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ANTHONY P., born in Sangamon county, went to the Pacific coast in 1859, married in Oregon to a Miss Powell, bas a family, and lives near Salem, Oregon.
GEORGE M., born May 1. 1837, in Sangamon county, married March 27, 1860, to Adaline Meacham. They have two children, LUELLA and GEORGE II., and reside one mile north of New Berlin, Illinois.
EDSON died, aged twelve years.
Mrs. Nancy Maxwell died Nov., 1837, and Elias Maxwell married Minerva Grant. They had one child-
LUDLOW W., born in Sangamon county, married Ada Record. They have one living child, and live at Shapier, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Minerva Maxwell died, and Elias Maxwell married Mary Ellis. They had one child-
ABNER, born in Sangamon county, enlisted April, 1861, for three years, in Co. D, 26th Ill. Inf., re-enlisted as a vet- eran, was taken sick in the army, came home, and died in 1864.
Elias Maxwell died April, 1848, in Sangamon county. His widow married Andrew Scott. See his name.
MAXCY, JOEL, was born about 1759, in Rockingham county. Va. He was a soldier in a Virginia regiment in time of the Revolution, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House. He re membered having seen Generals Marion, Morgan, DeKalb and Gates. He was married after the war in Prince Edward county, to Mrs. Susan Hill, whose maiden name was Davis. She had five children by her first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy had three children in Virginia: and in 1798 moved to Warren county, near Bowling Green, Ky., where one child was born. Mrs. Susan Maxcy died there Aug. 27, 1812. Of her four child- ren, one only ever came to Sangamon county.
JAMES, born Nov. 17, 1791, in Prince Edward county, Va., and was ta- ken by his parents in 1798 to Warren county, Ky. He enlisted at Bowling Green, in 1812, in the United States army. His regiment started the day of his mother's death, Aug. 27, 1812,-and returned in four months. "He enlisted again Aug. 25, 1813. His regiment marched the next day. At Newport, Ky., he was elected Second Lieutenant. The march continued north, and he was in the battle of the river Thames, Oct. 5, 1813, and was honorably discharged in November following. He returned home, and was married Dec. 29, 1813, near Bowling Green, to Maria C. Cook. She was born Feb. 20, 1794, near Danville, Ky. They had four children in Ken- tucky, and moved to Springfield, Ill., ar- riving May 3. : 834. Of their children- JOHN C., born Nov, 22, 1814, in Bowl- ing Green, Ky., married Sept. 22, 1835, in Springfield to Farnetta C. Lloyd.
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They had six children. Of their five living children, MARGARET D. married Charles S. Zane. See his name. JAMES R. was married in Chicago to Harriet Dickson. MARY AGNES Was married in Springfield, Ill., to R. D. Lawrence. They have one living child, Susie C., and live in Springfield. MARIA C. married George A. Davis. They have one child, Georgia. ZACHARY T., born in IS51, in Springfield. John C. Maxcy has filled several local offices; among others, he has been a member of the Board of Su- pervisors of Sangamon county, and re- sides in Springfield, Ill. JAMES M., born Sept. 16, 1816, in Kentucky, lived in Springfield from 1834 to 1849, when he went to California. He was Quarter- master in the United States army during the rebellion, and died there in 1866. MARGARET E., died in her fifth year. MARY J., born July 27, 1822, in Ken- tucky, married in Springfield to Wm. H. Herndon. See his name. Mrs. Maria C. Maxcy died in 1876, and James Maxcy lives in Springfield. He was the first City Marshal of Springfield, and for twenty- six years in succession filled some one of the city offices. He is now in his eighty-fifth year.
Joel Maxcy was, married in Butler county, Ky., to Mrs. Betsey A. Howard, whose maiden name was Brown. She was born Feb. 14, 1795, in Prince Ed- ward county, Va. She had two children, Mordecai and America Howard, both of whom married and died in Shelby county, Ill. Mr. and' Mrs. Maxcy had two chil- dren born in Butler county, Ky., and moval to Logan county-same State, --- where three children were born; and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1827, at Springfield, and soon after moved to Island Grove town- ship, north of Little Spring creek. Of their five children-
NELSON, born Dec. 26, 1814, in Butler county, Ky., married in Sangamon county April 27, 1829, to Mary Camp- bell. They had one child, ERASTUS, who now resides near Washington, Texas. Nelson Maxcy married, as his second wife, Melinda Maxcy, in Arkan- sas. They had two children, CYRILDA and IRENE, and Mr. Maxcy died Nov., 1869, near Washington, Texas, leaving his family there.
