Carse, James

CARSE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman
Date: 7/24/2007 at 21:22:33

James Carse

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.65 Belknap Twp.)
James Carse, farmer, P. O. Carson, was born in County Down, Ireland, October 19, 1830. He is the son of James and Mary (Gaugh) Carse, both natives of the same county. His father was a farmer, and died when our subject was fourteen years old. His ancestors were Scotch "non-conformists." His (subject's) mother was of English descent and died in Ireland. The parents had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Our subject has four sisters living in America, and a brother John, who is a successful miner in Australia. He (subject) received a good common school education, and lived with his mother's family until he came to America in 1859. He located at Newburg, Orange Co., N. Y., where he lived for two years, being engaged as a coachman; he then came to Dixon, Ill., where he worked out for nine months, at the end of which time he commenced farming for himself. He was married at Dixon, Ill., September 3, 1863, to Mary Wallace Carse; born in the same place as her husband, January 17, 1835. She was the daughter of James and Margaret (Wallace) Carse, both natives of Ireland, and both of whom are dead. Subject's wife came to the United States in1857, living in Baltimore, Md., till 1863, when she moved to Illinois. After his marriage, our subject farmed in Illinois for fourteen years. He purchased his land in this county September 6, 1876, and moved on it in the spring of 1877. He has made all the improvements himself; he has six children - Margaret Wallace, Mary Gaugh, Sarah Elizabeth, William Henry, James Stewart and John Archibald. Mrs. Carse's parents had six children, three sons and three daughters. All of the daughters and one son - James, are living in this country. James is living with our subject and owns eighty acres of land adjoining his farm, which consists of 240 acres in Sections 19 and 20, Belknap Township. His specialty is stock, for which he raises his own grain. Mr. and Mrs. Carse were raised Presbyterians. in politics, he is Republican.