Robert McCartney ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Moved: 1836, , Jefferson, OH. ³

2. Census in 1840 in New Trenton, Jefferson, OH.

3. Census in 1850 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Jefferson County, OH. ⁵ The 1850 census recorded in Mount Pleasant Township Robert McCartry, broommaker, 43, living with wife Margaret, 36; George, blacksmith, 18; Robert, 14; Elizabeth, 16; Samuel, 11; Louis, 10; Alfred, 8; Joseph, 4; and Margaret, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except in Ohio: Samuel, Louis, Alfred, Joseph, and Margaret.
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4. Census in 1860 in Adena, Jefferson, OH. ⁶ In 1860 in Smithfield Township in Jefferson county, Robert McCartney, laborer, 54, was living with Margaret, 46; Samuel, 21; Alfred, 19; Joseph, 16; Margaret, 12; Theodore, 7; and Charles, 5. Robert was born in New Jersey, Margaret in Pennsylvania, and the children in Ohio. Their post office was Adena.

5. Moved: 1864, , Tuscarawas, OH. ^{1 3}

6. Census in 1870 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, OH. ⁷ In 1870 in New Philadelphia, Robert McCartney, farmer, 64, was living with Margaret, 58; Joseph, 25; Dora, 17; and Charles, 15. The parents were born in Pennsylvania and the children in Ohio.

Next door is George McCartney, farmer, 38; Amanda, 31; John S., 14; James B., 12; Cinderella, 10; Joseph, 6; and Richard, 3.

7. Census in 1880 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, OH. ⁸ In 1880 in New Philadelphia, Robert McCartney, farmer, 74, was living with Margaret, 68; Theordore, 28; daughter-in-law Margaret, 18; and an unnamed granddaughter, 0. Robert and his wife were born in Pennsylvania, the others in Ohio.

8. Book: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, 1921. ³
William C. McCartney is owner of one of the well improved farms of Rose Township, near Dellroy. His life for thirty years has been spent in Carroll County as a practical farmer.
Mr. McCartney was born in Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 21, 1865, oldest of the four children of Alfred and Mary (Bartholomew) McCartney. He is of Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. His grandfather was Robert McCartney, who brought his family from Pennysylvania in early days and settled in Jefferson County, Ohio. The family came over the mountains with wagon and a four horse team to Ohio. Robert McCartney subsequently moved to Tuscarawas County, where he enjoyed a high place in local citizenship and where he died in 1900. Of his eleven children Alfred McCartney was born in Jefferson County, but the greater part of his life has been spent in Tuscawarus County, where he is still living. His wife died in 1916.

Robert married Margaret Catherine Otto on 17 Mar 1831 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. (Margaret Catherine Otto was born in Jun 1812 in , , PA,² died on 16 Mar 1889 in Warren Twp., Tuscarawas County, OH ^{2 9} and was buried in Warren Twp.: New Cumberland Cemetery, Tuscarawas, OH.)