Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Carkeet, Joseph
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Durham Township


JOSEPH CARKEET mining superintendent, P.O. Durham, was born 
in Cornwall, England, in September, 1846, and came to 
America in June, 1864.  He is a son of William and Jane 
Carkeet, both natives of England.  His grandparents were 
George and Elizabeth Carkeet, and Thomas and Ellen Rowling, 
all natives of England.  In 1866 Joseph Carkeet, with a 
party of others, went through Georgia on a mining 
expedition, where they opened some valuable gold mines.  In 
1869 he returned to New York, then made a visit to England 
to see his parents.  Within the same year he again returned 
to America and went to California, where he remained up to 
the time of his coming to Durham.  In 1872 he accepted his 
present position with the Durham Furnace company.  Mr. 
Carkeet was married January 3, 1875, to Miss Emeline Shovel, 
also a native of England.  She is a descendant of Sir 
Cloudsley Shovel, one of England's greatest admirals.  Their 
only child is William J.   Mr. Carkeet has under his 
management seventy-five men, and his position is one of 
great responsibility.  He is a member of the Methodist 
church, and in politics is a republican.