1835 Birth:66, Mosier Cemetery, p. 3.,821 Birth year of 1835 taken from tombstone in Mosier Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana. This date is supported by age (15 years) in 1850 census enumeration. Birth place of Porter County assumed from consistent birth place of Indiana given in all census enumerations and the migration of the extended family of William Frame to Porter County in 1834.

1840 U.S. Census:2276 William enumerated in the household of his father William McCoy in Porter County, Indiana as one of three males between the ages of 5 and 10; William was age 5, brother Jeremiah was age 7, and John was age 9.

1850 U.S. Census:821 William enumerated in household of his mother Margaret (Frame) McCoy in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana as a male, age 15, born in Indiana.

1857 Marriage:2579 Marriage of William McCoy and Caroline Cadwell on 15 April 1857 listed in Porter County, Indiana marriage records.

1860 U.S. Census:1521
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township, Valparaiso)
Enumerated 7 September 1860
William McCoy •• 25, male, farmer, personal property value $150, born in Indiana
Caroline •• 21, female, white, born in Indiana
Adaline •• 2, female, white
Mother Margaret McCoy822 is enumerated as an adjacent household.

1870 U.S. Census:824
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township, Valparaiso Port Office)
Enumerated 11 August 1870
William McCoy •• 35, male, white, farmer, real estate value $2,500, personal property value $350, born in Indiana
Caroline •• 31, female, keeps house, bon in Indiana
Abbie •• 12, female, white, at home, born in Indiana, in school
Phela •• 9, female, white, at home, born in Indiana, in school
Janette •• 7, female, white, at home, born in Indiana, in school
Anna •• 5, female, white, at home, born in Indiana, in school

1880 U.S. Census:2301
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township)
Enumerated 17 June 1880
William McCoy •• white, male, 45, married, farmer, born in Indiana, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Ohio
Caroline •• white, female, 41, wife, married, keeps house, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in New York
Phila J. •• white, female, 19, daughter, single, at home, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in New York
Nettie •• white, female, 17, daughter, single, at home, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in New York
Annie •• white, female, 15, daughter, single, at home, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in New York

1918 Tombstone:66, Mosier Cemetery, p. 3. Mosier Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana.
William McCoy
1835-1918