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The Mccarty family:
"Colonel Daniel McCarty...married, about 1778, Ann Mason, daughter of George Mason, author of the famous Bill of Rights. They had Hon. William Mason McCarty, who represented his district in Congress for several times, and John McCarty, who killed his cousin Gen. Stephens Mason in a duel in 1818. William Mason McCarty['s]...first wife was his cousin, Miss Mason, sister of Gen. Stephens Mason killed by John McCarty in a duel."
"...the male line of descent from Col. Daniel McCarty who married Ann Mason has become extinct."
The cause of the duel according to the History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County Virginia, By James William Head:
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