John Caruthers b. 4 Jul 1793 Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 11 Dec 1880 Boone, Missouri, USA

1793 - 1880 (87 years)

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Name John Caruthers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Born 4 Jul 1793 Augusta, Virginia, USA [6, 7, 8, 9]

Gender Male

Birth 1794 Virginia, USA [1, 2]

Name J Caruthers [10]

Name John Carruthers [7]

Reference Number 6359

Residence 1 Jun 1840 Boone, Missouri, USA [4]

Residence 1850 Boone, Missouri, USA [3, 6]

Residence 1860 Boone, Missouri, USA [1]

Residence 1870 Boone, Missouri, USA [7]

Residence 1880 Boone, Missouri, USA [2]

Died 11 Dec 1880 Boone, Missouri, USA

Siblings 5 Siblings

	1. Jean Caruthers, b. Aft 1779
	2. Jane Caruthers, b. Aft 1779 ▻ John W Beazley
	3. Margaret Caruthers, b. Aft 1779 ▻ Samuel Harris
	4. James Caruthers, b. 1786, d. 5 Oct 1846, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) ▻ Martha Unknown
+	5. John Caruthers, b. 4 Jul 1793, Augusta, Virginia, USA , d. 11 Dec 1880, Boone, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years) ▻ Ann Rhodes Martin, m. 17 Nov 1828 ; Nancy Brown, m. 16 Mar 1820
	6. Rachel P Caruthers, b. 1805, Virginia, USA , d. 27 Feb 1882, Collin, Texas, USA (Age 77 years) ▻ William C Browning, m. 16 Jul 1832

Person ID I6359 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	David Caruthers, b. Abt 1761, d. Bef 26 May 1816 (Age ~ 55 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elizabeth Jackson, b. Between 1761 and 1770, d. Between 1830 and 1840 (Age ~ 69 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	18 Mar 1786	Virginia, USA [11]
Family ID	F746	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Ann Rhodes Martin, b. 1806, Virginia, USA , d. Nov 1850, Missouri, USA (Age 44 years)

Married 1828 Albemarle, Virginia, USA [9]

Married 17 Nov 1828 Albemarle, Virginia, USA [12]

Children

	1. Margaret Caruthers, b. Aft 1824 [natural]
+	2. Thomas Henry Caruthers, b. 22 Aug 1827, Albemarle, Virginia, USA [natural]
	3. Andrew Caruthers, b. Between 1828 and 1833, d. Between 1839 and 1842 (Age ~ 11 years) [natural]
+	4. Martin V Caruthers, b. 6 Jun 1834, d. 9 Feb 1909, Boone, Missouri, USA (Age 74 years) [natural]
+	5. James F Caruthers, b. 20 Nov 1836, Boone, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Nov 1914, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years) [natural]
+	6. Elisabeth Virginia Caruthers, b. 1840, d. 13 Dec 1872, Boone, Missouri, USA (Age 32 years) [natural]
+	7. Lucy F Caruthers, b. 1842, d. 1909 (Age 67 years) [natural]
	8. William Caruthers, b. 1844 [natural]
	9. Julius S Caruthers, b. 1846 [natural]

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Family ID F1763 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Nancy Brown, b. Abt 1795, d. 1827 (Age ~ 32 years)

Married 16 Mar 1820 Augusta, Virginia, USA [9]

Children

	1. David Franklin Caruthers, b. 1824, Virginia, USA , d. Jan 1857, California, USA (Age 33 years) [natural]
	2. Mary Jane Caruthers, b. 1825, Virginia, USA [natural]
	3. Martha Ellen Caruthers, b. 14 Oct 1826, Virginia, USA [natural]

