_Samuel MCCOY _______+
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819
_John Alexander MCCOY _|
| (1825 - 1880) m 1845 |
| |_Sally PILSON _______+
| (1796 - 1835) m 1819
_George W. MCCOY ___________|
| (1859 - 1885) m 1877 |
| | _Edward PERRY _______+
| | | (1800 - 1875) m 1821
| |_Nancy PERRY __________|
| (1822 - 1903) m 1845 |
| |_Lucy HARPER ________
| (1802 - 1851) m 1821
|
|--Thomas Herbert MCCOY
| (1879 - ....)
| _____________________
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| _______________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Sarah C. (Hannah?) LASTER _|
(1859 - 1885) m 1877 |
| _____________________
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|_______________________|
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|_____________________
_Isaac MCCOY ________
| (1756 - 1797)
_Thomas Jefferson MCCOY _|
| (1789 - 1861) m 1825 |
| |_Lydia GADDIS _______
| (1766 - 1824)
_George Washington T. MCCOY _|
| (1836 - 1887) m 1865 |
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Mary Ann D. SMITH ______|
| (1805 - 1892) m 1825 |
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Thomas J. MCCOY
| (1869 - ....)
| _____________________
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| _________________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Harriette CROWS ____________|
(1840 - ....) m 1865 |
| _____________________
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|_________________________|
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|_____________________
1850: Xenia Tp., Greene Co., OH, p. 54; 1860: Wabash Tp., Clark Co., IL, p. 355 as T. J. McCoy. From this, we might expect his widow to be found also in Clark Co., IL in 1870 and 1880 on the land he owned at the time of his death. Further, there should be estate papers that might reveal the whereabouts and spouses of his children.
Information on FamilySearch includes children Allen and Louise Elizabeth, both apparently born about 1838, possibly in Indiana, but the evidence for including them in this family is based entirely on their inclusion in single census records.
There is a much later grave marker in the Bethesda Cemetery, presumably a replacement of an earlier marker. The entry on Find-a-Grave says "Thomas died from a kicking colt", information that could only have come from a family source. The record was originally contribued by Lynn Renee (Tatham) Salomone, 1949-2011, but the available information does not suggest any relationship with this family.
[5511] John Bruce of the Shenandoah, Violet Laverne Bruce, B.A. Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa 1987
[5512] Internet source says "near Terre Haute, IN", but we assume he died on his farm in adjacent Clark Co., IL, where he was enumerated in the census of 1860.
[14806] marriage record gives name as Mary Ann D. Smith; however, Reuben Smith estate papers refer simply to Thomas McCoy and Mary. Marriage book 3, p. 130, and marriage license book 3, dated 22nov1825.
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_Isaac MCCOY ________|
| (1756 - 1797) |
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|--Thomas Jefferson MCCOY
| (1789 - 1861)
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|_Lydia GADDIS _______|
(1766 - 1824) |
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1847|
| | _Samuel MCCULLOUGH __
| | | (.... - 1804)
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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|
|--Thomas Jefferson MCCOY
| (1848 - 1866)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Nancy B. RIGGS _____|
(1810 - 1858) m 1847|
| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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|_____________________
_Isaac MCCOY ________
| (1756 - 1797)
_Thomas Jefferson MCCOY _|
| (1789 - 1861) m 1825 |
| |_Lydia GADDIS _______
| (1766 - 1824)
_Isaac MCCOY ________|
| (1828 - 1904) m 1854|
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Mary Ann D. SMITH ______|
| (1805 - 1892) m 1825 |
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Thomas Jefferson MCCOY
| (1857 - 1919)
| _____________________
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| _________________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Lucinda ALLEN ______|
(1836 - 1920) m 1854|
| _____________________
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|_________________________|
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|_____________________
Burial information from the death certificate. However, the burial was apparently transferred to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Long Beach at some point, as the marker there is found on Find-a-Grave. At the time of her death, she had lived in Los Angeles County for 12 years, and owned a house in Long Beach at 2445 E. Fourth Street. The informant was Mrs. Robert Kirby, likely related through Valetta's daughter Fairy King, who had married Everett Kirby.
