John McCarty 1869-1944

On February 6, 1869 John McCarty was born, his father, Dennis, was 44 and his mother, Hanora, was 34. They both were born in Ireland.John had two brothers (Daniel 1867-1897 & Jeremiah 1872-1929) and five sisters (Hannah 1860, Mary 1861,Elizabeth 1864-1930,my 2nd great grandmother Bridget 1864-1938 and Nellie 1877-1941). John mostly worked as a day laborer. He later developed senility and died after three years in the Northampton County Home(now Gracedale), in Upper Nazareth, Pennsylvania. John died on January 18, 1944 at the age of 74, and was buried in Holy Saviour Cemetery Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.