Charles
Joseph
"Cormac"
McCarthy
Born in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Peggy Lee Holleman
— married
1961 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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Biography
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Cormac McCarthy was an American Pulitzer Prize winning author, known for his unique writing style. Cormac wrote fiction novels in the western and postapocalyptic genres.[1]
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Charles Joseph McCarthy was born on July 20, 1933 in East Providence, Rhode Island, son of Charles Joseph McCarthy and Gladys Christina McGrail.[1][2][3][4]
In 1937, the family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Cormac attended Catholic schools.[1]
From 1951-1952, Cormac attended the University of Tennessee, but left in 1953 to enlist in the United States Air Force.[1] In 1956, Cormac re-enrolled but left without taking a degree.[1]
Cormac (27) married a fellow student from the University of Tennessee, Peggy Lee Holleman (21) (born in 1939 in Hickory Ridge, Arkansas; daughter of Eugene Joseph Holleman and Vivian Burton) in 1961.[1] They moved to Asheville, North Carolina, then divorced in 1962.[1]
Cormac won the 1965 William Faulkner Foundation Award for his first novel, "The Orchard Keeper"[5]
In 1966, Cormac married Anne De Lisle in Hampshire, England.[1][6] The couple moved back to the United States, living in Tennessee for ten years.[1] Cormac and Anne divorced in 1981.
In 1992, Cormac married Jennifer Claire Winkley. They remarried on 2 February 2002 in Carson City, Nevada.[7] Cormac and Jennifer divorced in 2006[1]
Cormac's father, Charles, died in 1995, in Florida and his mother, Gladys, died in 1997, in New Jersey.[8][9]
Cormac died on June 13, 2023, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, aged 89.[1][10][11]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Homberger, Eric. "Cormac McCarthy obituary", database (https://www.theguardian.com/ : accessed 12 Jun 2023) The Guardian (London, England) Wednesday, June 14, 2003 The Guardian
- ↑
1935 Census:
"Rhode Island, U.S., State Censuses, 1865-1935"
Original data: Rhode Island State Census, 1865. Microfilm. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; Enumeration District or Census Tract: 175; Volume Number: 1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4721 #2063915 (accessed 12 July 2023)
Charles Mc Carthy (2), single in Providence. Born in Rhode Island. - ↑
1940 Census:
"United States Census, 1940"
citing enumeration district (ED) 97-122, sheet 18B, line 73, family 365, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3959.
FamilySearch Record: K4CS-HNX (accessed 12 July 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9M1-D74B
Charles J McCarthy (6), single son, in household of Charles J McCarthy (32) in Civil District 8, Knox, Tennessee, United States. Born in Rhode Island. - ↑
1950 Census:
"United States 1950 Census"
citing Page: 11; Line: 7;
FamilySearch Record: 6FSS-Y8JN (accessed 12 July 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-SQHW-G5FY
Charles J McCarthy, Jr (16), single son, in household of Charles J McCarthy (42 years) in Knox, Tennessee, United States. Born in Rhode Island. - ↑
McCarthy Wins Award for Novel:
"Newspapers.com"
The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) Sat, Mar 12, 1966, page 12
Newspapers Clip: 128089747 (accessed 12 July 2023) - ↑
Marriage Registration:
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
citing 1966, quarter 2, vol. 6B, p. 1444, Winchester, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
FamilySearch Record: QV6H-RFTR (accessed 12 July 2023)
Mccarthy marriage to Anne De Lisle registered Apr-May-Jun 1966 in Winchester. - ↑
Marriage Registration:
"Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005"
citing Affiliate Film Number: 148283;
FamilySearch Record: VVF5-BSJ (accessed 12 July 2023)
Cormac McCarthy marriage to Jennifer Claire Winkley on 2 Feb 2002 in Carson City, Nevada, United States. - ↑
TVA Lawyer Charles McCarthy:
"Newspapers.com"
The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana) Sat, Feb 18, 1995, page 13
Newspapers Clip: 128089779 (accessed 12 July 2023) - ↑
Gladys C McCarthy:
"Newspapers.com"
Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey) Sat, Mar 1, 1997, page 11
Newspapers Clip: 128091313 (accessed 12 July 2023) *note: title of article listing her daughters married name, Hickey, in with her name. - ↑
Obituary:
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
FamilySearch Record: 624K-BYX6 (accessed 12 July 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-4QKY-3QTC
Name: Charlie Cormac McCarthy; Birth Date: 1934; Obituary Date: 13 June 2023; Death Date: 13 June 2023; Death Place: Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States; Age: 89 years; Source Newspaper: EFE News Services; System Of Record: SLS; Digital Film Nbr: 111792505. - ↑ Goodwyn, Wade. "Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89". NPR. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023.
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