_Alexander MCCOY _____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY ________|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828 |
| |______________________
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_John Wesley MCCOY _________|
| (1834 - 1911) m 1856 |
| | _Reuben SMITH ________
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ___________|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK ___
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Valetta MCCOY
| (1865 - 1959)
| _James WHITESIDE _____+
| | (.... - 1847) m 1799
| _Isaac Slaughter WHITESIDE _|
| | (1806 - 1882) m 1832 |
| | |_Elizabeth SLAUGHTER _+
| | (1779 - 1835) m 1799
|_Louisa Adelaide WHITESIDE _|
(1836 - 1903) m 1856 |
| _David MCCOY _________
| | (1798 - 1829) m 1816
|_Georgette MCCOY ___________|
(1816 - 1896) m 1832 |
|_Louisa MARCEL _______+
(1799 - 1885) m 1816
_William Watson MCCOY _+
| (1818 - 1887) m 1847
_John Wesley MCCOY __|
| (1856 - 1924) |
| |_Catherine JOHNSTON ___+
| (1823 - 1893) m 1847
_John Anderson MCCOY _|
| (1884 - 1969) |
| | _______________________
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| |_Hattie A. MORGAN ___|
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| |_______________________
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|
|--Velma MCCOY
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| _______________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_______________________
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|______________________|
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| _______________________
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|_____________________|
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|_______________________
_Alexander MCCOY _____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY ________|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828 |
| |______________________
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_John Wesley MCCOY _________|
| (1834 - 1911) m 1856 |
| | _Reuben SMITH ________
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ___________|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK ___
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Viola MCCOY
| (1861 - 1864)
| _James WHITESIDE _____+
| | (.... - 1847) m 1799
| _Isaac Slaughter WHITESIDE _|
| | (1806 - 1882) m 1832 |
| | |_Elizabeth SLAUGHTER _+
| | (1779 - 1835) m 1799
|_Louisa Adelaide WHITESIDE _|
(1836 - 1903) m 1856 |
| _David MCCOY _________
| | (1798 - 1829) m 1816
|_Georgette MCCOY ___________|
(1816 - 1896) m 1832 |
|_Louisa MARCEL _______+
(1799 - 1885) m 1816
[6457] Date from cem. inscription, does not agree with notes on Nothern family in Cem. of Brown Co., p. 595.
[6458] Date from cem. inscription, does not agree with notes on Nothern family in Cem. of Brown Co., p. 595.
_Alexander MCCOY ____+
| (1815 - 1897) m 1837
_George W. MCCOY _____|
| (1839 - 1887) m 1861 |
| |_Emily HEMPHILL _____
| (.... - 1846) m 1837
_John Alexander MCCOY _|
| (1873 - 1947) m 1892 |
| | _____________________
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| |_Huldah BRIGGS _______|
| (1843 - 1925) m 1861 |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Virgil Ray MCCOY
| (1893 - 1926)
| _____________________
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| _Henry Clark NOTHERN _|
| | (1830 - 1889) m 1857 |
| | |_____________________
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|_Emma NOTHERN _________|
(1872 - 1935) m 1892 |
| _____________________
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|_Mary Ellen BELL _____|
(1840 - 1908) m 1857 |
|_____________________
still living - details excluded
_John Wingate MCCOY _+
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828
_Melvin Stoner MCCOY _|
| (1855 - 1916) m 1880 |
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ____+
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828
_Ralph Owen MCCOY ___|
| (1881 - 1956) m 1917|
| | _____________________
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| |_Nancy Isabel HILL ___|
| (1856 - 1916) m 1880 |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Virginia Claire MCCOY
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| _____________________
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| ______________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
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|_Martha Oral SIX ____|
(1884 - 1958) m 1917|
| _____________________
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|______________________|
|
|_____________________
[14814] Brown Co. marriage records Book B, #481.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) |
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_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| | __
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| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
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|
|--William MCCOY
| (1832 - 1903)
| __
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| _Reuben SMITH _______|
| | (1767 - 1840) m 1788|
| | |__
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|_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
(1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| __
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|_Sarah Beach CLARK __|
(1773 - 1834) m 1788|
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_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __+
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_George W. MCCOY ____|
| (1831 - 1921) m 1869|
| | _William PILSON _____
| | | (0175 - 1824)
| |_Sally PILSON _______|
| (1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| |_Easter TURNER ______
| (0175 - 1813)
|
|--William MCCOY
| (1872 - ....)
| _____________________
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| _James HARPER _______|
| | (1810 - 1886) m 1822|
| | |_____________________
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|_Lucinda HARPER _____|
(1839 - 1890) m 1869|
| _____________________
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|_Mahala GROVER ______|
(.... - 1854) m 1822|
|_____________________
Might his middle name be Johnston (his mother's maiden name) rather than Johnson?
