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Title
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Gone but Not Forgotten: Death of John Calvin McCoy, an Old and Respected Citizen
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Description
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Photos, portraits, and biographical article about the McCoy family of John Calvin McCoy (1811-1889), or John McCoy of Westport and Kansas City. Information about his family members, including his daughters Mattie McCoy (1858-1938) and Eleanor McCoy (1840-1926), his father Isaac McCoy (1784-1846) and mother Christiana McCoy (?-1851), his wives Virginia Chick McCoy (1820-1849) and Elizabeth Woodson McCoy (1819-1896), and son Spencer Cone McCoy, or Spencer McCoy (1844-1863), killed in the Battle of Springfield. Also a photo of John McCoy's antebellum home in Westport and description of his first log house (also the post office and trading post) built at the northeast corner of Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues about 1833.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