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Family ID F1764 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 4 Jul 1793 - Augusta, Virginia, USA
	Birth - 1794 - Virginia, USA
	Married - 16 Mar 1820 - Augusta, Virginia, USA
	Married - 1828 - Albemarle, Virginia, USA
	Married - 17 Nov 1828 - Albemarle, Virginia, USA
	Residence - 1 Jun 1840 - Boone, Missouri, USA
	Residence - 1850 - Boone, Missouri, USA
	Residence - 1860 - Boone, Missouri, USA
	Residence - 1870 - Boone, Missouri, USA
	Residence - 1880 - Boone, Missouri, USA
	Died - 11 Dec 1880 - Boone, Missouri, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		1860 United States Federal Census Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, post office Columbia, roll M653_608, page 0, image 442.
		1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Township 49, Boone, Missouri, post office Sturgeon, roll 760, page 181, image 364.
		record-image_3QSQ-G9LH-3H9D BooneCounty,Missouri probate packet 169, image 410 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LH-3H9D?i=409&wc=QZ9D-7WP%3A1339203501%2C1339298302&cc=2399107
		record-image_3QSQ-G9LH-3H9V Boone County, Missouri Probate Packet #169 image 411 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LH-3H9V?i=410&wc=QZ9D-7WP%3A1339203501%2C1339298302&cc=2399107
		1850 United States Federal Census Database online. District 8, Boone, Missouri, roll M432_392, page 411, image 360.
		1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Database online.
		1880 United States Federal Census Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, ED 18, roll T9_676, page 192.1000, image 0396.
		1840 United States Federal Census Database online. , Boone, Missouri, roll 220, page 78.
		1812 Caruthers John
		O_Caruthers John P2
		negro for sale
		1812 Caruthers 2
		O_Caruthers John P1
		1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Database online.

Notes

The first 3 children of John Caruthers and Nancy Brown were in reality the children of John Brown, Deceased and Nancy Brown (apparently Brown was not her maiden name). On 30 Dec 1833 John Caruthers filed in Boone County Probate Court for guardianship of David Franklin Caruthers, Mary Jane Caruthers and Martha Ellen Caruthers, children of James Brown and Nancy Brown, both deceased. The guardianship arrangement was approved by the court and ended in 1847. His obituary has him marrying Nancy Brown in 1820 in Virginia, however the guardianship paperwork would put that date in question. Boone County Probate Packet 169, Image #398 on familysearch.org https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LH-3H9D?i=409&wc=QZ9D-7WP%3A1339203501%2C1339298302&cc=2399107

From the Boone County, Missouri Packet Abstract Index it appears that John Caruthers Probate Records are in Packet #3518. However, I have not seen this paperwork.

An obituary from the Columbia Statesman 17 Dec 1880 recounts his life:
Died-Caruthers
On Saturday morning, Dec 11, 1880, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucy Watson, eight miles northwest of Columbia, Mo., Mr. John Caruthers in the 88th year of his age.
Mr. Caruthers was born in Augusta County, Va., and two miles from Tinkling Spring (Presbyterian) meeting house on July 4, 1793. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, served six months under Capt. Larue(?). Col. Lindsey, Gen. Porter, at Norfolk, Va., and was drawing a pension at the time of his death. In March, 1820 he married a Miss Nancy Brown, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer who lived about two miles from his father’s home, and settled on one hundred acres of land given him by his father. She died in 1827 leaving three children, a son and two daughters. The son, David, removed in early life to California, where he married and engaged in mining. He adopted the plan of tunneling for gold, and was quite successful. He would have accumulated a large fortune, but for an incident which resulted in his instant death. The supporting props of the walls of the tunnel gave way, crushing him to death between a mass of earth and stone. He left no family but his wife. One of the daughters, Mary married Moore Petty, Esq., a well-known and highly respected farmer, teacher and justice of the peace, who resides near Bethlehem Church, in the neighborhood of Harrisburg in this county. Martha, another daughter by his first marriage, married Mr. Ishmael Vanborn, a well-known and prosperous farmer who died several years ago, and who lived near Midway, on the Columbia and Rocheport turnpike. Mrs. Vanborn died before her husband, leaving two children, a son and a daughter.
In 1828 Mr. Caruthers married his second wife, Miss Ann Rhodes Martin, of Albemarle County, Virginia, by whom he had 12 children, seven of whom are living. Thomas H, the oldest, is married and lives on a farm seven miles northwest of Columbia and near where his father died. Andrew died in his eleventh year. Martin V is married and lives near Harrisburg, in this county. James K is married and lives on the farm formerly owned by his father-in-law, Alexander Douglas, Esq., five miles northwest of Columbia. William lives near Harrisburg. Julius is dead. His oldest daughter by the second marriage, Margaret, married Mr. John Richards, of Rocheport. Elizabeth, the second daughter, who died a few years ago, married Mr. Geo W Thurston, who lives near Midway. The third and youngest daughter, Lucy, married Mr. James Watson, deceased, who lived on an adjoining farm to his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas H Caruthers. It was at her house that the deceased died.
Mr. Caruthers emigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1832, coming with John Akeman from Bath County, Va. and living for the first four years on the farm now owned by Mr. Robert Scott, five miles west of Columbia. He afterwards purchased 160 acres of land on the old Sexton Road where it crosses the Perche, on which he lived for thirty years. The farm is now occupied by Mrs. Hezekial (Mullaline?). His last wife died in November 1850, but he did not break up housekeeping until 18??, since which time he has lived with his youngest daughter, Mrs. Lucy Watson.
In 1818 or 19 he united with the Presbyterian Church and died (knowing?) of the Peace to his ashes, as they rest in the family graveyard on the old homestead.

