JESSE CARVER

In the colony founded by William Penn in 1682 were three brothers by the name of Carver. One of these (John Carver) settled in that part afterward set off as Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He became prominent in the colonial history of Pennsylvania. Jesse Carver, the subject of these lines, is the son of John Carver and the grandson . of John Carver, and a descendant of the John Carver above noted.

The Carvers were, of course, Quakers or Friends in early days. Jesse Carver was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1816. His education was limited to the common school of his day. Farming has been his avocation all his years, having been sufficiently successful to save a competency for old age. He was married August 23, 1838, to Miss Sarah W. Lewis. She was born March 10, 1810,. in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. She is connected with the Elicott family, thoroughly written up in a book set apart to that family alone. After marriage Mr. Carver rented a farm near Buclingham, Pennsylvania. In 1851 he emigrated westward, settling in Preemption township, Mercer county, Illinois, where he entered land in section 14. In the following year he built and soon moved into his own house, a consummation sought for many years. No longer a tenant but a lord.

He has added to his first purchase till he owns over 360 acres of good land. He has eight children : Watson T., Letitia L. (now Mrs. Jackson Thornton of Millersburg), Readding L, Thomas E., Edward W., Winfield S., John M., and Marietta (wife of Harvey T. Trovillo).

 

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