From newspaper Vancouver Independent, Vol. 13, no. 28 (February 22, 1888).
"Mrs. Katharine L. McCoy, wife of Lieut. McCoy, U.S. army, died Friday afternoon. Her youngest child is 2 1/2 months old. Pneumonia was the cause of death. The funeral took place on Sunday, with all the honors due to a soldier's daughter and a soldier's wife. The event casts a deep gloom of sadness over the people in both barracks and town, as Mrs. McCoy was much esteemed, and a general favorite."
from a FAG visitor:
Birth date was 1/15/1858 in New York state.
Katherine Lardner Gibbon McCoy was the daughter of Union General John Oliver Gibbon and his wife, Frances Moale. She married Lt. J.E. McCoy, who died at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
from Sharon Murray:
2nd child of John Gibbon and Francis North Moale Gibbon - born west Point New
York. Married James Espy McCoy. Had two children Francis McCoy born 1887 in
Wyoming and John G mcCoy born 1888 in Washington.
(re) interred New Cathedral on 4 June 1892
From newspaper Vancouver Independent, Vol. 13, no. 28 (February 22, 1888).
"Mrs. Katharine L. McCoy, wife of Lieut. McCoy, U.S. army, died Friday afternoon. Her youngest child is 2 1/2 months old. Pneumonia was the cause of death. The funeral took place on Sunday, with all the honors due to a soldier's daughter and a soldier's wife. The event casts a deep gloom of sadness over the people in both barracks and town, as Mrs. McCoy was much esteemed, and a general favorite."
from a FAG visitor:
Birth date was 1/15/1858 in New York state.
Katherine Lardner Gibbon McCoy was the daughter of Union General John Oliver Gibbon and his wife, Frances Moale. She married Lt. J.E. McCoy, who died at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
from Sharon Murray:
2nd child of John Gibbon and Francis North Moale Gibbon - born west Point New
York. Married James Espy McCoy. Had two children Francis McCoy born 1887 in
Wyoming and John G mcCoy born 1888 in Washington.
(re) interred New Cathedral on 4 June 1892
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