BURRELL f., born Sept. 29, ISIS. in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in his twenty-first year.
HARRISON B., born Sept. 26. IS20, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Dec. 7, 1845.
NAPOLEON B. died in Kentucky, aged four years.
SAMUEL O., born Aug. 19, IS25, in Logan county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Nov. 16, 1848, to Nancy Archer. They had two children in Sangamon county. JAMES H., born Sept. IS. 1849, married Feb. 19, 1873, to Alice S. Jameison, who was born April 7, 1846, in Licking county, Ohio. They reside four miles east of Berlin. WILLIAM J., born Oct. 13, 1856, lives with his par- ents. Samuel O. Maxcy and wife reside on the farm where his father settled in IS27. It is four miles east of Berlin.
Joel Maxcy died Dec. 27, 1827, in San- gamon county. His widow lived with her son, Samuel O., but went to visit her children by the first marriage, and died in Shelby county Feb. 11, 1856.
MAY, WILLIAM L., was an early settler of Springfield, and was a member of Congress from this district, as early as 1836. I am unable to obtain the information for a complete sketch.
McATEE, ANDREW, was born in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county with his brother, Smith, married Mary A. Rape, had two children, and the family moved to Polk county, Missouri.
McATEE. SMITH, was born in 1801 or '2, in Kentucky, came to Sanga- mon county, about IS25, and entered what is now part of Daniel G. Jones' farm, in Cotton Hill township. He went to Galena and worked in the lead mines until he earned money to make improve- ments on his land. He was married, in IS29, to Elizabeth Rape, in Sangamon county. She had one child-
HENRY R., born in 1830, and died. unmarried, Nov. 14, 1856.
Mrs. Elizabeth McAtec died, and he married her sister, Tennessee Rape, in 1831. They had seven living children in Sangamon county.
ELIZABETH, born March 5, IS32, married John W. Greenawalt. See his name.
JOHN W., horn Jan., 1852, died in his nineteenth year.
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SUSANNAH, born April 2, 1836, died in her fourteenth year.
BENYAMIN F., born March 3, 1838, married Feb. 26, 1863, to Almyra Marshall. They have three children, NORMAN A., LAURA BELL and EUGENE CARROLL, and live three miles north of Pawnee, in Ball township -IS74.
THOMAS 7., born November 22, 1839, died, unmarried, Sept. 3, 1865.
SARAH, born Dec. 14, 1841, died at twelve years of age.
MARTHA, born Oct. 31, 1844, died, unmarried, Aug. 19, 1865.
Mrs. Tennessee McAtee died March 9, 1847. Smith McAtee was married, Nov., 1847, to Mrs. Margaret Wall, whose maiden name was Jones. They had two children-
HANE, born Dec. 17, 1849, is unmar- ried, and lives with her mother.
MARY; born July 6, 1850, in Sanga- mon county, married, Jan. 23, 1869, to Henry B. Rose, who was born March 12, 1844, in Floyd county, Ky. He was a soldier in Co. C, and transferred to Co. G, 14th Ky. Cav .; enlisted for one year, served fourteen months, and was honora- bly discharged. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have two children, EDGAR J. and HENRY E , and reside near Independ- ence, Montgomery county, Kan .- 1874.
Smith McAtee died May 19, IS51. His widow married Felix Stovall. He died, and she lives in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county.
Hezekiah McAtee, the father of Smith and Andrew, came with them to Sanga- mon county, and after tarrying a few days moved on with the other members of his family, to Pike county, Illinois.
