Mrs. Nancy E McCoy, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Hathway, and wife of Joseph McCoy, was born in Ogdensburg N.Y. Feb. 15th 1820.
Upon her 10th birthday her mother died. She then went to Mass. And lived ten years with an aunt. Then she removed to Rochester, N. Y. and remained there two years with a sister. From Rochester she went to Ogdensburg again, and after spending a short time there with friends, removed to De Peyster N.Y. Here after teaching school for two years she was united in marriage with Joseph McCoy, April 15th 1844 in the 25th year of her age.
Mrs. McCoy believes that she experienced the renewing grace of God and accepted of Christ as a Savior at about the age of twelve years; but it was at the age of nineteen that she made a public profession of religion and connected herself with the Presbyterian Church at Rochester N.Y. At De Peyster, N.Y. she united herself with the Congregational Church. Upon removal to Montgomery Co. Ill. She and her husband united with the Butler Presbyterian Church in the year 1858 at about the time of its organization.
The children of Mr. And Mrs. McCoy are as follows:
Joseph Alphonso, born Feb 3rd, 1845 – died Feb. 8, 1845
Alexander James, born Sept. 25th, 1847
Sarah Emeline, born April 6th, 1850
Nancy Ann, born July 10th, 1852
Joseph Leslie, born Sept 3rd, 1856 – died Aug. 1st, 1858
Jesse William, born Jan. 27th, 1863 – died Sept. 24th, 1866
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
Upon her 10th birthday her mother died. She then went to Mass. And lived ten years with an aunt. Then she removed to Rochester, N. Y. and remained there two years with a sister. From Rochester she went to Ogdensburg again, and after spending a short time there with friends, removed to De Peyster N.Y. Here after teaching school for two years she was united in marriage with Joseph McCoy, April 15th 1844 in the 25th year of her age.
Mrs. McCoy believes that she experienced the renewing grace of God and accepted of Christ as a Savior at about the age of twelve years; but it was at the age of nineteen that she made a public profession of religion and connected herself with the Presbyterian Church at Rochester N.Y. At De Peyster, N.Y. she united herself with the Congregational Church. Upon removal to Montgomery Co. Ill. She and her husband united with the Butler Presbyterian Church in the year 1858 at about the time of its organization.
The children of Mr. And Mrs. McCoy are as follows:
Joseph Alphonso, born Feb 3rd, 1845 – died Feb. 8, 1845
Alexander James, born Sept. 25th, 1847
Sarah Emeline, born April 6th, 1850
Nancy Ann, born July 10th, 1852
Joseph Leslie, born Sept 3rd, 1856 – died Aug. 1st, 1858
Jesse William, born Jan. 27th, 1863 – died Sept. 24th, 1866
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
Mrs. Nancy E McCoy, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Hathway, and wife of Joseph McCoy, was born in Ogdensburg N.Y. Feb. 15th 1820.
Upon her 10th birthday her mother died. She then went to Mass. And lived ten years with an aunt. Then she removed to Rochester, N. Y. and remained there two years with a sister. From Rochester she went to Ogdensburg again, and after spending a short time there with friends, removed to De Peyster N.Y. Here after teaching school for two years she was united in marriage with Joseph McCoy, April 15th 1844 in the 25th year of her age.
Mrs. McCoy believes that she experienced the renewing grace of God and accepted of Christ as a Savior at about the age of twelve years; but it was at the age of nineteen that she made a public profession of religion and connected herself with the Presbyterian Church at Rochester N.Y. At De Peyster, N.Y. she united herself with the Congregational Church. Upon removal to Montgomery Co. Ill. She and her husband united with the Butler Presbyterian Church in the year 1858 at about the time of its organization.
The children of Mr. And Mrs. McCoy are as follows:
Joseph Alphonso, born Feb 3rd, 1845 – died Feb. 8, 1845
Alexander James, born Sept. 25th, 1847
Sarah Emeline, born April 6th, 1850
Nancy Ann, born July 10th, 1852
Joseph Leslie, born Sept 3rd, 1856 – died Aug. 1st, 1858
Jesse William, born Jan. 27th, 1863 – died Sept. 24th, 1866
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
Upon her 10th birthday her mother died. She then went to Mass. And lived ten years with an aunt. Then she removed to Rochester, N. Y. and remained there two years with a sister. From Rochester she went to Ogdensburg again, and after spending a short time there with friends, removed to De Peyster N.Y. Here after teaching school for two years she was united in marriage with Joseph McCoy, April 15th 1844 in the 25th year of her age.
Mrs. McCoy believes that she experienced the renewing grace of God and accepted of Christ as a Savior at about the age of twelve years; but it was at the age of nineteen that she made a public profession of religion and connected herself with the Presbyterian Church at Rochester N.Y. At De Peyster, N.Y. she united herself with the Congregational Church. Upon removal to Montgomery Co. Ill. She and her husband united with the Butler Presbyterian Church in the year 1858 at about the time of its organization.
The children of Mr. And Mrs. McCoy are as follows:
Joseph Alphonso, born Feb 3rd, 1845 – died Feb. 8, 1845
Alexander James, born Sept. 25th, 1847
Sarah Emeline, born April 6th, 1850
Nancy Ann, born July 10th, 1852
Joseph Leslie, born Sept 3rd, 1856 – died Aug. 1st, 1858
Jesse William, born Jan. 27th, 1863 – died Sept. 24th, 1866
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
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