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GEORGE H. McCARTY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Lewis county, N. Y., Sept 19, 1838. The subject of this sketch removed to Michigan when a young man and there engaged in teaching school, but subsequently returned to New York. Mr. McCarty was married June 18, 1867, to Eliza Yale, who was also a native of Lewis county, and born April 24, 1841. The names of their children are Mary, Nellie B., George E., and Kate R. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCarty are members of the M. E. Church of Carthage, and he is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. McCarty came to Carthage in the spring of 1871, where he has since resided. He owns a farm near town of 120 acres, which has an orchard, raises good crops, and is near the Pleasant Valley Mining Lands, and there is every reason to believe that there are quantities of mineral under his farm. Mr. McCarty was engaged in tanning and the grocery business for fifteen years in Michigan and New York. He was a very successful teacher for a number of years, and is a refined and genial gentleman, commanding universal respect. His farm is located in section 17, township 28, range 31, of Jackson township, two and one-half miles southwest of Carthage.