Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....McCrary, William 1823 - 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:29 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. WILLIAM McCRARY, deceased, was born August 15, 1823, and is a son of Alexander and Mary (Summers) McCrary, natives of this State, the former of Irish descent. The subject of this sketch was reared in Logan County from the age of two years, and came to this county in 1858; for his occupation be followed farming. He was married September 20, 1856, to Prudence, born May 25, 1836, in this county, and a daughter of William and Martha Ann (Brown) Gibson, the former a Quaker and a native of New Jersey, the latter a native of Virginia. This union resulted in thirteen children, seven boys and six girls, viz., La Fayette, Mary Ann, Martha, William Alexander (deceased), Maggie, Jubis (deceased), Sarah Elizabeth (deceased), Bulia, Millie A., John, Thomas and Henry (twins) and Walter (deceased). Mr. McCrary died September 14, 1880, deeply mourned by his family. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/mccrary300bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb