William Marshall McCarthey explained

William Marshall McCarthey (1841-1899) was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1895 to 1897.

Biography

He was born in 1841 in Georgia.[1]

He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1895 to 1897.[1] [2] He was a member of the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic organization.[1]

He was married to Hettie McCarthey and they had six daughters, Mollie, Madeline, Hettie, Lillie, Ordalia and Maggie, and two sons, Willie and Henry.[1] He died on September 13, 1899.[1] He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_nash_history_mayors.asp Nashville Library