Father: William MCCARTY (1808-)
Mother: Margaret LAWLOR (1816-1891)
Edward's family is the McCarty (no h)
family farming in Section 25 of
Jackson Township, Crawford County, Iowa in the 1885 census:
William, 78 and Margaret, 68,
Patrick, 33, Edward, 36, Lock, 28, and
Mary, 25.
But Edward's tombstone spells the name McCarthy, with an h.
Edward, age 62, is listed in the 1910 census in Jackson Twp. of Crawford County, Iowa
(page 2B) with his 2nd wife Bridget, age 45, and his daughter Margaret M.
They have been married 4 years.
Bridget was also born in Ireland and immigrated in 1881.
