Barton County, Missouri Biographies-William A. McNARY History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. Published by Goodspeed. Page 921 William A. McNary was born on the 17th of December, 1848, in Adams County, Ohio, and is a son of Ebenezer and Mary Catherine (Sprinkle) McNary, who were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. The father was reared in Washington County, and when a young man, moved to Ohio, where he was married and resided until 1848, then moving to Brown County, Ill., where he and his family made their home until 1869. Since that time they have resided in Barton County, Mo., the father being over seventy years of age, and the mother over sixty. Mr. McNary worked at the tailor's trade in Ohio and Illinois, but has farmed the latter portion of his life. He is of Scotch descent, a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children are: William A. and George T.; and Ella May, wife of John A. Croy. Those deceased are: Mary M., wife of James Watson; Elizabeth M., wife of Albert Thurman; Tilly Louisa, Charles Henry, Frank E. and an infant. William A. McNary received his education in Brown County, Ill., and came with his parents to Barton County, Mo., and since 1878 has resided on his present farm, which he has greatly improved. October 15, 1878, he was married to Louisa Croy, a daughter of John Croy. She was born in Daviess County, Mo., reared in Montgomery County, Ind., and came with her parents to Vernon County, Mo., where she was married. She and Mr. McNary are the parents of four children: Harry E., Jessie E., Fred. C. and George E. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow ====================================================================