McCarty remained in Vancouver for another two years, with Reverend McCarty assisting his successor at St. Luke's, Reverend Albert S. Nicholson. In 1875, the McCartys returned to Washington, D.C. Death On January 22, 1879, Lussanah McCarty died in Washington, D.C. On May 10, 1881, Reverend John D. McCarty died in Washington, D.C. His funeral at St. Mark's Church at Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. was attended by many of the soldiers (some of which had become generals) he had served with in Mexico and Vancouver. He was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery outside of the city. Character Reverend McCarty was regarded highly by many persons, which gives some indication of his character. Captain Edward D. Townsend, who considered McCarty a celebrity, wrote that he had the pleasure of hearing him preach in November 1855 in a room fitted up as a theatre at the Vancouver Barracks. Townsend, later the army's adjutant general, was destined to be pallbearer at McCarty's funeral. Joseph M. Fletcher is quoted as saying, "If a stranger arrived in town Dr. McCarty would find him out and speak words of welcome and cheer. McCarty could be found soothing the sick and helping the distressed, and that too without show or parade." References 1798 births 1881 deaths 19th-century American clergy American Anglican missionaries American expatriates in Mexico Anglican missionaries in the United States Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery Mexican–American War chaplains People from Oswego County, New York People from Rhinebeck, New York People from Vancouver, Washington Religious leaders from New York (state) Religious leaders from Washington (state) United States Army chaplains United States Navy chaplains