Person:Nancy McCoy (17)

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Name[1][2][3] Nancy McCoy
Gender Female
Birth[4][5][6] 8 Mar 1841 Harrison (township), Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Marriage 23 Mar 1859 Winnebago, Illinois, United Statesto Alonzo Philetus Doolittle
Death[1][7][8][6] Aug 1926 Durand, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Burial? 10 Aug 1926 Durand, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

The 1900 U.S., Illinois, Durand, Durand Twp. census reports NancyDoolittle as a white female born Mar., 1841 in Illinois, living alone, but right next door to her sister, Estella M. Rockstead. Though it's been sctratched over, the Census enumerator seems to have settled for D for Divorced in the Marital Status column. Andrew N. Rockstead is listed as a photographer and indeed had worked with Alonzo Doolittle, Nancy's erstwhile mate.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Doolittle,Grant, Alonzo Doolittle's Gandson's Notation.
  2. Doolittle, William F.; Louise Smylie Brown; and Mary Malissa Raison Doolittle. The Doolittle Family in America. (Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland: National Printing (1901), 1901-1967)
    p972.
  3. Winnebago, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    Harrison twp.
  4. Ashley, R. Eugene (Ralph Eugene), and Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Ashley. The old colony Ashleys: the descendants of Abraham and Joseph Ashley of Rochester, Massachusetts. (Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Ashleys of America, 1976-1977).
  5. Winnebago, Illinois, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    Harlem twp.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Obituary, Rockford Morning Star.
  7. Doolittle, Margaret's letter of 7 Mar, 1937, to Dr. Chamberlin.
  8. Bible of Nancy McCoy (Mrs. A.P.) Doolittle.