News article and map, 1881.

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News article and map, 1881.

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The collection contains the carbon of a typewritten transcript of a news article, "Memory's Hour," by John Calvin McCoy, printed in the Kansas City (Mo.) Journal Jan. 16, 1881. It is a reminiscence of days gone by, describing the life and experiences of early settlers of Fort Wayne, Ind. Also contained is a map of Fort Wayne in 1819, drawn by Howard Peckham from data in the article.

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McCoy, John Calvin, 1811-1889

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John Calvin McCoy (b. Sept. 28, 1811, Vincennes, Ind.-d. Sept. 2, 1889, Kansas City, Mo.) was the son of Baptist missionaries Isaac and Christiana Polk McCoy. He studied at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1826 and 1827, then moved to the Kansas City area in 1830 with his family. He and his first wife, Virginia Chick (d. 1849), had four children. He married the widow Elizabeth Woodson Lee in 1850, and they had four more children in addition to two by her first husband. He was a co...