Carman, Thomas, 1815-1899

Thomas Carman was a Quaker of Hector Township, N.Y., the son of William and Phebe Carman of Scipio Monthly Meeting. In 1840 he married Margaret Williams, daughter of Obadiah and Ruth Williams. She died in 1875. In 1877 he married Catharine Williams (1810-1890), an elder in Hector Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and Margaret's sister. Thomas and Catharine were active in Quaker concerns including the education of freedmen, and Thomas traveled with Quaker ministers in 1864 and with Benjamin Angell in 1867 (d. 1868) who was an acknowledged minister of Queensbury Monthly Meeting.

From the description of Carman family papers, 1786-1894. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 170923741