* There is no marker/Civil War service: Company A, 2 Ohio Cavalry.
[Benjamin Lincoln McCoy] was born at Akron, Ohio, January 15, 1867, his father, a native of Wadsworth, the same state, having been Samuel A. McCoy. When the Civil War broke out the latter, in April, 1861, enlisted in Company A, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, that being the first company of volunteers organized in Northern Ohio. He was always on scout duty, and in the ninety-eight engagements in which he took part six horses were shot under him, but he luckily escaped each time. He came to have great admiration for Custer, of whom he saw considerable in war days. He came home on a furlough after Lee's surrender, but returned for the Grand Review of the Union Army, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
At the time of his furlough Mr. McCoy was married at Doylestown, Ohio, and after the war he engaged in carpentry and building, and was then a molder in Akron at the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Works. In May, 1883, he came to California and Chico, and filed a government claim at Cohasset, which he proved up and set out in orchards. There, thirty-six years after the war, he met his tragic death while plowing with a quiet team of horses. His plow struck a stump and caused him to be dragged in such a manner that his chest was crushed, and he died from the injuries twelve hours later. During the Civil War he had kept a diary, and this, together with his oral accounts of the awful conflict, was his personal and valuable contribution in the form of historical reminiscence of the war. Source: Biography of Benjamin Lincoln McCoy "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 486-488, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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Chico Record, Friday March 15, 1901, pg 1 col 3: Funeral of S.A. McCoy. The funeral of S.A. McCoy yesterday was attended by but a few people, owing to the fact that many of the friends of the deceased were unaware of the time set for his interment. The services were conducted by Rev. Seneca Jones.
Those who served as pall bearers were A.C. Broyles, M.W. Copple, C.L. Stilson, G.H. Taylor, B.F. Allen and Frank Cecil.
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58-year-old Samuel A. McCoy was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 14, 1901 (basis of birth date).
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Saml A McCoy Probate Date: 3 Apr 1901 Probate Place: Butte, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1901 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Case Number: 1246 Item Description: Case Files, 1244-1258, 1900-1901 Source Citation: Superior Court Probate Case Files, 1880-1938; Author: California. Superior Court (Butte County); Probate Place: Butte, California. This document lists wife Maria E.G. McCoy, residing in San Francisco, son B.J. McCoy, aged 34, of Oroville, and daughter Luella May Bennett, aged 28, of Medina County, Ohio. No marriage, or full name of his second wife has been found to date.
[Benjamin Lincoln McCoy] was born at Akron, Ohio, January 15, 1867, his father, a native of Wadsworth, the same state, having been Samuel A. McCoy. When the Civil War broke out the latter, in April, 1861, enlisted in Company A, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, that being the first company of volunteers organized in Northern Ohio. He was always on scout duty, and in the ninety-eight engagements in which he took part six horses were shot under him, but he luckily escaped each time. He came to have great admiration for Custer, of whom he saw considerable in war days. He came home on a furlough after Lee's surrender, but returned for the Grand Review of the Union Army, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
At the time of his furlough Mr. McCoy was married at Doylestown, Ohio, and after the war he engaged in carpentry and building, and was then a molder in Akron at the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Works. In May, 1883, he came to California and Chico, and filed a government claim at Cohasset, which he proved up and set out in orchards. There, thirty-six years after the war, he met his tragic death while plowing with a quiet team of horses. His plow struck a stump and caused him to be dragged in such a manner that his chest was crushed, and he died from the injuries twelve hours later. During the Civil War he had kept a diary, and this, together with his oral accounts of the awful conflict, was his personal and valuable contribution in the form of historical reminiscence of the war. Source: Biography of Benjamin Lincoln McCoy "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 486-488, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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Chico Record, Friday March 15, 1901, pg 1 col 3: Funeral of S.A. McCoy. The funeral of S.A. McCoy yesterday was attended by but a few people, owing to the fact that many of the friends of the deceased were unaware of the time set for his interment. The services were conducted by Rev. Seneca Jones.
Those who served as pall bearers were A.C. Broyles, M.W. Copple, C.L. Stilson, G.H. Taylor, B.F. Allen and Frank Cecil.
~~~
58-year-old Samuel A. McCoy was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 14, 1901 (basis of birth date).
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Saml A McCoy Probate Date: 3 Apr 1901 Probate Place: Butte, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1901 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Case Number: 1246 Item Description: Case Files, 1244-1258, 1900-1901 Source Citation: Superior Court Probate Case Files, 1880-1938; Author: California. Superior Court (Butte County); Probate Place: Butte, California. This document lists wife Maria E.G. McCoy, residing in San Francisco, son B.J. McCoy, aged 34, of Oroville, and daughter Luella May Bennett, aged 28, of Medina County, Ohio. No marriage, or full name of his second wife has been found to date.
