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Hartley A. McCoy, chief
clerk to the master mechanic of the Wabash
Railroad at Moberly, Mo.,
is one of the well known and substantial citizens
of Randolph County. Mr.
McCoy was born at Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov.8
1875, and is the son of
Alexander Brown and Jennie Elizabeth Thomp
son) McCoy, the former a
native of Ohio and the latter of Tennesse
The mother was
accidentally killed at the Coates street railroad crossing
in Moberly in 1903 and her
remains rest in Oakland Cemetery and the
father of whom a sketch
appears in this volume resides in Moberly.He
is now county judge of
Randolph County from the western district.To
Alexander Brown and
Jennie Elizabeth (Thompson) McCoy were born
the following children:
Hartley A., the subject of this sketch, and Bertha
who married William
Stephens, Sedalia, Mo.
Hartley A. McCoy came
to Moberly with his parents and was edu-
cated in the public schools
here. He has made his own way since he was
16 years old, beginning as
an office boy in the general foreman's office of
the Wabash machine
shops at Moberly. He then served three years
apprenticeship as a pattern
maker and then entered the master car'
builder's office at Moberly
in a clerical capacity and on Jan. 1, 1913, he
became chief clerk to the
master mechanic and has since served in that
capacity. Mr. McCoy has
had a vast amount of experience and is one of
the valued and trusted
employees of the Wabash Railroad Company, hav-
ing been steadily in the
employ of this company since 1891.
Mr. McCoy is a member
of the National Union, Modern Woodmen of
America and the Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. McCoy and
his daughter, Louise, who
is a graduate of the Moberly High School, re-
side with Mr. McCoy's
father at 320 Burkhart street, Moberly, Mo. |