"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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RILEY MCCRARY is a native of North Carolina, but the name of his father and
the date of his birth are unknown. He was left an orphan at a very early
period of his existence, and bound out until twenty-one years of age. He
was taught only in manual labor, and has turned his accomplishments in that
direction to good account. He was about twenty-one years of age when he
came into Morgan County, probably about 1834-35, and for several years
carried on the blacksmith business at Mooresville, at which he made
considerable money. On April 2, 1837, he married GRACIE STALEY, who bore
him twelve children--MARY JANE, JOHN WESLEY, WILLIAM A., JAMES F.
(deceased), SAMUEL L., MARGARET M. (deceased), SARAH M. (deceased), REBECCA
(deceased), ELIZABETH E., GEORGE T., JOSEPH W. (deceased), DAVID J.
(deceased). The mother of these children died in 1870, and January 3, 1873,
he married MARY JANE LOCKWOOD, who has borne him three sons--FRANKLIN
(deceased), CHARLES and FREDERICK. He lives now upon his farm, about one
mile north of Mooresville, and makes a specialty of breeding thoroughbred
hogs. In addition to his home place of 186 acres, he owns a fine farm in
Hendricks County. He has done as much hard work as any man of his age in
any country. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a
Democrat in politics, and has never in his life used tobacco or whisky, nor
had one dollar given to him.
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