EDWARD
CARRUTHERS Ohio was settled by a hardy and determined people, and has well maintained the character those sturdy pioneers gave her, for she has given to the settlement of the Northwest many of its best elements of citizenship and also much of its most tense and enduring fiber in the army of conquest, which has subdued it for the uses of man, and is now enlarging its power and multiplying its forces for good. From this state came Edward
CARRUTHERS, who was born on October 2, 1862, the son of Robert and Martha (Breahman)
CARRUTHERS, also natives of that state. When he was four years old the family removed to
Kansas, and there he remained until he was sixteen, when, wishing to make his own way in the world and seek his own opportunity for advancement, he left the paternal roof and went to
Colorado, where he road the range for a time, then proceeded to
Utah, and from there came to
Wyoming, a pioneer in 1882, locating in
Johnson county. On the fertile plains of the
Powder River section for three years he road the range and found the life invigorating and decidedly a pleasant one, and, thus imbued with the spirit of the stock industry, having by experience of length and value acquired a full knowledge of it in every detail, in 1885 he came to the
Bighorn basin and took up his residence where he now lives, settling on a homestead, which his skill and labors have transformed into a beautiful and well-improved ranch, now increased to 360 acres by subsequent addition. He has a herd of 225 superior cattle, for whose comfort and proper maintenance he has made due provision in barns, sheds and other outbuildings, as he has for the good breed of horses he also handles in moderate numbers. He was married at Hyattville,
Wyoming, in 1888, to Miss Jennie
Hatten, a native of
Ohio, and they have three children, John, Alvin and Edna.
Progressive Men of
Wyoming, 1903
pg. 777