Candler County GaArchives Biographies.....M'GARITY, JOHN C. 1848 - 
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Author: S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.
JOHN C. M'GARITY, farmer, Victory, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Jones and Mary
	(Embry) McGarity, was born near Atlanta in 1848. His paternal 
grandfather was a native of Ireland and came to America before the 
revolutionary war and was a soldier in the army. His grandfather, Abner 
McGarity, was a native of South Carolina and came to Georgia in an ox cart and 
settled, in the woods in Elbert county in 1795 and cleared a farm. Here Mr. 
McGarity's father was born and reared on a farm. Starting out in life for 
himself, he came to De Kalb county, where he lived until 1848, when he 
removed, to Carroll county, settled in the woods, and cleared a farm, where 
Mr. McGarity now lives. Mr. McGarity's mother was a daughter of John Embry, 
and his mother was a distant relative of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. McGarity was 
reared on the farm and was educated at the common county school. When the war 
began he was too young to enter the army, but he served a short time before 
the war closed. He supplemented his farm work by teaching school, and taught 
from 1871 to 1892. In the meantime he was elected justice of the peace, and 
served eight years. In 1892 he was elected to represent the county in the 
general assembly. Mr. McGarity was married in 1875 to Miss Martha J Darden 
born and reared in Coweta county-daughter of Elzie and Susan (Upshaw)Darden.  
Her father was a soldier in the Confederate army. This union has been b1essed 
with six children: Pearl, Ruth, David, John, Joseph and Katie. Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
 Garity are members of the Baptist church. Mr. McGarity is an acknowledged 
leader in Carroll county and no citizen commands more respect.

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