Father: Matthew McCrary
Mother: Nancy Henley
1850 - Farmer, Laurens Co., SC, living with his twin brother, Elijah Ray Wesley McCrary and their parents
1851-1852 - Attended, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (according to the matriculation register of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA)
1852 - Matriculated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (as: Elisha W. McCrary; from: Reynosa, Laurens District, SC; preceptor: Dr. Thomas S. Jacks, Laurens District, SC; thesis: "Rubeola)
1853 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA,(degree was granted to "Elisha W. McCrary")
~1853 - Married, Ailcy Permelia Young (or Alcrey Paemelia Young; or Ailsey Permelia Young) (she died in 1912)
1860 - Practiced medicine, Blue Bayou Township, Sevier Co., AR (name listed in Census as "E. W. McCrary")
08/04/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 19th AR Infantry, signs a certificiate of disability for Pvt. J. J. Moseley, 24th AR Infantry. [signs as "E. W. McCrary]
09/26/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 07/18/1862 and ordered to report to Col. Dawson's Regt [19th AR Infantry - as "E. W. McCrary"]
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate [as "E. W. McCrary"]
01/28/1863 - Ordered to report to Medical Director R. L. Brodie, Charleston, SC for hospital duty [as Asst. Surgeon E. W. McCrary - S.O. 23/16]
04/07/1863 - Ordered to report to Col. Keith [?64th NC Infanty] [S.O. 78/5 as "E. W. McCrary"]
04/10/1863 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon to the 31st NC Infantry, Dept. of SC, GA, & FL [S.O. 80/1 - as "E. W. McCrary"]
04/24/1863 - Leave granted as Asst. Surgeon, 31st NC Infantry, Dept. of SC, GA, & FL [S.O. 90/9 - as "E. W. McCrary"]
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 31st NC Infantry, James Island, SC, Dept. of SC, GA & FL [temporarily assigned as "E. W. McCrary"]
05/12/1863 - Medical Director of Gen. Hospitals, N. S. Crowell, Charleston, SC, in a letter to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, Charleston, SC, "I have the honor to suggest that Assistant Surgeon E. W. McCrary be assigned to duty in General Hospital No. 2, at Columbia, SC to relieve Acting Assistant Surgeon T. J. Warren, a private physician employed by contract, whose services are no longer required."
05/13/1863 - Assigned to Gen. Hospital No. 2, Columbia, SC, to relieve Acting Asst. Surgeon Wm. J. Johnson [S.O. 107/6 as "E. W. McCrary"]
06/01/1863-07/31/1863 - Stationed, Columbia, SC [signs as "E. R. W. McCrary]
06/24/1863 - E. W. McCrary, Asst. Surgeon, was examined by Surgeon J. Ford Prioleau, in charge of a hospital, Columbia, SC, and found to be "suffering from a low grade fever with disability"
06/24/1863 - Granted 30 days leave of absence for disability [S.O. 129/1 as "E. W. McCrary"]
11/13/1863 - Requests of Surgeon N. S. Crowell, a leave of absence to attend important business at home in Laurens District, SC
11/14/1863 - Granted 20 days leave of absence for business [S.O. 238/7 as "E. W. McCrary"]
12/21/1863 - Relieved from duty in Gen. Hospital No. 2, Columbia, SC, and ordered to relieve Acting Asst. Surgeon Wm. J. Johnson in charge of Wayside Hospital, Ft. Gaines, GA [S.O. 280/6 as "E. W. McCrary]
01/30/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary]
02/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Wayside Hospital, Fort Gaines, GA
02/22/1864 - Granted 20 days leave of absence to attend important business at his home - claims his home is in South Carolina [as "E. W. McCrary"]
02/27/1864 - Granted leave, Dept. of SC, GA, & FL [S.O. 56/2 as E. W. McCrary]
03/08/1864 - "Surgeon", Wayside Hospital, Ft. Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
06/12/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Ft. Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
09/09/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st Arkansas Hospital, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
09/24/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st Arkansas Hospital, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
11/07/1864 - Signs letter from "First Ark Hospital, Ft. Gaines, GA" as "E. W. McCrary, Asst Surg in Chge"
10/13/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st Arkansas Hospital, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
11/09/1864 - Medical Officer, Wayside Hospital (1st Arkansas), Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
11/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st Arkansas Hospital, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
02/00/1865 - Asst. Surgeon, General Hospitals, Army of Tennessee, Fort Valley, GA [as "E. W. McCrary"]
03/23/1865 - Relieved [S.O. 68/3 as "E. W. McCrary]
03/29/1865 - Writes letter from Wayside Hospital, Ft. Valley, GA, to Surg. General S.P. Moore, Richmond, VA, and signs it as "E. W. McCrary"
1870 - Practiced medicine, Mine Creek Township, Hempstead Co., AR (name listed in 1870 Census as "E. W. McCrary")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Mineral Springs, Howard Co., AR [name listed as "E. R. W. McCreary" and claimed to have been "Asst. Surg. Confed. Army 4 years".
1874 - Member, Howard County [AR] Medical Society
1880 - Practiced medicine, Mineral Springs, Howard Co., AR
10/26/1888 - Died, ?Mineral Springs, Howard Co., AR

Michael Angelo, Archivist, Jefferson Medical University, provided input to this biography.

Thanks to Ann Rorabaugh for transferring this memorial.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/11/2013. Unpublished database.

Note. In 1850, Dr. Elisha Ray Wier McCrary had three brothers in addition to his twin, Dr. Elijah Ray Wesley McCrary. They were John, Robert R., Washington, and Matthew C. McCrary. He also had three sisters. They were Martha, Sarah, and Nancy E. McCrary.