Guide to the McCready / Bolton Family Papers

1780 - 1998

compiled
by

Margaret French McCready Cornell
Eastern Kentucky University
1998

99A2
R.G. 213
McCready / Bolton Family Papers, 1780 - 1998
19.55 cubic feet
27,250 items
28 document boxes, 4 records center boxes, 3 flat oversize storage boxes
Prominent language: English Other languages: French
Donor / Donor Representative: The McCready and Bolton Families (letters on file)
Archivist of Collection / Creator of Finding Aid: Margaret French (McCready) Cornell
Restrictions: None - See Faye B. McCready Series - File 28
Date of Completion: July, 1998

Table of Contents

Introduction to the McCready / Bolton Family Papers

Description of Collection

Margaret Anne (French) McCready Series
Boxes 1 - 3, 33

Moore and French Families Series
Boxes 4 - 5, 29

Charles Stephen French McCready Series
Boxes 6 - 8, 28, 33

Emily Irvine McCready Series
Boxes 9 - 13, 33

Henley Moore McCready Series
Boxes 14 - 15, 30

Faye Wilson (Bolton) McCready Series
Boxes 16 - 22, 30-32, 34

Henley Moore and Faye Wilson (Bolton) McCready - JOINT series
Boxes 23 - 25, 28B, 34

John Cleveland Bolton and Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Bolton
Series Boxes 26 - 27, 31, 34

John McCready Series
Box 28

Rev. William George McCready Series
Box 28, 33

John Dudley McCready Series
Box 28

William George McCready, Jr. Series
Box 28

Margaret Callaway (McCready) Blake Series
Box 28, 33

Richard French McCready Series
Box 28

Richard French McCready, Jr. Series
Box 28

Margaret French (McCready) Cornell Series
Box 35

Introduction To The McCready-Bolton Family Papers

An archival repository rarely, if ever, receives a donated collection which already has been processed in acid-free folders and a finding aid prepared. The McCready-Bolton Family Papers is one of those very rare exceptions. In 1996 after visiting Eastern Kentucky University Libraries Mrs. Margaret French McCready Cornell decided to donate her family papers to Special Collections and Archives. First, she diligently assembled papers from numerous relatives and received their permission to donate the papers to Eastern. Mrs. Cornell, who had recently obtained the M.L.S. degree from Simmons College Graduate School of Library Science in archival management, has arranged the collection into sixteen series according to an individual family member, with the exception of the Henley Moore and Faye Wilson Bolton McCready Joint Series. Each series has been consistently organized and contains information about--provenance, quantity, date range of materials, physical characteristics, lengthy biographical note, and Scope and content which lists individual files of the papers. Mrs. Cornell has thoroughly analyzed each series sometimes pointing out major gaps in the materials and often listing cross references to other series. Boxes 29 to 34 primarily contain photographs, scrapbooks, and audio tapes which are referred to throughout the finding aid. Mrs. Cornell's original arrangement has been slightly modified to conform to the Special Collections and Archives standard inventory format. Student assistant, Mr. Randall Calico, worked diligently in assembling the collection and retyping parts of the finding aid.

The McCready family has very deep roots in Central Kentucky. The family, primarily centered in Winchester, has made significant contributions to the region's economic development and civic progress. For example, a bequeath by Stephen McCready in memory of his wife, Isabel, to the First Presbyterian Church in Richmond provided the seed money to initiate the development of a retirement community in Richmond. In recognition of Mr. McCready's philanthropy the retirement village was named McCready Manor.

Eastern Kentucky University is most honored that the McCready family decided to donate their family papers to the Special Collections and Archives Section of the library. We are particularly grateful to Mrs. Margaret McCready Cornell for her foresight in assembling, arranging, and preparing this finding aid to her family papers. Her dedication is very much appreciated.

Description of Collection

The union of Rev. the William George McCready and Miss Margaret Anne French created a family with deep roots in the Winchester, KY area. As these Papers reveal, much was recorded and saved about / by Margaret Anne French's family and other relatives, the Moore, Callaway, and Irvine families. Much less is known about William G. McCready's family who had settled in Louisville, KY area. Henley Moore, the youngest son of the McCreadys, married Faye Wilson Bolton whose family's roots were in the Owensboro, KY area. These papers describe the comings and goings of these families through several generations - ordinary people striving to be good family members while making their contributions in their respective communities.
 

Dominant types of materials: Correspondence, photographs, two diaries, scrap-books, original writing / publications, newspaper clippings, genealogical records.

Series Titles:

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Margaret Anne (French)
Date range: 1868 - 1948 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: 3 boxes, 24 files following her life mainly through her children's correspondence and her life as a minister's wife.
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, diary / notebook, photographs, invitations, confirmation certificate, personal Bible, banking documents, and household papers.

Biographical note: Margaret Anne (French) McCready (b. Nov 28, 1863 - d. Oct 15, 1948) was the fourth child of seven born to Charles Stephen French and Margaret Hockaday (Moore) French in Winchester, KY at Welcome Hall. The family had deep roots in Kentucky and this fact is seen throughout the personal documents of Margaret. It is not known where she had her early schooling, but it is assumed in the Winchester environs. On February ?, 1892 Margaret married William George McCready an Episcopal clergyman, and their union gave to the world seven children: Charles Stephen, John Dudley, Emily Irvine, William George, Margaret Callaway, Richard French, and Henley Moore. Beginning at age 29, over a period of 16 years (1893 - 1909) she had her seven children (in the midst of various long moves to churches where her husband served (Easton, MD, Asheville, NC, and Brooklyn, NY). The long moves, adjustments to new towns, having responsibility for her young children at age 40+ and prolonged absences from her Kentucky kindred must have taken its toll on Margaret. The drowning of her son George in the Kentucky River in 1918 was devastating to her. Also during this period, her husband was not well and in 1922 she became a widow at age 59 when Henley Moore was only 12 years old. Despite her physical and emotional challenges, Margaret lived to the age of 85, much beloved by her remaining children. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Winchester, where she retained membership despite her husband's rectorship in the Episcopal Church. Twelve years into their marriage (1904) she was confirmed into the Episcopal Church. Margaret is buried in the McCready plot in the Winchester Cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 1

Box 2 Box 3 Also see:
Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: French and Moore Families Series
Date range: ca1780 - 1940 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: 17 files arranged by family groups
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, a journal, land investment documents, newspaper articles, ephemera

Biographical note: This series includes information on and in relation to Margaret Anne (French) McCready. Her great-grandparents, grandparents, sisters, and several cousins are included. For supplementary biographical information also see the genealogy files in the Emily Irvine McCready Series.

Scope and content:

Box 4

Box 5 See also: Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Charles Stephen French
Date range: 1915 - 1994
Quantity / arrangement: 24 files following his life chronologically and including information on his 3 wives and their families through the death of Elizabeth Aldred McCready. Includes present day establishment of McCready Manor in Richmond, Ky. Also, 2 scrapbooks and 1 oversized file found in Oversized Box #1.
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, bound books.

