"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
PAGE 964

WILLIAM S. McCRARY, farmer and stock raiser, was born in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 12, 1824, and is the sixth
of the ten children of John and Margaret (Slutts) McCrary.
The former a native of Virginia, the latter of Maryland,
and respectively of Irish and German descent.
William was reared a farmer and received the rudiments of 
an education. In 1846, he removed to Indiana and located
in this township, then scarcely more then a wilderness,
entered land and began reaching out for a home. His is
now the possessor of 509 acres in good cultivation, well
improved, fully stocked, also equipped with implements,
and all obtained by his unaided diligence and industry.
February 22, 1852, Mr McCrary married Nancy, daughter of
George and Martha Ritter, and a native of Indiana. To
this union were born nine children--Margaret(Mrs. Long),
Martha(Mrs. White), William M., Letitia(Mrs. Lucas),
George R, Daniel V, Nathan, Lucy and John.
Mr. McCrary is a rigid Democrat and has served two terms
as Township Trustee. Mr and Mrs McCrary are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church and are among the most 
liberal and benevolent of their neighborhood, and are 
highly esteemed by all.

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