Fayette Asbury McCarty
- . . . nothing remains to Tinkerville of that part of the past, except the Cedar Lake Sabbath School, one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the county. This locality is in Cedar Creek Township. It contains a cemetery. The store, blacksmith's shop, and post office have been already mentioned. Familiar names here are A.D. Palmer, Alfred Edgerton, Amasa Edgerton, and Obadiah Taylor. The McCarty family resided here for many years; B. McCarty, the father, and Smiley, William, Franklin, F. Asbury, Morgan, and Jonathon, the sons. One of these, FAYETTE ASBURY McCARTY, going forth from Tinkerville, became the greatest traveler Lake has ever reared. He went into the Far West, beyond the Rocky Mountains, about twenty years ago. The maiden whom he had chosen to become his wife, fell with others a victim to Indian border strife just before the time set for their marriage. Lone in heart, he engaged for three years, in warfare against the Indians; was four times wounded by them; killed with his own hand twenty-one of the Red Warriors who had burned the dwelling, and killed the whole family of her whom he loved. Like Logan, the Mingo, against the whites, he could say, "I have killed many;" and then he commenced his wanderings. He went among the mines; he went up into Alaska, then Russian America; he went down into South America; he crossed the ocean -- the Pacific; spent some time in China; visited the Sandwich Islands on his return; made money among the mines; and after fourteen years' absence, visited, some six or seven years ago the haunts of his youth in Lake county. He found here some old friends; narrated to us his adventures; went to New York to take passage again for the mines; was taken sick, and died soon after reaching the gold region at Idaho. Successful in obtaining gold, noble in disposition, lonely in heart in the sad romance of his life, he leaves his name and memory to be carefully treasured up by the friends of his boyhood at Cedar Lake. I am glad to place here on record this brief tribute to the memory of our greatest traveler -- F. Asbury McCarty.
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