BIO: McCoy, James H. s/o Mitchell, Hannah - Bourbon Co

MCCOY,  MITCHELL,  GILLUM,  IRVIN

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS. 1884

NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA

PAGE 636
JAMES H. McCOY. Among the pioneers of this county was William, the father of
our subject, who was born in Washington County, Penn., July 14. 1784, and
when a lad moved with his parents to Kentucky, and for a number of years
lived in a fort in Bourbon County. He there lived to manhood, and January
16, 1812, married Hannah Mitchell, who was born in that county March 9,
1789. In November, 1819, they immigrated to Orange County, Ind., engaging in
farming in what is now Northeast Township. They here won the respect and
confidence of a wide circle of acquaintances, and became useful members of
the community. September 7, 1860, Mr. McCoy died, followed by his widow,
December 1, 1865. They were the parents of eight children, a record of whom
is here appended: John A., born October 11, 1812, died October 31, 1883;
Granville S., November 17, 1814, died December 3, 1864; Nancy J., March 20,
1817, died the wife of J. W. Gillum, August 12, 1849; Margaret M., March 5,
1820, died September 24, 1821; James H., December 31, 1822; Louisa C., April
3, 1826, now Mrs. Jesse R. Irvin; William P., July 13, 1829, a soldier of
the late war in Company B, Sixty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, captured
at Collierville, Tenn., October 11, 1863, first incarcerated at Libby
Prison, and lastly in Andersonville, where he died of starvation in 1864;
and Mary, born May 30,1832, died August 31, 1833. James H. McCoy, subject of
this sketch, has always made his home in his native county. Early in life he
taught school, but latterly has farmed, now owning 280 acres of land. He is
a Republican in politics, and in 1882 was elected Trustee of his township,
and two years later re-elected. He is one of Orange County's best citizens.

Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 5 Oct 1997