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Submitted: 9/5/19 • Approved: 9/5/19 • Last Updated: 9/8/19 • R821696-G821692-S3
Joseph
Feb 15, 1818
Nov 21, 1888
Rebecca
Mar 20, 1820 WV
Oct 24, 1910
Daughter of Jacob Larue and Elizabeth Reynolds
Wife of Joseph
George
Aug 7, 1841 WV
Jan 2, 1911
Son of Joseph W. McCoy and Rebecca E. LaRue
Charles
May 29, 1859
Oct 16, 1880
Son of Joseph W. McCoy and Rebecca E. LaRue
GEORGE W. McCoy was born in Tyler County, West Virginia, August 7, 1841, the son of J. W. and R. E. McCoy. He moved with his parents to Iowa, then to Adair County, Missouri, in the year 1860, where he has since resided, except four years which he spent in the West. He was never married. Since his father's death, which occurred many years ago, he and his aged mother kept house on their farm, one mile north of Gibbs. One year ago they rented their farm and moved to Gibbs, where the mother died October 24, 1910. George McCoy continued to reside at the home till his death, January 2, 1911. He was well known throughout the county in which he lived, also in Kirksville where his sister, Mrs. Frank Gibbs, and many of his best friends reside. He was always welcome in their homes and honored for his sunny disposition and good comradeship. He has helped many who were needy, was quick to appreciate a kindness or resent an offense. For many years he was a member of the Methodist church, at Gibbs—in all he was a model citizen.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 690
Photo donated by Larry and Susan Olson
Contributed on 9/5/19
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