McCleary, Martin V.

MCCLEARY, HITCHCOCK

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/2/2019 at 12:00:24

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 578:

"MARTIN V. McCLEARY, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 15, High Point Township, where he owns 140 acres of land. He was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, September 20, 1843, son of Isaac and Sarah McCleary, natives of Virginia and Maryland. He was reared a farmer, and came to Decatur in 1857, where he has since followed farming. He was married in High Point, in 1863, to Melissa Hitchcock, daughter of James and Millie Hitchcock, natives of Ohio, who was born in Ohio in 1845. They have one child -- Floyd V., born in 1885, just twenty-one years and eighteen days after they were married. Mr. McCleary belongs to the Masonic order. He has held the office of county commissioner, township trustee and road supervisor. Politically he is a Democrat."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)