Biographical note: Charles Stephen French McCready (b. Feb 18, 1893 - d. Sep 16, 1966), the eldest child born of the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. His place of birth was Winchester, KY where it is assumed he took his education. As a young man he attended Trinity College in New York, then was employed in the textile industry in New York. After marrying Helen Winona Johnson of Atlanta, GA he opened one of the earliest, if not the first, real estate office in Ocala, Florida. During the early years of his business, Helen was killed in an automobile accident. Three years later, he married Isabel Warfield Bennett of Richmond, KY and found special happiness in his life and business success. He assumed numerous leadership roles in real estate at the local, state, and national levels. After 13 years of marriage, Isabel died (heart disease) and three years later Stephen married Elizabeth Aldred Wallace of Harrisburg, PA. After 7 years of marriage, Stephen died and was buried in the McCready plot of the Winchester (KY) Cemetery.

Stephen was a Rotarian, a life-long member of the Episcopal Church, and supporter of many civic projects in Ocala, FL, Winchester, KY and other locations.

He was devoted to his family, including his siblings and his nieces and nephews, providing for them many special opportunities. In his will designation was made to establish a retirement village in memory of his second wife, Isabel and this directive resulted in the building of McCready Manor located in Richmond, KY.

Scope and content:

Box 6

Box 7 Box 8 Also see:

Charles Stephen French McCready
Life Time Line





02.18.1893 Born in Winchester, KY to William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready.

ca 1899 - 1909 Education. Attended Trinity College in New York.

ca 1910 - 1923 Served on government textile inspection team during World War I in Atlanta. Employed by a wholesale textile firm in New York, NY

01.31.1920 Marries Helen Winona Johnson in Atlanta, GA

1924 Opens real estate office at the Ocala Hotel, Ocala Florida. Advised by his father-in-law, W. B. Johnson of Clark, Ray and Johnson to name his business the Central Florida Realty Company.

1925 Purchases 274 acres of land in Ocala with sister-in-law, Mrs. Paul R. Lilly of Valdosta, GA. Area to be named "Woodfields".

ca 1930 Elected President of the Ocala Board of Realtors.

Date? William Johnson McCready is born; lives 10 months (?).

1937 Elected 13th President of Florida Association of Real Estate Boards.

1940 Elected Director of National Real Estate Association

10.28.1940 Helen (Johnson) McCready killed in an automobile accident near Lyons, GA while she and Stephen were en route from Hendersonville, NC to Ocala.

08.28.1943 Marries Isabel Warfield Bennett in bride's home in Richmond, KY

1944 Opens Western Carolina Realty Company in Hendersonville, NC

1945 President of Community Concert Association in Ocala.

1946 Supports publication of Ocala Cavalcade Through One Hundred Years, compiled and arranged by Eloise Knight Jones.

1951 Chairman Finance Committee- Florida Council of Churches

1956 Attends Congress of the International Real Estate Federation in Weisbaden, Germany.

09.1956 Isabel Warfield (Bennett) McCready dies in Ocala.

09.19.1959 Marries Elizabeth Aldred Wallace in Lutherville, MD

1960's Elected first president of the Central Florida Junior College Endowment Corp

1963 Named Ocala's "Realtor of the Year".

1964 Finances publication of book written by his brother John Dudley McCready. Book title: Glimpses of the South We Love-- Some Anecdotes and Sketches of People and Things Representative of Southern Life

09.16.1966 Dies at the Monroe Memorial Hospital in Ocala, Florida

06.21.1975 Death of Elizabeth Aldred McCready in Ocala. Burial in Odd Fellow Cemetery, Milford, DE with her first husband, David W. Wallace.

SCRAPBOOK #1

Volume compiled by: Charles Stephen French and Margaret Hockaday (Moore) French
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #: 99A2
Location: Box #29
Volume size: 10" x 14" x 1/2 "
Volume cover: Cardboard
Inclusive dates: 1894 - 1901 Indexed? Yes
Number of pages: 50 Are the pages numbered? Yes (by MMC)
Condition: poor

Description of contents:

Inside the front cover is written: "To Charles Stephen French McCready. A Present from Grandma French. December 28, 1900." This scrapbook, compiled by his Grandparents, was given to young Charles Stephen F. McCready by his Grandmother five years before her husband's death on June 26, 1905 and seven years before her death on January 12, 1907.

The contents include newspaper clippings of family births, weddings, and other areas of interest to the compiler. Dominating the scrapbook contents are sermons by Charles H. Spurgeon and news coverage of Queen Victoria's death.

The index summarizes the contents of the scrapbook which is extremely embrittled and fragile.

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

Charles Stephen French Scrapbook #1 - Index

Name Page
Besuden, Henry Carlisle
Bingham, Rev. W.G.
Bright, Mary Emma
Bright, Bettie
Broadus, Rev. John A.
Buckner, Mrs. Clay
Burke, M.S.
Carlisle, Sen. John G.
Chandler, Thomas J.
Croxton, Mrs. J.H.
Cuyler, Theodore
Dudley, Bishop T.U.
Fairview, Josiah
Field, Miss Lizzie
Field, Mr. and Mrs. T.M.
Ford, Capt. John B.
Francis, David R.

French, Judge C.S.
French, M. Eva
French, Margaret (Maggie)
French, Hon. Richard French
French, Judge James Hay
French, Lizzie
French, Mary Callaway
French, Mr. and Mrs.
French, Rev. Richard
French, Sarah Callaway
French, William
Gates, Mrs. Ellen M.H.
Georgetonian, The
Georgetown College
Goddin, Thomas I.
Hanks, Nancy
Hardcastle, Miss Nannie
Hoge, John William
Johnson, Web
Kentucky county names
Kerfoot, F.H.
Lincoln, Abraham
Linkhorn, Tom
Manly, Dr. Basil

Marr, F.H.
Maus, Dr. L.M.
McCready, Rev. W.G.

Moore, Col. John H.
Preston, Margaret J.
Prewitt, Gay
Prstlidge [sic], Rev. J.N.
Richmond (KY) Chronicle
Riley, James Whitcomb
Rowland, Sidney Venable
Sangster, Margaret E.
Sheley, Mary Knight
Sphar, Asa
Sphar, Bessie
Spurgeon, James A.
Spurgeon, Rev. Charles Haddon
Taylor, Rev. W.C.
Teagar, M.M.
Tucker, Miss Nannie Hood

Tucker, Mrs. Joseph
Victoria, Queen - her death
Western Recorder
Whittier, John Greenleaf
William, Jewell
Wilson, Rev. William White
Winchester (KY) Orthoepean Society
Witherspoon, Martha
Witherspoon, Pattie French
Wornall, James and Ann
Youtsey, Henry
Youtsey, Mr.& Mrs. Henry
Youtsey-French Wedding
 37
12
37, 21
37
31
16
10
37
7
16
11
3
14
15
15
49-50
41
1, 3
8
3
37
18
37
37
14
37
5
37
7
53
2
13
12
17
37
8
20
38
12
12
2, 16
9
36
3, 31
17
11
14
2, 38
13
40
13
9
28
41
37
39
16, 19, 25-27, 32-34
38
9
14
14
42-48
6
52
6
39
14
37
8
16
5
30
8

SCRAPBOOK #2

Volume compiled by: Charles Stephen French McCready
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #: 99A2
Location: Box #29
Volume size: 13 3/4" x 12"
Volume cover: Brown imitation leather
Inclusive dates: 1936 - 1952 Indexed? Yes
Number of pages: 54 Are the pages numbered? Yes (MMC)
Condition: good

Description of contents:

Newspaper clippings of organizations and real estate projects that Stephen F. McCready was involved with mainly in Ocala (Marion County), Florida. Also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the friends and family of SFMcC. One letter written by SFMcC is included. He wrote many similar "round robin" letters to his family. Few of these letters remain or have been found by MMC while processing this collection.

