Routt County CO Archives Biographies.....McCoy, John Ed.  June 6, 1866 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     A self-made and very progressive man, John Ed. McCoy, of Routt county,

located on a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres of his own, and one of the

leading ranch and cattle men in the country tributary to the town of Hayden, is

wholly indebted to his own efforts and capacity for his advancement in life and

can justly attribute to himself the substantial estate he has won from the hard

conditions of life in this western wilderness, which, although it offers ample

opportunity for thrift and enterprise, exacts their full value in return in the

way of arduous and systematic toil.  Mr. McCoy was born on June 6, 1866, at St.

Joseph, Missouri, and there remained until he reached the age of fourteen,

attending the common schools a few years during the winter months and working as

soon as he was able to provide for his own necessities.  In 1880 he came to

Colorado, and with headquarters at Denver, went out into the mountains near

Morrison where he gave his attention to hauling wood and saw-mill work until

1889.  On July 19th of that year he took up his present ranch in Routt county on

a homestead claim.  This comprises one hundred and sixty acres and is in an

advanced state of cultivation, producing hay and grain of unusually good quality

in great abundance.  He also raises cattle in goodly numbers and finds this a

source of profit.  His ranch is near Dunckley postoffice and about sixteen miles

south of Hayden.  It is in a good and prolific region which is rapidly improving

under the industry of such men as he, and his land is steadily growing in value.

 Politically Mr. McCoy is a Republican, and fraternally he belongs to the

Woodmen of the World.  He is the son of David W. and Mary J. McCoy, the former a

native of Indiana and the latter of Iowa.  The father is now a resident of

Denver, where he carries on a prosperous butchering business and maintains a

pleasant home for his wife and those of their nine children who are yet living

under his roof.  He is a Republican in politics and is well esteemed in business

circles.  The children born in his household are John Ed., Mary, Hannah, Mattie,

Cora, Julia, Robert, Macy and Minnie.  The parents are members of the Baptist

church, and the father belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.  

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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