Husband Hon. Hiram Craig McCoy 1 2
Born: 17 Aug 1811 - Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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Died: 20 Oct 1893 3
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Father: Joseph McCoy (1779-Abt 1820) 2 4 5
Mother: Isabella Craig ( - ) 2 4
Marriage: 1834 3 4
Other Spouse: Harriet McCallen ( -Aft 1895) 3 4
Wife Sarah "Sally" McCallen 3 4
Born: - Butler Co, PA
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Died: 1837 1 3
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Father: Robert McCallen ( -Bef 1883) 4
Mother: Mary "Polly" Grossman ( - ) 6
Children
1 F Mary A. McCoy 3 4 7
Born: - Harrisville, Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA
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Died: Aft 1883
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Spouse: Robert C. Shira (1824- ) 3 7
2 F Sarah M. McCoy 3 8
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Died: Aft 1883
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Spouse: Ephraim Black (1841-Aft 1890) 9
Marr: 2 May 1866 8
3 M Lewis B. McCoy 3
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Hiram Craig McCoy
For twenty years he worked at wagon-making in Harrisville, Butler County, Pennsylvania. In 1850, he located at Annandale, and the following year engaged in merchan-dising, a business which he has continued for over thirty years. Besides having served as a Justice of the Peace for eight years, he was elected on the Republican ticket in 1861 to represent his district in the State Legislature, and was re-elected to the same office in 1862. In 1865, he was appointed Associate Judge of Butler County. [HBC1883, 423]
Hiram C. McCoy, or Judge McCoy, as he was more exten-sively known, was born in Mercer Township, Butler County, where his father had settled shortly after his marriage. At the time of his father's decease, he was but nine years of age, and the family being in limited circumstances, he was obliged to as-sist in their maintenance, and received only a limited education. At the age of seventeen, he was apprenticed to the trade of a wagon-maker, and after the com-pletion of his indentures, he followed his trade as a journeyman for some time. He went into business in Harrisville, where he was engaged until in 1889, when he came to Annandale, and in company with Judge Vierr engaged in merchandising. The Judge always took an active interest in matters of public import. In 1861, he was elected to the representative branch of the assembly, and on the completion of his term was re-elected. In 1865, he was appointed Associate Judge, and also served his fellow-townsmen as Magistrate for eight years. The Judge lived to be over seventy years old, and during his life-time he never knew a single day's sickness, and when past seventy appeared as hale as a man of fifty. In company with his son John, he engaged in merchan-dising under the firm name of H. C. McCoy & Son. In his political and religious affiliations, he was a Repub-lican, and was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. [HBC1883, 429]
He had a total of six children with his first wife, only three were living in 1883.
He was about nine years old when his father died, leaving the family in straightened circumstances, and his opportunities for an education were thus limited to a few months each year in the pioneer schools of his neighborhood. At the age of seventeen he com-menced to learn the wagon-maker's trade, which he followed for some years. He then entered the employ of Thomas Kyle, a merchant of Harrisville, later engaged in business with his employer, and opened a store in Wolf Creek township, Mercer county. In 1850 he formed a partnership with Judge Kerr and opened a store at Anandale, Butler County. He subsequently purchased Kerr's interest and continued the business until 1861, in which year he was elected to the legis-lature, and re-elected in 1862. In 1863 he embarked in the hotel business at Anandale, and conducted a hotel there for several years. About 1868, in part-nership with Jacob Grossman, he built a grist mill at New Hope, Cherry town-ship, and operated it for several years. In 1870 he was appointed an associate judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Cummins, and was the Republican nominee for the same office, but was defeated by the late Samuel Marshall. In 1871, in connection with Charles Duffy, he opened a general store at Anandale, and this partnership continued until 1878, when the firm of H. C. McCoy & Son was formed, and existed until the death of Judge McCoy. In politics, he was originally a Whig, but upon the formation of the Republican party he cast his fortunes with that organization and continued to support it down to his death. He was quite prominent in local affairs, and besides serving in the legislature and on the bench, he was a justice of the peace for some years, and also filled the positions of school director, postmaster, etc., for a long period. He was quite an extensive dealer in real estate, and actively identified with agricultural interests throughout his life. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, a man of strong religious convictions, and gave liberally of his means toward the erection of the church building at Mt. Vernon. He was a man of broad views and liberal opinions, and one of the leading men of the community, being progressive, enter-prising and public-spirited.