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

Charles Stephen French McCready Scrapbook #2 - Index (1936 - 1952)


Name Page Notes
Bennett / Golden
Bennett, Belle
Blake, Anne French
Blake, Charles M. Jr.
Blake, Charles, Jr.
Blanding, Sarah
Breckinridge, Madge
Brittain, Jr. Thomas Baldwin
Brittain, Thomas Baldwin
Burnam III, Thompson
Burnam, Mrs. Paul 
Carr / Cox 
Carr, Mr. and Mrs. James
Clay, Laura 
Clement, Hayden
Cole, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest
Coleman, Benjamin Ray
Coronado
Eskew / Holmes
Eye, Frank Eldon
Feeley, Joyce Calquhoun
First Presbyterian Church
Florida Assoc. of Real Estate
Florida Assoc. of Real Estate
Florida Association of Realtors
Florida Association of Realtors
Gamsby, Louise
Gardens of Ocala 
Garvin, Jewel H. 
Grace Episcopal Church
Greene, Franklin
Greene, John Montgomery
Harris, Lucia Bennett

Hawkins / Marshall
Hendersonville, NC 
Herrington, Susan (Hume)
Hotel Marion 
Hume, Eugenia (Burnam)
Hume, William Stanton
Illingworth, Gordon 
Johnson, Mrs. Johnnie
Johnston, Annie Fellows
Jones / Rocha 
Jones, Ted
Keyes, Kenneth S.
Keyes, Kenneth S.
Keyes, Kenneth S.
Keyes, Kenneth S.
Lee, Thomas F.
Lilly, Mary Judson 
Lilly, Paul R.
MacKay / Weeks 
Marion County Schools
Marion County War Loan 
Marshall, Secretary of State
Mason, Frances
McCrady, Edward
McCrady, Edward 
McCready, Isabel (Mrs.)
McCready, John Dudley 
McCready, John Dudley 
McCready, John Dudley 
McCready, Rev. John D. 
McCready, Stephen F. 
McCready, Stephen F. 
McCready, Stephen F.
McCready, Stephen F. 
McIntosh Methodist Church
McLeod, Isabel 
McMurray, John Addison 
Meyer, John Henry 
Monterey Village
Ocala Cavalcade 
Ocala Community Concert
Ocala Community Hotel 
Ocala House Hotel 
Ocala House Hotel 
Orttenburger Family 

Paul, Gen. Willard S.
Pennington, Edgar Legare
Philpott, Dr. Harry
Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul S.
Pyle, Ernie
Rice, Alice Hegan

Smith, Judge and Mrs. G.
Sphar, Mr. and Mrs. William
Strow / Barra
Trippe / LaMotte
Trippe, Barclay Haskins
Turnipseed / Brown
Western Carolina Realty

Woodford, Waller Bennett		 37
31
32, 33
30, 50
32
31
31
33, 37
34, 40
45
4
49
27
31
48
27
38
42
37, 43
24
25
31
2
3
5
30
28
15
28
20
22
22
44
49
53
1
3
1
1
32
1
31
48
9
14
15
31
31, 40
42
23-25
23
36
29
17-19
41
50
25
47
28
4
6
7
35
39
40
41, 45
49
9
48
47
26
22
13
20
3
14
16
35
39, 47
46
43
27
11
31
27
27
50
36
21
42
4
16
Wedding Announcement

Great KY women article
Wedding invitation
Korean War
Wedding invitation
Great KY women article
Great KY women article
Wedding invitation
 

Letter to Isabel McCready
Wedding
See daughter Betsy
Great KY women article

Elizabeth Anne Cole's wedding
Winter Park, FL
Marion County, FL
Wedding announcement
Husband of Mary J. Lilly
Fiancee of Charles M. Blake, Jr.
Richmond, KY (see envelope)
SFMcC elected president

SFMcC serves as president
SFMcC 13th president
Ocala Public Library
Mrs. Stephen McCready (Isabel)
Ocala Public Library
Ocala, FL
Friend of SFMcC
Friend of SFMcC
Sister of Isabel Bennett McCready
Wedding
Kanuga Lake

Ocala, FL
 

Wedding announcement
Mother-in-law to S. F. McCready
Great KY women article
 

Miami realtor
Ocala House Hotel
Article inside envelope
Wedding announcement
Coronado

Friend of SFMcC
Wedding announcement
Historical pageant
Ocala, FL
 

Librarian of Richmond, KY
University of the South, Vice Chancellor
Ocala Public Library
Enters WW II as chaplain
Trip to Copenhagen
WW II chaplain-farewell to Church

Scotland trip
Classic family letter (many were lost)
Council of Churches, FL
Photo with Elizabeth Aldrich McCready
McIntosh, FL
 

Friend of SFMcC
Silver Springs, FL
Book compiled by SFMcC
SFMcC chairman
SFMcC elected president
Ocala, FL
Ocala, FL
Richmond, KY
 
 

See daughter Betsy
Newspaper articles
Great KY women article
See son George Lee
See son Asa Rogers
Wedding invitation
Wedding invitation
Easton, MD
Wedding announcement
Hendersonville, NC
KY Military Institute

SCRAPBOOK

Volume compiled by: Isabel Warfield (Bennett) McCready
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #:
Location: Box #29
Volume size: 10" x 13 1/2" x 1/2 "
Volume cover: Brown embossed leather
Inclusive dates: 1943 - 1944 Indexed? Yes
Number of pages: 47 ( with gaps) Are the pages numbered? Yes
Condition: Cover - good, Contents - poor

Description of contents:

Newspaper clippings of family obituaries and marriages, a graduation announcement, and other subjects related to Isabel's family including the Bennetts, Brittains, Burnams who generally resided in the Richmond, KY area.