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_Joseph Stewart MCCOY _|
| (1784 - ....) |
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_William Watson MCCOY _|
| (1818 - 1887) m 1847 |
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| |_Eleanor _____ ________|
| (1786 - 1860) |
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|--William Johnson MCCOY
| (1854 - 1926)
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| ______ JOHNSTON _______|
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|_Catherine JOHNSTON ___|
(1823 - 1893) m 1847 |
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still living - details excluded
_Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+
| (1862 - 1947) m 1882
_William Orlin MCCOY __|
| (1886 - 1963) m 1915 |
| |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _
| (1864 - 1943) m 1882
_Elmer Elsworth MCCOY _|
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| |_Ruth Eleanor CONOVER _|
| (1889 - 1972) m 1915 |
| |_________________________
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|--William Kevin MCCOY
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| _________________________
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| _______________________|
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|_Connie EARL __________|
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| _________________________
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|_______________________|
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|_________________________
_John Wingate MCCOY _______+
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828
_William MCCOY _______|
| (1832 - 1903) m 1863 |
| |_Elizabeth SMITH __________+
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828
_Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___|
| (1862 - 1947) m 1882 |
| | _Thomas Broaddus SCANLAND _
| | | (1808 - 1885) m 1833
| |_Susan Jane SCANLAND _|
| (1838 - 1930) m 1863 |
| |_Agnes Williams SEARCY ____
| (1812 - 1888) m 1833
|
|--William Orlin MCCOY
| (1886 - 1963)
| ___________________________
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| ______________________|
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| | |___________________________
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|_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _|
(1864 - 1943) m 1882 |
| ___________________________
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|______________________|
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|___________________________
Possibly 2 sons of same name confounded here, the first b. 1880, the next not recorded at the county courthouse. Death record indicated 12 jan 1881, but the cemetery transcript says 11 jan 1881.
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1837|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __+
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_George W. MCCOY ____|
| (1839 - 1887) m 1861|
| | _____________________
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| |_Emily HEMPHILL _____|
| (.... - 1846) m 1837|
| |_____________________
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|--William Oscar MCCOY
| (1880 - 1881)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Huldah BRIGGS ______|
(1843 - 1925) m 1861|
| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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|_____________________
[6304] Acc. to Cem. of Brown Co., IL, p. 561.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| | _Samuel MCCULLOUGH __
| | | (.... - 1804)
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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|
|--William Pilson MCCOY
| (1820 - 1829)
| _____________________
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| _William PILSON _____|
| | (0175 - 1824) |
| | |_____________________
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|_Sally PILSON _______|
(1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| _____________________
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|_Easter TURNER ______|
(0175 - 1813) |
|_____________________
_Fred MCCOY _________+
| (1868 - 1947) m 1889
_Ray MCCOY ________________|
| (1889 - 1983) m 1917 |
| |_Loula (Lula) LEE ___+
| (1868 - 1956) m 1889
_Ray MCCOY __________|
| (1918 - 1972) m 1942|
| | _____________________
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| |_Eugenia Christine REDING _|
| (1890 - 1990) m 1917 |
| |_____________________
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|--William Ray MCCOY
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| _____________________
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| ___________________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Marie SEVERYN ______|
m 1942 |
| _____________________
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|___________________________|
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|_____________________
[6349] Acc. to Cem. of Brown Co., IL p. 561.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| | _Samuel MCCULLOUGH __
| | | (.... - 1804)
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |_____________________
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|
|--William Turner MCCOY
| (1834 - 1835)
| _____________________
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| _William PILSON _____|
| | (0175 - 1824) |
| | |_____________________
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|_Sally PILSON _______|
(1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| _____________________
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|_Easter TURNER ______|
(0175 - 1813) |
|_____________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY _______|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828 |
| |_____________________
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_William MCCOY _______|
| (1832 - 1903) m 1863 |
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH __________|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828 |
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--William Walter MCCOY
| (1864 - 1880)
| _____________________
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| _Thomas Broaddus SCANLAND _|
| | (1808 - 1885) m 1833 |
| | |_____________________
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|_Susan Jane SCANLAND _|
(1838 - 1930) m 1863 |
| _____________________
