McCoy, William, 1947-

William McCoy (1823-1905) was Probate Judge of Carroll County, Ohio, and also a prominent educator. He founded the college at Harlem Springs, Ohio. During the 1850s and 1860s, he was at times a part owner of a Carroll County newspaper known first as the Free Press and then during the United States Civil War as the Carroll Union Press. After the war, the paper assumed its original name. McCoy was born in Pennsylvania and was in Carrol County by the time he married Margaret Ann Druckmiller in 1848.

From the guide to the William McCoy Papers, 1854-1883, (Western Reserve Historical Society)