The Parlor

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THE McCOY FAMILY PARLOR is actually a double room separated by extra wide doors from the McCoy Memorabilia Room. The room features original family furnishings. The marble fireplace matches the one in the adjoining room. Over the mantle is a portrait of Jane Witherow Ross, maternal grandmother of General Frank Ross McCoy. A Bible concordance, open on the table, records "bought 1872, T. F. McCoy." Also recorded are his marriage to Margaret Eleanor Ross and the births of seven children, including twins who died within a month of their births. Other pages document family marriages and deaths.

The McCoy furnishings are typical of the Victorian period and includes the elegant sofa, with open carvings on the crest. The side chairs, tables and decorative accessories impress the visitor that this was the family s home.

Photographs in a case in the adjoining room show the mother seated at the table in the parlor and the two sisters nearby on an Empire Sofa.

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