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|_Agnes Williams SEARCY ____|
(1812 - 1888) m 1833 |
|_____________________
Detailed biographical sketch in Historical and Biographical Record of Monterey and San Benito Counties and History of the State of California (J. M. Guinn, 1910, Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 2:452, 455. Among other information, we note the following: "WILLIAM WATSON McCOY. The life which this sketch depicts began in Juniata county, Pa., February 22, 1818, and closed in the Corral de Tierra, November 26, 1887. Between the two dates was encompassed a record of usefulnees and industry, whose early manhood found fruitful activities in the work of a teacher and in surveying. After settling in Ohio Mr. McCoy laid out the village of Crestline and held the office of county surveyor. While living in Ohio he was united in marriage, February 11, 1847, with Miss Catherine Johnson, who was born in Washington county, Pa., February 18, 1823. Four children were born of their union, but one was removed in infancy by death. The three surviving members of the family are as follows: George Watson, an employe of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and a resident of Sacramento; William Johnson, a well-known instructor in music residing in Oakland, and John Wesley, born February 13, 1856, and now living in Corral de Tierra." "Settling in Indiana during the year 1861, William Watson McCoy embarked in the hotel business in Indianapolis and continued in that city until a fire destroyed his hotel. As a quartermaster in the Union army he went to Nashville in 1864 and later in that city conducted a livery barn, a hotel and also the stockyards. Suffering the loss of his property through fire, he removed to Missouri and purchases a large tract of land at $8 an acre. There he engaged in raising stock. Meanwhile his eldest son had come to California and engages in railroading. From him reports went back to Missouri concerning favorable openings in the west. In this way Mr. McCoy was led to remove to the coast accompanied by his two sons. Later he was joined by his wife, who had remained back in Ohio for a visit with old friends. For a time he carrier on a hotel in Salinas. During 1876 he settled on the Shepherd place in the San Miguel canyon. In 1877 he came to the Corral de Tierra, securing the title to thirty-four acres." "During early life in Ohio he took an active part in Masonry and bulit the Masonic hall at Bucyrus, that state. A Bible that he had at the time of his marriage more than sixty years ago is now in the possession of his son, J. W."
To this account we can add that he was already operating a hotel in 1860 in Crawford Co., Ohio. The village of Crestline now straddles the boundary between Crawford and Richland Counties. Catherine's name was originally written in the family bible as Johnson, but was altered by the insertion of a large but awkward t to read Johnston. The date of birth of William Watson McCoy is not given in the family bible. The date quoted here is likely correct, as the account is very detailed. However, the dates given in the California Great Registers (voter registration records) for Monterey County, 1875-1884, place his birth anywhere from 1818 to 1823, based on his reported age and the year of publication of the list. Part of this uncertainty appears to stem from the fact that the registration data, including the age and the date of registration, were carried forward from year to year without being updated. In effect, the age shown appears not to be the age as of the date of publication, but as of the date of registration shown in that entry. The shows he registered to vote on February 23, 1875 as William Watson McCoy, farmer living in Salinas, age 57, born in Pennsylvania. This is consistent with his reported birth date of February 22, 1818. While the registration number changes from year to year as the list was revised, the information remained exactly the same, including the age. Not every list has survived; the ones for 1880-1883 are missing. The lists for 1884 and 1886, however, show a new registration date (January 10, 1882 ) and place of residence (Toro), and his age is now 64. This entry requires a birth date of February 22, 1817 rather than 1818.
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|--William Watson MCCOY
| (1818 - 1887)
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|_Eleanor _____ ________|
(1786 - 1860) |
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_William MCCOY _______+
| (1832 - 1903) m 1863
_Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___|
| (1862 - 1947) m 1882 |
| |_Susan Jane SCANLAND _+
| (1838 - 1930) m 1863
_Homer Walter MCCOY _|
| (1894 - 1974) m 1919|
| | ______________________
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| |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _|
| (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |
| |______________________
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|--Winnifred MCCOY
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| ______________________
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| _________________________|
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|_Laura C. HOLMES ____|
(1896 - 1963) m 1919|
| ______________________
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|_________________________|
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|______________________
[1675] See 1970 History of Brown County, Illinois, p. 229. However, LDS Ancestral File has 28 apr 1899.
_Oscar MCCOY ________+
| (1820 - 1844) m 1841
_David C. MCCOY __________|
| (1841 - 1878) m 1864 |
| |_Letitia STUART _____+
| (1823 - 1844) m 1841
_Oscar Reuben MCCOY ________|
| (1865 - 1944) m 1892 |
| | _____________________
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| |_Harriet (Hattie) WILSON _|
| (1850 - 1928) m 1864 |
| |_____________________
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|--Zoe Lela MCCOY
| (1895 - 1978)
| _____________________
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| _Sidney William SCANLAND _|
| | (1835 - 1918) |
| | |_____________________
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|_Florence Zenobia SCANLAND _|
(1873 - 1938) m 1892 |
| _____________________
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|_Louisa A. JAQUES ________|
(1839 - 1922) |
|_____________________
[14844] Mentioned in Thompson history of Adams Co., OH, groom listed as William I. Alexander. Middle initial "J" from census records.