John Bruce of the Shenandoah Violet Laverne Bruce, B.A. Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa 1987
Where was he? 1880, Springborough Tp., Warren Co., OH; 1870: Sugar Ck. Tp., Vigo Co., IN; 1860, Wabash Tp., Clark Co., IL; 1850, with parents and siblings, Xenia Tp., Greene Co., OH, p. 54.
John Bruce of the Shenandoah Violet Laverne Bruce, B.A. Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa 1987
John Bruce of the Shenandoah Violet Laverne Bruce, B.A. Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa 1987
John Bruce of the Shenandoah Violet Laverne Bruce, B.A. Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa 1987
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_Isaac MCCOY ________|
| (1756 - 1797) |
| |__
|
_Thomas Jefferson MCCOY _|
| (1789 - 1861) m 1825 |
| | __
| | |
| |_Lydia GADDIS _______|
| (1766 - 1824) |
| |__
|
|
|--Isaac MCCOY
| (1828 - 1904)
| __
| |
| _Reuben SMITH _______|
| | (1767 - 1840) m 1788|
| | |__
| |
|_Mary Ann D. SMITH ______|
(1805 - 1892) m 1825 |
| __
| |
|_Sarah Beach CLARK __|
(1773 - 1834) m 1788|
|__
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_George W. MCCOY ____|
| (1831 - 1921) m 1853|
| | _William PILSON _____
| | | (0175 - 1824)
| |_Sally PILSON _______|
| (1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| |_Easter TURNER ______
| (0175 - 1813)
|
|--James MCCOY
| (1865 - 1866)
| _____________________
| |
| _James HARPER _______|
| | (1810 - 1886) m 1822|
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Sarah HARPER _______|
(1835 - 1868) m 1853|
| _____________________
| |
|_Mahala GROVER ______|
(.... - 1854) m 1822|
|_____________________
His wife was his first cousin. His death date is in the Civil War pension file of his wife's next husband, Bartholomew Hoback. Now that we have the date of his death, it might be useful to search for an obituary.
Parents b. MD and Ohio acc. to 1880 census. This seems to indicate he is the same James McCoy who is listed as son of Alexander McCoy Jr. in 1850 (age 8) and 1860 (age 20) censuses. Adams Co., IL in 1870 census.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |__
|
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1837|
| | __
| | |
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |__
|
|
|--James A. MCCOY
| (1841 - 1882)
| __
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Emily HEMPHILL _____|
(.... - 1846) m 1837|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
still living - details excluded
_Melvin Stoner MCCOY _+
| (1855 - 1916) m 1880
_Ralph Owen MCCOY ___|
| (1881 - 1956) m 1917|
| |_Nancy Isabel HILL ___
| (1856 - 1916) m 1880
_Frederic Melvin MCCOY _|
| |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_Martha Oral SIX ____|
| (1884 - 1958) m 1917|
| |______________________
|
|
|--James Melvin MCCOY
|
| ______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Mary Helen TERRY ______|
|
| ______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|______________________
still living - details excluded
_Barlow Aldrich MCCOY _+
| (1844 - 1918) m 1866
_John Melvin MCCOY __|
| (1873 - 1968) m 1897|
| |_Mary Jane LAW ________
| (1846 - 1904) m 1866
_Melvin Aldridge MCCOY _|
| |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Elsie May WILSON ___|
| (1879 - 1937) m 1897|
| |_______________________
|
|
|--Janet Kay MCCOY
|
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________
| |
|_Zelda Irene GREENE ____|
(1910 - 1970) |
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| |_____________________
|
_Melvin Stoner MCCOY _|
| (1855 - 1916) m 1880 |
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Jesse Earl MCCOY
| (1888 - 1891)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Nancy Isabel HILL ___|
(1856 - 1916) m 1880 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_George W. MCCOY ____+
| (1839 - 1887) m 1861
_Frederick Woodson MCCOY _|
| (1878 - 1947) m 1899 |
| |_Huldah BRIGGS ______
| (1843 - 1925) m 1861
_Richard MCCOY ______|
| (1924 - 1992) m 1946|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Rose O'CONNOR ___________|
| (1882 - 1964) m 1899 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Jo Marie MCCOY
|
| _____________________
| |
| __________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Verne Vivian AMES __|
m 1946 |
| _____________________
| |
|__________________________|
|
|_____________________
present in 1880 census, #529 (parents b. MD and VA, as expected)
Brown Co. marriage records Book A, #255.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |__
|
_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| | __
| | |
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |__
|
|
|--John Alexander MCCOY
| (1825 - 1880)
| __
| |
| _William PILSON _____|
| | (0175 - 1824) |
| | |__
| |
|_Sally PILSON _______|
(1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| __
| |
|_Easter TURNER ______|
(0175 - 1813) |
|__
Pat Fusselman has birthdate listed as 1874.
