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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
INDEX
Source:
The County of Williams
A History of Williams County, Ohio,
from the Earliest Days with Special Chapters on Various Subjects,
including Each of the Different Townships;
Also a Biographical Department
By William Henry Shinn
PART 2
Published
Madison, Wis.
Northwestern Historical Association
1905
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URIAH C. COY,
one of the progressive young farmers and
representative citizens of Springfield township
and the present incumbent of the office of
township trustee, has here passed his entire
life and is a scion of one of the old and
influential families of Williams county.
He was born on the old homestead farm, in
Springfield township, on the 8th of January,
1868, and is a son of John and Catherine (Krontz)
Coy. John Coy was born in Beaver Creek
township, Greene county, O., on the 27th of
March, 1811. In the summer of 1831 he was
united in marriage to Mary Snider, and in
September of that year he located in that
portion of the original Williams county which is
now a part of Defiance county, settling near the
present village of Evansport, and having been
present at the first election ever held in
Tiffin township, on the 2d of April, 1832, and
he had the distinction of casting the first vote
at that election. His first wife died in
September, 1860, and of the nine children of
this union all are now deceased except Mrs.
John Christy. On the 18th of August,
1861, he married Mrs. Catherine (Krontz)
Johnson, of Fulton county, Ohio, widow of
George Johnson, to whom mention is made in
the sketch of his son, Simon Johnson,
elsewhere in this work. She was born in
the state of Pennsylvania. In 1835 John
Snider and John Coy built the grist
mill at Evansport, and Mr. Coy managed
the same, as miller, for more than twenty years.
In April, 1865, he removed to the present
homestead farm one and one-half miles south of
Stryker, Williams county, where he resided until
his death, which occurred on the 12th of March,
1891. He became the owner of one
hundred and ninety acres of land, in Springfield
township, and upon locating in this township he
set himself to the task of reclaiming his land
to cultivation, eventually developing one of the
finest farms in the county. He erected the
present substantial and attractive brick
residence and made the best of improvements
throughout. Being a man of marked
initiative power and good judgment he gained the
maximum returns from his efforts and accumulated
a competency, leaving his children well provided
for. His wife survived him by more than a
decade, her death occurring on the 9th of
December, 1902. They had two children, of
whom the subject of this sketch is the younger.
Elmer died at teh age of thirty-eight
years. He married Miss Dollie Robinson,
who survives him, as does also their only child,
Bessie. John Coy was a stanch
adherent of the Democratic party, and while he
served in school offices he never sought
political preferment of any description.
He was a Dunkard in religious faith and his wife
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Uriah C. Coy was reared on the old
homestead farm, a portion of which he now owns,
and was afforded the advantages of the public
schools of his native county. He remained
at home until the death of his parents, having
largely assumed the management of the farm
before the demise of his honored father.
He owns one hundred and fifty-one acres of the
old home place, including the brick residence
mentioned, and of the tract one hundred and
twenty-five acres are now under cultivation,
devoted to the crops best suited to the soil and
climate, while he also gives considerable
attention to the raising of short-horn cattle,
draft horses and good grades of swine. In
politics Mr. Coy clings to the faith of
his father, being a stanch Democrat. He
served six years as a member of the school board
of his township, and in November, 1904, he was
elected township trustee, for a term of three
years. He and his wife are members of the
Grange, and he is affiliated with the lodge of
Knights of Pythias in Stryker. On the 24th
of November, 1887, Mr. Coy was
united in marriage to Miss Jennie
Clark, who was born in Missouri, on the
22d of November, 1867, being a daughter of
Stephen L. and Bell Clark, who came
to Williams county when she was a child.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy have three children,
namely: Mary D., who was born Sept. 20,
1890; Charles E., who was born
Nov. 29, 1893; and Florence B., who was
born Oct. 16, 1897.
Source: The County
of Williams, A History of Williams Co., Ohio,
Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 328 |
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