* There is no marker/Civil War service: Company A, 2 Ohio Cavalry.
[Benjamin Lincoln McCoy] was born at Akron, Ohio, January 15, 1867, his father, a native of Wadsworth, the same state, having been Samuel A. McCoy. When the Civil War broke out the latter, in April, 1861, enlisted in Company A, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, that being the first company of volunteers organized in Northern Ohio. He was always on scout duty, and in the ninety-eight engagements in which he took part six horses were shot under him, but he luckily escaped each time. He came to have great admiration for Custer, of whom he saw considerable in war days. He came home on a furlough after Lee's surrender, but returned for the Grand Review of the Union Army, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
At the time of his furlough Mr. McCoy was married at Doylestown, Ohio, and after the war he engaged in carpentry and building, and was then a molder in Akron at the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Works. In May, 1883, he came to California and Chico, and filed a government claim at Cohasset, which he proved up and set out in orchards. There, thirty-six years after the war, he met his tragic death while plowing with a quiet team of horses. His plow struck a stump and caused him to be dragged in such a manner that his chest was crushed, and he died from the injuries twelve hours later. During the Civil War he had kept a diary, and this, together with his oral accounts of the awful conflict, was his personal and valuable contribution in the form of historical reminiscence of the war. Source: Biography of Benjamin Lincoln McCoy "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 486-488, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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Chico Record, Friday March 15, 1901, pg 1 col 3: Funeral of S.A. McCoy. The funeral of S.A. McCoy yesterday was attended by but a few people, owing to the fact that many of the friends of the deceased were unaware of the time set for his interment. The services were conducted by Rev. Seneca Jones.
Those who served as pall bearers were A.C. Broyles, M.W. Copple, C.L. Stilson, G.H. Taylor, B.F. Allen and Frank Cecil.
~~~
58-year-old Samuel A. McCoy was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 14, 1901 (basis of birth date).
~~~
Saml A McCoy Probate Date: 3 Apr 1901 Probate Place: Butte, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1901 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Case Number: 1246 Item Description: Case Files, 1244-1258, 1900-1901 Source Citation: Superior Court Probate Case Files, 1880-1938; Author: California. Superior Court (Butte County); Probate Place: Butte, California. This document lists wife Maria E.G. McCoy, residing in San Francisco, son B.J. McCoy, aged 34, of Oroville, and daughter Luella May Bennett, aged 28, of Medina County, Ohio. No marriage, or full name of his second wife has been found to date.
[Benjamin Lincoln McCoy] was born at Akron, Ohio, January 15, 1867, his father, a native of Wadsworth, the same state, having been Samuel A. McCoy. When the Civil War broke out the latter, in April, 1861, enlisted in Company A, in the Second Ohio Cavalry, that being the first company of volunteers organized in Northern Ohio. He was always on scout duty, and in the ninety-eight engagements in which he took part six horses were shot under him, but he luckily escaped each time. He came to have great admiration for Custer, of whom he saw considerable in war days. He came home on a furlough after Lee's surrender, but returned for the Grand Review of the Union Army, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
At the time of his furlough Mr. McCoy was married at Doylestown, Ohio, and after the war he engaged in carpentry and building, and was then a molder in Akron at the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Works. In May, 1883, he came to California and Chico, and filed a government claim at Cohasset, which he proved up and set out in orchards. There, thirty-six years after the war, he met his tragic death while plowing with a quiet team of horses. His plow struck a stump and caused him to be dragged in such a manner that his chest was crushed, and he died from the injuries twelve hours later. During the Civil War he had kept a diary, and this, together with his oral accounts of the awful conflict, was his personal and valuable contribution in the form of historical reminiscence of the war. Source: Biography of Benjamin Lincoln McCoy "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 486-488, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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Chico Record, Friday March 15, 1901, pg 1 col 3: Funeral of S.A. McCoy. The funeral of S.A. McCoy yesterday was attended by but a few people, owing to the fact that many of the friends of the deceased were unaware of the time set for his interment. The services were conducted by Rev. Seneca Jones.
Those who served as pall bearers were A.C. Broyles, M.W. Copple, C.L. Stilson, G.H. Taylor, B.F. Allen and Frank Cecil.
~~~
58-year-old Samuel A. McCoy was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 14, 1901 (basis of birth date).
~~~
Saml A McCoy Probate Date: 3 Apr 1901 Probate Place: Butte, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1901 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Case Number: 1246 Item Description: Case Files, 1244-1258, 1900-1901 Source Citation: Superior Court Probate Case Files, 1880-1938; Author: California. Superior Court (Butte County); Probate Place: Butte, California. This document lists wife Maria E.G. McCoy, residing in San Francisco, son B.J. McCoy, aged 34, of Oroville, and daughter Luella May Bennett, aged 28, of Medina County, Ohio. No marriage, or full name of his second wife has been found to date.
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