The society would still like to identify those buried in the cemetery in
unmarked graves, or in graves with limited info. on the headstone. (See
headstone readings below). Please contact info@bcgensoc.com or write the society
at P.O. Box 8808, Benton Harbor, MI 49023-8808, with any information about those
buried in this cemetery.
The surnames Barnhouse , Dragoo, Knight, McCoy, Tomlinson, and Warfield are
found among the headstones. The following are headstone readings from the
cemetery, compiled in the late 1970s. The bracketed information is comments by
the transcribers or information that has been offered by ancestors.
McCOY CEMETERY
1980
B, N. A. - [no birth or death dates]
B., S. - [no birth or death dates] [Samuel Barnhouse]
B, S. N. - [no birth or death dates] [Samuel Nelson Barnhouse]
Barnhouse, Nancy A., wife of Samuel, d. 14 Jan. 1866
Barnhouse, William H. - [husband of Jacob & Isabelle's granddaughter]
Dragoo, [illegible], wife of Uel - [the first name is Jane]
Dragoo, Christena Jane, daughter of Jacob & Isabell
Dragoo, Isabell, wife of Jacob
Dragoo, Jacob
Dragoo, John F. - [son of Jacob & Isabell]
Dragoo, Peter, son of Jacob and Isabell
K., H. C. [it appears this may be the footstone of Herbert C. Knight]
Knight, Herbert C., son of M. L. & I. - [Melvin & Isabella (Barnhouse) Knight]
McCoy, Catherine, wife of Wm. McCoy
T., L.
Tomlinson, Albert
Tomlinson, Elizabeth M., daughter of A. & L.
Tomlinson, Soyda [possible mispelling], L., wife of Albert
Tomlinson, [illegible name], wife of Benjamin
W., S.
Warfield, R.
[illegible last name], F.
[illegible last name], Libby A.
There are 4 headstone foundations with unlettered pieces of headstones on them, and 2 headstone foundations without headstones. |