Glendale, Indiana

FENWICK McCAFFERTY is a native of Harrison. Township, Daviess Co., Ind., born May 12, 1829, son of Thomas and Catherine (Palmer) McCafferty, who were born in South Carolina, the father being of Irish lineage. They came to Daviess County, Ind., about 1809, and settled in what is now Harrison Township. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Both parents died in this county. Subject spent his boyhood days on a farm, and when twenty-one years old began working for himself. About twenty-four years ago he located on his present farm, which is moderately well improved, and is about two miles west of Glendale. At intervals for the last twelve years he has clerked in the store of A. T. Conley, at Glendale. He is in every sense of the word a self-made man, and has battled his own way through life. He received a common school education, and takes much interest in the education and welfare of his children. He is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Pierce. He has held the office of assessor of Harrison Township, and was justice of the peace for three years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in 1855 was married to Miss Anis Gilley, a native of Daviess County. To them were born these four children: Mary C, Franklin L., Elizabeth J. and Tillman R.

Passage source: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886.

Carolina in 1802, the former in November and the latter in August. The family located in what was then the Northwest Territory, but what is now Daviess Coiinty, Ind., in 1811. Here the grandparents of our subject died. The Doctor's father died in 1848, and his mother in 187-4. The family were among the pioneers of the county. Subject was reared on a farm, where he remained imtil 1857, when he began the battle of life for himself. In 1864 he enlisted in Company I, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served one year. He began the study of medicine in 1871, under Jacob W. Clark, M. D., of Glendale, and attended medical lectures at the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, and began the practice of his profession in the spring of 1875 at Algiers, Pike Co., Ind. After a one-year's practice in that place he located in Otwell, the same county, remaining five years. He then came to Glendale, where he has continued to practice his profession ever since. In September, 1885, he engaged in the drug and dry goods business at that place. He lias been a very successful physician, and is a National in politics. He was married, February 22, 1866, to Harriet P. Chappell, who bore him these two children: Francis A., born in 1866, and Arsulla E., born in 1881. Mrs. Ragsdale is a native of Daviess County, born in 1845, and is a daughter of Elliott Chappell, who was a pioneer of the county.

Passage source: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886.

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