James Elliott Karns (1828 - 1917)

Born 5 Sep 1828 in Harrison Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 30 Nov 1917 at age 89 in Tarentum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

James E. Karns, carpenter, Tarentum, a son of Charles W. and Mary (Thomson) Karns, was born in what is now Harrison township, Allegheny county Pa., in 1828.

1864 Mr. Karns married Elizabeth, daughter of John L. Randolph, of Harrison township, this county.

Mrs. Karns died in 1880. They reared a family of six children, viz.: Anna M., Mary A., Augusta E., Cornelia R., Charles W. (deceased) and Francis M.

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

JAMES E. KARNS, retired, of Tarentum, was born in East Deer township, Allegheny Co., Pa., Sept. 5, 1828. His father, Charles W. Karns,...

Mr. Karns was married, in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth A, Randolph, of Allegheny county. Six children were born of this union, viz. : Anna Margaret, Mary Agnes, Augusta E., Cornelia R. , Charles W. (deceased) and Francis M. Mrs. Karns died July 12, 1880, and, on April 2, 1890, Mr. Karns married Miss Margaret English, daughter of John and Jane (McCrory) English, both natives of Ireland and early settlers of Tarentum. Mr. English died at the age of ninety, and his wife at eighty-six.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 583)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 259-260)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42828635