McBRIDE, JAMES, was born April 11, 1782, in Bedford county, Va. He was there married to Elizabeth Boyd, who was born April, 1783, in the same county. They had two children in Vir- ginia, and moved to Madison county, Ky., in 1807, where eight children were born. James McBride went to South Carolina on business, and died there, Nov., 1826. His family moved to Montgomery coun- ty, Ky., where two of the children died, and one married and settled there. Mrs. McBride and seven of her children moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Nov., 1837, in what is now Cooper town-
ship, north of Sangamon river. Of her children-
JOHN, born Oct 23, 1803, in Virginia, married in Montgomery county, Ky., to Nancy Pebworth. She died March, 1865, in Missouri. Their only child, JAMES, is married and lives in Indiana. John McBride lives in Illiopolis township with the Gragg family.
AMELIA, born March 20, 1806, in Virginia, died in Kentucky, May, 1834.
NANCY, born Dec. 11, ISOS, in Ken- tucky, died in Sangamon county, Sept., IS38.
GAMES, born March 26, 1811, in Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, and lives in Mechanicsburg.
SOPHIA, born March 11, 1813, in Madison county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, to William Gragg. See his name.
THOMAS, born March 11, 1816, in Kentucky, died there, March, 1834.
CORRENA, born July 27, 1818, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Sept., 1838.
WILLIAM, born Sept. 22, 1820, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides in Illiopolis township.
ELIZABETH, born June 17, 1824, in Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, and resides with her brother-in-law, Wil- liam Gragg.
JEFFERSON, born June S, 1826, in Madison county, Ky., married in San- gamon county, Jan. 5, 1847, to Ann M. Hesser. They had ten children; the eld- est died in infancy. ALBERT O., born March 12, 1851, resides at Buffalo. MARIA L., born April 20, 1853, mar- ried August 27, 1872, to Jasper Daley, have one child, and reside at Moravia, Iowa. GEORGE W., born March 20, 1855, resides with his parents. ELIZA- BETH E., born April 20, 1857, married Jan. 15, 1873, to Caleb Duvall, and resides near Asherville, Kansas. FRANCES C., SAMUEL J., NOAH E., JESSE T. and FLORA ANNIE MAY; the five latter reside with their parents at Mora- via, Appanoose county, Iowa.
Mrs. Elizabeth McBride died March 27, 1856, in Sangamon county.
McCORMACK, ANDREW, was born April 27, ISO1, in Nashville, Tenn. His father was born near Dublin, Ireland, and his mother (whose maiden
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name was McFarren) came from the north of Ireland. They were Protesants, and left their native country during the rebellion of 1798, and were married in America, probably in Tennessee. They moved with their family from Nashville, Tenn., to Fleming county, Ky., and Mr. McCormack died there about 1815, leav- ing the family, consisting of the mother, four brothers and three sisters, to the care of Andrew, whose name heads this sketch. He managed to keep them to- gether until they were able to take care of themselves. Being studiously inclined, he worked in the day and studied at night. He brought his mother and all the children to Sangamon county about IS29, settling on Fancy creek. Shortly after he went to work in the Galena lead mines, and during some Indian troubles there, he was Captain of a company of volunteers. On his return he moved to Springfield, and was married July 27, 1834, on Sugar creek, to Ann S. Short- daughter of James Short,-who was born Jan. 3, ISIo, in Green county, Ky. They had ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The eldest died, aged eighteen years. Of the other children-
MARGARET f., born Jan. 10, 1838, in Springfield, was married Aug. 23, IS66, to David Caldwell, who was born Oct. 16, 1839, in Dearborn county, Ind. He enlisted Aug., 1861, in Co. B, 26th Ind. Inf., and served three years. They have two children living, JOHN A. and GEORGE D., who reside with their parents, in Springfield, Illinois.
LUCRETIA B., born Jan. 6, 1841, was married June 21, 1867, in Springfield, to William C. Poffenbarger, who was born in Sangamon county. They have four children, ELIZABETH A., MARY A., IRA D. and HENRIETTA A., who reside with their parents, on a farm near Taylorville, Illinois.
MARY E. resides with her mother.
