Rachel was the 8th of 11 children born to David McCoy and Mary Kirkpatrick, an Illinois farming family. On 12-28-1853 Rachel married John Coop Van Patten in Sangamon County, Illinois. John and Rachel had 8 children between 1855 and 1867. Four sons lived to adulthood. They were Edwin, Frank, Ezra, and William. Their daughter, Nancy Jane died at the age of 5 in Lincoln, Illinois. At least three other children also died young. Rev. J. C. Van Patten was connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church as a minister.
In April 1880, when their sons were in their early twenties and late teens, Rachel and John moved the family west. To get there they traveled by rails from St. Louis to San Francisco and continued by boat to Portland and on to Wasco County (current day Sherman County). Sons Frank, Edwin and Ezra each obtain homesteads there, but John and Rachel homesteaded in Dayton, Washington.
John and Rachel signed land acquisition papers in Dayton on 8-20-1880. Lying on high rolling hills winding across the skyline just a mile from Dayton, the holdings included 320 acres. John Van Patten paid $4000 in legal gold coin ($12.50 per acre). In the early 1980s the Washington State Farm Bureau designated the farm as a Century Farm. It was the first farm in Columbia County to receive this designation.
Rachel's sons Ezra and Frank were farmer. Sons Edwin and William became doctors. Rachel's brothers Joseph G. McCoy and Thomas McCoy were cattlemen who played a significant role in the industry. Rachel's husband John Coop VanPatten was elected to the Washington State Senate and served a 4 year term on January 3, 1897 to January 3, 1901.
In April 1880, when their sons were in their early twenties and late teens, Rachel and John moved the family west. To get there they traveled by rails from St. Louis to San Francisco and continued by boat to Portland and on to Wasco County (current day Sherman County). Sons Frank, Edwin and Ezra each obtain homesteads there, but John and Rachel homesteaded in Dayton, Washington.
John and Rachel signed land acquisition papers in Dayton on 8-20-1880. Lying on high rolling hills winding across the skyline just a mile from Dayton, the holdings included 320 acres. John Van Patten paid $4000 in legal gold coin ($12.50 per acre). In the early 1980s the Washington State Farm Bureau designated the farm as a Century Farm. It was the first farm in Columbia County to receive this designation.
Rachel's sons Ezra and Frank were farmer. Sons Edwin and William became doctors. Rachel's brothers Joseph G. McCoy and Thomas McCoy were cattlemen who played a significant role in the industry. Rachel's husband John Coop VanPatten was elected to the Washington State Senate and served a 4 year term on January 3, 1897 to January 3, 1901.
Rachel was the 8th of 11 children born to David McCoy and Mary Kirkpatrick, an Illinois farming family. On 12-28-1853 Rachel married John Coop Van Patten in Sangamon County, Illinois. John and Rachel had 8 children between 1855 and 1867. Four sons lived to adulthood. They were Edwin, Frank, Ezra, and William. Their daughter, Nancy Jane died at the age of 5 in Lincoln, Illinois. At least three other children also died young. Rev. J. C. Van Patten was connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church as a minister.
In April 1880, when their sons were in their early twenties and late teens, Rachel and John moved the family west. To get there they traveled by rails from St. Louis to San Francisco and continued by boat to Portland and on to Wasco County (current day Sherman County). Sons Frank, Edwin and Ezra each obtain homesteads there, but John and Rachel homesteaded in Dayton, Washington.
John and Rachel signed land acquisition papers in Dayton on 8-20-1880. Lying on high rolling hills winding across the skyline just a mile from Dayton, the holdings included 320 acres. John Van Patten paid $4000 in legal gold coin ($12.50 per acre). In the early 1980s the Washington State Farm Bureau designated the farm as a Century Farm. It was the first farm in Columbia County to receive this designation.
Rachel's sons Ezra and Frank were farmer. Sons Edwin and William became doctors. Rachel's brothers Joseph G. McCoy and Thomas McCoy were cattlemen who played a significant role in the industry. Rachel's husband John Coop VanPatten was elected to the Washington State Senate and served a 4 year term on January 3, 1897 to January 3, 1901.
In April 1880, when their sons were in their early twenties and late teens, Rachel and John moved the family west. To get there they traveled by rails from St. Louis to San Francisco and continued by boat to Portland and on to Wasco County (current day Sherman County). Sons Frank, Edwin and Ezra each obtain homesteads there, but John and Rachel homesteaded in Dayton, Washington.
John and Rachel signed land acquisition papers in Dayton on 8-20-1880. Lying on high rolling hills winding across the skyline just a mile from Dayton, the holdings included 320 acres. John Van Patten paid $4000 in legal gold coin ($12.50 per acre). In the early 1980s the Washington State Farm Bureau designated the farm as a Century Farm. It was the first farm in Columbia County to receive this designation.
Rachel's sons Ezra and Frank were farmer. Sons Edwin and William became doctors. Rachel's brothers Joseph G. McCoy and Thomas McCoy were cattlemen who played a significant role in the industry. Rachel's husband John Coop VanPatten was elected to the Washington State Senate and served a 4 year term on January 3, 1897 to January 3, 1901.
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