Bios: THOMAS J. CARLISLE, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
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THOMAS J. CARLISLE,
[p. 640] a representative and substantial citizen of
Lawrence County, who owns two valuable farms of seventy-five acres each,
and three houses in Lowellville, has been a resident of Mahoning
Township since the fall of 1901. He was born in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, August 10, 1854, and is a son of James and Rebecca
(McMasters) Carlisle, and a nephew of the late B. F. Jones, who was one
of the leading iron men of Pittsburg.
The maternal grandfather was a very early settler in Allegheny County,
and at one time owned a large amount of the land on which a part of the
present city of Pittsburg stands. He was a pioneer innkeeper there and
conducted the old Eagle Hotel, a well-known hostelry, and the McMasters
family was identified with much of the early development of that
section. The Carlisles also were early settlers near Pittsburg, and
James Carlisle resided almost all his life in the vicinity of Turtle Creek.
Thomas J. Carlisle was educated in the public schools and a private
school in Jefferson Township, Allegheny County, and when he reached
manhood chose farming as his occupation in life. On April 9, 1884, he
was united in marriage with Lynda Philips, who was born February 12,
1862, at Library, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of
David and Nancy A. (Allison) Philips. The Philips family originated in
Wales and is an old established family in Allegheny County. Mr. and Mrs.
Carlisle have three children: Velma Isabel, who married Joseph E. Pitts,
a nephew of County Commissioner Pitts of New Castle; Larimer C., who
resides in Mahoning Township, and Franklin J., who is pursuing his
studies at the Ohio Northern University at Ada, preparing for mechanical
engineering. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle are members of the Mahoning United
Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. Mrs. Carlisle takes much
interest in the missionary work of the church. In politics he is a
Republican.
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20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
Updated: 20 Nov 2001