Gilbert, Frank T.  "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and
Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon." Portland,
OR: Print. and Lithographing House of A.G. Walling, 1882. p. a24.  Umatilla
County.

THOMAS K. McCOY

     Was the son of David and Mary (Kirkpatrick) McCoy, and was born in Sangamon
county, Ill., March 9, 1827.  He was educated and reared there, and on the
twelfth of October, 1848, married Margaret A. Kendall, who was born in the same
county October 4, 1829.  In 1851 Mr. McCoy came overland to Oregon, settling in
Linn county.  His wife came with her parents the following year.  In the spring
of 1858 he came to Walla Walla with cattle, and that fall selected a location on
the Tumalum, now in Umatilla county, Oregon.  The next year he brought up his
family, and they then settled on the claim, where their present handsome
residence stands.  There were not half a dozen settlers with in miles of them,
and a large camp of Indians stood just opposite the house, on the bank of the
Tumalum.  When Umatilla county was organized in 1862, Mr. McCoy was appointed
one of the first county commissioners.   He became known as one of the most
enterprising and prosperous farmers and stock men of Walla Walla valley.  He was
an active Republican in politics, and once received the nomination of that party
for the Legislature, being defeated in common with the balance of the ticket.
He died February 19, 1877, in Menard county, Ill., while on a visit, and was
buried at the old homestead.  He now lies in the Rock Creek Cemetery there.  His
children are:  Mary Frances, born April 18, 1851; Charles W., born July 21,
1854, died at the age of fourteen; Joseph H., born January 15, 1856, married
Miss Mary Cole in October, 1882; Elihu O., bonr June 7, 1858; John D., born
October 9, 1860; Martha Alice, born September 28, 1862, married F. W. Parker, of
Sprague, W. T., in August, 1881; Lillis Ella, born December 10, 1864.  Mrs.
McCoy and her children are now managing the property.  They have 384 acres of
fine grain and pasture land, and two large orchards of fruit, embracing all
varieties suitable to this climate.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in September 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.