Home	Ancestor Tree	Ephraim's Father	McCartney Researchers
	Surnames	Ephraim's Children	Timeline of Family

[photos] Evergreen Cemetery, Braymer, MO

7.0 George Washington McCartney (July 24, 1828 - October 22, 1907)

George's military pension record, indicates he and Rebecca resided in Mechanicsville, IA as early as 1874 and sixteen years later in nearby Lowden, IA [The railroad track to Lowden was completed in 1858 and became the terminal point and main station for the railroad between Clinton and Cedar Rapids]. In 1905 George and Rebecca moved from Lowden to Braymer, MO (Caldwell Co.). George died two years after their move to Missouri and Rebecca seven years after George. They are buried in Evergreen Cemetery within the city limits of Braymer. It is my assumption they moved to Braymer because Rebecca's relatives resided there; this is based on the fact that many "Stubblefield" headstones are located in the same Braymer cemetery where George and Rebecca are interred.

George and his brother Isaac, enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War from Wilton on August 15th and August 6th 1862 respectively, and were mustered in together at Camp Strong, Muscatine, IA September 4th, in the same Company--Co. G. 35th Reg. IA Volunteers. On October 22nd George was admitted to the regimental hospital and on November 22nd, was listed as sick on muster roll call at Muscatine. He returned to duty December 19th. Being unfit to perform his duties as a soldier, George was discharged for disability February 16, 1863 in Cairo, IL. His discharge papers state in part, "He says he was injured seven years ago by the falling of a stone on his abdomen while unloading a wagon, has enlarged stomach, and has frequent attacks of epilepsy, and has done no duty for four months." George was also described in the same document as 5'8" tall, fair complexion, with blue eyes and brown hair and his occupation at the time of enlistment was farming.

Interestingly, and contrary to the military's official reason for his discharge as stated above, on June 1, 1876 George filed a Declaration For Original Invalid Pension from Mechanicsville, claiming, "...on or about the 15th day of September 1862, he received a rupture in the stomach from the butt of a comrades gun while on battalion drill." His application evidently was not approved as sometime later at an unknown date George filed a reconsideration for invalid pension affidavit also from Mechanicsville declaring, "The claimant appeals for reconsideration of his said claim for the reason that his disability did not exist prior to nor at the time of his enlistment but that he received it in the line of his duty while in the U.S. Service as stated in his declaration all of which we will verify." On August 19, 1890 George again reapplied for a pension while residing in Lowden, and later from Braymer, on February 27, 1907, shortly before his death. Evidently he was successful on this final request receiving a pension of $12/month. On November 14th, three weeks after George's death, Rebecca applied for a "Widow's Pension" which she did receive, also in the amount of $12/month until her death.

7.1 Albert S. McCartney was born ca. 1859.

7.2 Elvira B. McCartney was born in 1864.

7.3 Charles Buell McCartney born Jan. 16, 1868 married Minnie Jane Skinne on November 16, 1892. Charles Buell was listed as the foster father of a "Fred Scott" in a copy of a Whiteside Co. (IL) birth certificate dated December 2, 1944. This document lists Fred's birth as March 29, 1881 in Morrison, IL to a Frank and Hanna Ann (Rightebaugh) Scott. It is not known why Charles was the foster father of Fred. Charles passed away in 1949 and Minnie Jane two years earlier. They are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, next to Charles' parents.