Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....McCarty, William M. 1863 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM M. MCCARTY.

   What a wonderful heritage a man gives to his children when, passing from this
world, he leaves behind the knowledge of an active life well spent and evidence
of the good he has accomplished for his age and community. To have been
considered a representative citizen in his day and generation, as was the late
John W. McCarty, does not fall to the lot of many men. Only those who are truly
great in heart and mind and possessed of untiring energy and unfailing optimism,
are capable of establishing for themselves the confidence of the community. This
cheering knowledge is possessed by the children of the late John W. McCarty,
among whom is William M. McCarty, the subject of this sketch.

   William M. McCarty, the proprietor of the "Hurricane Branch Stock Farm,"
comprising one hundred and twenty acres of land, situated one mile south and two
miles west of Burlington, is a native of Burlington township, born on the farm
where he now lives on August 22, 1863. Mr. McCarty's parents were John W. and
Martha J. (Johnson) McCarty, the former of whom was born on August 5, 1822, in
Union county, Indiana, and who came to Carroll county with his mother when he
was a young man. Here he grew up and was married to Martha J. Johnson, who was a
native of the Old Dominion state and the daughter of Robert Johnson, who came
with his family in a wagon to Indiana and after arriving in Indiana settled near
Burlington. Here he entered a quarter section of land and spent the remainder of
his life. Robert Johnson had seven children by one marriage and four children by
another. The children born by the first marriage were John F., Villa, William
T., Martha J., Amanda, Andrew and Madison. The children born to the second
marriage were Flora, Susie, Frank and Vince.

   To the late John W. and Martha J. (Johnson) McCarty were born three sons, of
whom Frank C. married Eliza Smith. He is now deceased. A. J. married Mary Smith,
and now lives in San Francisco. William M. is the subject of this sketch.

   Mr. McCarty has spent his entire life in Burlington township. He received an
elementary education in the public schools of the township and, like most
country boys, attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the
summer months; In this way his life was spent until he was nineteen years old.
When Mr. McCarty was twenty-six years old, on June 24, 1889, he was married to
Dora Marquess, a native of Carroll county, and the daughter of Alexander
Marquess. They have had three children, Harry, Laurel and Kemp. Harry and Laurel
are unmarried and live at home. Kemp graduated from the common schools of
Carroll county, with the class of 1915.

   After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McCarty rented the farm upon which they
now live. Later they purchased the farm by buying out the interests of the other
heirs. Mr. McCarty has become a well-known breeder of Shorthorn cattle, his herd
being headed by White Cloud No. 355280. He also breeds good Belgian horses and a
high grade of hogs. In fact, he is known as one of the most practical and
successful breeders and stockmen of Burlington township.

   Fraternally, William M. McCarty is a member of Burlington Lodge No. in, Free
and Accepted Masons. He belongs to Burlington Lodge No. 179, Knights of Pythias,
and although nominally a Democrat, has never held office nor has ever aspired to
office. He is a most successful farmer and honorable citizen, popular in the
township where he lives and possesses the confidence of his neighbors and his
fellow citizens.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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