Person:Bennett McCoy (1)

1880 census with a Bennett McCoy: E. B. MCCOY Self M Male W 35 MS Miller SC AL Eliza MCCOYWife M Female W 35 GA Keeping House GA GA Joseph MCCOY Son S Male W 9 AR MS GA Bennett MCCOY Son S Male W 7 AR MS GA Viola MCCOY Dau S Female W 5 AR MS GA Napoleon MCCOY Son S Male W 3 AR MS GA

Source Information: Census Place Prairie, Dorsey, Arkansas Family History Library Film 1254043 NA Film Number T9-0043 Page Number 351C 1880US

Possible family for Bennett McCoy <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/rn4kids/ebmccoy.html> [the email address on the site does not work]EVAN BOYD MCCOY was born in Mississippi on July 12, 1843. He died in Abilene, Texas on December 19, 1919. EVAN served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, in the 35th Mississippi, Company E. He fought at the Battle of Vicksburg among others.EVAN married #1. Fredonia Woods in 1865 but they were only married a short time when they separated. He then married #2 Eliza N. Crabb and they lived in Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas until her death in 1889. She is buried at the Camp Springs Cemetery, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas. He then married #3 Talitha Cumi Fitzpatrick Wilson in 1891. She had six sons from a previous marriage, the youngest being three years old. Talitha died in 1905, from typhoid fever. Evan then married #4 Amanda F. (unknown). They were only married a short while, when she died in 1908. She was known to have been a very good woman.EVAN began teaching school when he was seventeen years old, and lived in Mississippi. He was a music teacher. He was also an active Mason until his death. EVAN and ELIZA had the following children: FAMILY PHOTO <<http://www.angelfire.com/tx/rn4kids/EvanMcCoyAlbum.html>> Joe b. 1872 d. ?Bennett b. 1873 d. ?Flora Viola "Ola" b. 1874 d. 1948 Napolean "Pole" b. 1877 d. ?Mary b. 1879 d. 1910EVAN and TALITHA has the following children: Talitha's Kids < <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/rn4kids/TalithaKids.html>> Hiriam Bennett b. 1895 d. 1976LeRoy b. 1897 d. 1971 **This is my mother's fatherAnnie Era b. 1891 d. 1970Vida Cates b. 1899 d. 1997Opal Irene b. 1902 d. 1902

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Note on a photo of the Evan Boyd McCoy family by Christi Watkins: Left to Right front row: Edna Elizabeth Barnes McCoy (Evan's mother), Evan Boyd McCoy, Joseph McCoy (1872)-- back row: Mary E. McCoy (1879), Flora Viola "Ola" McCoy (1874), Bennett McCoy (1873), Napolean "Pole" McCoy (1877).These are the children born to Evan and Eliza Crabb McCoy. Eliza died in 1889, leaving Evan with five children to raise. Because Evan's mother Edna, was photographed with the family, we must assume she lived with him for a time, following the death of Eliza in 1889. In 1891, Evan would marry Talitha Cumi Fitzpatrick and become father to her six sons. Together, Evan and Talitha would have 5 more children of their own.

EVAN BOYD McCOY -- Attala Co, Mississippi Evan Boyd McCoy, son of Drayton Bennett McCoy, grandson of John McCoy, served in the 35th Mississippi Infantry Company E. He enlisted March 6, 1862 and served until the end of the war in 1865. The 35th was organized at West Point, Mississippi in March 1862 and was assigned to Gen. J. C. Moore's Arkansas and Texas Brigade of Maury's Division. Later this group was part of General Price's Army of the West in Northern Mississippi. The 35th participated on the attack at Corinth, MS....and later the siege of Vicksburg, MS. For some 47 days the men were confined to the trenches night and day under a fire of musketry and artillery. They were then involved in numerous battles of significance. The regiment reported to Gen. Maury at Mobile, AL, where they surrendered at Citronelle, on May 4, 1865...and the end of the war.

JOHN MCCOY's headstone is in Laurens County, South Carolina

1. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Census: 1880 United States Census (2). (Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service, June 22, 2003).

   1880 census with a Bennett McCoy:
   E. B. MCCOY Self M Male W 35 MS Miller SC AL
   Eliza MCCOY Wife M Female W 35 GA Keeping House GA GA
   Joseph MCCOY Son S Male W 9 AR MS GA
   Bennett MCCOY Son S Male W 7 AR MS GA
   Viola MCCOY Dau S Female W 5 AR MS GA
   Napoleon MCCOY Son S Male W 3 AR MS GA
   
   Source Information:
   Census Place Prairie, Dorsey, Arkansas
   Family History Library Film 1254043
   NA Film Number T9-0043
   Page Number 351C 1880US

   A Bennett McCoy in Prairie, Dorsey, Arkansas 1880 US Census
   Family History Library Film 1254043 Page Number 351C