Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:
Harrison McGaray, Yuma
Harrison McGary
Born 1793 in Mercer, Kentucky,
Son of Robert McGary and Delecia (Davis) McGary
Brother of Hugh Davis McGary
Husband of Hester Helen (Gudgel) McGary — married 5 Apr 1821 in Gibson, Indiana,
Died 1847 at about age 54 in Gibson, Indiana,
Sangamon County, Illinois "The first settler in what is now Clear Lake Township was Hugh McGary, who had been a soldier under Gen. William Henry Harrison and who came in 1820 and settled on the banks of Clear Lake. His brother, Harrison McGary, came about the same time, but remained only a short period, when he returned to Indiana. Samuel Danley came about the same time as the McGarys and settled about a mile from Hugh McGary."
Harrison never was in Yuma County, but heirs, minor children Hugh D. McGaray,
William H. McGaray,
and Joseph R. Mcgaray assigned his rights to a quarter in Section 3,m 1N 48W, to Thomas J. Tuttle in 1892. The rights were a military warrant, for
service as a private in Captain Earley's Company, Illinois Volunteers, Black Hawk Wars.
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