JOHN A., born July 8, 1845, was married Aug. 10, 1870, in Springfield, to Matilda Morganroth, a native of MeLean county, III. J. A. MeCormack is a car- penter, and is now employed at the T., WV. & W. R. R. shops. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
ALEXANDER R., born Sept. 25, 1847, was married Oct. 12, 1875, in Springfield, to Mrs. Fannie Rivers,
whose maiden name was Creamer. They reside in Springfield.
ANN C., born Jan. 14, 1850, was married May 3, 1874, in Springfield, to Henry Schneider, a native of Switzer- land. She resides with her mother.
Andrew MeCormack was a stonecutter and briekmason. He represented Sanga- mon county three times in the State Legislature, and was one of the "Long Nine." He was Mayor of the city for IS43 and '44, and was a man of great physical strength, standing six feet two and a half inches in height, and weighing two hundred and eighty pounds. Andrew MeCormack's mother died at his house in Springfield, Jan. 21, 1842, and he died January 24, 1857. His widow still resides in Springfield, Ill .- 1876.
McCORMACK, JOHN, hro- ther of Andrew, married Miss Sherrill, on Sugar creek, Sangamon county, Illinois, in IS33. He resides at New Buda, Iowa.
McCORMACK, WILLIAM, brother of Andrew and John, married Miss White, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, Illinois, moved to Missouri, and died there.
McCORMACK, ALEXAN- DER, brother of Andrew, John and William, married in 1834, in Springfield, Ill., to Miss Gillock. They reside in Princeton, Missouri.
McCORMACK, JAMES, brother of Andrew, John, William and Alexander, went to Lexington, Ky., when a young man, and resides there. The sisters of Andrew McCormack are dead.
McCOY, DAVID, was born in 1790, in the State of Georgia. His par- ents moved to Tennessee, and both died there when he was quite young. He went with a married sister to Ohio, and from there to Montgomery county, Ill. Mary Kilpatrick was born March 29, ISoo, in Fayette county, Ky. In ISI7 her parents moved to Montgomery coun- ty, Ill. David McCoy and Mary Kilpat- rick were there married in the fall of ISIS, and moved to the south side of Richland creek, in what became Gardner township, Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1819. They came in com- pany with her brother, Wm. Kilpatrick, and his wife, both couple having just
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been married. They lived there one year before they had any knowledge of another family coming into that region of country. His improvements were on a piece of school land, which was not for sale when the other land came into market. In the fall of 1823 Mr. McCoy moved five miles south, to the north side of Spring creek, in what is now Cartwright township. They had three children on Richland creek and eight on Spring creek; two of the latter died in infancy. Of their nine children-
OWEN F., born Feb., 1820; went to California in 1849, and died there in 1856.
HUGH, born March, 1821, died un- married, March, 1848, in Sangamon county.
POLLY A., born April 8, 1823, on Richland creek, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 29, 1844, to Elihu Scott, who was born Angust IS, 1821, in Ten- nessee. They had six children; one died in infancy. MARY E., born July 30, 1845, married April 16, 1868, to C. How- ard Sowle, who was born Jan. 8, 1839, near Rochester, N. Y. They have two children, JOSEPHINE and CHARLEY, and reside one mile northeast of Richland station, Sangamon county, Ill. MAR- THA J. lives with her mother. JOHN B. resides at Kansas City, Mo, OWEN M. and ELIHU, Jun., live with their mother. Elihu Scott died May 21, 1869, in San- gamon county, and his widow resides one mile northeast of Richland Station, San- gamon county, Illinois .- 1876.
NANCY, born Feb. 1, 1825, on Spring creek, married Feb. 9, 1843, to Robert Bone. They have a family of children, and live in Menard county, five miles north of Richland station.
THOMAS K., born in 1827, in San- gamon county, married in 1848, to Mar- garet A. Kendall, have five living child- ren, and live in Umatilla county, Oregon, near Walla Walla, Washington Terri- tory.
WILLIAM K., born April, 1829, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- sides at Bancroft, Daviess county, Mo.
GAMES P., born July 3, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Jane L. Sce- ley, had eight children, five of whom are living with their parents in Topeka, Kan- sas .- 1874.
