Married 1 May 1869 in the First Presbyterian church, Norristown, PA to Ellen Tyson.
Surname also spelled "McCarty; forename was written "Samuel S." in the McCarter Bible; Mustered into Civil War service 12 Feb 1864 æ 17 and mustered out 27 Jul 1865 as a private in the 51st Pennsylvania out of Norristown in the Civil War; Member of the Humane fire engine company of Norristown; Was returning from Harrisburg where he and others from the 51st were at the unveiling of a monument honoring their former unit commander, General Hartranft, when the train collided with another at Exeter (now Lorane), Berks Co, Pennsylvania; he died shortly after the crash in a hospital in Reading; Family lore via Samuel Robert McHenry avers that the surname on their tombstones was deliberately spelled "McCarty" by Ellen because she was mad at Samuel.
Surname also spelled "McCarty; forename was written "Samuel S." in the McCarter Bible; Mustered into Civil War service 12 Feb 1864 æ 17 and mustered out 27 Jul 1865 as a private in the 51st Pennsylvania out of Norristown in the Civil War; Member of the Humane fire engine company of Norristown; Was returning from Harrisburg where he and others from the 51st were at the unveiling of a monument honoring their former unit commander, General Hartranft, when the train collided with another at Exeter (now Lorane), Berks Co, Pennsylvania; he died shortly after the crash in a hospital in Reading; Family lore via Samuel Robert McHenry avers that the surname on their tombstones was deliberately spelled "McCarty" by Ellen because she was mad at Samuel.
Married 1 May 1869 in the First Presbyterian church, Norristown, PA to Ellen Tyson.
Surname also spelled "McCarty; forename was written "Samuel S." in the McCarter Bible; Mustered into Civil War service 12 Feb 1864 æ 17 and mustered out 27 Jul 1865 as a private in the 51st Pennsylvania out of Norristown in the Civil War; Member of the Humane fire engine company of Norristown; Was returning from Harrisburg where he and others from the 51st were at the unveiling of a monument honoring their former unit commander, General Hartranft, when the train collided with another at Exeter (now Lorane), Berks Co, Pennsylvania; he died shortly after the crash in a hospital in Reading; Family lore via Samuel Robert McHenry avers that the surname on their tombstones was deliberately spelled "McCarty" by Ellen because she was mad at Samuel.
Surname also spelled "McCarty; forename was written "Samuel S." in the McCarter Bible; Mustered into Civil War service 12 Feb 1864 æ 17 and mustered out 27 Jul 1865 as a private in the 51st Pennsylvania out of Norristown in the Civil War; Member of the Humane fire engine company of Norristown; Was returning from Harrisburg where he and others from the 51st were at the unveiling of a monument honoring their former unit commander, General Hartranft, when the train collided with another at Exeter (now Lorane), Berks Co, Pennsylvania; he died shortly after the crash in a hospital in Reading; Family lore via Samuel Robert McHenry avers that the surname on their tombstones was deliberately spelled "McCarty" by Ellen because she was mad at Samuel.
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