- Wounded Soldiers At A Washington D.C. Hospital (9 KB)
John Klink would have be kept in a hospital such as this, following his injuries at the Battle of Fair Oaks in 1862. (Library of Congress, picture)
- The Hansford Brewer White Family (73 KB)
This is the earliest photo I have of my great grandparents, Hansford "Hannie" and Narcissus "Narsie" White, with their first three children: William, Effie and Dessie. Though not good quality, this picture is one of my favorites. They later had 9 more children.
- Adam Klink's First Muster 101st Veteran Volunteers (142 KB)
Reenlisted on January 1, 1864 and first mustered in on February 27, 1864 and Plymouth, NC.
- Civil War Field Hospital (107 KB)
Many wounded soldiers were kept at these field hospitals which were over crowded and filled with disease. (Library of Congress)
- LeRoy and Lollie White McCoy (124 KB)
These are my grandparents Roy and Lollie McCoy. Roy is the son of Evan and Talitha McCoy, and the grandson of Drayton and Edna McCoy. He was Minister in the Nazarene Church. Lollie was the daughter of Hansford and Narsie Stringer White. (She was a twin to Ollie.) This picture is especially special to me since it was taken in front of their church. A cousin of mine made me this wonderful memory book with their picture in the middle. In taking a close up picture of the book, the items on the book became a beautiful frame for two wonderful people. These two people had a profound influence on my life. I miss them dearly.
- Mary Ann Ferguson, Phillips Meth. Cemetery, SC (117 KB)
Mary Ann McCoy Ferguson's stone at Phillips Methodist Cemetery, Lauren's County, SC. Mary Ann was the daughter of John and Charity McCoy and the wife of John Wm. Ferguson. She died at age 24yrs, 11mon, 2days. Her stone was an above the ground crypt that was badly damaged and very difficult to read. The entire top of the stone had a message written on it but we were unable to make it all out. I used chalk to make out her name but the rest of the stone was falling apart and beyond repair. It was such a sad thing to happened to what was once a beautiful monument.
- Adam Klink's Memo Prisoner of War Records (166 KB)
Misc. prisoner of war records from Adam Klink's file.
- Unknown Union Soldier (34 KB)
We do not have a picture of our JOHN KLINK with the 101st Pennsylvania Company C, so we have adopted this unknown soldier as our own. Many descendants of those who served in the Civil War do not have pictures of their family member who served. Perhaps one day we will find our own JOHN KLINK. (picture, Library of Congress)
- LeRoy McCoy as a Young Man (109 KB)
This picture had to have been taken when my grandfather was around 16 or 17 years of age. I will always remember his wonderful smile and how he loved to laugh. Nothing gave him more pleasure than making others laugh too. He was never beyond a practical joke, "just for the fun of it." He taught us all a value lesson in learning to enjoy life with a smile.
- Pheby (Phoebe) Whitten's stone - Phillips Meth Cem (91 KB)
Pheby was the wife of John Whitten Sr. The stone says that she died in her 68th year, on December 10, 1822. She was the mother of Anna Whitten Jacks and the grandmother to many of those buried in this cemetery.
- John McCoy's Will 1836, Laurens County, SC (260 KB)
This is a transcribed copy of the original will that was very hard to read. I transcribed it as written. Some misspelled words and errors in grammar are present. I didn't want to take away from the original content.
- Barbara Klink's Letter Requesting John's CWPension (177 KB)
After many years attempting to receive John Klink's Pension for service in the Civil War, Barbara writes a final letter. John had been dead 7 years.
- Ollie and Lollie White (118 KB)
This is the only picture I have of my grandmother Lollie and her twin Ollie. She always laughed when she spoke about how different they were to be twins. She was short and chubby, while he was tall and skinny. To our knowledge, they never had a middle name. They were two of twelve children. They were also the first of two sets of twins born to Hansford and Narsie White.
