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Robert Z McCoy

Birth	:	7 Jul 1840 Pendleton, Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	22 Apr 1915
Burial	:	Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7202988, -93.3542023
Description	:	Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL Robert Z. McCOY, although not a pioneer, has been a resident of Wayne County for the past fifteen years, where he has become well and favorably known. He was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1840, and in 1855 his father, J. J. McCoy, went with his family to Scotland County, Missouri, where the father died in 1864. Our subject being the eldest son the care of his widowed mother and family... Read More	Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL Robert Z. McCOY, although not a pioneer, has been a resident of Wayne County for the past fifteen years, where he has become well and favorably known. He was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1840, and in 1855 his father, J. J. McCoy, went with his family to Scotland County, Missouri, where the father died in 1864. Our subject being the eldest son the care of his widowed mother and family devolved on him after his father's death. After setting up the business left by his father, he resolved to start out into the world, and endeavor to win his way to success. Accordingly he went to Oregon, where he arrived without money, but possessed of health, youth and energy. There he was eminently successful in the mercantile business, freighting and dealing in stock. He returned from Oregon in 1869, and in 1870 settled on a farm in Clinton Township, Wayne County, which he owned, the farm containing 189 acres. He added to this farm till it contained 400 acres, besides purchasing land elsewhere in the same county until he owned 1,000 acres, most of which he has sold, but now has much valuable land in the immediate vicinity of Allerton. He also owns considerable property in Allerton, including his beautiful home. Mr. McCoy was married in Oregon in 1869, to Miss M. A. Myers, a native of Scotland County, Missouri, going to Oregon with her parents, where her father, J. J. Myers, died in 1871. Her mother is now the wife of M. B. Baird. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have known each other since their youth. Their family consists of two children -- Frata May and Lottie G., both of whom were born in Wayne County. Mr. McCoy and his wife are members of the Christian church, having belonged to the same since 1860. Mr. McCoy has six brothers and one sister living -- S. M. and Jasper, merchants at Allerton; H. B. and W. H., farmers and stock-raisers in Decatur County, formerly in the furniture business at Humeston, Wayne County; Dr. J. W. McCoy, of Corydon; Mason, a stock-raiser of Wayne County; Chalista, wife of James T. Moore, of Pratt County, Kansas. His elder sister, Nancy Y., married Thomas A. Williams in Scotland County, Missouri, and died in June, 1877, leaving three children. The mother of R. Z. McCoy is now the wife of H. B. Crawford, of Memphis, Missouri, and was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, July 1, 1820. ********** Frata May McCoy married Adolph M Tate, son of A.M. and Jennie Vance Tate Lottie Garland McCoy married William Calvin Morgan son of Thomas and Mattie O'Harra Morgan.

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Robert Z McCoy's memorial is located at: Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, USA.
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Latitude: 40.7202988
Longitude: -93.3542023

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph J. McCoy

(unknow - 1864)

Mary McCandless McCoy

(1821 - 1888)

Spouse

Ruth Darwell McCandless McCoy

(1858 - 1941)

Margaret A Myers McCoy

(1842 - 1904)

Siblings

Shelton M McCoy

(1843 - 1934)

Jasper McCoy

(1847 - 1909)

Henry B. McCoy

(1854 - 1935)

William Haskins McCoy

(1857 - 1922)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Allerton Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7202988, -93.3542023

2. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7392006, -93.3861008

3. Corydon Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7500000, -93.3249969

4. Rankin Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6719017, -93.3360977

5. Greenlee Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7779900, -93.3911060

6. Richardson Chapel Cemetery
Harvard, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6694412, -93.2981262

7. Green Ridge Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6664009, -93.4261017

8. Shriver Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6808014, -93.2621994

9. Rush Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8065000, -93.3828000

10. Thomas Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6333008, -93.3099976

11. Shriver-Higley Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.4777000

12. Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6399994, -93.2861023

13. Ripper Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6957000, -93.2290000

14. Hogue Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8208000, -93.3468000

15. Kirby Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8146500, -93.4176900

16. Bollman Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7152600, -93.2088800

17. Banta Cemetery
Sewal, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6096992, -93.3103027

18. Cambria Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8377800, -93.3833300

19. Sharp Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6916700, -93.2002000

20. Clio Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6341742, -93.4654947

21. Lacey Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7952995, -93.2136002

22. Shield Goff Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6674995, -93.5171967

23. Greer Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5833015, -93.3735962

24. Edmond Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5849991, -93.3193970