McCOY, ALBERT R.

MCCOY, RUSSELL, CONGER

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 09:07:17

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

ALBERT R. McCOY, attorney at law, office in Toll's Block, corner of Fifth avenue and Second street; is a native of Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill, and was born Sept. 24, 1846; he is the son of James and Elizabeth Russell McCoy; his father, Hon. James McCoy, is a native of Greenbrier Co., Va., and came to Fulton City May 9, 1837; he was one of the earliest settlers in Whiteside Co., and has practiced his profession there since 1840. There are very few persons who have been more actively identified with the interests of that county and the whole section of Northern Illinois than Judge McCoy. Albert R. was brought up and attended school in Fulton, completing his education at Western Union College; he afterward entered the law off of his father, and commenced reading law; he completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar in Jun, 1869, and engaged in the practice of law; he held the office of Supervisor in Whiteside Co., and was chosen Chairman of the Board for two years; he was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1874; he removed to Clinton in 1875, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession here; he holds the office of City Solicitor. In December, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Fanny A. Conger, a native of New York; they have one son -- Russell B., born in November, 1871.