Carroll-Dearborn County IN Archives Biographies.....McCleary, David A. 1856 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 28, 2006, 4:56 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) DAVID A. McCLEARY, M. D. Claiming its share of prominence in this age of science, the medical profession is one of the most interesting before the public today, since it sooner or later, interests every human individual. One of the successful representatives of this profession is Dr. David A. McCleary, of Deer Creek, Carroll county. David A. McCleary was born on August 18, 1856, in Dearborn county, Indiana, and is a son of Samuel and Naomi (Schaff) McCleary. From the time he was nine years of age he was a studious pupil in the public schools, and later in the high school at Camden, during which time he continued to work on the farm during the summer seasons, and then took up the work of teaching, which covered a period of twelve winter seasons and four summers. Making up his mind to follow a medical career, he entered the University of Michigan, taking the medical and literary courses, after which he attended Rush Medical College at Chicago, graduating in the class of 1883, and immediately established himself at Deer Creek, where he has since been a successful practitioner. Politically, Doctor McCleary is a stanch believer in the policies of the Republican party, while his religious views are with the Lutheran church, with which he has been offically associated. Fraternally, he belongs to the Carroll County Medical Society, the State Medical College, and the Eleventh District Medical Society, also the Maccabees at Deer Creek. Samuel McCleary, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in County Clare, Ireland, and was a son of David McCleary. His wife was Naomi SchafL He entered the Civil War in the Eighty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, going out in 1862, and returning in 1864, dying a short time afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McCleary were the parents of three children, David A.; William, who died at the age of thirteen years, and Isabell A. died when thirteen years old; Samuel McCleary died on December 28, 1865. David McCleary, the paternal grandfather, was a native of Ireland, where he lived and died. His sons, David, William and James, all came to the United States at an early date, landing at Baltimore, Maryland. David settled in Butler county, Ohio, and James and William went to Canada and Pittsburgh, respectively. Dr. David A. McCleary, was united in marriage on September 26, 1891, with Emma C. Grant, daughter of John M. and Catherine (Spangler) Grant She was born on June 10, 1864, at Burlington, Indiana. To Doctor McCleary and his wife, five children have been born: Ormond, who died aged thirteen months; John, a graduate of the Muncie high school; Mary, who is at home; Mabel, eleven years of age, and Edith, an infant. John M. Grant, father of Mrs. Emma C. McCleary, was born in Butler county, Ohio, where he grew to maturity, and lived until his marriage, in 1847, to Catherine Spangler, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Spangler. Mr. Grant identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasant Valley, and officiated in several of the church offices. He organized the Sunday school, and was its superintendent for a number of years. His death occurred on February 16, 1910, in his eighty-sixth year. Mr. and Mrs. Grant were the parents of nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity: Amandus; Sarah E., who became the wife of Ransom Casady, of Greensburg, Indiana; Mary E., who died aged seven years; Lydia J., who was married to Andrew Harris, of Burlington township; Margaret T., who died when six and a half years old; "Judge" John, who died on January 26, 1913; Martha C, was married to William Ross, and lives at Advance, Indiana; Daniel P. lives in Chicago, and Emma C. John M. Grant was a prominent man of Burlington township, where he owned seventeen hundred acres of land at one time, and was considered one of the wealthiest residents of his community. Doctor McCleary, in his thirty-three years of active work at Deer Creek, has built up an extensive and lucrative practice, and is considered one of the most skillful surgeons in his district. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/mccleary257nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb