Brief Life History of Clovis Odell
When Clovis Odell McCoy was born on 6 April 1922, in Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, United States, his father, Elbert LaFayette McCoy, was 26 and his mother, Ethel Maybell Payne, was 25. He married Eveleene Freeman on 17 April 1941, in Upshur, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 3, Upshur, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 2 December 2001, in Pittsburg, Camp, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Redwater, Bowie, Texas, United States.
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- C O McCoy, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clovis Odell McCoy, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
- Clovis Odell McCoy, "BillionGraves Index"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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