SAMUEL McCOY (deceased), a pioneer farmer of Chartiers township, is a son of John and Lydia McCoy, who came to Pennsylvania about the time of the Revolution, and took out a patent of the land in Chartiers township, Washington county, where the widow of Samuel McCoy is now living. John and Lydia McCoy remained on the farm until their death, and reared the following children: Elizabeth, born December 2, 1801; Agnes, born September 23, 1803; Nancy, born January 19, 1805; Robert (deceased September 19, 1819), born January 25, 1808; Neal (living in Washington county Penn.), born September 16, 1813; John (deceased October 24, 1889, in this county), born September 13, 1815; Samuel, born September 17, 1817; and Lydia (Mrs. William McWilliams of Canonsburg), born May 27, 1820. Samuel McCoy, whose name opens this sketch, was born on the farm in Chartiers township, this county, remaining at home during his boyhood and receiving an education at the subscription schools of the vicinity. On March 3, 1859, he was married at Paris, Penn., to Isabelle Anderson, a native of Hancock county, Va., and daughter of Alexander and Anne (Anderson) Anderson, both of whom were also born in Hancock county. Alexander Anderson learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed, and in 1860 moved with his family to Washington county, Penn., settling in Washington borough. He died a few years later, and his widow survived him many years. Their children were Isabelle (Mrs. Samuel McCoy), Sally (widow of Robert Andrews, living in Prosperity, this county), Nancy (Mrs. Joshua Hartman, residing in Liverpool, Ohio, wife of John Arnold, both deceased), Elizabeth Hattie (living in Washington), Minnie (deceased in November, 1889), Alfred (enlisted in Washington county in the war, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg), Williams (married), a blacksmith in Nebraska, and John, who died a few years ago. Samuel McCoy passed his married life on the place where his widow is now residing, and followed agricultural pursuits. Five children were born to his union with Isabelle Anderson, namely: Mary, born March 5, 1860; Lydia Ann, born March 19, 1862 (married on September 9, 1885, to Samuel Fee); Samuel (deceased October 8, 1866), born June 16, 1864; John, born February 24, 1867; and Elizabeth, born October 2, 1869. The father of this family died October 9, 1871, in Chartiers township, at the age of fifty-five years. During life he took an interest in political questions, voting with the Democratic party, but preferred to spend the greater part of his time in home work. The old home far, where Mrs. McCoy is now living has been in the possession of the family for more than a century, and is a valuable piece of property.

Text taken from page 702 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed May 1997 by Barbara Bower of Yorktown, VA as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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