[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.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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