BIO: DR. ROBERT M. McGARY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 204
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     DR. ROBERT M. McGARY, one of the leading physicians and highly esteemed
  citizens of Mechanicsburg, who is also engaged in the drug business here, was
  born Oct. 27, 1858, at Shiremanstown, Cumberland county, son of David and
  Elizabeth (Mateer) McGary.
  
    John McGary, grandfather of Dr. Robert M., was a resident of Shiremanstown,
  for a long period, following his trade of wheelwright, and also engaged in
  farming. His three children, Mary, Henry and David, have long since passed
  away. John McGary was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
  
    David McGary, son of John and father of Dr. Robert M., was born Sept. 18,
  1818. He was a contractor in Hampden township for many years, and he died
  July 5, 1874. On reaching manhood he married Elizabeth Mateer, a member of
  one of the oldest families of Scotch-Irish extraction, of the Cumberland
  Valley. Eight children were born to them, three of whom grew to matur-
  
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  ity, namely: Mary R., wife of Samuel A. Balmer, of Harrisburg; H. W., of
  Harrisburg; and Dr. Robert M.
  
    Dr. McGary was reared in Shiremanstown, and was educated in the public
  schools. Not caring to follow an agricultural life, he took the direction of
  his career into his own hands, and came to Mechanicsburg, entering the drug
  store of Dr. M. B. Mosser, and in the meantime studying medicine. His efforts
  at securing a medical education met with success, and in 1884 he was graduated
  at Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, immediately entering into
  practice at Mechanicsburg. In 1889 he opened a drug store in this borough,
  and carries a large and varied stock of goods usually found in first-class
  establishments of this kind, in connection with a large selection of pure
  drugs.
  
    In politics, Dr. McGary is a stanch Republican. He is a Mason of high
  degree, having been made a 32nd degree Mason in 1892. He is also one of the
  oldest members of the Singer Band of Mechanicsburg. Dr. McGary has won his
  own way in the world through perseverance and industry, and stands today as
  one of the leading and most respected citizens of Mechanicsburg.