License dated 31 aug 1892.
Pat Fusselman has birthdate listed as 1874.
License dated 31 aug 1892.
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1837|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_George W. MCCOY ____|
| (1839 - 1887) m 1861|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Emily HEMPHILL _____|
| (.... - 1846) m 1837|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John Alexander MCCOY
| (1873 - 1947)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Huldah BRIGGS ______|
(1843 - 1925) m 1861|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____+
| (1815 - 1897) m 1862
_John O. MCCOY ____________________|
| (1864 - 1900) m 1885 |
| |_Mary DUNKEL ________
| (1824 - 1897) m 1862
_John Alvin S. MCCOY _|
| (1896 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Nora B. (Lenora Isabell) SPURGIN _|
| (1868 - 1939) m 1885 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John Alvin MCCOY
| (1924 - 1981)
| _____________________
| |
| ___________________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|______________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|___________________________________|
|
|_____________________
Listed as John A. S. McCoy on 1910 census, so far the only source of the extra initial.
"of Webster Groves, MO" as of 1939.
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1862|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_John O. MCCOY ____________________|
| (1864 - 1900) m 1885 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary DUNKEL ________|
| (1824 - 1897) m 1862|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John Alvin S. MCCOY
| (1896 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Nora B. (Lenora Isabell) SPURGIN _|
(1868 - 1939) m 1885 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
still living - details excluded
_Barlow Aldrich MCCOY _+
| (1844 - 1918) m 1866
_John Melvin MCCOY __|
| (1873 - 1968) m 1897|
| |_Mary Jane LAW ________
| (1846 - 1904) m 1866
_Horace Wilson MCCOY _|
| (1905 - ....) m 1927 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Elsie May WILSON ___|
| (1879 - 1937) m 1897|
| |_______________________
|
|
|--John Horace MCCOY
|
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________
| |
|_Elsie Verna KRISTEN _|
(1904 - ....) m 1927 |
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| |_____________________
|
_Barlow Aldrich MCCOY _|
| (1844 - 1918) m 1866 |
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--John Melvin MCCOY
| (1873 - 1968)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mary Jane LAW ________|
(1846 - 1904) m 1866 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
1900: Hurricane Tp., Fayette Co., IL.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796|
| |__
|
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1815 - 1897) m 1862|
| | __
| | |
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __|
| (.... - 1815) m 1796|
| |__
|
|
|--John O. MCCOY
| (1864 - 1900)
| __
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Mary DUNKEL ________|
(1824 - 1897) m 1862|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841) m 1796
_Samuel MCCOY _______|
| (1797 - 1882) m 1819|
| |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __
| (.... - 1815) m 1796
_John Alexander MCCOY _|
| (1825 - 1880) m 1845 |
| | _William PILSON _____
| | | (0175 - 1824)
| |_Sally PILSON _______|
| (1796 - 1835) m 1819|
| |_Easter TURNER ______
| (0175 - 1813)
|
|--John R. MCCOY
| (1861 - 1863)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Nancy PERRY __________|
(1822 - 1880) m 1845 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____+
| (1815 - 1897) m 1837
_George W. MCCOY ____|
| (1839 - 1887) m 1861|
| |_Emily HEMPHILL _____
| (.... - 1846) m 1837
_George W. (Warren) MCCOY _|
| (1884 - 1923) m 1903 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Huldah BRIGGS ______|
| (1843 - 1925) m 1861|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John R. MCCOY
| (1907 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mabel BARTON _____________|
(1885 - 1960) m 1903 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_John Wesley MCCOY __________________+
| (1834 - 1911) m 1856
_Fred MCCOY _____________|
| (1868 - 1947) |
| |_Louisa A. WHITESIDE ________________+
| (1836 - 1903) m 1856
_John Wyman MCCOY ___________|
| (1898 - 1979) m 1921 |
| | _Christopher Myers BAIRD ____________+
| | | (1853 - 1930) m 1875
| |_Lillian Gertrude BAIRD _|
| (1875 - 1960) |
| |_Martha Jane Barge (Mattie) BARNETT _+
| (1852 - 1936) m 1875
|
|--John Wayne MCCOY
|
| _Solomon VICTOR _____________________
| | (1833 - 1880) m 1860
| _Walter Moses VICTOR ____|
| | (1865 - 1933) m 1892 |
| | |_Marion DANSON ______________________+
| | (1832 - 1916) m 1860
|_Gertrude Marguerite VICTOR _|
(1903 - 1993) m 1921 |
| _James Jackson Hamilton REEDY _______+
| | (1853 - 1941) m 1871
|_Eulia Rose May REEDY ___|
(1877 - 1967) m 1892 |
|_Carrie (Candace) Elvira MCDOUGALL __+
(1851 - 1942) m 1871

Brown Co. marriage records Book B, #537.
