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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