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

Isabel (Bennett) McCready Scrapbook Index (1936 - 1946)


Name Page
Bennett Jr., Warfield C. 
Bennett, Mary Campbell Burnam 
Bennett, Mary Campbell Burnam (Mrs. Waller)
Bennett, Mayme Thompson 
Bennett, Elise
Bennett, Elizabeth Chenault 
Bennett, Esther Burnam (Mrs. W.C.)
Bennett, Laura Isabel 
Bennett, Neal 
Bennett, Samuel
Bennett, Sue 
Bennett, Thompson
Bennett, Waller 
Blanding, Sarah Gibson
Blanton, Harry Martin (Mrs.) 
Bowmar, Aitcheson A. 
Brittain, Thomas Baldwin Jr.
Brittain, Carlos B. 
Brittain, Helen Bennett 
Brittain, Mary 
Brittain, Thomas Baldwin
Burnam / Bennett ? Reunion 
Burnam III, Anthony R. 
Burnam, Curtis Field 
Burnam, Paul 
Burnam, Sarah Rollins 
Burnam, Curtis Field 
Burnam, James R. 
Burnam, Lucinda Field 
Burnam, Lula Gay (Mrs. James R.) 
Burnam, Sam Parks 
Burnam, Sarah Rollins 
Burnam, Thompson 
Burnamwood 
Caperton, Mrs. James 
Chenault, Robert Cameron 
Clay, Cassius M. 
Clay, Laura 
College - Sue Bennett
College - Vassar 
Crutcher, William C. 
Denny, Alex R. 
Denny, Sue Smith 
Evergreens 
Gagliardini, Alessandro 
Harney, Mrs. Clarence 
Harney, Patsey Field 
Harris, Andrew 
Harris, Earl 
Harris, Field 
Harris, Lucia B. (Mrs. Earl)

Harris, Waller 
Harris, William F. 
Hodgkins, Howard L. (Mrs.) 
Howard, Benjamin 
Jefferson, Mrs. Bennett Clay 
Jones, F.H. Sr. 
Jones, M. Ashby 
Kittredge, George
Lee, Robert E.
MacLeod, Mary (Mrs. E.A.) 
Madison County - pioneer & historical homes 
Madison Female Institute 
McCready, Isabel Bennett (Mrs. Stephen)
McCready, John Bennett 
McCready, Margaret Anne French (Mrs. Wm. G.)
McCready, Mary Winston 
McCready, Richard Lightburne 
McCready, Stephen French
McCready, William George 
Nieces of Sue Bennett
Ocala Choral Society 
Pattie A. Clay Infirmary 
Phelps, Anne Covington 
Richmond Public Library
Rollins, Anthony Wayne
Smith, Thomas Jackson 
Smith, George Murray (Mrs.)

Whitehall 		 4
9
9, 10
12
12
9
5
12
12
9
7
12
9
12
7
6
4, 5
4, 5
1
4
4, 5
8
6
9, 11
6
9
9
5
9
5, 6

9
9
9
5
6
15
12
7
12
4
12
12
5
12
5
1
4
4
4
6, 7, 9
6
4
12
5
12
11
11
13
11
1, 9
5
9
2, 9, 14, 15
8
8, 11
8
11
11, 14, 15
11
7
3
5
1
5, 6
9
7
7
15

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Emily Irvine
Date range: 1896 - 1971
Quantity / arrangement: 50 files arranged chronologically and focused on her writings
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, original writing, notebooks, newspaper articles, personal books, ephemera

Biographical note: Emily Irvine McCready (b. Sep 1, 1896 - d. Aug 29, 1971) was the third child and first daughter born to the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. Her place of birth was Newport, KY; she was baptized on Oct 22, 1896 in Winchester, KY. Emily received a diploma from the Hannah Moore Academy - Diocese of Maryland in 1915 and in 1918 obtained her Kentucky Teacher's Certificate. In 1928, she received an AB from Wesleyan College in Winchester, KY ; two years later she attended the summer session of Alliance Francaise in Paris, France. Emily never married. Because of her love of children (especially her nieces and nephews), she opened in 1939-40 a kindergarten in Winchester which lasted several years. Always interested in writing and encouraging others to write, she set the example and wrote historical articles for the newspaper between 1950 - 1960. Also, she pursued her passion for genealogy. She attended the University of Oklahoma taking several creative writing courses (1953 - 1962?). During this period, she wrote a novel entitled The Corn Top's Ripe. For the most part, Emily lived in Winchester: at 1108 West Lexington Road in her family home; on College Street; in the winter at the Brown Proctor Hotel; and finally on 321 South Maple Street. Emily was a life member of the Fortnightly Club. After a long illness, Emily died on Aug 29, 1971 and was buried in the McCready plot of the Winchester, KY cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 9

Box 10 Box 11 Box 12 Box 13 Also see:

Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Henley Moore
Date range: 1910 - (1935 - 1970) - 1976
Quantity/Arrangement: 1 cubic foot (12 files by subject or type of material), scrapbook in ledger-type book
Physical characteristics: Correspondence (personal and business), photographs, scrapbook with clippings, phonograph records, programs, diplomas, award plaques, insurance records, sheet music, personal ephemera

Biographical note: Henley Moore McCready (Oct 15, 1909 - Nov 19, 1976 ) was the youngest of seven children born to Rev. Dr. William George and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. Born in Asheville, NC the family later moved to Winchester, Kentucky where HMMcC spent most of his life. He graduated from Clark County High School in 1926 and Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1931. In the mid 1930's he became an insurance salesman, his profession until his death. In 1938, he married Faye Wilson Bolton and they had two children: Margaret French and John Bennett.

During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army for approximately 22 months*. After the War, he returned to his first love -- his family. For nearly 40 years, he maintained his insurance business and contributed extensively to his community through his singing, church work and as a Kiwanis Club member. HMMcC was buried in the McCready plot of the Winchester, Ky cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 14

Box 15 Also see: Other notes:

*In the service, Henley Moore served in the 97th Chemical Mortar Battalion, Co. A, 3rd Plt (ASN 35 882 738, Co.A) of the U.S. Army. Within his papers information on his date of service is conflicting. One date is Feb 7, 1944 to Oct 22, 1945; the other date is Jan 28, 1944 to Aug, 1945.

Insurance companies affiliation - (1 the Mutual Life of New York and
2) the Maryland Casualty Company)

SCRAPBOOK

Volume compiled by: Henley Moore McCready
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #: 99A2
Location: Box 30
Volume size: 9 1/4 " x 13 3/4" x 1/2 "
Volume cover: Grey cloth over cardboard
Inclusive dates: 1916 - 1938 Indexed? Yes
Number of pages: 47 ( with gaps) Are the pages numbered? Yes
Condition: good

Description of contents:

Newspaper clippings of family obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, and other subjects related to Kentucky and family history that interested Henley Moore McCready.

