BIO: McCoy - Warren Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Patoka Township, page 425 WILLIS F. McCOY, merchant, of Winslow, Pike Co., Ind. is a son of Stark and Marinda (Kelsey) McCoy, who were natives of Warren County, Ky., where the father was born about 1828. He followed farming in his native State until 1857, when he moved to Illinois. He took several trips to Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, but always returned to the Sucker State where he still lives, being married to Celia McKinzie, his first wife having died in 1858. Willis was born in Warren County, Ky., December 25, 1851. The education he received in boyhood was very limited, and up to the age of twenty-one, the only school book he possessed, was an old "blue-back" spelling book. He was unable to write his own name but by continued exertion and ambition, he has now a very good business education. He followed the occupation of farming in Illinois, until 1881, when he came to this county. A year later he purchased a stock of drugs of G.B. Ashby, and commenced the drug business in Winslow. January 12, 1882, Lucinda Aust, born May 24, 1847, in Kentucky, became his wife, and to their union one child was born, Mary May. Mr. McCoy is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Tilden. He is an excellant citizen and successful business man. From: "Phyllis Hill" Date: Wed, 20 May 1998