Reuben
Kemper
McCoy
Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel McCoy
and Agnes (Kemper) McCoy
Brother of
James McCoy, William McCoy, Harriet McCoy, Kenneth McCoy, Charles Kemper McCoy, Elizabeth (McCoy) Crabb, Frances (McCoy) Scott, John McCoy and Sarah (McCoy) Coan
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Harriet N. McCoy and Everett W. McCoy
Died
at age 68
in Adams, Adams, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jul 2019
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Biography
1850 and 1860 Census records for Clayton, Adams County, IL show Reuben McCoy with wife Octavia and children: Albert, Susan, and Melanethan.
Mr. McCoy was the founder of Clayton, and was known as an eloquent preacher of the gospel, and was universally beloved. He was born in Kentucky, emigrated to Illinois, and located at Quincy in 1884. He founded the Presbyterian church at Clayton and many other churches of that denomination in Adams and adjoining counties. He was hospitable and liberal, and his life was passed in acts of benevolence.
Parents
Daniel McCoy 1761–1836
Agnes Kemper McCoy 1764–1832
Siblings
William McCoy 1791–1857
Charles Kemper McCoy
1796–1840
John McCoy
1801–1886
Sarah McCoy Coan
1810–1874
Children
Albert 1840
Susan 1843
Melanethan 1849
A family tree states Albert, Susan and Melanethan are Ruben & Octavia's children along with an obituary. Find a Grave has Harriet and Everett listed. They may not have been added since they both died as infants.
Sources
information supplied by Donna Roginski.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
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~3.12%
Janet (McCoy) Griffin
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Donna (Baker) Roginski :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033938 [compare], Ancestry member donnaroginski
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~0.78%
David Michaelis :
23andMe, GEDmatch TU2446351 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rene (Rosenthal) Anderson :
AncestryDNA
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