COY PHOTOS
Submitted May 2002 by Connie Coy Rice
This photo was taken in the New Evansport Cem., Evansport, Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co., OH, on the W. side of Evansport
Rd., N of Rethmel Rd.
Solomon Coy b.April 11,1832 - (Tiffin Twp.,Defiance Co.)
d.March 10,1882 (Tiffin Twp.,Defiance Co.)- his wife Mary Ann Kintigh
b.March 5,1831 (Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pa) d.June 8,1918-Springfield
Twp. Williams Co. Solomon was son of John Coy and Mary Snider. Mary was daughter of John
Kintigh and Hannah Rebecca Evans.
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Here is another one New Evansport Cem. Tiffin Twp, Defiance Co.
Thomas Ellsworth Coy
b.Aug 3,1861-(Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio) d.Aug 12,1829 Evansport
,Defiance Co.,Ohio his wife -Margaret Della Koch b.Aug
13,1864-Holgate,Henry Co.,Ohio d.April 14,1951-Comstcok,Kalamazoo,Mi.
Thomas was son of Solomon Coy and Mary Ann Kintigh Margaret
was daughter of Andrew Kline and Mary Margaret Kline Thomas Ellsworth Coy was the
Evansport Cem.Sextant for many years. The COYs are buried in the Center section of the
Evansport Cem. There are about a hundred of us in the middle section.
ALL COYS are kindred
that are buried in the OLD/NEW Evansport Cem.
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Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio Boynton Cemetery, Williams Co.Ohio
John Coy b.March 27,1811 - Beavercreek Township,
Greene County, Ohio d.March 12,1891 -
Springfield Twp,Williams Co. his 2nd wife
Catherine Krontz is who is listed on this headstone
Catherine Krontz b.May 13,1829 -
Wayne County, Ohio d.Dec 10,1902--
Springfield Twp,Williams Co.
John was son of John Coy and Mary Polly Jones
Catherine Krontz was daughter of Phillip Krontz and Susan S Razor
*I hail from John Coy and Mary Snider marriage-his 1st wife.
She is buried in Old Evansport Cem.,Defiance Co.
along with all of the other COY and SNIDER family members.
Mary Snider d.Sep 20,1860-Springfield Twp., Williams Co.
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Defiance Co. Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio
Evansport Cem.(New) Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio
The old Evansport Cem. sits across the road from the new one.
Abraham Coy b.Jan 18,1833, Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio,
d.Feb 10,1909.
His wife Margaret Donaldson b.Aug 14,1830
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
d.Dec 2,1888 is also listed on his stone
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Evansport Cem (New)-Evansport,Defiance Co., Ohio
Jacob
Coy b.Feb 20,1807-Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio d.Dec
9,1897-Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio his wife was Mary Ann Shank
b.Aug 29,1811-Hagerstown, Maryland d.March 26,1887-Springfield Township, Williams County,
Ohio. Jacob was son of John Coy and Mary Polly Jones Mary Ann Shank's parents are not known
yet Jacob and Mary Ann had 13 children, and the family stayed for over 100 years in this
area. Jacob Coy came with his mother, 7 siblings,and 14 other people to the Tiffin River
area in early 1831. This COY family is listed in all of the early history of Defiance as
one if it's Pioneering families. Jacob, his brother John (my ancestor) and brother-in law
John Snider had the 1st Grist Mill on the Tiffin River in 1836. Jacob Coy helped Albert G
Evans and Amos Evans lay out the town of Evansport. The town was almost called Coyton, but
Evansport was chosen instead. *pg.348-Defiance County History 1883 (Warner,Beers
& Co.,Chicago)1883
His headstone is the large one in the center..I'm checking
which son is to the right , Martin C Coy (tree shaped) is to the left..*** 8ft hight and shaoed of granite like a tree with
leaves.. Martin C Coy b.July 8,1841-Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio d.1918-
Evansport,Defiance Co., Ohio his wife was Jennie G Black b.Aug 1865-Defiance Co.,Ohio
d.1955-Evansport,Defiance Co., Ohio Martin was son of Jacob Coy & Mary Ann Shank
Jennie was daughter of George Black & Elizabeth A Spangler Martin C Coy
by profession was a Doctor in Evansport ,as well as his brother Henry Clinton Coy who
studied under him until he started his own practice
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Here are 3 more headstones from the Old Evansport Cem-Tiffin Twp.,Defiance Co.,Ohio
From left to right: Caleb Coy b.Jan 26,1818-Beavercreek Township,
Greene County, Ohio d.Dec 10,1840-Tiffin Twp.,Williams County(later became Defiance Co.),
Ohio his brother to the right Adam Coy b.Jan 9,1809-Beavercreek Township,
Greene County, Ohio d.Jan 20,1839-Springfield Twp.,Williams County, Ohio he had married
Mary Dill b.Feb 16,1811-Pa d. May 20,1883-Hazelton Township, Buchanan County, Iowa his
widow went with a group of 20 more friends and family who did start a community in
Hazelton Twp,Buchanan Co.Iowa called COYTOWN in about 1850-1860 their Mother. The
tallest on the right is for Mary Polly Jones b.Aug 18,1787-Red River, Kentucky
d.Dec.161870,Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio her 1st husband John Coy b. June
28,1783-Montgomery Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania d.Nov 8,1823-Beavercreek
Township, Greene County, Ohio-is referenced on her headstone thought he actually was
buried in the COY graveyard in Beavercreek Twp.,Greene Co.Ohio 2nd husband Woolery
Coonrad-they married Jan 23,1835-Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio-he is actually
buried in BUCKS Cem. with his 1st wife Hulda Partee Mary Polly Jones is the one
responsible for bringing 20 people in 1831 to the Tiffin River Area to Pioneer this new
land. My ancestor Solomon Coy b.April 11,1832-was said to be one of the 1st white children
born in this land. This was just being settled after many of the Indians were moving onto
other areas.
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Here's another one for the Old Evnasport
Cem,-Tiffin Twp.,Defiance Co.,Ohio
Mary Snider b.Aug 8,1809-Thorn Township,
Perry County, Ohio d.Sep 20,1860-
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio-
She was the 1st wife of John Coy (my ancestor).
He is buried with his 2nd wife Katherine Krontz
in the Boynton Cem,Springfield Twp.,Williams Co.
Mary is buried with the rest of the early COY Family
and her SNIDER family that are most of the Old Evansport
Cem. Mary and John had 5 children together.
Mary was daughter of Daniel Snider and Mary Herschberger.
Mary's brother John started the COY-SNIDER GRIST MILL
in Evnasport Ohio in 1832. Mary's brother John Snider was
married to Nancy Ann Coy b.9/14/1814. She was John Coy's younger sister
b.1811 .. Many of the siblings chose partners
from the other family.
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COY-SNIDER MILL -
The orginal was built in the Spring of 1835 along the Tiffin River.
This rebuilt Grist Mill and Saw Mill on the Tiffin River, Tiffin Twp.
Spring of 1835- was built & owned by John Coy, Jacob Coy (brothers) and their
brother-in law John Snider. The old one was on the exact same location.
The three of them stayed in business until 1857. Then in 1868 Abraham Coy
built the New mill at a cost of $13,000. In the fall of 1872, Daniel Fribley purchassed
Abraham's interest in the Mill. This is documented in the History of Defiance Co,-1883 by
Beers - Tiffin Twp. pg.358. The photo was taken by researcher Nancy Schultz
All information submitted May 2002 by
Connie Coy Rice
