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John E. McCoy was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1847, and is a son of James R. and Hannah (West) McCoy, also natives of Ohio, and born in 1819 and 1826, respectively. They were married in 1845, and settled in Coshocton County, where they remained until 1859, then removing to Scotland County, Mo. In 1865 they located near Omaha, Mo., and afterward came to Richland Township, where the father died in 1874, and where the mother still lives. Mr. McCoy was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and a son of John McCoy. He was a soldier in Company E, Second Regiment Missouri State Militia, and served until discharged on account of disability in the winter of 1862-63. Both parents were members of the United Brethren Church. John E. was reared under the parental roof, and received but a meager education on account of the few opportunities afforded in that line during the pioneer days of Missouri. In February, 1869, he married Miss Frances, daughter of John and Elizabeth Henry, formerly of Tennessee. Mrs. McCoy was born in Richland Township, and is the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are living: Cora D., Jessie E., Viva E., Verre Otto, Lorlain, Alva, Flora, Chloe and Hattie Louisa. After his marriage Mr. McCoy lived a year with his mother-in-law, and then with his parents, his principal occupation, in the meantime, being that of farming. He started out in life for himself with no property, but by patient and unassisted toil, united with energy and good business management, has become a successful and well-to-do farmer, owning 388 acres of productive land, under a good state of cultivation. He lives in a good house, and his outbuildings are of a substantial and comfortable character, all built upon the home place, which is situated eight miles east of Unionville. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are members of the Free United Brethren Church. Mr. McCoy is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Grant in 1868.