Brief Life History of Andrew Benjamin
When Andrew Benjamin Coy Sr. was born on 6 September 1892, in Bates, Missouri, United States, his father, Jeremiah William"Jerry" Coy, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Isabelle Hurley, was 37. He married Stella May Huffman on 31 December 1912. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Callao, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Walnut Creek Township, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 19 July 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Andrew B Coy, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Benjiman Coy Sr. - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Andrew Benjamin Coy Sr
- Andrew Coy, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCoy .
English: nickname for a quiet or shy person, from Old French coi (earlier quei) ‘calm, quiet; shy, coy’ (from Latin quietus).
Americanized form of Dutch Kooij, see Kooi .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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