BIO: James W. McCARTHY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 92.
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  JAMES W. McCARTHY, Huntingdon, Pa., oldest son of John R. and Eleanor 
(Lane) McCarthy, was born in the Kishacoquillas valley, Huntingdon county, 
Pa., March 20, 1839.  His boyhood and youth were spent under the paternal 
roof on the homestead farm, his education being obtained in the public 
schools of the Kishacoquillas valley, under the tuition of his father, who 
was a very superior teacher.  After completing his education his time was 
occupied in agricultural pursuits, combined with dealing in live stock, 
during the summer, and for six winter terms, during his early life, he 
taught in the public schools of the Kishacoquillas valley.  In 1884 he 
abandoned farming and stock dealing, and removed to Huntingdon, where from 
that date he has been engaged in the livery business.
  James W. McCarthy has been twice married.  His first marriage, which 
occurred in Henrietta, Blair county, Pa., in 1874, was with Anna Love, a 
native of Williamsburg, Pa.  They had three children, of whom one died in 
infancy.  The two surviving ones are:  Mabel L., and Lillian E.  Mrs. Anna 
McCarthy died in 1887.  Mr. McCarthy again married in June, 1890, to Alma Z. 
Fleck, who was born in Sinking valley, Blair county, daughter of Major John 
and Belinda Fleck.  Mr. McCarthy is a Republican.  The family attend the 
Presbyterian church.