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John Wesley McCary

30 Oct 1839 – 16 Apr 1906

Birth	30 Oct 1839
Death	16 Apr 1906
Cemetery	Fairview Cemetery Center , Shelby County , Texas , USA
Added by	Mark Farris on 04 Jan 2025
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24796697

Bio

Private, Company H (also called Company D), 11th Texas Infantry, Roberts' Regiment, CSA. John Wesley McCary, son of William Littlepage and Mary Worsham McCary, was enlisted by O. M. Roberts on February 19, 1862, at Tatum's House near Cedar Yard in Shelby County, Texas, along with about 104 other Shelby County men. On that day Jesse Amason was appointed Captain of the Company. On about March 5, 1862, the soldiers struck a line of march to Navasota, Texas, where they boarded a train to Camp Lubbock near Houston. After a few months in Houston, the men were ordered to Camp Clough in Tyler, Texas. All the time, they were adding recruits to replace the deceased and medically discharged. John's brother, Joseph McCary joined the Company at Tyler, where he died from measles that summer. John W. McCary married Julia A. on March 24, 1866, in Shelby County, Texas. Julia was born in Shelby County and lived there all her life. Their children are Horace D., Justin E., Bessie, Mary, Eva J. (m. Beckham), Dan Y., John W. Jr., Nevada, and Boone. Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, NARA, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm (accessed Feb 21, 2008). Confederate Pensions Search, Texas State Library and Archives, http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php (accessed Feb 21, 2008). Julia A. McCary, Widow's Application for Pension # 16538, Center, Shelby County, Texas, filed July 24, 1909, approved August 31, 1909. 1850 federal census, Choctaw County, Alabama. 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 federal censuses, Shelby County, Texas.

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Family

Parents

• William Littlepage McCary 1804–1872
• Mary "Polly" Worsham McCary 1814–1883

Spouse

• Julia A. McCary 1849–1914 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Jane McCary Murphy 1832–1894
• Nancy F McCary Hayes 1833–1895
• Daniel McCary 1835–1835
• Mrs Louisa E McCary Thomas 1836–1904
• Avis Frances McCary Cooper 1841–1908
• Joseph H. McCary 1842–1862
• Sarah E. McCary Mills 1845–?
• Richard Baxter McCary Sr 1847–1926
• William Worsham McCary 1850–1914

Children

• Horace Lee McCary 1868–1920 FaG
• Justine E. McCary Paul 1869–1902 FaG
• Mary McCary McNeill 1872–1905 FaG
• Dr Daniel Young McCary 1877–1942 FaG
• John Wesley McCary Jr 1882–1913 FaG

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