Hello Carruth cousins and friends,
There's a little information to share with you below.
Best Wishes,
Harvey Carrouth
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http://www.redding.com/newsarchive/20010504lo004.shtml
Monday, July 9, 2001
Brothers in arms to be honored
Anderson ceremony will salute siblings, others who fought in Korea
ANDERSON — Two Korean War veterans and their 99-year-old Redding mother are
among those being recognized here Saturday by a host of dignitaries, including South
Korea's ambassador to Washington, to honor their wartime sacrifices.
Nellie Greer and two of her sons, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald Greer, 77, of
Savannah, Ga., and retired U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Herbert Greer, 80, of Little
Rock, Ark., will be applauded during the special ceremony for heeding the country's
call to arms.
Also being honored are Jack Tolbert of Redding, who lost both legs during the Korean War
and who has been nominated for a Medal of Honor; former POWs Dr. William Shadish, Robert
Caruth and Robert Davis; and Chosin Reservoir survivor Ken Green.
(note: Robert Caruth in last paragraph)
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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.b...
Landowners-County Antrim
Per genealogy library reference book, the following individuals owned one or more acres of
land in Co. Antrim, Ireland, the latter part of the 1870s:
35. Alexander Caruth, address Ballymena, owned 135 acres.
36. James Caruth, address Ballypallody, Doagh, owned 15 acres.
37. Robert Caruth, address Craigywarren, Ballymena,
owned 1,350 acres.
(note: the names Alexander, James, and Robert that are often used by our Carruth family
ancestors and today for naming their children. Also, these are the descendants of James
Carruth d. 1727. His sons John and James remained in Ireland after Adam, Walter,
Alexander, Mary, and Elizabeth migrated to America, first settling in Lancaster County,
Pa., in 1729.)
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http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/organcav.html
A HISTORY OF ORGAN CAVE COMMUNITY
(Greenbrier County, West Virginia)
by Blanche Humphreys 1928
On the southside of the Greenbrier River lies the magisterial division of Greenbrier
county, West Virginia, called Irish Corner District. Organ Cave post-office and community
are nearly in the center of the district.
Noted Sons and Daughters
Among those prominent in religious work were Henry Alexander White, D. D., Ph. D.,
Presbyterian minister, and author; Addison Price, Presbyterian minister; and Mrs. Mary
(Price) Carruth, Missionary to the Cherokee Indians in Indian Territory.
Miss Mary Price went to the western frontier when a young woman and it was there that she
met and married Edwin H. Carruth, who was a government official connected with the
Department of the Interior. Mrs. Ida (Carruth) Boone has her father's commission
signed by Abraham Lincoln.
The names of those who have served the community in an official capacity in the past and
at the present time are: Robert H. Boone, state senator; Richard D. Erwin and Clarence F.
Dickson, members house of delegates; John H. Crawford, James E. Crawford, John S.
Crawford, William A. Boone, C. Edwin Boone, Samuel H. McDowell, James M. Miller, J.
William Miller, and Ira D. Humphreys, who have served either in the capacity of sheriff or
that of deputy; Samuel N. Erwin and Elmer N. Jackson, assessors; John S. Crawford and Paul
C. Hogsette, county clerks; and J. Washington McDowell and Henry W. Humphreys, county
commissioners.
(note: information for Edwin H. Carruth can be found in, "Carruth Family," by
Harold B. Carruth. Edwin is a great grandson of immigrating ancestor John Carruth who
settled in Mass. in about 1730. Edwin's information can be found under
"A-92" in the above book and on page 73. He was born in N.Y. in 1830 and died
in Kansas in 1864. He was a school teacher and Indian Agent.)
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John Carruth (1. Adam, 2. James) no further data
The above is the information for John from Lela Grant Carruth book, "From Whence Ye
came," found on page 23. Does anyone have additional information on John? He owned
land in Tryon and Mecklenburg Counties, N.C. John's father James is found buried at
the STEELE CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH beside his infant daughter Elizabeth. There is also
an infant buried beside him named James Carruth. Below is a link to a picture showing a
rock wall around the cemetery and a short history of the cemetery. The second link shows
James Carruth and others who are buried there:
http://hometown.aol.com/wmbigham/bigham/sccem.html
http://members.aol.com/wmbigham/bigham/cemlist1.html
There are other links at the first one shown above that cover all the names of those
buried in this cemetery.
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One last bit of information I wanted to share with you is found at the following link:
http://www.civil-war.net/38thGA/history.htm
History & Service Record of the
38th Regiment Georgia Volunteers
Noted here is a short history and battle record and the following, "they would serve
until the bitter end at Appomattox. Until that time, her rank and file would take part in
28 major engagements of the Eastern Theater. From the 1,200 brave souls that left to go to
war, only 105 remained to see the surrender."
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