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June 1838, and in partnership with Carey A. Lee of Kentucky, opened a store under the name of
McCoy and Lee. William McCoy also formed the firm of Waldo, Hall & Co., which ultimately
started the overland mail service to Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition, McCoy opened a bank in
Independence, and in 1849 was elected the first mayor of that city. William McCoy and his wife,
Ellen, had two children, Allen L. and Nancy (Nannie). Nannie married Charles L. Minor of
Independence and had two daughters, Grace and Eleanor. John McCoy's daughter Jane (Jennie)
married Samuel H. Woodson, a lawyer and mayor of Independence, 1892-1902, and had two
daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. William H. Dennis (1840-1862) served in Company D, 7th
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, during the Civil War. His connection with the McCoys or Waddles is
unknown.
The collection consists primarily of letters to Ellen Waddle McCoy, before and after her
marriage, from her husband; from her sister Lucy, who remained in Chillicothe, Ohio; and from
her brothers William and John. The letters from her husband, William, dated in the 1840s from
Independence, Missouri, describe its early development and the beginning of westward
migration. The collection also includes significant Civil War correspondence. Letters of Angus
Waddle to Ellen McCoy, 1862-1864, describe the activities of the 33rd Ohio from Perryville,
Kentucky; Stone's River, Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Chickamauga, Tennessee; to the
progress of Sherman's Atlanta campaign through Resaca, Rome, Big Shanty, Marietta and
Atlanta. Also includes the semi-literate correspondence of William H. Dennis, dating from the
organization of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry at Camp Butler, Illinois, in 1861, through the
regiment's assignments in Missouri (New Madrid and Island #10), Tennessee, and Mississippi,
and continuing until Dennis' death (presumably from illness) in late 1862. The collection also
includes Civil War letters of Ellen and her friends and relatives describing bushwhackers and the
generally unsettled conditions in western Missouri during the war.
Cite as: Ellen Waddle McCoy Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1005
McCulloch, Richard.
Letterbook, 1894-1904. 1 volume
Chief engineer, National Railway Co., St. Louis, and representative and consultant in France
and Switzerland for building of street railways. He also built the Baden, St. Louis and
Southwestern Railways, and was in charge of changing the Citizen Railway from cable to
electric traction.
Letterbook of St. Louis and international railway engineer, 1894-1904, containing business
correspondence in reference to the production of a tramway in Geneva, Switzerland.
Some French.
Cite as: Richard McCulloch Letterbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1006
McDaniel, Samuel M. (1844- ).
Reminiscences, 1910. 4 volumes
Samuel M. McDaniel was born June 7, 1844, in Pettis County, Missouri. His grandfather had
changed the family name from McDonald to McDaniel. In December 1861 McDaniel left home
to work his way through Union-controlled territory to join Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons’ infantry
division under the command of Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate forces. McDaniel served as an
artillery man at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas (March 7-8, 1862) and later served as a courier
with the Confederate forces in Arkansas. He terminated his military service at the end of 1864.
After the war McDaniel attended Chester Academy in Chester, Illinois (1865), and soon