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William T. McCoy


William T. McCoy,  deceased, was born in Illinois, June 14, 1852, son of William H. and Nancy J. McCoy, and came to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, in boyhood. He was reared in that county, and received a good education in the public schools and at Grove City College. He afterwards taught for a number of years in Mercer and Butler counties, and later located at Fairview, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He afterwards devoted his attention to the management of his farm and other interests until his death.

Mr. McCoy was married October 28, 1879, to Martha Smith, a daughter of John and Rebecca Smith, to which union were born five children, two of whom are living, viz. Martha Alice, and Margaret Isabel. Mr. McCoy died in Manitou Springs, Colorado, where he had gone for his health, March 3, 1889. He was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian church, was a public-spirited citizen, and took an active interest in the advancement and educational development of the community serving in the borough council and on the school board He was a man of upright character, and was respected by all who knew him.

History of Butler County, 1895, pages 1013-1014


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