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Author: Nan_Lambert
Surnames: Caruthers, Davidson, Smith, Woodin, Heidel, Wooden, Micks, Cory
Classification: biography
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Caruthers, Henry, Russia, was born in Russia, N.Y., November 12, 1824, a son of William, a
son of Henry, a native of Scotland, who married Jane Davidson and had one son, William.
In 1818 Mr. Caruthers and family came to America and settled in Russia, where he erected a
log house and there resided until his death in 1852. His wife died in 1838. William
Caruthers married Margaret Smith, a native of Scotland, by whom he had six sons and three
daughters. He was assessor and commissioner of highways. He died in 1875, aged
seventy-two, and his wife in 1869, aged sixty-seven. Henry Caruthers married Cynthia H.
Woodin, by whom he had four children: Elma S., deceased; Frank W.; Retta M., deceased;
Libbie J. Frank is with his parents and Libbie is Mrs. Heidel and resides in Los Angelos,
Cal. Mr. Caruthers owns a farm of 250 acres and keeps a large dairy. He is a Republican.
He and family are Free Will Baptists. The father of Mrs. Caruthers was Isaac J., a son
of Isaac Wood!
en, a native of New Haven, Conn., who came to Russia about 1813, where he died April 13,
1841. His wife was Rebecca Micks, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. She
died July 29, 1852. Isaac Wooden, jr., was born in Connecticut in 1795. When eighteen
years of age he came with his parents to Russia. His wife was Sylvia Cory, a native of
Russia, by whom he had five children. He was captain of militia, and died September 24,
1881, at the age of eighty-five.
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.
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