Joseph was the youngest of the children and moved to Illinois following the 1850 census when he and his wife Nancy were back with the rest of the family in St. Lawrence County NY. They all came over from Ireland in 1831.
They also had a son Alex who moved back to NY near their original home, and a daughter Sarah who married and moved to Kansas. (from Anne Cady)
Joseph McCoy was born in Tyrone Co. Ireland, Nov. 5th, 1819, and came with his parents to Ogdensburg, N.Y. when nine years of age. After about two years his parents moved to De Peyster, N.Y. where there both died. In 1843 he made a public profession of religion and united with the Congregational Church of De Peyster, and April 15th, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E Hathway.
About the year 1854 his residence and nearly all his household effects were destroyed by fire, and about two years afterward he removed with his family to Springfield Ill., and after remaining there about one year came to Montgomery Co. near Butler.
His first location in this county was on the "Seward Hill" in a small house now occupied by Mr. E. F. Fox. About one year afterward he bought a farm N.E. of Butler, which property now constitutes a part of the farm owned by Robert Bryce.
In 1867 Mr. McCoy moved in to the Village of Butler upon the property which he now occupies.
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
They also had a son Alex who moved back to NY near their original home, and a daughter Sarah who married and moved to Kansas. (from Anne Cady)
Joseph McCoy was born in Tyrone Co. Ireland, Nov. 5th, 1819, and came with his parents to Ogdensburg, N.Y. when nine years of age. After about two years his parents moved to De Peyster, N.Y. where there both died. In 1843 he made a public profession of religion and united with the Congregational Church of De Peyster, and April 15th, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E Hathway.
About the year 1854 his residence and nearly all his household effects were destroyed by fire, and about two years afterward he removed with his family to Springfield Ill., and after remaining there about one year came to Montgomery Co. near Butler.
His first location in this county was on the "Seward Hill" in a small house now occupied by Mr. E. F. Fox. About one year afterward he bought a farm N.E. of Butler, which property now constitutes a part of the farm owned by Robert Bryce.
In 1867 Mr. McCoy moved in to the Village of Butler upon the property which he now occupies.
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
Joseph was the youngest of the children and moved to Illinois following the 1850 census when he and his wife Nancy were back with the rest of the family in St. Lawrence County NY. They all came over from Ireland in 1831.
They also had a son Alex who moved back to NY near their original home, and a daughter Sarah who married and moved to Kansas. (from Anne Cady)
Joseph McCoy was born in Tyrone Co. Ireland, Nov. 5th, 1819, and came with his parents to Ogdensburg, N.Y. when nine years of age. After about two years his parents moved to De Peyster, N.Y. where there both died. In 1843 he made a public profession of religion and united with the Congregational Church of De Peyster, and April 15th, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E Hathway.
About the year 1854 his residence and nearly all his household effects were destroyed by fire, and about two years afterward he removed with his family to Springfield Ill., and after remaining there about one year came to Montgomery Co. near Butler.
His first location in this county was on the "Seward Hill" in a small house now occupied by Mr. E. F. Fox. About one year afterward he bought a farm N.E. of Butler, which property now constitutes a part of the farm owned by Robert Bryce.
In 1867 Mr. McCoy moved in to the Village of Butler upon the property which he now occupies.
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
They also had a son Alex who moved back to NY near their original home, and a daughter Sarah who married and moved to Kansas. (from Anne Cady)
Joseph McCoy was born in Tyrone Co. Ireland, Nov. 5th, 1819, and came with his parents to Ogdensburg, N.Y. when nine years of age. After about two years his parents moved to De Peyster, N.Y. where there both died. In 1843 he made a public profession of religion and united with the Congregational Church of De Peyster, and April 15th, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E Hathway.
About the year 1854 his residence and nearly all his household effects were destroyed by fire, and about two years afterward he removed with his family to Springfield Ill., and after remaining there about one year came to Montgomery Co. near Butler.
His first location in this county was on the "Seward Hill" in a small house now occupied by Mr. E. F. Fox. About one year afterward he bought a farm N.E. of Butler, which property now constitutes a part of the farm owned by Robert Bryce.
In 1867 Mr. McCoy moved in to the Village of Butler upon the property which he now occupies.
Source: Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery County, Illinois: Also a Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Thomas E Spilman
Inscription
"AGED 71 Ys 14 Ds
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Jos. and wife Nancy inscriptions on the same stone, with text on a third side which is not legible.
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