Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — SUDDEN DEATH OF WELL KNOWN CITIZEN. [ARTICLE]

SUDDEN DEATH OF WELL KNOWN CITIZEN.

George McCoy, of McCoysburg, Died Suddenly Wednesday Morning at , His Home. George McCoy, an aged and highly respected citizen of Jasper county, died quite suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his home in McCoysburg, across the street from the home of his son Reed, the well known merchant of that place. Mr. McCoy had been in poor health for some time, but had been feeling about as well as usual lately. Tuesday he was taken quite sick and nothing could be done to relieve him and he sank rapidly until the end came. He would have been 84 years of age had he lived until October 27th. He was a brother of Alfred' McCoy, the former well known Rensselaer banker and stockman. He came to Jasper county in 1855 and settled near McCoysburg, where he lived until he sold out some years ago and went to Grant county, near Marion, where his daughter, Mrs. Ella Kelly, lived. Hd later returned and located on a farm north of Lee, and across the White county line, where he lived until about a year ago, when he moved to McCoysburg. His first wife was a sister of Ezra and Holdridge Clark, of this city. Two children born to that union survive, viz., Alfred E., who lives near Gifford, and Mrs. Ella Kelly, of Marion. After the death of his first wife in 1864 he was married to Naomi. Ott, and to this union two children, Reed, of McCoysburg, and Frank, of Indianapolis, we. e born. He is survived by his second wife and. the four children, • The funeral will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the school house in McCoysburg, and the remains will be shipped to Marion, where burial will be made. Mrs. William Daniels and George and John Ott are also related tq the deceased by his second marriage.