RACHEL, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Rev. John C. VanPatten. See his name.
JOSEPH G., born Dec., 1838, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Epler, had five children; two died in infancy. The three living reside with their pa- rents in Kansas City, Mo .- 1874.
Mrs. Mary McCoy died Jan 20, 1848, and David McCoy died Jan 22, 1868, both in Sangamon county.
David McCoy had some experience in breaking prairie before he came to San- gamon county. He was one of the few early settlers who never cleared the timber from his land, but made his farm in the prairie. He brought a plow with him suitable for breaking prairie. He hung it under the axle of his wagon, and thought he could drive the oxen and hold the plow himself, but found that he could not. His wife volunteered to drive while he held the plow, but then another difficulty arose. The baby could not be left alone long at a time. In that dilemma Mr. MeCoy made a box similar to a era- dle, made it fast on the beam of the plow, put the babe into it, and in that way broke his land. He built a saw mill on Spring creek, about 1825 or '26, and added grinding machinery soon after When that mill was put in operation, there was great joy in the settlement, as it was the only place where grinding could be obtained. He adopted as a rule that a grist belonging to a widow should never be tolled. He would loan money without interest for the purpose of entering land. Mr. McCoy went annually to St. Louis, with strained honey and deer-skins, and exchanged them for groceries and other necessaries for the family. His daughter, Mrs. Scott, remembers when the first shoes were made for the children. The eldest one was seven years old.
McCOY, JAMES, was born July 25, 1791, in Nicholas county, Ky. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Kentucky, in the Dragoons under Col. Dick Johnson, and was in the battle where Tecumseh was killed. He returned to Kentucky, and was married in Nicholas county, Sept. 15, 1814, to Jane Murphy, who was born in that county, March 29, 1494. They had two children in Ken- tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1818, on Horse
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creek, in what is now Cotton Hill town- ship. Mr. McCoy and Levi W. Goodan owned a wagon together, and each had a horse, a wife and two children, and both families moved from Kentucky in that wagon together. Their wives were two of the six women who came to Sangamon county that year. The wives of the two Drennans, Joseph Dodds and Mr. Vancil being the other four. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Coy had twins there, one of whom died in infancy. In the spring of iS19 they moved to what is now Rochester town- ship, where seven children were born. Of their ten children-
CAROLINE M., born July 16, 1815, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- ried in Sangamon county, Ill., August 17, 1834, to Lewis A. Grimsley. They had two children-ELIZA J., born May 19, 1838, was married, June 23, 1857, to Henry Jacoby. They had one child, AMELIA, and Mr. Jacoby died Oct. 3, 1859. His widow and daughter reside in Springfield. WILLIAM P., born May 9, 1840, in Rochester, is now chief clerk in the county clerk's office, Springfield, Ill .- May, 1876. Lewis A. Grimsley died Sept. 23, 1842, in Logan county. Mrs. Caroline M. Grimsley died March 28, 1843, at her father's house, near Rochester.
SYLVESTER G., born April 28, IS17, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- ried in Sangamon county, Nov., IS41, to Mary Robinson. They had two child- ren-JAMES B., born Oct. 5, 1842, in Rochester, Ill., served in the war to sup- press the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was married, Jan. S, 1857 to Nellie Gillett. They had four children, CHARLES A., TAYLOR I., SYL- VESTER A. and MARY ARMINTA, who re- side with their parents, near Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa. CAROLINE, born Oct. 2, 1844, married Hall McRey- nolds, Jan., 1870. They have three chil- dren, LEE, HILDA and IRA, who reside with their parents, near Maryville, Wap- ella county, Iowa. Sylvester G. McCoy died March 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, Ill. His widow and children moved to Iowa, in December of that year. She was married, in 1859, to P. A. McRey- nolds, and resides at Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa.
