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W. F. McCray, M.D.
Dr. McCray may justly be termed a self-made man. for to his own energy and preseverance he owes the success which he has achieved thus far in life. A native of Warren county, Ohio, born in 1853, he was left fatherless when but a few months old, and though his devoted mother sought to shield him from the stern realities of life, he was obliged to enter the struggle for a livelihood at an early age. His father, John McCray, was a native of Virginia, whence he came to the north, and settled in Warren county, Ohio, where the grandfather, likewise, was one of the pioneers. There John McCray 's death occurred when he was in his prime, he being but thirty-four years of age when the summons came to him to cease from his labors. His widow, whose maiden name was Leanna Britton, is still living, her home being in Clarksville, Ohio.
A common-school education was all that fell to the share of Dr. McCray in his boyhood, but he was an apt student and ambitious to attain greater knowledge. In 1882, after many years spent in arduous work on farms and elsewhere, he began the study of medicine, and after he had devoted much time and preparation to his future life-work he began practicing in Somerset, Kentucky. In 1885 he started upon a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College, then resumed his professional labors, returned to the college in 1890, and was finally graduated in 1892. Soon afterward he opened an office in Bethel, Indiana, later practiced at Clark's Hill, Indiana, and in November, 1898, came to Dublin, Wayne county, where he has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation for skill in his chosen line of endeavor. He is a member of the American Association of Physicians & Surgeons and the Indiana Eclectic Medical and the Western Ohio Medical Associations. He was the fifth in order passing the medical examination and registration by the state board, who now require all physicians in Indiana to thus prove themselves worthy of the patronage and confidence of the public. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men, and is also a member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M.
He was united in marriage in June, 1879, in Xenia, Ohio, to Miss Lettie, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Stanfieldj Styles. The Doctor and his estimable wife are highly esteemed in this community, and their well-wishers are legion.
Source:
Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana, Volume 1, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1899