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Carlos B. Macy, superintendent of the city schools of Cynthiana, Ind., was born on a farm in Posey township,
Rush county, Ind., November 29, 1882, son of Thomas B. and Lutitia (Pitts) Macy, natives of the same county. Our
subject attended the common and high schools of Manilla, Ind., and then spent one year in the academy at Spiceland,
Ind., after which he began teaching school in the rural districts, continuing his education in the University of
Valparaiso in the summer months. He was also a student at Purdtie, at the University of Indiana, and graduated
from the Indiana State Normal, Terre Haute, in the class of 1912. After leaving Rush county he taught one year
in Marion county, at New Augusta, and one year in Corydon, and one year at Wadesville. In 1910 he was appointed
principal of the high school at Cynthiana, and in 1912 became superintendent. He is a member of the Quaker church
and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. In 1908 Mr. Macy married Nelle Underwood, daughter of Joseph N. and
Elizabeth Underwood, of Versailles, Ind., where her father was a merchant. Mrs. Macy was reared in the town, graduated
from its high school in the class of 1901, and taught school for a number of years prior to her marriage. She is
a member of the Baptist church. They are the parents of one child, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
FROM:
History of Posey County, Indiana
John C. Leffel, Editor
Standard Publishing Company
Chicago 1913.
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