Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Cary, James H. 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Pacheco KPacheco@fnbnet.net September 26, 2005, 8:10 pm Author: Goodspeed p.880. CARY, BLAIR, TATE James H. CARY, farmer of the Twelfth District and a son of Robert and Sarah (BLAIR) CARY, was born August 15, 1824, near his present residence. The father of our subject was born in Ireland in 1781, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a weaver by occupation in his youth, and in later years devoted his attention to the cultivation of the soil. In 1798 he left his native country and came to the United States, landing at Charleston in February. He located in Chester District, S. C., where he was living at the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1807. In 1816 he immigrated to Lincoln County, and the following year settled on the Fayetteville and Pulaski road, six miles from Fayetteville, where he remained until his death, in 1869. He was one of the early settlers of Lincoln County, and was an industrious, hard-working man. He was the father of four children: Margaret, born in 1817; Isabella, born in 1819 (wife of James I TATE), John, born in 1821 (and died March 31, 1886, leaving a widow and five children, who now reside on the old homestead), and James H., our subject, who lives half a mile from the old home place with his sister Margaret, and both are single. They have been industrious, persevering and economical, and as a result own 473 acres of excellent land, and have a good home. Mr. CARY is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Lewis CASS in 1848. Margaret is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and has been for the past thirty-six years. In 1862 James enlisted in Company I, Starne's battalion, Forrest's command. He fought in the battle of Spring Hill, and at the end of five months returned home. Additional Comments: From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee" File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/bios/cary40nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb