I. T. McCarty, M.D.
I. T. McCarty, M.D., a practicing physician located at Cheshire, where he has built up a lucrative practice and identified himself with the town's various interests, was born in 1868, near the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of A. J. and Matilda (Wilson) McCarty.
The father of Dr. McCarty was born in Pennsylvania. For many years he followed farming and worked at blacksmithing, in Washington County, where he was a well-known and respected citizen. In his political life he was a Democrat. He died in 1904, aged 76 years. He married Matilda Wilson, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and she died, in 1897, in Delaware County, Ohio, aged 63 years. They had the following children: John, a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania; Dora C, residing with her brother at Cheshire; Simon C,, who resides in Kansas City; Mrs. Martha Gleason, residing in Kingston Township, Delaware County; Mrs. Belle Harrison, residing at Marion. Ohio; and Dr. I. T., of Cheshire.
Dr. McCarty came to Delaware County in 1880, and after completing his literary education he began the study of medicine and was graduated with his degree from the Western Reserve College, in 1897. He entered upon practice at Olive Green, in Kingston Township, Delaware County, where he remained three years and then came to Cheshire. Here he has a wide circle of both personal and professional friends.
20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908
Dr. I. T. McCarty was raised in Olive Green, Ohio, where he began the practice in 1897; but only remained there a short time—three years—when, in 1900, he moved to his present location in Constantia, Ohio. He graduated at the Western Reserve Medical College in 1897.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908