near Clarion, on which he set- tled, about 1815. Clearing the timber, he made of this place a valuable farm and lived thereon the remainder of his life. He married Eleanor Williams, who died in 1862 or 1863. Children : Zachariah, of whom further ; Philip, Nathaniel, Enoch, Jared, William, Amy, Mar- garet, Elizabeth.
(III) Zachariah, son of Philip and Eleanor (Williams) Lewis, was born in the Juniata Valley, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1809, died July 12, 1899. He went to Clarion county with his parents, and owned a farm adjoining his father's homestead, which also came into his possession by inheritance. He also learned the trade of a carpenter. In the Baptist church he was a deacon. He married, March 24, 1836, Lydia (King) Cochran, born May 29, 1808, died October 24, 1871. Children: 1. Francis M., born March 25, 1837; in the civil war he served three years, and was first ser- geant in Company E, Thirty-ninth Regiment (Tenth Reserves) Pennsylvania Volunteers; he was made prisoner at the battle of Gaines' Mill, and wounded before Fredericksburg; by
occupation he was a photographer ; he led the first orchestra that ever played in Oil City, Pennsylvania, and took an active part in the early musical life of that city ; he married, Oc- tober 6, 1871, Nettie E. Blackmer; children : Evelyn Frances, Mabel, Lucy, Leon B., Arthur R., Lydia K., Anna C., Madge H. 2. John A., of whom further. 3. Thomas E. H., a private in Company E, Tenth Reserve. 4. Gilbert L., died young. 5. Jackson K. 6. Ellen S. 7. Amy F.
(IV) John A., son of Zachariah and Lydia (King-Cochran) Lewis, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1838. He was brought up on the home farm, and edu- cated at the local schools. For the greater part of his life he has been a farmer. He has also been an architect, contractor and builder. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Tenth Reserve Pennsylvania Volunteers, was mustered in July 5, of the same year, and was mustered out at Pittsburgh, June 11, 1864. He participated in the following battles : Draines- ville, West Virginia ; the Seven Days' fight be- fore Richmond; the second Bull Run; South Mountain ; Antietam; Meade's Mardi Gras campaign; Fredericksburg; Gettysburg; Cat- lett Station ; the Wilderness ; Bethseba Church; Cold Harbor. At Spottsylvania Court House, May 8, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates, but at Beaver Dam, May 9, 1864, he was released by the Union forces, which overtook the enemy at that place. From the first to the last of his service, Mr. Lewis took part in all the engagements in which his regiment participated. He was never off duty for any period, never spent a day in the hos- pital, and was only once, and slightly, wounded. Almost immediately upon being mustered out he came to Oil City, Pennsyl- vania, and has since that time adhered to the occupation of architect, contractor and builder except for a short time during which he was engaged in the oil business. He served on the city council at Oil City for twelve years, and has been justice of the peace for a number of years. He was one of the organizers and is a member of Grand Army of the Republic Post No. 435, at Oil City. For seven years he was its quartermaster, and in 1887 he was its commander.
He married, at Oil City, in 1868, Bessie Porter, died November 25, 1911. Children : Theron Victor; Rena Agatha, married Ed- ward Eichner, and their children are:
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Gretchen, Elizabeth, Helen, Edgar ; Ora Cecil, married Harry Stephenson, and their children are: Hugh, Betty, Charlotte, Lester Leroy, married Orpah Nail; Walter Everett ; child, died in infancy.
This is a very common name
HOWE among those of British descent, and has been graced by men of distinction both in Great Britain and in the United States. The present family is said, however, to be of German origin.
(I) Abraham Howe, the first member of this family about whom we have definite in- formation, may be the Abraham Howe who was a weaver, and owned forty acres of land in Derry township, Cumberland county, Penn- sylvania, in 1779; nevertheless, this date seems too early. He married Barbara -. Child, George, of whom further.
(II) George, son of Abraham and Barbara Howe, was born in Huntingdon county, Penn- sylvania, July 11, 1823, died in Farmington township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He had come into Clarion county in 1837, and set- tled near Polk Furnace. From that place he removed, in the next year, settling near the mouth of the Piney river. In the year follow- ing that he went to Knight's Mills. Finally, about 1844. he settled on a farm in Farming- ton township. Here he was an industrious and successful farmer, a quiet, unassuming man, a good neighbor. While he was not active in politics, he was a Republican. In re- ligious affairs he was prominent, and he was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He mar- ried Janette, daughter of Peter B. Simpson, who was born in Scotland; she died in 1904. With her father she had come to the United States ; he settled in Farmington township, and there died. Fifteen children, including James, of whom further.
(III) James, son of George and Janette (Simpson) Howe, was born at Scotch Hill, Farmington township, Clarion county, Penn- sylvania, May 22, 1856. In this township he was brought up and attended school, and he learned the trade of carpenter. He now lives at Grove City, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. While he lived in Farmington township he held the office of school director. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Jane Rea, who was born in Clarion township, Clarion county, Pennsyl- vania, August 8, 1856. Children : Margaret ;
John L .; Orin C .; George Jennings, of whom further ; Edwin C .; James R .; Norris W., de- ceased; Mary W .; Jenetta; Florence; Ruth A .; Martha E. and Bertha, twins, Bertha, de- ceased.
