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Levi W. Routh was born in Lincoln County, N. C., February 18, 1833, his parents being Jacob and Sarah (Perkins) Routh. The father was born in Germany in 1788, and when a year old was brought to America by his parents, and spent his entire life in the State of our subject’s birth, dying in Catawba County in 1848. The mother was of English descent, born in Lincoln County about 1800, and died in Catawba County in 1866. They reared a family of five sons, only one of whom is living. At the age of nineteen Levi left home and worked at the carpenter’s trade in Texas. Two years later he returned to North Carolina, married, and farmed there from 1856-71, also dealing in horses. He next located at Hindsville, Ark., where he kept hotel and farmed nine years. He finally purchased his present farm of John Carroll, and is now the owner of 244 acres, 215 being in valley land on War Eagle, two miles east of Huntsville. His two-story residence is desirably situated, and he is one of the prosperous farmers of the county. September 20, 1857, Martha Josephine Boyd became his wife. She was also born in Lincoln County, N. C., her birth occurring June 28, 1837. She is of English and German descent and is the mother of ten children: Allie S., wife of W. T. Brooks; Edgar A.; Cora N.; Avery L., of California; Minnie E., Charles M. (deceased), Myrtle A., Nora S., Elmore (deceased) and Retta I. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Routh belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Routh is a Democrat, and during the war served in the Confederate army three years, in the Forty-sixth North Carolina Regiment. He participated in the battles of Seven Pines, Seven Days’ fight, Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, Bristoe Station, Fredericksburg, and at the battle of the Wilderness was wounded in the face and neck. He is a Master Mason.