Biographical Sketch of Francis E. McGready, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** F. E. McGready, one of the well known and most successful farmers of Washington County, is the owner of about 800 acres of land. His father, James H. McGready, was born in Washington County, Mo., October 13, 1817 in which county he was reared, and at an early age commenced preparing himself for the practice of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Cawlane, of St. Louis. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Penn., and subsequently returned to Washington County, where he entered upon the active practice of his profession. He married Miss Ann McClanahan, and they were the parents of two children: Francis E. and Lucy, now Mrs. Robert Bust. Dr. McGready died December 7, 1845. Francis E. McGready was born March 1, 1842 and was reared in Washington County, where he has followed agricultural pursuits and mining and man- ufacturing pig lead more or less through life, in connection with con- tracting to furnish wood and ties for the Iron Mountain Railroad. In 1867 he married Miss Jane Hawkins, daughter of Augustus and Elizabeth (Pinson) Hawkins. They have two children: Lucy and Hardy. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================