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

Henley Moore McCready Series - Scrapbook Index


Name
 Page
Allen, Chilton 
Bean, E.L.
Bean, Kate Wheeler (Mrs. Ernest) 
Bean, Lee Wheeler 
Besuden, Calloway Mrs. 
Bolton, John C. Mr. & Mrs.
Bolton, John C. Mr. & Mrs.
Bolton, Faye Wilson
Bolton, Faye Wilson
Booth, John Wilkes 
Bullock, Mr. (Principal) 
Callaway, Matilda Hickman
Callaway, Colonel Richard 
Callaway, Colonel Richard 
Cantrell, J.C. Congressman 
Coleman, Colonel Cicero 
Coleman, Eva Field 
Coleman, Horace 
Crittenden, Governor Thomas T. (MO) 
Cumming, William Dr. 
Field Jr., Edward B. 
Field, James B. 
Field, John 
Field, Patsy Hockaday 
Fortnightly Club (Winchester, KY) 
Fortnightly Club (Winchester, KY) 
French, Judge Charles Stephen 
French, Elizabeth 
French, James 
French, Julia 
French, Margaret Moore 
French, Mary Eva 
French, Mary Eva 
French, Mary Eva 
French, Mary Taylor 
French, Richard 
French, The Rev. Richard 
French, William 
French, William H. 
French, William Hendley
Gateway City (Winchester, KY) 4
Gibson, Randall Lee 40
Gibson, Tobias 40
Graves, Dr. George 7
Graves, Polly Lankersley 45
Graves, Robert 45
Hagerman, Prof. B.C. 40
Hanson, Colonel Charles 4
Hanson, Richard 4
Hanson, General Roger 4
Hanson, Chief Justice Samuel (KY) 4
Hardin, Governor Benjamin (KY) 2
Harney, Patsy Field 8
Harrison, James 8
Hart, Joel T. 40
Hart, Louisiana Breckinridge 40
Helm, Mrs. James Stone 4
Hockaday, Charles 4
Hockaday, Fannie 4
Hockaday, Irving Hay 4
Hockaday, Isaac Hay 2
Hockaday, Isaac Hay 4
Hockaday, Margaret (Gret) 4
Hockaday, Susie 4
Hockaday, Wallace 4
Hoge, French 5
Hood, General John B. 7
Hughes, Howard 5
Hughes, Rupert 5
Hume, Mr. & Mrs. Stanton 8
Huston, John B. 4
Irvine, William 2
Isted, Genevieve Hood 7
Jackson County, KY 4
James, Frank 6
James, Jesse 6
Lisle, Jack 3
Martin, Mary Winston 47
McCready Jr., John Dudley 42
McCready, Henley Moore 2
McCready, Henley Moore 3
McCready, Rev. John Dudley 9
McCready, Rev. John Dudley 47
McCready, Mary Winston (Martin) 9
McCready, William George 8
McCready, Rev. & Mrs. William George 2
McCready, Rev. & Mrs. William George 3
Miller, Mary 4
Miller, Mary Belle Field 8
Miller, Patsey Field 8
Moore, Douglas C. 9
Moore, Evaline Hockaday 2
Parker, Joseph Pinkey 12
Pleasant Hill (Jackson County, KY) 4
Sphar, Mrs. Asa 43
Sphar, Mrs. William George 43
Stonestreet, James 4
Sutton, George Washington 40
Sympson, James 4
Taliaferro, Hay 45
Talichet, Katherine R. 11
Wallace, Rev. Addison A. 6
Wallace, Charles H. 6
Wallace, Theodoric B. 6
Wallace, William Hockaday 6
Wallace, William Hockaday 13
Walnut Hill School (Fayette County) 2
Welcome Hall 2
Wheeler, James Levi 3
Wheeler, John 3
Winchester, KY (Gateway City) 4
Witherspoon, Mrs. N.H. 43
Wooten, Louise (Mrs. William) 8

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Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Faye Wilson (Bolton)
Date range: 1916 - 1993
Quantity / arrangement : 2 1/2 cubic feet (46 files following her life chronologically and by areas of work), 1 scrapbook.
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, yearbooks, reports, audio tapes, sheet music, personal ephemera.

Biographical note: Faye Wilson (Bolton) McCready (Dec 19, 1916 - Sep 9, 1993) was the only surviving child born to John Cleveland Bolton and Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Bolton in Owensboro, Kentucky. The family owned a small farm on the Hale Road outside of Owensboro near Philpot, KY. Faye attended elementary and high schools in Daviess County. She graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College (Winchester) in 1937. While in college Faye met her future husband, Henley Moore McCready (also a Wesleyan graduate) whose family lived in Winchester. They were married in 1938 then resided in Winchester for the remainder of their lives. Two children were born, Margaret French and John Bennett. Henley and Faye continued to have strong ties with Wesleyan College and she became a piano instructor. As a young mother, for part time jobs, she played the organ in Winchester churches (including the First Baptist and Christian Churches) and the funeral homes. Having established her identity as a good organist and following her Methodist roots, she accepted the offer for the organist position at the First Methodist Church in 1951. Eventually she became the Minister of Music and retained this position for the next forty years. Faye was also a piano and organ teacher and generally supported the arts in the Winchester/Lexington area all of her life. She was a member of various Winchester clubs including the Fortnightly Club and Winchester Music Club but the main focus in her adult life was church music and her family. FWBMcC is buried in the McCready plot of the Winchester, KY Cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 16

Box 17 Box 18 Box 19 Box 20 Box 21 Box 22 Also see:

SCRAPBOOK #1

Volume compiled by: Faye Wilson Bolton
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #: 99A2
Location: Box #30
Volume size: 10 1/2 " x 15 " x 1"
Volume cover: Paper
Inclusive dates: July 9, 1932 - Sept 2, 1932 Indexed? No
Number of pages: 48 Are the pages numbered? Partially (1 - 21)
Condition: fair to poor

Description of contents:

Scrapbook made during or following Faye's trip to visit her cousins, the Smiths, in Amarillo, Texas. She was a teen at the time and delighted with the opportunity to travel west-her first big trip away from home. (Hettie Smith was the sister of Mary (Bennett) Bolton, Faye's mother.)

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

SCRAPBOOK #2

Volume compiled by: Faye Wilson Bolton
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #: 99A2
Location: Box #30
Volume size: 12" x 16"
Volume cover: Heavy green paper
Inclusive dates: 1929 - 1933 Indexed? No
Number of pages: 44 Are the pages numbered? No
Condition: good

Description of contents:

Scrapbook of memorabilia, clippings, programs and events Faye attended / participated in during Grades 9 - 12.

Compiled by: Margaret McCready Cornell Date: August, 1997

SCRAPBOOK #3

Volume compiled by: Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Bolton
Provenance: McCready / Bolton Family Papers
Accession #:
Location: Box #30
Volume size: 15" x 10 1/2 "
Volume cover: Light cardboard
Inclusive dates: ca 1932 or 1933? Indexed? No
Number of pages: ca 50 Are the pages numbered? No
Condition:  poor - very embrittled

Description of contents:

A quaint scrapbook entitled "Romance of Faye Wilson Bolton" and created by Faye's mother probably as a gift to her. The contents are pictures cut from magazines and the story is the growth and life stages of a girl / woman from babyhood through adulthood. At the end, Mary encloses a special poem which she wrote to Faye.

Compiled by: Margaret French McCready Cornell Date: June, 1998

Faye Wilson Bolton McCready

12.19.1916 Born in Owensboro, KY to parents John Cleveland Bolton and Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Bolton.

1920 - 1929 Attends elementary and junior high schools in Daviess County, KY

1927 Visits Washington, D.C. to visit Aunt Annie DuVerger. Sees parade for Charles Lindbergh. Keeps diary of trip.

1929 - 1933 Attends Daviess County (KY) High School

07.21 - 08.31.32 Visits her Aunt Hettie Smith (Mrs. Ernest) and cousins in Amarillo, Texas. Makes great impression on Faye. She creates a memorable scrapbook and retains her autograph book.

1933 - 1937 Attends Kentucky Wesleyan College, Winchester, KY

09.1937 - 01.30.38 Teaches school at Philpot Consolidated School, Philpot, KY

01.31.1938 Wedding of Henley Moore McCready and Faye W. Bolton at Settle Memorial Methodist Church in Owensboro, KY.

11.17.1938 Margaret French McCready is born in Winchester, KY

11.04.1940 John Bennett McCready is born in Winchester, KY

10.1946 Assumes position of organist at First Christian Church, Winchester, KY

11.1946 Faye and Henley accidentally meet Odette Prunet at the train station in Winchester. Odette has lost her luggage en route from France to the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in Hyden, KY. Beginning of lifetime friendship.

