WILLIAM M. MCCOY

MCCOY, LAUGHTON, WALTER

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Date: 7/26/2009 at 20:08:55

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

WILLIAM M. MCCOY, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Centerville; born Aug. 25, 1833, in Monroe Co., Ohio; in 1849 came to Appanoose Co.; owns 130 acres of land. Has been Justice of the Peace about five years; also Township Clerk, Assessor and Trustee. Married Elizabeth Laughton, March 10, 1859; she was born in 1837 in Monroe Co., Ohio; died April 2, 1862; have two children - Francis and Clark. Second marriage to Alvia Walter, Oct. 16, 1862; she was born in 1840 in Jackson Co., Ohio; have one child - Ethel.