JOHN S. CARLILE is a grandson of Robert and Mollie Carlile, natives of New Jersey. Mrs. Mollie Carlile was the famous Mollie Stark, of Revolutionary fame, and a daughter of the gallant Gen. John Stark. She died in 1858, in her ninety-sixth year, loved and honored by every true American, leaving four children to perpetuate her memory. Mr. Carlile owned iron furnaces and about 600 acres of land in New Jersey, and was a prosperous business man. John Carlile, father of subject, was born in 1787, in New Jersey, and moving to Pennsylvania in 1820, located near Lone Pine, Amwell township, Washington county. He was engaged in tanning several years, then began to farm, in which he continued the remainder of his life. On May 2, 1822, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Curry, who bore him six children, viz.: Mary (Mrs. Camp), Margaret (Mrs. Onstott), Sarah Jane (Mrs. Prall), William, Eliza (Mrs. Keeney) and John S. Mr. Carlile was first a Whig, and afterward united with the Republican party on its formation. He died in 1861, in his seventy-fifth year, followed by Mrs. Carlile in 1864. John S. Carlile was born November 3, 1838, on the old Hatfield farm in Amwell township, and remained at home until 1864, in which year his mother died. He was educated at the common schools, and at Pleasant Valley Academy. When yet a boy he learned the carpenter's trade, serving a regular apprenticeship of three years with a Mr. Keeney, and has ever since followed that business, being constantly engaged in contracting and building. On March 8, 1866, our subject was married to Rebecca Ann Potts, of Beaver county, Penn., and the children born to them were: G. Lawrence, Elfonsine, William, O. Curtis, Harry (deceased) and Alvin (deceased). Mr. Carlile has always been one of the most earnest and influential Republicans in his township. He was enumerator of the First Precinct of Amwell township for the eleventh census, and, with the exception of three years, has been a member of the election board for twenty years.

Text taken from page 642 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed May 1997 by Marion L. Smith of San Diego, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published May 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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