1947 - 1951 Faye teaches piano at KY Wesleyan College and is College accompanist.

06.14.1948 Odette Prunet leaves FNS and returns to France.

1950 Faye enrolls at University of Kentucky taking piano, then organ lessons under Arnold Blackburn.

1951 Becomes organist at First Methodist Church in Winchester, KY

1953 Attends first summer church workshop at Late Junaluska, North Carolina

07.1958 Attends NAFOMM (National Assoc. of Methodist Musicians) meeting at Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA

07.21 - 9.15, 1961 Faye and Henley go on trip to England and Scotland with Stephen and Betty McCready. Sail on Mauritania from NY pier.

1962 Faye's Mother, Mary Bolton, sells farm in Owensboro and moves to live with Faye and Henley at 223 Moundale Ave.

02.23.1965 Death of Mary Bennett Bolton

04.17.1966 Plays organ at Constitution Hall, Washington, DC for DAR Memorial Service.

05.12.1974 Performs dedicatory recital at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY

09.16 - 10.07.1974 Faye and Henley go on trip to England and France with Charles and Mary Kay Turkington. (See diary in picture file.)

12.1974 Faye and Henley visit Margaret and Gary and Grandchildren in Providence, RI.

11.20.1976 Death of Henley Moore McCready, Winchester, KY (at home)

1977 Faye passes KY State Insurance exam to carry on insurance business.

1977 Faye takes trip to Europe with Hazel McCormick.

1978 Trip to Junaluska with Cornells and John McCreadys

10.1979 Faye enters Charter Ridge Hospital in Lexington, KY

12.1979 Faye goes to Barrington, RI and spends Christmas with the Cornells.

08.1980 Visit to Amarillo, TX to see cousins Henry Smith and Ernestine Smith Nobles

1980 Trip with Hazel McCormick ?

06.22 - 07.15.1981 Chaperoned the Methodist Festival Choir on European Concert Tour.

08.1981 ? Visit to Junaluska with McCreadys and Cornells

1982 Trip to Daytona Beach to visit the John McCreadys

Summer, 1982 Trip to Junaluska with John McCreadys

1984 Trip to New Orleans with Marge Whitley and Hazel McCormick.

1986 Trip with Holly VanMeter to Cleveland, OH to visit Dan Raines after Holly's sister (Mimms Cross) death.

04.29.1990 "Faye McCready Day" at First United Methodist Church, Winchester, Ky. Choir room named for her.

06.27.1993 Faye, Dan Raines, and Frances Tinnemeier perform concert in Ocean City, NJ at the Presbyterian Church. The last time Faye will play the piano-Margaret's family is there and it is on videotape!

09.09.1993 Death of Faye Bolton McCready at her home, 223 Moundale Ave., Winchester, KY

Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Henley Moore and Faye Wilson (Bolton)- JOINT
Date range: 1938 - 1993 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: One half cubic foot (10 files by subject or type of file)
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, travel diary, photographs, calling cards, newspaper clippings, programs, church bulletins
Biographical note: See information on individual series of both persons.

Scope and content:

Box 23

Box 24 Box 25 See also: Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: Bolton, John Cleveland and Mary Elizabeth (Bennett)
Date range: 1800 - 1996
Quantity / arrangement: 1 cubic foot (22 files)
Physical characteristics: Photographs, correspondence, a scrapbook, a ledger, deed, printed/ handwritten genealogy information.

Biographical note: John Cleveland Bolton ( b. May 25, 1882 - d. Apr 30, 1962) born in Livia, KY ( McLean County), was the third child (of six) of John Henry Bolton and Cynthia Martha May. He grew up in the same area where he met his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bennett (b. Feb 8, 1882 - d. Feb 23, 1965), daughter of Samuel Wilson Bennett and Elizabeth Wilhite Patterson. Mary was the tenth child of twelve. For a brief period after their marriage (Sep 20, 1905) they lived in Ouray, Colorado but returned to the Owensboro, KY (Daviess County) area where they made their lifetime home. John was a farmer keeping his 30+ acres in tobacco and hay to feed a few cows. He made his living off the tobacco and selling eggs, butter, and milk to Owensboro customers which he delivered to their homes. Mary was a homemaker and loved to bake and sew. She made many (50?) quilts in her lifetime. They were members of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church where John was Sunday School Supt and Mary was a part of the Women's Society of Christian Service. They had two daughters: an infant born in 1909 did not live; Faye Wilson Bolton was born in 1916. When John died, Mary sold the farm and moved to Winchester, KY to live with Faye and Henley Moore McCready until her death. Both John and Mary are buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro, KY.

Scope and content: Collection contains genealogy information with files organized around John and Mary (Bennett) Bolton and their parents and siblings. Photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings make up the bulk of the material which covers a span of almost 200 years and tells a story of two families which dispersed over the United States, but whose roots remained in the Owensboro, KY area.

Box 26

Box 27 See also:

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, John
Date range: 1862 - 1919 (with gaps), 1940, 1953, 1962 - 1963
Quantity / arrangement: 1 file, Box #28
Physical characteristics: Photogragh of portrait, family recollections, genealogy information from cemetery, pamphlet.

Biographical note: Little is known of John McCready. Family recollections recount that he was born in Sligo, Ireland (Westmoreland County) in 1829 to William McCready and Lady Hamilton (?) of the north Ireland Hamilton family. The Hamilton estate was "Hamilton Manor (sp?). At age 19 John, with his older brother, William, came to America in 1848 landing in New Orleans. Eventually they continued north to Louisville, KY where they made their home and became merchants. John married Janet (also found as Jennie and Jeannette) Coote (sp?) of English and French descent whose father was a surgeon in the British army. John and his wife had three sons -- Robert, John, and William George. John McCready died in 1863 or 1864 of tuberculosis and is buried in the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.

(Note of MM Cornell - as of 1998, the sparse (but well intentioned) information on John McCready was supplied by Emily Irvine McCready and Richard French McCready. Much research is still needed on origins and members of the early McCready family.)

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, Rev. William George
Date range: 1854 - 1940
Quantity / arrangement: 2 files following his life chronologically; and 1 file on his cousin (?), Rev. Richard Lightburne McCready. Box #28 Also see Box #33, File 2.
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, sermons, statement of last wishes, newspaper articles, certificates.

Biographical note: William George McCready was one of three children (all sons?) born to John McCready and Janet (also found as Jane, Jeannette, and Jennie) Coote (also found as Cooks) in Louisville, KY (b. Dec 14, 1854 - d. Jan 22, 1921). No records or photographs have been found on his childhood and youth but it is presumed his early education was in Louisville, KY. In 1873 he was employed in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts (KY District) in Louisville, KY. On Feb, 1892 he married Margaret Anne French of Winchester, KY in a home wedding at Welcome Hall. They had seven children: Charles Stephen French, John Dudley, Emily Irvine, William George, Jr., Margaret Calloway, Richard French, and Henley Moore. Other Biographical notes of certainty are as follows:

-Graduated from the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA receiving his D.D. degree. (ca 1880?)

