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Not a family I am researching. When I run across good info for leads, I try to pass it along. Something I do when my own research bogs down. I have nothing more on this family.
Hope it helps someone.
CJ
Archival Collections at the Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, Missouri
http://www.krausehouse.ca/krause/Archives%20Guide%20A-Z%20(WP).htm
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A1004
McCoy, Ellen Waddle (1818-1893).
Papers, 1834-1865. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Eleanor (Ellen) Waddle McCoy, born in Chillicothe, Ohio, was one of nine children born to John Waddle (1783-1831), a prominent merchant who had emigrated from Belfast, Ireland, settling in Chillicothe in 1702. Ellen's siblings included Angus (1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry), John, William, and Lucy.
In 1852, she moved to Independence, Mo., and married William McCoy, a merchant and banker. William McCoy (1813-1900) was also born in Chillicothe, and with his brother John moved to Independence, Mo., in June 1838, and in partnership with Carey A. Lee of Kentucky, opened a store under the name of McCoy and Lee.
William McCoy also formed the firm of Waldo, Hall & Co., which ultimately started the overland mail service to Santa Fe, N.M. In addition, McCoy opened a bank in Independence, and in 1849 was elected the first mayor of that city.
William McCoy and his wife Ellen had two children, Allen L. and Nancy (Nannie). Nannie married Charles L. Minor of Independence and had two daughters, Grace and Eleanor. John McCoy's daughter Jane (Jennie) married Samuel H. Woodson, a lawyer and mayor of Independence in 1892-1902, and had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. William H. Dennis (1840-1862) was with Company D, 7th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. His connection with the McCoys or Waddles is unknown.
The collection is largely composed of letters to Ellen Waddle McCoy, before and after her marriage, from her husband; her sister Lucy, who remained in Chillicothe, Ohio; and from her brothers William and John.
The letters from her husband, William, dated in the 1840s from Independence, Mo., describe its early development and the beginning of westward migration.
The collection also includes significant Civil War correspondence. Letters of Angus Waddle to Ellen McCoy, 1862-1864, describe the activities of the 33rd Ohio from Perryville, Ky., Stone's River, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chickamauga, Tenn.; to the progress of Sherman's Atlanta campaign through Resaca, Rome, Big Shanty, Marietta, into Atlanta itself.
Also included is the semi-literate correspondence of William H. Dennis, dating from the organization of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment at Camp Butler, Ill., in 1861, through the regiment's assignments in Missouri (New Madrid and Island #10), Tennessee, and Mississippi, and continuing until Dennis' death (presumably from illness) in late 1862.
The collection also includes Civil War letters of Ellen and her friends and relatives describing "bushwhackers" and the generally unsettled conditions in western Missouri during the war.
Correspondence in arranged chronologically by correspondent.
Cite as: Ellen Waddle McCoy Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
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