Ovid D. McCarty was the brother of my great-grandfather, James Duncan McCarty. I have found Ovid D. McCarty on the 1870 Census in DeSoto County Mississippi Township 4 Range 8, living with his mother, Georgia McCarty, and his brothers James Duncan and Ernest Payton. I also found Ovid's Texas death record, which provided me with the long-sought middle name, which has been the source of much interest in our family. James Duncan McCarty, Ovid's brother, always told us that Ovid's middle name was pronounced "dew-mon-jay", and was his Louisiana-born, French paternal grandmother's maiden name. Finally, on Ovid's death certificate, his middle name is listed as "Domongie."

Please write and I will share with you the documents I have recently found and confirmed as Ovid.