U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McCartney, John A. (b. 1836) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 508-509 JOHN A. McCARTNEY, born August 26, 1836, in Lewis County, son of William B. McCartney and Phoebe B. Riffle, grandson of Thomas McCartney and Sarah Bennett. Thomas McCartney came direct from Scotland. Phoebe Riffle was a daughter of George Riffle and Susan McCaulley, of Scotch-Irish descent. Sarah Bennett was the daughter of William Bennett. At the termination of the fratricidal war of 1861-5, Mr. McCartney settled in Upshur County and in 1880, he married Hannah V. West, the daughter of John and Abagail West. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. McCartney cast his lot with the South, and in compliance with this decision volunteered at Hacker's Valley May 12, 1861, in Captain Mollehan's Company, afterwards Company G, 25th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and went forth to fight for his convictions. His company was in Garnett's retreat from Beverly, in the Alleghany Mountain fight, December 13, 1861, the second battle of Kernstown, the charge on the Brick House, where Gen. Mulligan was killed and was with Lee's Army while Grant was marching toward Richmond. He saw the surrender of Lee and took his parol on April 10, 1865. He is a citizen of Bank's District, lives near the Postoffice of Kanawha Head and a Democrat in politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------