JOHN MCCARTY
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20th Century Atlas of Mason County, Illinois, published
1903 JOHN MCCARTY, Retired Farmer, Mason City, was born in Clark Co., Ohio, April
19, 1836, and was brought to Petersburg, Ill., by his father, Cornelius McCarty,
in 1837. In March, 1852, he came to Mason Co. He married Miss Anna Beck. P. O.
Mason City.
History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
JOHN McCARTY, farmer and stock raiser; P.O. Mason City; was born in
Clark Co., Ohio, April 19, 1836; came to Menard Co., III., with his parents in
the fall of 1838; in 1839, moved to Mason Co., where he now resides; has always
followed farming and raising stock; his father and mother moved from North
Carolina to Ohio. Mr. McCarty married Anna Josephine Beck November 14, 1867; she
was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, March 9, 1847. Mr. McCarty began life with nothing
and never had a cent given him; he now owns a fine home and 1,066 acres of land
in Salt Creek Township and ten acres inside the corporation of Mason City. Is a
Director in the First National Bank of Mason City; was Commissioner of Highways
nine years, but declined the honor in 1878. He belongs to Modoc Tribe of Red
Men, No. 14. of Mason City. They have two children, Onie Bell, born May 7, 1869,
and Ida Dell, born Jan. 10, 1873.
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