(IV) George Jennings, son of James and Jane ( Rea) Howe, was born in Farmington township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 28, 1883. He was brought up on a farm and attended the public school at Scotch Hill, also for two years Grove City College. For one year he taught school. In 1905 he entered into mercantile business at Watterson, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and from that time has continued in commercial life. His home and business are now at Showers, Clar- ion county. He is a Democrat. For seven years he has been postmaster. He married, October 23, 1907, Mary, born in Clarion town- ship, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1877, daughter of Christopher and Eliza- beth (Wynkoop) Thompson. Children : Jen- nings Bird, born August 13, 1908, died August 18, 1908; Ruth Elizabeth, born March 26, 19II ; Mary Pauline, born February 5, 1913.
Kuhns and Kuhn are names of KUHNS prominence in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The form Kuhns is varied with Kuntz in the same fam- ily. The Westmoreland county Kuhns fam- ily is possibly of Dutch but more probably of German extraction.
(I) Christopher Kuhns, the first member of this family about whom we have definite in- formation, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, died in Clarion county, Pennsyl- vania. To this region he had come at a very early stage in its settlement, and settled in Monroe township, on the farm now owned by the widow of John Curtis Kuhns. Whom he married is not known, but he had a son, John, of whom further.
(II) John, son of Christopher Kuhns, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, died in Monroe township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1881. He married Margaret Ann Delp, born in Arm- strong county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, died January 3, 1894. Child, Joseph, of whom fur- ther.
(III) Joseph, son of John and Margaret Ann (Delp) Kuhns, was born in Porter town- ship, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, January 5, 1823, died in Monroe township, Pennsylvania,
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February 11, 1895. On the death of his father, he received the homestead farm, where he lived and died. He married Amanda, born in Monroe township, March 14, 1834, now lives on the Kuhns homestead, daughter of Adam and Susanna (Drumheller ) Kifer. Her father was born in Westmoreland county. Pennsvl- vania, in 1784. her mother in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in 1804; they were early settlers in Monroe township, Clarion county, Pennsyl- vania, where her father died November 26, 1856: her mother died March 10, 1874. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns: 1. Jolin Curtis, of whom further. 2. Edwin Hallock, died February 19, 1863. 3. Clara Mary, married J. W. Gibson ; they live at Oil City, Pennsyl- vania ; children : Ethel F. and James Leen. 4. Harry, married Ida Lerch ; lives at Sligo, Clar- ion county, Pennsylvania; children: Alda Madge, Ruth Irene, Ethel Ida.
(IV) John Curtis, son of Joseph and Amanda (Kifer) Kuhns, was born on the homestead farm in Monroe township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1860, died September 28, 1906. He was brought up on the homestead, and attended public school. The homestead farm of one hundred and eighty acres came to him, and here he carried on general farming. He was a Republican. He and his family were Baptists. He mar- ried, in 1884, Sara Candace, born in Monroe township, October 1, 1864, living on the Kuhns homestead farm, daughter of Jeremiah M. and Mary Core ( Kaster) Corbett. Her father was the son of Isaiah and Sarah ( Fox) Cor- bett. His father spent most of his life in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, of which his mother was a native; in this county he was born, in Monroe township, in 1835; he re- ceived a public school education in Clarion county, and was a farmer and a veterinary surgeon, living in Monroe township; on his farm of sixty-five acres his son, John A. Cor- bett, now lives ; here he died, August 24, 1874; his widow is living in Clarion township; he was a Democrat, and both he and his wife were Lutherans; they married November 5, 1863. Mary Core (Kaster) Corbett was born at Curllsville, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1842, daughter of John A. and Su- sanna (Lobaugh) Kaster. Her father was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born January 8, 1813, her mother of Monroe township. John A. Kaster had come to Mon-
roe township with his parents, Philip and Su- san ( Fox) Kaster, who settled and died in this township. Philip Kaster was a miller; John A. Kaster was a farmer, a Democrat, and a Lutheran, but his first wife was a Presby- rian. Children of Philip and Susan ( Fox) Kaster: Samuel, Jacob, John A., Catharine, Eliza, Mary, Christina. John A. Kaster mar- ried (first ) Susanna Lobaugh, ( second ) Eliza Huey. Children, all except last named four by first wife: James Madison, died in the civil war; Jane Elizabeth; Mary C., married Jeremiah M. Corbett ; Simon Harty; Nancy Catharine : Philip P .; Ellen; John, deceased ; Hannah Belinda ; Emma Agatha ; Amos Ma- teer ; Christina : Sarah ; Susan; Lydia. Chil- dren of Jeremiah M. and Mary Core ( Kaster ) Corbett : Sara Candace, born October 1, 1864, married John Curtis Kubns; John A., born March 6, 1867, farmer in Monroe township, married Caroline Swetley, and their children are: Charles, Sarah, Merle; Wade H., born September 21, 1869, lives at Spokane, Wash- ington, married Julia Waters. Children of John Curtis and Sara Candace (Corbett ) Kuhns: Mary Alice, born August 3, 1885 ; Clara, born August 21, 1887, died in infancy ; Benjamin H., October 23, 1888; Margaret Amanda, August 15, 1890; Susan, March 9, 1892, died April 22, 1894; James Edward, July 7, 1893; Bessie Isabel, December 6, 1894; James Thomas, February 6, 1896; John Har- old, April 24, 1898: William Wade, April 10, 1900; George Corbett, June 24, 1902; Sarah C., January 29, 1904.
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