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John Calvin McCoy 1811 – 1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 SEP 1811

Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 2 SEP 1889

Death Location: Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States

Father: Isaac McCoy

Mother: Christiana Polk

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Woodson

Children(s): Cara Withers, Evelyn McCoy, Eva Holloway, John McCOY, Woodson McCoy, Martha McCoy

John Calvin McCoy was born in 1811 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA, the child of Isaac McCoy and Christiana Polk. John Calvin McCoy married Elizabeth M "Betsey" Woodson, and had children including Cara Elizabeth Withers, Evelyn Byrd McCoy, Eva McCoy Holloway, John Isaac McCOY, Woodson McCoy, Martha Elizabeth Mattie McCoy. John Calvin McCoy passed away in 1889 in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • John Calvin McCoy was born in 1811 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA, the child of Isaac McCoy and Christiana Polk.
  • John Calvin McCoy married Elizabeth M "Betsey" Woodson, and had children including Cara Elizabeth Withers, Evelyn Byrd McCoy, Eva McCoy Holloway, John Isaac McCOY, Woodson McCoy, Martha Elizabeth Mattie McCoy.
  • John Calvin McCoy passed away in 1889 in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Isaac McCoy
1784 – 1846
Birth Location: Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Christiana Polk
1784 – 1850
Birth Location: Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Woodson
1815 – 1889
Birth Location: Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
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Children(s)

Cara Withers
1844 – 1922
Birth Location: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
CW
Evelyn McCoy
1851 – 1920
Birth Location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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Eva Holloway
1853 –
Birth Location: Missouri
EH
John McCOY
1853 – 1905
Birth Location: Jackson County, Missouri, USA
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Woodson McCoy
1855 – 1934
Birth Location: Variety Grove, Missouri, United States
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Martha McCoy
1859 – 1938
Birth Location: Jackson, Missouri, United States
MM

John McCoy's Ancestors

Self
John McCoy
1811 – 1889
Birth Place: Shelby, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Isaac McCoy
1784 – 1846
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Christiana Polk
1784 – 1850
Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
William (Rev) McCoy
1754 – 1813
Brownsville, Fayette, PA
Elizabeth Royce
1758 – 1834
Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Charles Polk
1744 – 1823
Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
James McCoy
1720 – 1801
Ann Bruce
1724 – 1808
John Royse
1725 – 1808
Hannah Bellamy
1720 – 1787
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John McCoy
1699 – 1725
Anna Irvine
1696 – 1735
John Bruce
1690 – 1748
Sarah Parrell
1690 – 1748

John McCoy's Descendants

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John (Calvin) McCoy (28 SEP 1811 – 2 SEP 1889) m. Elizabeth (M "Betsey") Woodson (1815 – 1889)
  1. 1. Cara (Elizabeth) Withers (10 DEC 1844 – 8 DEC 1922)
  2. 2. Evelyn (Byrd) McCoy (21 FEB 1851 – 14 SEP 1920)
  3. 3. Eva (McCoy) Holloway (ABT 1853 – )
  4. 4. John (Isaac) McCOY (8 MAR 1853 – 11 DEC 1905) m. Melianda (Ellen "Linnie") Cline (JAN 1855 – 1905)
    1. 1. Blanche (Ellen Mc.) Coy (5 AUG 1883 – 8 JUN 1922)
      1. 1. Claude (Harrison) Cox (19 JAN 1902 – 17 NOV 1973)
      2. 2. Minnie (Frances) Cox (26 FEB 1919 – 8 SEP 2009)
        1. 1. Roy (Leonard) Mendenhall (19 JUL 1938 – 4 APR 2017)
    2. 2. Marion (Estel) McCoy (ABT 1890 – 2 JUL 1971) m. Mary (Ethel) Hopkins (30 JAN 1892 – 20 MAY 1931)
      1. 1. William (J) McCoy (ABT 1908 – )
      2. 2. Ellen (Mae McCoy) (Sholler) (19 APR 1910 – 31 MAR 1979) m. Herbert (J) Sholler (ABT 1910 – 6 Sep 1972)
        1. 1. Herbert Sholler (ABT 1926 – )
        2. 2. Erma (Jean) Sholler (17 Jan 1931 – ) m. Glenn (L) Bernard (abt 1931 – )
        3. 3. Harold (Eugene) Sholler (ABT 1933 – )
      3. 3. Hobert (C) Mccoy (ABT 1917 – 15 DEC 1984)
      4. 4. Roy (Franklin) Mccoy (17 JAN 1919 – 4 FEB 1957)
      5. 5. Josephine (Elizabeth) McCoy (17 MAY 1922 – 30 NOV 1993) m. John (Harold) Clyborn (12 JAN 1905 – 15 NOV 1945) m. Delbert (O St.) Clair (16 SEP 1924 – 30 MAR 2008)
        1. 1. Joyce (Hazel) Clyborn (6 SEP 1940 – ) m. James (M) Lockridge (17 APR 1921 – 7 OCT 1976) m. Paul (E) Ingram
        2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Clyborn (20 JUL 1942 – 6 SEP 2013) m. Jack (M) Behney (ABT 1939 – ) m. Douglas (J) Dean (ABT 1955 – ) m. Larry (Andral) Smith (16 Jun 1937 – 7 Oct 1983) m. Unknown Unknown
        3. 3. Jim (St.) Clair (27 OCT 1949 – )
        4. 4. St Clair (28 FEB 1951 – 28 FEB 1951)
        5. 5. Mimi (G) Stclair (1952 – )
        6. 6. Michael (St.) Clair (20 FEB 1953 – ) m. Evangeline
        7. 7. Dolly (F) Stclair (31 AUG 1955 – )
        8. 8. Peggy (J) Anderson
        9. 9. Mary (E.) Dean
      6. 6. Mary McCoy (MAY 1931 – )
      7. 7. Sarah McCoy (MAY 1931 – )
      8. 8. James (A.) McCoy
      9. 9. Margaret (McCoy) Myers
      10. 10. Peggy McCoy
    3. 3. Walter (R.) McCOY (AUG 1896 – )
    4. 4. Mary Mccoy (ABT 1906 – )
  5. 5. Woodson McCoy (26 SEP 1855 – 27 OCT 1934)
  6. 6. Martha (Elizabeth Mattie) McCoy (23 DEC 1859 – 19 AUG 1938)

John McCoy's Timeline

2 Records

1811
28 SEP 1811
Birth of John Calvin McCoy in Shelby, Kentucky, USA
Shelby, Kentucky, USA
1889
2 SEP 1889
Age 78
Death of John Calvin McCoy in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1811
    Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Monticello, Johnson, Kansas; Roll: 384; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 097

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 SEP 1889
    Event Place: Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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