Robert J. McCarthy Bigoraphy


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	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 411-412

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ROBERT J. McCARTHY. Prominent among the early settlers of Hand county 
who have witnessed the marvelous development of this state during the 
past fifteen years, and who have, by honest toil and perseverance, 
succeeded in making for themselves and families a comfortable home, is 
the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. He resides on section 
19, York township, and is actively and successfully engaged in 
agricultural pursuits. 

Mr. McCarthy is a native of New York, his birth having occurred in 
Westchester county, October 29, 1 85 5. His parents were George and 
Mary McCarthy, of whom mention is made in the sketch of George McCarthy 
on another page of this work. The first twelve years of his life our 
subject passed in his native county, and then accompanied the family on 
their removal to Monroe county, New York, where he later engaged in 
farming until 1883. 

In that state he was married, in 1874, to Miss Helen Lane, a native of 
Monroe county, who died in 1881, leaving two children: George A. and 
Cora M., now the wife of Grant Ditch, of Hand county, South Dakota. Mr. 
McCarthy was again married, in 1882, his second union being with Miss. 
Rose Hollenbeck, also a native of Monroe county, New York, and to them 
have been. born four children, who are all living, namely: Ella R., 
Robert, Elmer and Hattie. Mrs. McCarthy was the daughter of Miland and 
Demilah (Baxter) Hollenbeck, the former a native of Holland, who served 
in the army and died in the service during the Civil war. The mother 
was a native of Hamlin, Monroe county, New York. 

In 1883, Mr. McCarthy came to Hand county, South Dakota, and took up a 
claim on the southwest quarter of section 2, Carleton township, on 
which he remained for six months. He then returned to New York and 
brought his family to this state in 1884, at which time he took up a 
homestead on the northeast quarter of section 19, York township, Hand 
county. He is now the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and twenty 
acres, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation, and 
follows both farming and stock raising with marked success. 
Politically, Mr. McCarthy gives his allegiance to the men and measures 
of the Democracy, and has held several local offices in the gift of the 
people. He is one of the representative men of his community and well 
merits the high regard in which he is held by all who know him.