... Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Zadock and Nancy Smith, was born in Loudoun County, Va., May 9, 1799, They were married in Bourbon County, Ky., by the Rev. John Lyle, February 16, 1815. Elizabeth (Smith) McCoy died in Decatur County September 25, 1844. ...
... The children of Angus C. and Elizabeth McCoy were:
- William Anderville, born in Kentucky April 24, 1816; died in Decatur County July 2, 1866.
- Caroline S., born October 2, 1817; married to Charles Hazelrigg December 31, 1835; lives near Greensburg.
- Ann Elizabeth, born July 17, 1819; died June 7, 1878; she was a mute.
- Thomas Melvin, born April 2, 1821; married Sarah Hughes; died in Decatur County February 11, 1878. Thomas M. McCoy was a man active in the Anti-Slavery question and a great temperance worker; he was a man who took a strong interest in moral and religious matters, and was a co¬worker with any denomination where he believed good could be accomplished; he was specially noted as a successful Sunday-school worker.
- John Granville, born August 2, 1822; died July 4, 1847.
- James Thornton, born May 22, 1824; married Martha Custer; lives at McCoy's Station,
- Douglass Smith, born in Decatur County November 16, 1825; lives near Greensburg,
- George Washington, born January 30, 1827; married Jenny Oakley; lives near Fort Wayne, Ind. His wife died September 9, 1869,
- Robert Trimble, born April 24, 1829; died September 9, 1849.
- Susan K., born February 10, 1831; married Lefford Thomson; lives in Boone Countv, Ind. Lefford Thomas died November, 1868.
- Sarah M., born February 22, 1833; died March 7, 1877.
- Joseph Austin, born February 15, 1835; married Hannah Robison; lives near Kingston.
- Nancy A., born January 31, 1837; married Origen Thomson; died February 6, 1879.
- Angus Franklin, born January 16, 1839; late Captain Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana Volunteers; now Treasurer of Decatur County.
- Charles Daniel, born July 25, 1841; married first, Nancy Lynn; second. Flora Welsh; lives in Boone County, Ind.
- Naomi E., born September 19, 1844: died October 6, 1881.
... It is related that Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy was unfamiliar with the practical duties of housewifery at the time of her marriage, but that she at once resolved to be mistress of the situation, the result of which was she became one of the most successful housewives of her neighborhood. She was a stout, hearty woman, who made her home pleasant by her personal attention to all the necessary details of its management. She spun and wove the cloth for her children's garments, and was at once sempstress and tailor. Several times she rode on horseback from her home to her father's house in Kentucky, and carried one child, at a time when there were no roads, save bridle-paths or "traces." Her children are among the "gray beards" of Decatur County to-day, and they delight to recall the many reminiscences of their childhood and of the self-sacrificing devotion of their brave and affectionate mother.
