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DR. THOMAS J. McCOY, physician at Eby, is a native Hoosier, born in Grass Township, Spencer County, April 13, 1835. He is the third in a family of ten children born to William and Fannie (Hall) McCoy, who were among the prominent early settlers of Spencer County. The father was a native of this county, and was raised in Anderson Township, on the Ohio River. When of age he entered land in the township where our subject was born, where he resided the remainder of his life, his death occurring July 6, 1869, followed by his widow in April, 1879. Thomas J. McCoy was raised on the farm of his parents in Spencer County, and in youth and early manhood secured a good practical education. On attaining his majority he left home and worked on a farm in a neighboring township for a year, then returned and read medicine under the direction of the principal physician of that locality. In 1864 he attended the Ohio Medical Institute at Cincinnati, and then located at Yankeetown, in this county, where he practiced his profession until 1870, when he located at Eby, which has since been his home. Dr. McCoy is a Democrat, and a member of the Masonic brotherhood. April 28, 1869, he wedded Carrie Dial, of this county, and two children— Mabel D. and S. Clifford —have blessed their union. Dr. McCoy is also the father of a son by a former marriage. Mrs. McCoy belongs to the Congregational Church.