The following article appeared in the Manhattan Nationalist (Manhattan, Kansas), Thursday, December 31, 1903.
John McCoy Dead
On Friday John McCoy, who lives on the Elbow, died of apoplexy at the age of 81 years, 1 month, 14 days. Burial took place at the Elbow Catholic church Monday. The deceased was born in Ireland. After a residence of several years in Scotland he came to Kansas in 1859. He had five children: four daughters and one son. Misses Sarah and Helen and Joseph are all at home: Mrs. Anna Mallon lives at Ogden and another married daughter, Lizzie, lives in Oregon.
This additional article on the cause of death appeared in the Westmoreland Recorder, December 31, 1903, the Wheaton Exponent, January 8, 1904, and the Westmoreland Recorder, January 7, 1904.
On Christmas Day, John Conroy (McCoy) of Blue Township strangled to death upon an orange seed. He was just finishing a Christmas dinner and was eating an orange when in some way a seed fell into his windpipe. He commenced to strangle violently and though the family tried to relive (sic) him he died in a few minutes.
Children:
Ann McCoy (b. abt 1853)
Mary McCoy (b. Sept 5, 1854, in Tranent, Scotland)
Sarah McCoy (1864-1931)
Helen Ferretta McCoy (1865-1949)
Joseph McCoy (1869-1916)
Anna Euphrasia McCoy Mallon (1871-1951)
Elizabeth Ray McCoy Sharman (1873-1953)
John McCoy Dead
On Friday John McCoy, who lives on the Elbow, died of apoplexy at the age of 81 years, 1 month, 14 days. Burial took place at the Elbow Catholic church Monday. The deceased was born in Ireland. After a residence of several years in Scotland he came to Kansas in 1859. He had five children: four daughters and one son. Misses Sarah and Helen and Joseph are all at home: Mrs. Anna Mallon lives at Ogden and another married daughter, Lizzie, lives in Oregon.
This additional article on the cause of death appeared in the Westmoreland Recorder, December 31, 1903, the Wheaton Exponent, January 8, 1904, and the Westmoreland Recorder, January 7, 1904.
On Christmas Day, John Conroy (McCoy) of Blue Township strangled to death upon an orange seed. He was just finishing a Christmas dinner and was eating an orange when in some way a seed fell into his windpipe. He commenced to strangle violently and though the family tried to relive (sic) him he died in a few minutes.
Children:
Ann McCoy (b. abt 1853)
Mary McCoy (b. Sept 5, 1854, in Tranent, Scotland)
Sarah McCoy (1864-1931)
Helen Ferretta McCoy (1865-1949)
Joseph McCoy (1869-1916)
Anna Euphrasia McCoy Mallon (1871-1951)
Elizabeth Ray McCoy Sharman (1873-1953)
The following article appeared in the Manhattan Nationalist (Manhattan, Kansas), Thursday, December 31, 1903.
John McCoy Dead
On Friday John McCoy, who lives on the Elbow, died of apoplexy at the age of 81 years, 1 month, 14 days. Burial took place at the Elbow Catholic church Monday. The deceased was born in Ireland. After a residence of several years in Scotland he came to Kansas in 1859. He had five children: four daughters and one son. Misses Sarah and Helen and Joseph are all at home: Mrs. Anna Mallon lives at Ogden and another married daughter, Lizzie, lives in Oregon.
This additional article on the cause of death appeared in the Westmoreland Recorder, December 31, 1903, the Wheaton Exponent, January 8, 1904, and the Westmoreland Recorder, January 7, 1904.
On Christmas Day, John Conroy (McCoy) of Blue Township strangled to death upon an orange seed. He was just finishing a Christmas dinner and was eating an orange when in some way a seed fell into his windpipe. He commenced to strangle violently and though the family tried to relive (sic) him he died in a few minutes.
Children:
Ann McCoy (b. abt 1853)
Mary McCoy (b. Sept 5, 1854, in Tranent, Scotland)
Sarah McCoy (1864-1931)
Helen Ferretta McCoy (1865-1949)
Joseph McCoy (1869-1916)
Anna Euphrasia McCoy Mallon (1871-1951)
Elizabeth Ray McCoy Sharman (1873-1953)
John McCoy Dead
On Friday John McCoy, who lives on the Elbow, died of apoplexy at the age of 81 years, 1 month, 14 days. Burial took place at the Elbow Catholic church Monday. The deceased was born in Ireland. After a residence of several years in Scotland he came to Kansas in 1859. He had five children: four daughters and one son. Misses Sarah and Helen and Joseph are all at home: Mrs. Anna Mallon lives at Ogden and another married daughter, Lizzie, lives in Oregon.
This additional article on the cause of death appeared in the Westmoreland Recorder, December 31, 1903, the Wheaton Exponent, January 8, 1904, and the Westmoreland Recorder, January 7, 1904.
On Christmas Day, John Conroy (McCoy) of Blue Township strangled to death upon an orange seed. He was just finishing a Christmas dinner and was eating an orange when in some way a seed fell into his windpipe. He commenced to strangle violently and though the family tried to relive (sic) him he died in a few minutes.
Children:
Ann McCoy (b. abt 1853)
Mary McCoy (b. Sept 5, 1854, in Tranent, Scotland)
Sarah McCoy (1864-1931)
Helen Ferretta McCoy (1865-1949)
Joseph McCoy (1869-1916)
Anna Euphrasia McCoy Mallon (1871-1951)
Elizabeth Ray McCoy Sharman (1873-1953)
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