-Receives honorary doctorate from Kentucky Wesleyan College - 1903

-Served KY churches in Anchorage (date?), Versailles (St John's - 1883 - 1891?), Newport (St Paul's - ca 1893 - 1899), and Dayton (part-time at St. John's while in Newport)

-Served in Georgetown and became Archdeacon of the Diocese of KY (date?)

-Served Christ Church in Easton, MD (1904 - 1907)

-Served Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville, NC (1908 - 1910)

-Served St. Peter's Episcopal Church -Corner of State and Bond Sts in Brooklyn, NY (Feb, 1910 - 1915)

-1915 to 1916- returned to KY Diocese to do missionary work in eastern part of Kentucky.

-1915 - became ill while preaching at St. John's Church in Versailles, KY

-1920 - had stroke at Cape May, NJ

-1921 - died in Winchester, KY and is buried in the Winchester Cemetery

Scope and content:

Box 28

File 1: Biographical materials (1854 - 1921)
File 2: Correspondence and Statement of "last wishes" (1873 - 1921)
File 3: Richard Lightburne McCready (A cousin?)

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: McCready, John Dudley
Date range: 1894 - 1998 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: Six (6) files following his life chronologically. Box #28
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, sermons, newspaper articles, book by JDMcC.

Biographical note: John Dudley McCready (b. June 26, 1894 - d. Sept. 26, 1973) was the second child born to the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. His place of birth was Winchester, KY; his baptism was in Newport, KY. He attended Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) then obtained his AB and MA at Columbia University in New York. He also attended Union Theological Seminary and obtained his Th. M. at Southern Baptist Seminary (Louisville, KY). While serving as assistant pastor at the First Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL he met and later married Mary Winston Martin. They had one son John Dudley McCready, Jr. who lived only a week; two years later their only daughter, Mary Winston McCready, was born. While pastor at the First Baptist Church in Morganton, NC, John Dudley took a leave of absence and served in the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps during World War II. After retiring from the pastorate, he taught English at Chowan College (Murfreesboro, NC); later the family moved to Ocala, Florida where John was on the Central Florida Junior College faculty as instructor of humanities.

Besides his dedicated service to the church pastorate, John was devoted to his family. He also had keen respect for the English language, the written word and enjoyed teaching. Throughout his life he wrote columns in local newspapers and publications of the Baptist Church. Contemplation and writing probably took place at his longtime family summer home, Molehill Manor, in Black Mountain, NC near Ridgecrest. He died while in Asheville, NC and was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Morganton, NC.

Scope and content:

Box #28
 

File 1: Photographs and information of John Dudley McCready and his family (1894- 1971 with gaps)
File 2: Correspondence received (1922 - 1944 with gaps)
File 3: Sermons (1941 - 1942)
File 4: Published writing (1931 - 1969 with gaps)
File 5: Biographical materials (1932 - 1973)
File 6: Collected items (1922, 1952)
File 7: Mary Winston (Martin) McCready and daughter, Mary Winston (1990-2000)
File 8: M.W.McCready correspondence with Margaret (McCready) Cornell 1988-1998


John Dudley McCready
Life Time Line

Jun 26, 1894 Born in Winchester, KY the second child to William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready.

Baptized by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley, Bishop of Kentucky (Episcopal Church) at the residence of his parents, 226 (5?) East 6th Street, Newport,KY.

May 5, 1907 Confirmed at Christ Church, Easton, MD by the Rt. Rev. Adams, Bishop of Easton.

ca1910? Attends Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA)

1920-21 Attends Columbia University (New York, NY) and obtains AB and MA degrees.

?? Attends Union Theological Seminary (New York, NY)

1924 Attends Southern Baptist Seminary (Louisville, KY) and obtains Th.M degree.

?? Teacher of History at Howard College (Birmingham, AL)

?? Assistant Pastor - First Baptist Church (Birmingham, AL)

1929 - 1938 Pastor - First Baptist Church (Demopolis, AL)

Pastor to Prairieville Baptist Church (near Demopolis)

Jan 1, 939 Becomes Pastor - First Baptist Church (Morganton, NC)

Jun 15,1939 Marriage to Mary Winston Martin at the Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL

Aug 31,1940 John Dudley McCready, Jr. is born. The child lives 6 days with death occurring on Sept 7, 1940.

Jul 20, 1942 Mary Winston McCready is born.

1944 - 1946 Leave of absence from First Baptist Church and joins the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps. Enters Chaplaincy School at Harvard University, then assigned to 93rd Regiment at Camp Hood, TX. Later sent to Fort Mead in Maryland area, as chaplain of 7th AGF Regiment (#0546668 - US Army) and then to Camp Adair near Corvallis, Oregon. (See letters to his mother.)

1946 Elected State Chaplain of the North Carolina Dept of American Legion.

Jul / Aug 1947 With Mary Winston, attends the Congress of the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sail on the Queen Elizabeth from New York City.

Sep10,1956 Resigns as Pastor of First Baptist Church (Morganton, NC)

Sep, 1956 Assumes Chair of English Dept at Chowan College (Murfreesboro, NC)

1964 Publishes book Glimpses of the South We Love--Some Anecdotes and Sketches of People and Things Representative of Southern Life.

1966 Instructor of Humanities at Central Florida Junior College (Ocala, FL). Teaches philosophy, English, and public speaking.

1966 Under sponsorship of the Ocala Ministerial Association, organizes the Interchurch Sunday School Study Group to study the International Lesson Series.

Sep 26,1973 Dies at St. Joseph Hospital (Asheville, NC).

Writings of John Dudley McCready (ca 1930 - 1957)


Article Title Date Place/Publication
Newspaper Columns
"The Bible Beacon" ? ?
"Here and There" 1930-1939? Demopolis, AL
"Watch The World" ? Alabama?
"Little Stories From Life" 1955-1957 The News Herald
Morgantown, NC
The Hickory Daily Record
Hickory, NC
"Political Enigma: War Paved Way for Hamilton" 9-4-1957 Virginia-Pilot
The Portsmouth Star
? ? Gastonia Gazette
? ? Ashville Citizen-Times
Ashville, NC
Church Publications
"Current Events" 1931 The Alabama Baptist
"Watching the World - News and Comment" 1933-1935 The Alabama Baptist
"How Do We Serve Our Country By Paying Taxes?" 1937 The Baptist Training Union Magazine
"The Veteran's Enlistment Program - A Plan Based on the Experience of Chaplains and Now in Use in Civilian Communities" 1946 Baptist Home Mission Board publication
(with Troy B. Yopp)
"Stories From Life" 1956 Biblical Recorder
Book
Glimpses of the South We Love -- Some Anecdotes and Sketches of People and Things Representative of Southern Life. (Privately published for JDMcC by Stephen F. McCready in 1964.)

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: William George McCready
Date range: 1916 - 1918
Quantity: One file, Box #28
Physical characteristics: One photograph (in Box #34) and newspaper clippings.

Biographical note: William George McCready (Jan 29, 1899 - Jun 11, 1918) was the fourth child born to the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. His place of birth was Newport, KY and he was baptized by his father in May, 1899 at St. Paul's Church, Newport. It is assumed his earliest education was in Asheville, NC; as a teen he attended St. Paul's School in Garden City on Long Island, NY-near Brooklyn where his family lived while his father served as rector of St. Peter's Church. After high school, he pursued the business world in New York following the footsteps of his older brother, Stephen who also resided in New York. Back home in Winchester, KY for a vacation in 1918, his life ended tragically when he drowned in the Kentucky River. George is buried in the Winchester, KY Cemetery.

