Meriwether-Pike-Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....McCrary, John Matthew February 7, 1910
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"The Newnan Herald and Advertiser"
Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, February 11, 1910

SENOIA News

Feb. 10th
 
Monday evening, Mr. John Matthew McCrary passed away at his home in this 
city at the age of 71 years and 1 month, after an illness of two weeks. Mr. 
McCrary was a quiet, unassuming gentleman, highly esteemed by all who had 
the pleasure of his acquaintance, and while his death was not unexpected, it 
cast a gloom all over town. He was an unusual man in many respects and his 
life had been a blessing to many people.

He was a man of few words, yet his daily walk showed to the world his fine 
Christian character. His life was one worthy of emulation. As a business man 
he was very successful. The first years of his life after reaching manhood 
were spent on a farm in Meriwether county, where, by hard work and economy, 
he laid up enough to take care of himself in his declining years.

Mr. McCrary was born in Meriwether county on Jan. 5, 1836; he was married to 
Miss Mary E. Boyd on Nov. 15, 1860. In May 1862 he enlisted in the 55th 
Georgia Regiment; was captured at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. on Sept 9, 1863 and 
carried to Federal prison at Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained until 
the war closed in 1865. After the war, Mr. McCrary returned to his farm in 
Meriwether county where he remained until Dec. 1887 when he purchased his 
present home and moved to Senoia, remaining here until his death. His 
beloved wife preceded him to the beyond a little more than two years ago. To 
know this couple was to love them and it makes our hearts sad to know that 
they are gone from this world forever. He is survived by three sons, Dr. 
W.R. McCrary of Senoia, Mr. J.B. McCrary of Atlanta and Mr. J.A. McCrary of 
Barnesville.


Additional Comments:

Son of Robert McCrary and Nancy Coggin who were married 2 Nov 1834 in Pike Co., 
Georgia.  

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