Date of birth: 6 October 1856, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Date of death: 17 February 1941, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Source: Columbus Evening Republican, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, February 17, 1941
JOHN COY, 84, TAKEN BY DEATH
Dies at Home Northwest of Here
Funeral to be Held Wednesday
EDINBURG, Feb. 17. — John Wesley Coy, 84,
died at 2:05 this morning at his home
7 miles southwest of Edinburg, where
he lived. He had been ill only a
short time.
A week ago his daughter, Mrs.
R. G. Fordyce, entertained him and
his sisters and a few relatives with
a dinner.
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday at New Bethel
church in charge of the Rev. Ray Bozell.
Burial will be in the Kansas Cemetery.
He was born in Bartholomew County
Oct. 6, 1856, son of Samuel and Martha
Anderson Coy. Most of his life was
spent in the same community.
On Aug. 1, 1878, he married Hannah
M. Milnes and 15 children were born of
the union. His wife and three children
preceded him in death. He was a member
of the New Bethel church. Survivors
include Mrs. Alvin Wirey of Franklin
rural route; Mrs. William Galey of
Edinburg rural route 2; Mrs. Wilbur
Clark of Franklin rural route; Mrs. A.
L. Hammer of Indianapolis; Lora Coy
of Edinburg route 2; Mrs. Fordyce of
Edinburg; Mrs. H. A. Campbell of Barns-
boro, Pa.; Emerson Coy of near Edinburg;
Mrs. Leslie Waltz, near Edinburg; Roy
Coy of Brownsburg; Mrs. Herman Campbell
of Brookville, Pa.; and Mrs. Ellis McKee
of near Edinburg; 50 grandchildren; 23
great grandchildren; one brother, R. A.
Coy, of Edinburg and 3 sisters, Mrs.
Kate Miles, Mrs. Mary Coffman of Edinburg,
and Mrs. Howard Evans of Clifford.
He had been active beyond his years.
Last winter during the severe cold weather
he mounted his horse and rode to his brother's
home in the Pisgah community, a distance of
approximately 14 miles.
Source: Franklin Democrat, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, February 20, 1941
John W. Coy Succumbs Monday at Home
John Wesley Coy, age 84, lifelong
resident of Bartholomew County, died Mon-
day at his home southwest of Edinburg.
Last rites were held Wednesday
afternoon in New Bethel Church in Bar-
tholomew County, in charge of the Rev.
Ray Bozell. Burial was in the Kansas
Cemetery.
Mr. Coy was the son of Samuel and
Martha Anderson Coy, and was born Oct. 6,
1856, in Bartholomew County. He was
married August 1, 1878, to Hannah Milnes.
Fifteen children were born to them.
Twelve of them survive, also fifty grand-
children and 23 great-grandchildren.
The surviving children are: Mrs. Alvin Wirey,
Franklin; Mrs. William Galey, Edinburg;
Mrs. Wilbur Clark, Franklin; Mrs. A.L.
Hammer, Indianapolis; Lora Coy, Edinburg;
Mrs. R. Fordyce, Edinburg; Mrs. H. A. Camp-
bell, Barnesboro, Pa.; Emmerson Coy, Edin-
burg; Mrs. Leslie Waltz, Edinburg; Ray Coy,
Brownsburg; Mrs. Herman Campbell, Brookville,
Pa.; Mrs. Essie McKee, Edinburg.
A brother and three sisters survive.
They are R. A. Coy of Edinburg; Mrs. Mary
Coffman, and Mrs. Kate Milnes, Edinburg;
and Mrs. Howard Edwards, Clifford.
Submitted by Mark Wirey
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