Thanks to the wonderful research of Marj Brown(of Oregon),Bobby V. Carnahan (of TN)and family members who maintained the family Bibles! ================================================================= Previous Generation (Source: Family Bible) =========================================================================== Husband: CHARLES JOHNSON"Chick" CARNAHAN born:7/27/1923 place:Leechburg,PA marr:11/21/44 place:Baltimore,MD died: 3/11/1989 place:PA buried: place: =========================================================================== Wife:Mildred Marie Fowler(2nd husband:William Redway) born:10/16/1925 place:79 Howell Mill Rd Atl,GA died: 11/1988 place:Riverview,Florida buried:Cremated place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 David Charles Carnahan born:11/14/1945 place:Atlanta,GA marr:3/19/1969 place:Macon,GA Shurlington United Meth.Church died: 8/15/04 place: Eatonton, GA spouse: Bette Jo Hamilton (2 children, Sandra Dawn and David Joseph) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carnahan Family Group Sheet
=========================================================================== Previous Generation Source:Family Bible, cousin Harry Guy Carnahan, Marlene Carnahan =========================================================================== Husband:ARCHIE LUTHER"Louie" CARNAHAN born:1/17/1898 place:Homer City,PA marr: place: died:2/15/1956 place:Indiana Mem. Hospital buried:2/18/1956 place:Greenwood Cem Indiana,PA =========================================================================== Wife:Mary McAdoo(Parents:Charles & Margaret McAdoo) born: Charles(BRO:John&Bill McAdoo) died: Bro/Sis:John,Charles,Minnie,Martha buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 Johnny Carnahan(died as a young boy) born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Archie Luther Louis "Junior" Carnahan lives in Fayetteville, PA born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Gladys Mae Hornbaker (3 children: Harry,Aletta, Patsy Ann) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Andrew "Andy" Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Alfred Carnahan (kidnapped, died as boy) born: place: marr: place: died: place: Homer City, PA buried: place: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5 Stella Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Mr. Hullinhen (2 children, Don and Sue) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #6 Mary Jane Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Don Offenbacker(3 boys) Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #7 CHARLES JOHNSON CARNAHAN born:7/27/1923 place:Leechburg PA marr:11/21/44 place:Baltimore,MD died: 3/11/1989 place:PA buried: place: spouse:1st: Mildred Marie Fowler(1 child),2nd wife??Adopted daughter =========================================================================== #8 Raymond "Ray" Carnahan lives in New York born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Hattie (3 boys, 1 girl) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #9 James "Jim" Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Sally (two girls) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #10 David Wayne Carnahan lives in Texas born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Helen (4 girls) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #11 Ronald "Ronnie" Carnahan lives in Homer City, PA born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Marlene (2 girls-Angie and Rebecca) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #12 Margaret "Margie" Carnahan lives in Texas born: place: marr: never married place: died: place: buried: place: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #13 Samuel "Sammy" Carnahan lives in Louisiana born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Carol(1 boy,1 girl) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================== Previous Generation Source: Family Bible & Marj Brown,EversonMA@aol.com =========================================================================== 1871 family came from Indiana to Homer City, Pa. Indiana County of Pennsylvania Husband:ANDREW JAMES CARNAHAN born:abt 1873 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: =========================================================================== Wife:Stella Zack(??2nd wife Christina Parker??) born: place: died: place: buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN (1923 Andrew & Stella lived in Homer City, PA) =========================================================================== #1 ARCHIE LUTHER "Louie" CARNAHAN born:1/17/1898 place: Homer City,PA marr: place: died:2/15/1956 place:Indiana Mem. Hospital buried: place: Greenwood Cem Indiana,PA spouse: Mary McAdoo(13 children) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 John L Carnahan(? May be cousin) born: 5/15/1892 place:Homer City, PA marr: place: died: 7/20/1947 place:Indiana Mem Hosp,Indiana PA buried: place:Mt Tabor Cemetary spouse: -----------------------------------------------------------------========================================================================== Source: Family Bible & Marj Brown,EversonMA@aol.com Previous Generation (6 children) Family in 1850,1860,1880Census of West Wheatfield twp Ind. Co PA =========================================================================== Husband: ARCHIBALD LUTHER CARNAHAN born:2/2/1850 place:East Wheatfield twp,Ind.Co,PA marr:8/21/1873 place:Indiana Co,PA/Wheatfield twp died:3/18/1932 place:Heshbon East Wheatfield, Ind.Co. PA buried: place: Obituary:(SUMMARY) INDIANA COUNTY, PA OF ARCHIBALD LUTHER CARNAHAN A. Luther Carnahan died in 1932, age 82 yrs. He was the son of Samuel Carnahan, and Catherine (Mc Donald) Carnahan. Luther was married to