See also:

Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: Margaret Calloway (McCready) Blake (a.k.a. "MarCallie")
Date range: 1911 - 1995 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: 1 file following her life chronologically and including brief information on her children and grandchildren. Also includes several photographs and correspondence sent from her children to Margaret F. (McCready) Cornell after Marcallie Blake's death. Box #28
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, statement of recollection, invitations, newspaper articles.

Biographical note: Margaret Calloway (McCready) Blake (April 28, 1901 - May ? 1982) was the fifth child born to the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. Her place of birth was Winchester, KY. She was baptized by her father on July 4, 1901. Affectionately called "MarCallie" all her life, it is presumed she had her early schooling in Easton, MD, Ashville, NC and Brooklyn, NY -- the communities where her father served as rector. When she was 14, the family moved back to Winchester. It is assumed she graduated from Clark County High School around 1918. It is not known whether she attended college. In 1925 she met her future husband, Charles Mowry Blake, while visiting her brother Stephen in Ocala, Florida. Charles, who resided in Lexington, MA, was visiting his sister Mrs. Alfred MacKay, a neighbor of Stephen McCready. Charles and MarCallie married in Winchester, KY on June 23, 1926. After their marriage, the couple established residence in Lexington, MA where Charles' family had resided for many years. They had two children: Charles Mowry Blake, Jr. and Anne French Blake.

Marcallie was a homemaker her entire life. She was devoted to her husband, children, and her family in Kentucky and Florida. For many years she was an active member of the Hancock Congregational Church located in the center of Lexington, Mass. She is buried with her husband in the Lexington (MA) Cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 28

Also see:

Provenance: McCready-Bolton Family Papers
Series: Richard French McCready
Date range: 1913 - 1992 (with gaps)
Quantity / arrangement: 1 file, Box #28
Physical characteristics: Correspondence, photographs, printed invitations, a speech, and newspaper artcles.

Biographical note: Richard French McCready (March 14, 1905 - Oct 5, 1992) was the sixth child (of seven) born to the Rev. Dr. William George McCready and Margaret Anne (French) McCready. His place of birth was Easton, MD; he was baptized Easter eve, 1905 by his father who was rector of Christ Episcopal Church until 1907.

In 1908, his father became rector of Trinity Church in Asheville, NC; in 1910 the family moved again to Brooklyn, NY where his father served St. Peter's Church, remaining until 1915. Young Richard undoubtedly took his early years of education in Asheville and Brooklyn. His teen years were spent in Winchester, KY where he graduated from Clark County High School in 1922. In 1926? he graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College and in 1930 (?) he entered the insurance business with Wm. Rogers Sphar under the name Sphar & McCready, Agents. In 1933, Richard married Dolly Wade Toole and they had one son, Richard French McCready, Jr. born July 10, 1941. Richard and Dolly resided their entire married life in Winchester where he had a successful insurance and real estate business. The company later became the Richard F. McCready & Co. Building and loan where it remains (1998) on Main Street, Winchester, KY.

Richard was a member of the local Kiwanis Club serving as president in 1944. He was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church, and a supporter of downtown businesses in Winchester, KY. He was devoted to his family, including his siblings, his wife, son, daughter-in-law Jane and their children. He felt great joy in being a grand-father to Sarah Husted and Louise McCready. Richard is buried in the McCready plot of the Winchester, KY cemetery.

Scope and content:

Box 28

Also see:

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: Richard French McCready, Jr.
Date range: 1941 -
Quantity / arrangement: 1 file, Box #28
Physical characteristics:

Biographical note: Richard French McCready, Jr. (b. Jul 10, 1941 - ) had his early years of schooling in Winchester but graduated from high school at the Sewanee Military Academy in 1959. He graduated from Princeton University (1963) and the University of Virginia Law School (1966) then did postgraduate work at Kings College, University of London. In 1967 he was associated with the Davis, Polk & Wardwell law firm in New York, NY. On Dec 5, 1970 Richard married Jane Cockburn Houston at St. James Church in New York, NY. In the late 1980's Richard and his family returned to Winchester, KY where he joined the law firm of Grant, Rose, Pumphrey and McCready. They had two daughters: Sarah Husted and Louise.

Scope and content:

Also see:

Provenence: McCready / Bolton Family Papers

Box 29

Box 30 Box 31 Box 32 Box #33 - additional files from several series

Charles Stephen French Series

Rev William George McCready Series Margaret Anne (French) McCready Series Charles Stephen French McCready Series Emily Irvine McCready Series William George McCready (Son) Series Box 34

Henley Moore and Faye (Bolton) McCready Series - JOINT

Faye (Bolton) McCready Series

Provenance: McCready - Bolton Family Papers
Series: Cornell, Margaret French (McCready)
Date range: 1938 - 1999
Quantity / arrangement: 1 box with files following her life chronologically
Physical characteristics: Photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, etc

Biographical note: Margaret French (McCready) Cornell (b. Nov 17,1938 - ) was the first child born to Henley Moore and Faye Wilson (Bolton) McCready in Winchester, KY. Her brother John Bennett was born two years later on Nov 4,1940. Margaret's first 18 years were spent in Winchester where she attended her Aunt Emily McCready's Kindergarten, then went to Hickman Street School for elementary grades, and the Winchester High School for grades 7 - 12. After graduation in 1956 she entered the Duke University School of Nursing but transferred out after two years enrolling at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia and graduating in 1960. Two years were then spent as a Christian education assistant at the First Methodist Church in Goshen, IN. During 1962, Margaret entered Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. where she obtained her M.R.E. in 1964. While working as a D.C.E. at Bethesda (MD) Methodist Church, she became engaged to Gary Stiles Cornell, a student at Wesley TS. They were married in Nov. 20,1965 at the Seminary Chapel. For the next thirty five years, the Cornells lived in seven towns where Gary served as the pastor of the United Methodist Church: 1965 - 1970 South Methodist in Manchester, CT - while in Manchester, their two children were born: Elizabeth Faye on May 11,1967 and Andrew Lockwood on Mar 14,1969; 1970 - 1972 Carter Memorial Methodist in Needham, MA; 1972 - 1976 Mathewson Street United Methodist in Providence, Rl; 1976 - 1981 Barrington United Methodist in Barrington, Rl; 1981 - 1987 Ballardvale United Church in Andover, MA; 1987 - 1997 West Chelmsford United Methodist in W. Chelmsford, MA; 1997 - 2000 Londonderry United Methodist Church in Londonderry, NH. After her marriage, Margaret worked several years in Christian education, taught early childhood, and then became a secretary first at the Andover Town Hall then at the Chelmsford Public Schools. While in Chelmsford, she returned to school obtaining her M.L.S. in archival management at Simmons Grad School of Library & Information Science in Boston, MA. She worked in Chelmsford until June, 2000 at the time her husband retired.

     See also:  Box 28b:  Slides belonging to Gary and Margaret Cornell - various trips

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