Samuel McCoy1
b. 2 March 1835, d. 18 February 1905
Birth | 2 Mar 1835 | Samuel McCoy was born on 2 Mar 1835 in Virginia.1,2 |
Childhood | | Samuel was born in southwest Virginia, but moved with his parents to Carroll County, Illinois when he was six or seven years old. |
Marriage | 19 Dec 1872 | He married Mary Catherine Lower on 19 Dec 1872 in Carroll County, Illinois.3 |
Cens-1880 | 24 Jun 1880 | Eight years after their marriage Samuel and Mary were enumerated in Rock Creek township of Carroll County, Illinois with their three children. They were also providing a home for Samuel's mother, Eleanor (Davis) McCoy.4 |
| | Samuel's mother died in 1891. |
Cens-1900 | 16 Jun 1900 | In 1900 Samuel and Mary Catherine were still farming in Rock Creek township. Their daughter Anna had died in 1890 but their remaining three children, ranging in age from twenty-six to fifteen, were single and living at home.5 |
Death | 18 Feb 1905 | Samuel died on 18 Feb 1905 at age 69.2 |
Burial | | He was buried at Lanark Cemetery in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.2 |
Citations
- [S1029] Mathew R. Davis household, 1850 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom township, p. 700 (added script, dwelling 4, family 4, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 8 of 8. Enumeration records: Mathew R. Davis, 24, farmer; Sarah 5_; Ellen McCoy, 33; rest McCoy: Samuel 15; Wm 13; Mary M. 11; Lavinia A. 9; all prev. persons b. VA; Sarah 7, b. IL.
- [S1026] Carroll County Genealogical Society, Carroll County, Illinois Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 3, p. 43. Stone reported to read: Samuel B. McCoy, 2 Mar. 1835 - 18 Feb. 1905.
- [S1051] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html). Samuel B. McCoy married Mary C. Lower 19 Dec. 1872 citing Carroll County Marr Register B, p. 28.
- [S1032] Samuel P. McCoy household, 1880 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop sched., Rock Creek township, ED 17, page 556D (stamped), dwelling 139, family 139, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 42 of 46. Enumeration reports: Samuel P. McCoy, 34, marr, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary C., 32, wife, keeping house, b. PA, parents b. PA; Frank, 6, son; Esther (?), 4, dau; Anna, 1, dau; all children b. IL; Eleanor, 50, mother, b VA, parents b. VA.
- [S1052] Samuel B. McCoy household, 1900 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Rock Creek township, ED 18, sheet 71 (p. 17 stamped), dwelling 146, family 148, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 13 of 16. Enumeration includes: Samuel B. McCoy, 65, marr 27 yrs, b. March 1835, VA, farmer; Catherine, wife, 59, marr 27 yrs, mother of 4 children, 3 living, b. Sept. 1840 PA; Frank, son, 26, b. Feb. 1874 IL, insurance agent; Ethel, dau, 23, b. Nov. 1876 IL; Ray, son, 15, b. Feb. 1875 IL.