Author Archives: Sharon Virts

Behind the Masque

Menasha, Wisconsin, December 31st, 1899 Written by: Sally McCarty Pleasants Col. John Mason McCarty, son of Col. Daniel McCarty, was born on the 14th day of March, 1795, at Cedar Grove, the family seat of his father, in Fairfax County, Virginia. Cedar Grove is situated on the Potomac River about fourteen miles below Alexandria. John […]