Texas Family Group Sheet for the Alexander Craighead CARRUTH, Jr. Family *********************************************** Copyright Shirley Webb. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Shirley Webb Email address: Husband: Alexander Craighead CARRUTH, Jr. Birthdate: Feb 1800 Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN Death date: 1858 Place of death: Collin Co., TX Burial: Forbis Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Father: Alexander Craighead CARRUTH, Sr. Mother: Susan SIMMS Marriage date: 25 Jan 1829 Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN Wife: Elizabeth WILSON Birthdate: 1812 Birthplace: Gallatin, Sumner Co., TN Death date: 10 Nov 1896 Place of death: Collin Co., TX Burial: Forbis Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Father: David WILSON Mother: Jane CARROTHERS CHILDREN Child No. 1: James E. CARRUTH Sex: M Birthdate: 25 Jul 1830 Birthplace: TN Death date: 20 Feb 1910 Place of death: TX Burial: Worden Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Marriage date: 1 Oct 1868 Marriage place: Collin Co., TX Spouse's name: Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" GEORGE Child No. 2: John T. CARRUTH Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Mar 1832 Birthplace: TN Death date: 22 Feb 1922 Place of death: Collin Co., TX Burial: Forbis Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Marriage date: 8 Dec 1858 Marriage place: TX Spouse's name: Philetta E. CLARK Child No. 3: Susan J. CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 1834 Birthplace: TN Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Harriet CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: Mar 1837 Birthplace: TN Death date: after 1900 Place of death: TX Burial: Marriage date: about 1855 Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN Spouse's name: Patrick STONE Child No. 5: Martha CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 1838 Birthplace: TN Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 2 May 1866 Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Robert TROTTER Child No. 6: David Alexander CARRUTH Sex: M Birthdate: 1840 Birthplace: TN Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 5 May 1869 Marriage place: TX Spouse's name: Margaret Jane "Peggy" MCKINNEY Child No. 7: Elvira CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 1842 Birthplace: TN Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 4 Sep 1873 Marriage place: Collin Co., TX Spouse's name: John TOLLERSON Child No. 8: Elizabeth CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 1844 Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN Death date: about 1876 Place of death: Weston, Collin Co., TX Burial: Marriage date: 1 Feb 1871 Marriage place: Collin Co., TX Spouse's name: John Scott "Tobe" BECK Child No. 9: Mary E. CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 25 Dec 1847 Birthplace: TN Death date: 26 Jul 1936 Place of death: Collin Co., TX Burial: Worden Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Marriage date: 19 Oct 1871 Marriage place: TX Spouse's name: Henry J. Philips Child No. 10: Robert T. CARRUTH Sex: M Birthdate: 21 Jun 1850 Birthplace: TN Death date: 30 Jan 1873 Place of death: Collin Co., TX Burial: Forbis Cemetery, Collin Co., TX Marriage date: 16 May 1871 Marriage place: Collin Co., TX Spouse's name: Caroline America HIGHTOWER Child No. 11: Sarah Adelaide CARRUTH Sex: F Birthdate: 1856 Birthplace: TN Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 4 Jul 1875 Marriage place: Collin Co., TX Spouse's name: Hardin WATSON, Jr. Documentation: "Marriages of Wilson County, TN. 1802-1850" by Edythe Rucker Whitley; "From Whence Ye Came" by Lela Grant Carruth; "Cemetery Inscriptions for Collin Co., TX" by Alice Pitts; "The History of Grayson Co., TX" Vol II by Grayson Co. Frontier Village (1981; Marriage records for Collin Co., TX; Deed Records of Collin Co., TX; Census records for Wilson County, TN (1850) and Collin County, TX (1860 thru 1900.