1820 US Census: Elizabeth Caruthers in Stanton, Augusta County and John Careathers in Waynesboro, Augusta County. (1 male 26-44 and 1 female 26-44 is consistent with his just marrying Nancy Brown earlier in 1820.)

Sources

[S6] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, post office Columbia, roll M653_608, page 0, image 442.
Record for John Caruthers

1860 United States Federal Census
Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, post office Columbia, roll M653_608, page 0, image 442.
[S7] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, ED 18, roll T9_676, page 192.1000, image 0396.
Record for John Caruthers

1880 United States Federal Census
Database online. Missouri, Boone, Missouri, ED 18, roll T9_676, page 192.1000, image 0396.
[S621] 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online.
Record for John Caruthers

1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
Database online.
[S360] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. , Boone, Missouri, roll 220, page 78.
Record for John Caruthers

1840 United States Federal Census
Database online. , Boone, Missouri, roll 220, page 78.
[S295] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online.
Record for Elizabeth Virginia Caruthers
[S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. District 8, Boone, Missouri, roll M432_392, page 411, image 360.
Record for John Caruthers

1850 United States Federal Census
Database online. District 8, Boone, Missouri, roll M432_392, page 411, image 360.
[S4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Township 49, Boone, Missouri, post office Sturgeon, roll 760, page 181, image 364.
Record for John Carruthers

1870 United States Federal Census
Database online. Township 49, Boone, Missouri, post office Sturgeon, roll 760, page 181, image 364.
[S637] History of Boone County, Missouri, William F Switzler, (Date: 1882;), P 980 and P 391.
John Caruthers, veteran of War of 1812, born in Virginia in 1793. Came to Boone in 1832. Died in 1879 (however incorrect, is on 1880 census!)
[S67] Newspaper Obituary, Columbia Statesman 17 Dec 1880 obituary of John Caruthers.
[S619] 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for J Caruthers

1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
Database online.
[S144] Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol 2, p 280.
1786--March 14, David Coruthers (Caruthers) and Elizabeth Jackson,
daughter of David Jackson.

Vol 2 p346
1786, January 3d--By Rev. Archibald Scott: James Davis and Deborah
Millor; March 9th, John Wilson and Rachel Wilson; March 10th, James
Shields and Rachel Anderson; March 16th, Robert Brooks and Polly Grass;
March 18th, David Caruthers and Elizabeth Jackson;
[S620] Albemarle County Marriages, 1780-1853 by John Vogt & T. William Kethley.
copied from the book exactly as it states(per T. Nicolaas):
P. 62
Caruthers
John & Ann R. Martin 17 Nov 1828; [Marr. Reg., 1806-1868, fol. 41] b- Henry W. Martin, who also affirms Ann over 21 [B/C Papers, 1822-29]