History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 480. [Bourbon County] [Paris City and Precinct] JOSEPH W. McCARNEY, jailer; P. O. Paris; was born 1841 in Harrison County, this State; son of Thomas McCarney, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Kentucky in 1832, and in 1833 married Sally A. Glenn, a native of Pendleton County, daughter of James Glenn, formerly Sheriff of that County. Our subject came to this County in 1851; he is the eldest of a family of four children, viz: James, Ambrose, and Ella, who is the wife of James Menaugh. Thomas M. Carney died in Paris, May, 1876, his wife survived him four years. Since September 9, 1874, our subject has been jailer of Bourbon County, and served in this capacity with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the county. In 1876 he married Martha Horton, daughter of James Horton; by this marriage he has two children, Iva and John Current. Mr. McCarney is a member of the I.O.O.F. and Knights of Pythias. McCarney Glenn Horton Menaugh = Harrison-KY Pendleton-KY PA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/mccarney.jw.txt