Andrew Carothers (1778-1836): His Life and Times
Frederick Watts, a well-known lawyer, judge of the Cumberland County Courts, and Unites States Commissioner of Agriculture, had this to say about his mentor and friend Andrew Carothers:
Arsenic in the Leaven
Life for the Scottish Carothers clan in East Pennsborough, now Silver Spring Township, was neither calm nor peaceful in that tiny fragment of time between 1798 and 1801. Four murders occured within two of the families, the John Carothers and the Andrew Carothers. A fifth Carother's death within the county was the beating death of James Carothers Sr. at the hands of his own sons, John and James in 1803. Whether this family was also located in East Pennsborough is not known.