Grant McCoy

1864 - 1888  (24 years)

• Name	Grant McCoy
  Born	1864
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jun 1888	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I11351	Rossville
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2019

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- McCoy, Grant Article from the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 19 June 1888 reads... WELL ACCIDENT Topeka, Kansas, June 19 - At Rossville sixteen miles west of here, Grant McCoy, while being lowered into a well yesterday afternoon was overcome by foul air when ten feet below the surface and fell from the bucket to the bottom a distance of fifty-five feet, and was killed instantly. Up to a late hour his body had not been taken out, owing to the fears of the neighbors of the dangerous condition of the air. He was a popular young man and had been married but six months.