WILLIAM M. McNARY. The pioneer ancestor of this eminent family was one James McNary, a native of Scotland, who sailed to America about 1760, first locating, in the New World, on a farm in York county, Penn. His son James afterward moved with his family to Washington county, locating in Hanover township. Thomas McNary, son of James, was born in York county, Penn., and after coming to Washington county he bought 219 acres of land called the "Sugar Tree" tract. The children of Thomas McNary were Samuel, James, David, Joseph and Matthew. James McNary, son of Thomas, was born February 25, 1803, in Washington county, Penn. In 1843 lie was married to Miss CaIdwell, a native of Virginia, and soon afterward settled on a farm in Nottingham township, this county, containing 116 acres of land. The children of this marriage were as follows: Ann (Mrs. McClain), Samuel , John, Belle (deceased), Adeline, James (who has charge of the home farm), Joseph and William M. During the Civil war Mr. McNary was too old to enlist, but he always took a lively interest in public matters; he served his township in almost every capacity, and was supervisor and justice of the peace for many years. William M. McNary, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in 1861 in Nottingham township, this county, where he was reared to manhood. In 1884 he was united in marriage with Jennie Lash, who was born in 1863, in Washington county, Penn., and they have had two sons, Walter and Albert. Mr. McNary owns a fine farm of 133 acres, and is very successful in his chosen calling.

Text taken from page 1108 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Jean Suplick Matuson of Plano, TX as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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