Searching for McCarty, m. Mary Shouse in Kentucky ca 1860
In working on cemetery records in Anderson County, KY, I have come across a Mary E Shouse (b 1849, Anderson Co, d 1931, Mercer Co).In the 1880 census we find her in Franklin Co. married to John C Cornelius, but with a daughter Drucilla McCarty, b 1865 in KY.In the 1870 census, John Cornelius was in Mercer Co. married to Hannah Rake.(The younger children are still with him in the 1880 census, but Drucilla is added as his stepdaughter).
I am trying to identify the McCarty to whom Mary E Shouse was previously married, the father of Drucilla.
To confuse matters, there is a David McCarty (b 1836, Bath Co. - 1910, Shelby Co.) who married a Mary Elizabeth Shouse (b 1843, Clark Co.) with some seven children (no Drucilla), but this is a different family, living in Shelby Co. in 1880 and later.Easy to confuse the two Martha Shouses, though.
If anyone can help identify this unknown McCarty, it would be much appreciated.
Tom Cook