JOSEPH E., born March 12, 1819' in what is now Cotton Hill township, and is believed to have been the FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN WITHIN THE PRESENT LIM- IT'S OF SANGAMON COUNTY. He had a twin, who died in infancy. Joseph E. McCoy was married, July 14, 1841, in Sangamon county, to Eveline Jones. They had two children-ELIZA A., born in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- sides in Jewell county, Kansas. JANE E., born in Sangamon county, was mar- ried there to James B. Ward. They have two children, ALBERT and OTTO, and re- side in Jewell county, Kansas. Mrs. Eveline McCoy died, Jan. 6, 1849, in Decatur, Ill., and J. E. McCoy was mar- ried, April 22, 1863, in the same place, to Mary F. Hudnut, a native of Washing- ton, Ky. They have two children, JO- SEPH E., Jun., and JOHN E. J. E. MeCoy and family moved, in 1872, to Jewell county, Kansas, near Cawker city, Mitchell county, where they now reside-1876. When Joseph E. McCoy and his twin sister were born, there were twins in another family, and triplets in still another, making seven children in the three first births in Sangamon county.
ISAIAH T., born May 16, 1821, near Rochester, married Lucilla Robinson. They had four children. The eldest son, LEWIS GRANVILLE, enlisted in the second Iowa Infantry, and was Orderly Sergeant on Gen. Grant's staff. He was married in Logan county, Ill., and resides at Cincinnati, Arkansas-1874. Mrs. Lu- cilla McCoy died, April, 1855, in Roches- ter. Isaiah T. McCoy married Helen Thompson, and she died in less than a year. He then married Isabel Kinney. They have five children, and reside near Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.
MILTON D., born Oct 16, 1823, near Rochester, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., March 29, 1848, to Malcina A. Cooper. They had seven children, all born near Rochester. The fourth one, VALMORE B., died Sept. 25, 1857, in his third year. Of the other six-SYL- VESTER J., born May 3, 1849, was married, Jan. 8, 1874, to Pauline Abel, and resides in Macon county, near War- rensburg. JACOB C., born Oct. 19, 1850, resides near Cawker city, Mitchell county, Kansas. LOUVILTA JANE, JESSE K., MARY M. and LILLIE
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C. reside with their parents, at the family homestead settled by Mr. McCoy's pa- rents, in 1819, adjoining Rochester on the east.
MARY f., born Aug. 22, 1825, was married near Rochester, November, 1847, to Alexander T. Giger. See his name.
ANDERSON A., born Oct. 22, 1827, was killed by a fall from a horse, August 1, 1846, near Rochester.
JAMES M., born March 6, 1830, was married, in 1850, to Louisa, sister of O. N. Stafford. They had three children. MALCINA married John McBride, and resides near Kansas City, Missouri. CHARLES C. resides near Mt. Pulaski, and JAMES M., Jun., lives near Roches- ter. James M. McCoy died in September, 1855. His widow married James Huston, and reside near Carrolton, Missouri.
JOHN W., born Feb. 19, 1832, en- listed, in 1861, in the 7th Ill. Cav., for three years; served more than his full time, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He married Deborah McBride, and mother and child died. He was married, in 1869, to Minerva Kearns; each marriage occured near Broadwell, Logan county. They have two children, and reside near Caw- ker City, Kansas.
GULIA A., born March 31, 1834, died Feb. 25, 1852.
James McCoy died March 25, 1844, and Mrs. Jane McCoy died Jan. 22, 1852, both on the farm where they settled in 1819, adjoining Rochester on the east.
James McCoy bought the first full sack of salt ever sold in Springfield. He paid for it in coon skins. Salt was brought in sacks of about four bushels. His brother, Joseph E., says that he assisted in catch- ing the coons, and it took all winter to procure a sufficient number to buy that sack of salt. This occurred in 1821 or 1822.
McCOY, JOSEPH E., born Oct. 5, 1797, in Nicholas county, Ky .; came to Sangamon county, arriving at the house of his brother James in 1821. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war of 1831-2. He never married, and resides with his nephew, Isaiah T. McCoy, near Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.
McCOY, HAMILTON, was born March 22, 1815, in Mason county, West Virginia; came to Sangamon coun-
ty (Cotton Hill township) in 1836; was married Jan. 3, 1838, to Mrs. Maria . Cooper, whose maiden name was Lewis. They had ten children,-two died young. Of the other eight children-
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