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|
_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) |
| |__
|
_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--John Wesley MCCOY
| (1834 - 1911)
| __
| |
| _Reuben SMITH _______|
| | (1767 - 1840) m 1788|
| | |__
| |
|_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
(1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| __
| |
|_Sarah Beach CLARK __|
(1773 - 1834) m 1788|
|__
Family indicates he told of guard duty in War of 1812 during bombardment of Ft. McHenry. Service record for a John McCoy in MD does exist, private in Captain Wm. Brown Jr.'s Co., 6th Regt. Maryland Militia, 19aug1814 to 05nov1814, deserted 05nov1814. The seige of Ft. McHenry occurred September 13-14, 1814, preceded by General Ross burning Washington DC and taking Alexandria, VA.

family bible records and census records
bible records and Adams Co. marriage records: Marriage Book 3, p. 182, also marriage license dated 02apr1828, recorded in marriage license book 3.
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| |__
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--John Wingate MCCOY
| (1794 - 1877)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_____________________|
|
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
He lived for many years in a little house in the woods at Des Moines, WA, overlooking a deep gully. Every evening, troupes of raccoons and skunks would make their way up from the gully to his back door to be fed. He loved fly fishing so much that he gave up his first career as a pharmacist to start a fishing tackle company, which he eventually sold after many years. His house was always full of intriguing heaps of fur, feathers, and brightly colored yarns used to make the flies and other lures. Not only did the local fisherman appreciate his products, so did the fish. He had mastered the art of creating lures that looked like succulent insects to the trout of the Pacific Northwest. Whenever our family stopped at a lake or river in that region, we nearly always saw empty wrappers left by untidy fishermen, showing the McCoy label.

An old label from the McCoy Tackle Company.
_John Wingate MCCOY ___+
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828
_John Wesley MCCOY __________________|
| (1834 - 1911) m 1856 |
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ______+
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828
_Fred MCCOY _____________|
| (1868 - 1947) |
| | _Isaac S. WHITESIDE ___
| | | (1806 - 1882) m 1832
| |_Louisa A. WHITESIDE ________________|
| (1836 - 1903) m 1856 |
| |_Georgette MCCOY ______+
| (1816 - 1896) m 1832
|
|--John Wyman MCCOY
| (1898 - 1979)
| _John B. BAIRD ________+
| | (1813 - 1895) m 1839
| _Christopher Myers BAIRD ____________|
| | (1853 - 1930) m 1875 |
| | |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _+
| | (1821 - 1888) m 1839
|_Lillian Gertrude BAIRD _|
(1875 - 1960) |
| _Joseph BARNETT _______+
| | (1810 - 1884) m 1841
|_Martha Jane Barge (Mattie) BARNETT _|
(1852 - 1936) m 1875 |
|_Mary Ann MURDOCK _____
(1817 - 1883) m 1841
_Fred MCCOY _____________+
| (1868 - 1947)
_John Wyman MCCOY ___________|
| (1898 - 1979) m 1921 |
| |_Lillian Gertrude BAIRD _+
| (1875 - 1960)
_John Wayne MCCOY ___|
| |
| | _Walter Moses VICTOR ____+
| | | (1865 - 1933) m 1892
| |_Gertrude Marguerite VICTOR _|
| (1903 - 1993) m 1921 |
| |_Eulia Rose May REEDY ___+
| (1877 - 1967) m 1892
|
|--John Wynne MCCOY
|
| _________________________
| |
| _____________________________|
| | |
| | |_________________________
| |
|_Alice Eleanor RICE _|
|
| _________________________
| |
|_____________________________|
|
|_________________________
_Alexander MCCOY ____
| (1770 - 1841)
_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| |_____________________
|
_Joseph MCCOY _______|
| (1838 - 1912) m 1860|
| | _Reuben SMITH _______
| | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788
| |_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
| (1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| |_Sarah Beach CLARK __
| (1773 - 1834) m 1788
|
|--Johnnie MCCOY
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mary J. STINSON ____|
(1840 - 1912) m 1860|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
family record showed 1859, but Brown Co. marriage records Book B, #924 is in date sequence.
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_Alexander MCCOY ____|
| (1770 - 1841) |
| |__
|
_John Wingate MCCOY _|
| (1794 - 1877) m 1828|
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Joseph MCCOY
| (1838 - 1912)
| __
| |
| _Reuben SMITH _______|
| | (1767 - 1840) m 1788|
| | |__
| |
|_Elizabeth SMITH ____|
(1810 - 1880) m 1828|
| __
| |
|_Sarah Beach CLARK __|
(1773 - 1834) m 1788|
|__