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WILLIAM MCCARTY
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Salt Creek Township
Page 846

WILLIAM McCARTY, farmer and breeder of blooded Holstein and Jersey cattle and Yorkshire swine; P. O. Mason City; was born in Menard Co., Ill.. Dec. 11, 1845; is the eldest son of Thomas McCarty, of Mason City. He married Sarah J. Ely, daughter of George W. Ely, of Salt Creek Township, Dec. 16, 1866; they have four children, viz., William E., born Sept. 11, 1867; George T., March 14, 1870; Malinda J., Sept. 25, 1873, and Francis Otis, Feb. 19, 1878. He is working one of his father's farms in Salt Creek Township, of 240 acres, and has a pleasant home.





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