EDWARD McCARTY
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Edward McCarty was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, July 17, 1813, where his parents were residents at an early day, and where his father died, in 1829, his wife surviving him, and coming to Illinois, in 1844, with Edward, and died at their home, near Forest City, in June, 1846. When he settled in Mason county, as above stated, he engaged in the business of farming, his lifelong occupation. He was married, in 1862, to Miss Jemima Norman, and had four children. The life of Mr. McCarty has not been all sunshine, or all shade, but varied with the vicissitudes incident to this worlds' changes. "A life of labor was his lot; He always tried to do his best." Industrious, honest, and upright, enjoying the confidence of his fellow-men, he is now looking back on a life of duties done. He has for some years past been a resident of Pekin, Illinois.

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