When Timothy McCoy was born on 13 June 1805, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, his father, John McCoy Sr, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Finch, was 29. He married Sarah Van Burkleo on 4 March 1825, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 6 February 1843, in St. Charles, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, at the age of 37.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus it has the same origin as McGee , McKay , and McKee . It has sometimes been Anglicized as Hughes .
History: The McCoy clan of KY, led by Randolph McCoy, was involved in one of the bitterest mountain feuds, with the Hatfield clan of WV, from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. The expression ‘the real McCoy’ probably originated with an American boxer, Norman Selby (1873–1940), who adopted the name “Kid McCoy” to distinguish himself from another fighter of the same name.
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