Typed by: Kay Cunningham


McCOY, ROBERT SNELL


Surnames: McCOY, SNELL, HAGENS, MOSELEY, HODGES, BARTON, HAIR, SMITH, CROSBY, JOHNSON, MAXSON, NIX.


    Robert Snell McCoy, b July 3, 1857 in Camden, Alabama, d January 8, 1917, in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery there -- a son of Anthony McCoy (died ca 1865) and Sarah (Snell) McCoy, b February 16, 1832, d March 1, 1912, at Reagan, Texas.  Robert SnellMcCoy moved in the 1880's from Alabama to Reagan, Falls County, Texas with his widowed mother, brothers, and sisters.
    On October 4, 1886, Robert Snell married first to Louisa Ann Hagens, b May 11, 1866, in Reagan, d March 8, 1889, in Reagan and buried in Johnson Cemetery there -- a daughter of William Beauregard and Elvira Ann (Moseley) Hagens.  He married secondly on September 25, 1889, to Annie Hagens, May 14, 1870, at Reagan, d June 9, 1956, in Marlin, and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin -- also a daughter of William Beauregard and Elvira Ann (Moseley) Hagens.  By his first wife, Louisa Ann, Robert Snell McCoy had two children: and by his second wife, Annie, he had six children:
    Beatrice Benita McCoy, b September 9, 1887, at Reagan, d December 24, 1957, married June 8, 1911, to Frank L. Hodges.
    Cliff Anthony McCoy, b February 25, 1889, at Reagan, d June 6, 1964, married in 1939 to May Criswell Barton.
    Kate Welch McCoy, b January 15, 1891, at Reagan, d February 21, 1970, married in December 1930 to Grady Hair.
    Clarence Gordon ("Pete") McCoy, b April 19, 1893, at Reagan, d March 31, 1950, served in military service during World War I, married Frances Smith.
    Eugenia McCoy, b September 30, 1895, at Reagan, d September 15, 1965, married W. D. ("Lance") Crosby.
    Mary Leota McCoy, b January 16, 1900, in Marlin, Texas, d in November 1982, married in 1925 to J. A. ("Allen") Crosby.
    Frank Bartlett McCoy, b October 26, 1901, in Marlin, Texas, d August 6, 1951, married first in 1931 to Opal Johnson, and married second to Martha Smith.
    Annie Lee McCoy, b October 12, 1906, in Marlin, Texas, d December 1984, married first to Jack Maxson, and married in 1939 secondly to Lucian Nix.
    Robert Snell McCoy served as District Clerk in Falls County for two terms in the early 1900's.


Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 290 Column 2 and 291 column 1.
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