Biography

08/17/1811 - 10/19/1893

McCOY, Hiram C., a Representative from Butler County; born, August 17, 1811 in Mercer Township, Butler County, Pa.; farmer; engaged, wagon making; merchant; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1862 and 1863 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1864 term; hotel owner (1861-1868); organized, Mercer and Butler Railroad Company; proprietor, grist mill (1868-1870); appointed, associate judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Butler County (1870); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Butler County (1870); proprietor, general store (1871-1893); justice of peace; school director, Annandale; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Annandale (1879-1885); died, October 19, 1893 in Annandale, Butler County, Pennsylvania; interred, Prairie Cemetery, Harrisville, Butler County, Pennsylvania.