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WALTER A. MCCOY

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MCCOY, WALTER A: Linotype Operator; b Shelby Co, Iowa Mar 22, 1876; s of Elias McCoy-Olive Baldwin; ed Harlan; m Winifred Burchans Jan 3, 1897 Harlan; d Olive Gladys (Mrs --- Taylor); 1890-1907 emp by Shelby County Republican, renamed Harlan News Advertiser; 1907 emp in exclusive job off, Lincoln Neb; 1908-11 ptr in Harlan American, newspaper, Harlan; 1911-19 emp by Harlan Tribune; 1919- linotype opr for Harlan News Advertiser, Harlan; past mbr vol fire dept 30 years, hon mbr; IOOF 267, 1925-29 local representative to grand lodge; Rep; hobby: travel; off 1111 7th; res 812 Spring, Harlan.

From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1115. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.

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