Amanda Hice, and they had the following children: A.J. Carnahan of Homer City, Pa.; John M. of Hesbon, Pa.; Mrs. T.A. Billensteen of Cleveland; Mrs. Emma Weir of Homer City; Mrs. Norma Murdock of Tarr Station, Pa. and Mrs. Charles Harnett of Hesbon. (Note: Archibald Carnahan appears with his family on the 1850-1880census in West Wheatfield tp., Indiana Co., Pa. He was born ca1850/51 in Penns.) =========================================================================== Wife: Amanda Hice(Parents:George W & Sarah Alcorn Hice) born:abt 1857 place:West Wheatfield twpIndCoPA died: 4/22/1936 place: buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 Erminia "Emma" Jane Carnahan born: 8/15/1877 place:West Wheatfield twp Ind.Co Pa marr: place: died:12/20/1964 place: Indian Haven, Indiana Co. Pa buried:12/22/1964 place:Greenwood Cem.,Ind,Indiana Co.Pa. spouse: Sloan Weir Obituary - December 1964 Mrs. Emma Jane Weir, 87, of Homer City, passed away at Indian Haven Sunday, December 20,1964 at 5:45 p.m. Born August 15, 1877 in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County she was a daughter of Luther and Amanda Hice Carnahan. Mrs. Weir was a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Homer City, and had resided in the Homer City area the majority of her life. Survivors include the following children: Daniel C. Weir of Homer City; Sloan N. Weir, Homer City R.D.; Mrs. Clara Myers, Homer City; Mrs. Martha Clawson, Indiana; Mrs. Glen E. Carson, Homer City; William G. Weir, Homer City;Three sisters; Mrs. Etta Billingstein, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs.Minnie Harnett, New Florence, and Mrs. Norman Murdock of Tarrs, Pa.;25 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren,and two great-greatgrandchildren.Friends will be received at the Askew Funeral Home, Homer City, after 7 p.m. this evening, where services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. George McNeel will officiare and interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana. (Note: Emma Jane (Carnahan) Weir born 15 Aug 1877, West Wheatfield tp, Indiana co., Pa., was the daughter of Archibald Luther Carnahan born 22 Feb 1850 East Wheatfield tp., Indiana co., Pa., died 19 March 1932, East Wheatfield tp, and Amanda Hice born ca 1857, Pa. Archibald Luther Carnahan born 1850, was the son of Samuel Carnahan,born ca 1785 Pa. and Catherine Mc Donald.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Minnie Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Charles Harnett --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 John M. Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Sarah/Norma Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: T.J. Murdock --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5Anetta Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: T.A. Billenstein --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #6 ANDREW JAMES CARNAHAN born:abt 1873 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Stella Zack(1 child?) =========================================================================== Previous Generation Source: Marj Brown,EversonMA@aol.com =========================================================================== Husband:SAMUEL CARNAHAN (farmer) born:abt 1786 place:Armagh Co.,Ireland/or ps in Scotland marr:between1831-1834 place: died:9/26/1865 place:Indiana Co PA/Wheatfield twp buried: place:Use Go button to read about the life and death of pioneer Alexander Carnahan, grandson of Samuel and 1st wife Margaret Lloyd. =========================================================================== 2ndWife:Catherine McDonald(1st wife:Margaret Lloyd/20yrs younger) born:abt 1808 place: Lawrence Co.PA died: aft 1870 place: buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 Joseph Carnahan born:abt 1835 place:Indiana Co,PA/Wheatfield twp marr:6/12/1862 place:Indiana Co PA/Wheatfield twp died: place: buried: place: spouse: Caroline Shaiffer b:abt1843,m:6/12/1862Ind.PA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Margaret Carnahan born:abt 1841 place:Indiana Co. PA/Wheatfield twp marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Samuel Palmer b:abt1820 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Martha C. Carnahan born:abt 1844 place:West Wheatfield twp/Indiana Co.PA marr: place: died:5/25/1902 place:West Wheatfield twp/Indiana Co.PA buried: place: spouse:David Campbell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 James Carnahan born: abt 1846 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Mary J _____ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5 Andrew Jackson Carnahan born:4/1/1848 place:Indiana Co. PA/Wheatfield twp marr: place: died:7/24/1922 place:Heshbon Indiana Co. PA buried:7/27/1922 place:Mt.Tabor Church,W. Wheatfield,Ind.Co.Pa. spouse: Susan Jane___b.9/1854(child:Samuel D.born10/1879PA) A.J. Carnahan Obituary Infirmities incident to old age caused the death of A.J. Carnahan, of West Wheatfield township, near Hesbon on Tuesday morning, July 25 in his 78th year. He is survived by his wife, but no children. Mr. Carnahan is an uncle of ex-County Commissioner J.A. Campbell, of this place. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, interment to be made in the Ridge church graveyard on the Philadelphia and Ebensburg pike in West Wheatfield township. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #6 ARCHIBALD LUTHER CARNAHAN born:2/2/1850 place:East Wheatfield twp Ind Co. Pa marr:8/21/1873 place:Indiana Co. PA/Wheatfield twp died:3/18/1932 place:Heshbon East Wheatfield,Ind Co PA buried: place: spouse: Amanda Hice(6 children) -----------------------------------------------------------------================================================================= Previous Generation Source:Marj Brown,EversonMA@aol.com,Carnahan Newsletter,His. of Indiana Co,PA 1745-1800,Prof. JT Stewart,1913 Ind.Co.PA "her People, Past and Present,"Naturalization Records 1802-1852 =========================================================================== Husband: ALEXANDER CARNAHAN born:abt1760-65 place:Armagh Co. Ireland/or ps in Scotland marr:abt1780 place: ps Armagh Co. Ireland or ps Scotland died: place:Armagh twp/Indiana Co PA(possibly) buried: (9/18/1804 Naturalization in Westmoreland Co. PA) =========================================================================== Wife:Elizabeth Tomb (parents:William & Euphemia S. Baird Tomb) born: abt1765 place:Armagh Co. Ireland/or ps in Scotland died: place: buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 Catherine Carnahan born:abt1781 place: marr: place: died:10/13/1865 place:Brush Valley,Indiana Co.PA Wheatfield twp buried: place: spouse: James McDonald The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 8 page 112 Miss May I. Hargnett. DAR ID Number: 7337 Born in Pennsylvania. Descendant of Capt.John McDonald ofPennsylvania. Daughter of John Hargnett and Euphemia R.McDonald,his wife. Granddaughter of James McDonald and CATHERINE CARNAHAN, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of John McDonald and Jane Wilson, his wife.John McDonald enlisted in Capt. Casper Weitzel's company, First Battalion, Rifle Regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles. He rose to the rank of captain of the Flying Camp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Jane C. Carnahan born: 12/13/1783 place:Ireland marr: place: Cumberland,Path Valley/ps Armagh, Ind.Co.PA died:10/12/1844 place:Wheatfield twp.Ind Co. PA buried: place: Wakefield Private Cemetery spouse:David Wakefield --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Alexander Carnahan born:abt1785 place:Armagh Co. Ireland marr:abt1830 place: died:11/1858 place:Muddy Creek Butler Co.PA buried: place: spouse: Elizabeth Anderson b:1811Muddy Creek,m:abt1830,d:1857 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 SAMUEL CARNAHAN born:abt1786 place:Armagh Co. Ireland or ps in Scotland marr:1831-1834 place: died: 9/26/1865 place:Wheatfield twp.Ind Co. PA buried: place: spouse:Margaret Lloyd(7 children), Catherine McDonald(6 children) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5 Elizabeth Carnahan born:abt1792 place:Pennsylvania? marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Archibald Louther --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #6 Mary Carnahan born:abt1797 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse:Hugh King --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #7 John Carnahan born:1781-1782 place:Ireland marr: place: died:before1850 place: buried: place: spouse: Mary Devlin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #8 Euphemia Letitia B. Carnahan born:4/16/1803 place:Indiana Co. PA marr:abt1820 place:Indiana Co. PA died:12/29/1874 place:Burlington,Des Moines Co,IA buried: place:Aspen Grove Cemetery spouse: Peter James Jacoby --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #9 Mary Carnahan born:abt 1810 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #10 (Robert)James Carnahan born:abt 1797 place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Susan Thompson =========================================================================== SOURCE:Carnahan Newsletter-Linda Goodson Nelson Alexander Carnahan(Kernahan) came to USA in 1790; settled in Armagh twp, Indiana Col, PA. Listed the 10 children(with the 2 Mary's with 2 different husbands) SOURCE:Prof JT Stewart, 1913, Indiana Co. PA "her People, Past and Present" mentions that Elizabeth Tomb marries Alexander Carnathan(note spelling);no mention of William being his first name SOURCE:Histry of Indiana Co. PA 1745-1800 mentions that Alexander Canathan, wife and 4 children were among a portion of a ship load of emigrants from Ireland, arrived in Ameria on July 21,1792. They located in Western PA;eight families, arriving on the present site of Armagh in the early portion of August 1792. These eight families were from an 'Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church in the county of Armagh, Ireland. Were composed of Margaret Jane(Tomb)Graham, David Tomb(brother),James Anderson and wife, a Fee and wife with daughter Elizabeth, Alexander Carnathan and wife and 4 children, James Leslie and wife, James Lulke and wife;and Hugh Junkins and wife. SOURCE:Naturalization Records 1802-1852 Westmoreland Co., PA by William L Iscrupe, 1978. Reads:"Native of Ireland. Now residing in Wheatfield twp., Indiana Co., PA Was living in US prior to 29 Jan 1795(Has lived US 2 years and in PA 1 year)Vouched for by Jeremiah Wakefield of Wheatfield twp, Indiana Co., PA Admitted as citizen 18 Sept 1804. Prothonotary:Thomas Hamilton -----------------------------------------------------------------================================================================= Previous Generation =========================================================================== Husband: Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: =========================================================================== Wife: born: place: died: place: buried: place: =========================================================================== CHILDREN =========================================================================== #1 born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Carnahan born: place: marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: ========================================================================== ===========================================================================
