OBIT: John COY, 1888, Brady Township, Huntingdon County, PA

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Sudden Death of Mr. John Coy.

  Mr. John Coy, a well-known farmer of Brady township, this county, 
died suddenly on Monday, while driving from Mill Creek to his home.  He 
had taken a load of railroad ties to Mill Creek and disposed of them to 
B. R. Foust & Son.  While engaged in unloading the ties he complained 
to some person near him of not feeling well, but completed his work, 
and started on his way home shortly after noon.  The belief is that he 
became suddenly stricken with heart disease, and fell off the sled to 
the ground a corpse, near the residence of Mr. Amos Smucker, where the 
body was found.  His horses continued some distance on the road toward 
home, but missing the guiding hand of their late master, they turned 
about and returned to the spot where he lay cold in death.  Mr. Coy was 
aged about 75 years, and was highly respected by all who knew him.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, February 17, 1888

Probably:
1880 Brady Township, Huntingdon County census -
John Coy, 57  
Mary E. Coy, 45  
Matthew Coy, 21  
Jesse Coy, 16  
Annie M. Coy, 13  
Oliver F. Coy, 8