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This is a photograph of Christiana Polke McCoy (1778-1851), the wife of Isaac McCoy. They were married October 6, 1803 when Isaac McCoy was 20 years old and Christiana Polke was 16. The McCoys had 14 children; however, only four survived to adulthood. Isaac McCoy became a Baptist minister and missionary to the Indians, and Christiana spent 30 years aiding her husband in his work. In 1830, McCoy came to Kansas where he established a series of Baptist missions throughout the new Indian Territory. In 1832, after a few months at the home of his son-in-law, Dr. Johnston Lykins, he patented a tract of land and built a home, called "Locust", which is the site of St. Luke's Hospital. Her last home was built for her by her son, John Calvin McCoy, on Pearl Street in the "new Town of Kansas" (Kansas City), overlooking the Missouri River. Christiana died in 1851 and is buried in the Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Creator: Thomson
Date: Between 1830 and 1839
Item Number: 318954
Call Number: B McCoy, Isaac *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 318954
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1830s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - McCoy, Christiana
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Type of Material - Photographs
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