- Dr. Thomas McCoy -- Laurens County, SC (82 KB)
Thomas McCoy is the son of Barnett and Elizabeth Danner McCoy. He was the grandson of John and Charity McCoy. He was born December 27, 1830.In 1862, he entered the service of the Confederate Army, Company I, of the First South Carolina Regiment. (General Gregg's Brigade and then McGowan's.) After four months, he was detailed to a position on the surgeon's staff. Here he remained until the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was left in charge of the sick and wounded. He was captured at this place, with all the sick and wounded of the 1st Regiment. Following his capture, he was imprisoned 14 months at Fort Delaware. During his imprisonment, he had a position in the prison hospital and was treated with due respect and courtesy. He was exchanged in October of 1864. He remained a surgeon until the end of the war. Dr. Thomas returned to the city of Laurens, SC in the later part of 1869. It was here that he resumed his medical practice. He married Mrs. Alberta E. Ferguson Young on December 27, 1858, a native of Laurens County. Alberta is the daughter of Mary Ann McCoy and John Ferguson. Mary Ann was John and Charity McCoy's daughter. **From the Encyclopedia of Emenent and Representative Men of the Carolinas, 19th Century, Vol 1. pg. 317 - 318. Brent and Fuller 1892.
- Phillips Methodist Cemetery, Laurens County, SC (150 KB)
This is the gate at the entrance to Phillips Methodist Cemetery in Laurens County, SC. The old original fence post, with its rusty gate still intact, remains behind this new chain link fence. I suppose this represents the present and the past. As we opened the gate to enter this place, we were strangely reminded of how it must have been during a time when this old gate was used. What a great idea to leave it there as a piece of our history.
- Barbara Klink's Original CW Pension Application (458 KB)
At the bottom of this copy were the signatures of J.P. Heins and Louis Engelbauch (in addition to Barbara Klink). This form was too long to capture the copy of these signatures.
- Lycurgus Chesterfield Anderson - Laurens Co, SC (117 KB)
Lycurgus Chesterfield Anderson is the son of Charity E. McCoy and Louis Anderson. Lycurgus is the grandson of John and Charity McCoy. He was born March 20, 1843 and died May 3, 1918. He served in the Civil War as part of Owens Co. (Carolina Bees), 14th Regiment South Carolina Infantry. He joined August 18, 1861 and was wounded in August of 1863. He married Martha C. M. Holland on January 14, 1869. He is buried at the 1st Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clinton, South Carolina.
- Phillips Methodist Cemetery -- "THE TREE" (175 KB)
This unusual tree marks the entrance to Phillips Methodist Cemetery, Laurens County, SC. It seemed to motion us to come inside or perhaps it was saying "Finally, what took you so long?" Whatever the meaning, we stopped to admire it.
- John Klink's Certificate of Disability CW Papers (385 KB)
Debility from heart disease resulting in ascity and anasarca (these medical terms mean swelling, retaining of fluid, and generalized edema).
- Evan Boyd McCoy (44 KB)
This is my great grandfather Evan Boyd McCoy. Evan is the son of Drayton Bennett McCoy and Edna Elizabeth Barnes McCoy. He served in the Civil in the 35th Mississippi. He was a school teacher and I'm told that he taught music. He spent his last years in West Texas were he died in 1919. He is the father of my grandfather LeRoy McCoy.
- EVAN BOYD McCOY -- Attala Co, Mississippi (44 KB)
Evan Boyd McCoy, son of Drayton Bennett McCoy, grandson of John McCoy, served in the 35th Mississippi Infantry Company E. He enlisted March 6, 1862 and served until the end of the war in 1865. The 35th was organized at West Point, Mississippi in March 1862 and was assigned to Gen. J. C. Moore's Arkansas and Texas Brigade of Maury's Division. Later this group was part of General Price's Army of the West in Northern Mississippi. The 35th participated on the attack at Corinth, MS....and later the siege of Vicksburg, MS. For some 47 days the men were confined to the trenches night and day under a fire of musketry and artillery. They were then involved in numerous battles of significance. The regiment reported to Gen. Maury at Mobile, AL, where they surrendered at Citronelle, on May 4, 1865...and the end of the war.
- John McCoy's Stone found in Laurens Co., SC (109 KB)
Tamara and Ashley stand gazing at John's stone. After so many years and many thousands of miles, we found his resting place. The stone had fallen backwards and was in need of some repair, but that was of no concern at this moment. There it was....hidden in the tall grass and it looked wonderful. (A Real Kodak Moment!!)
- John Klink's War Dept Record Misc. Info (429 KB)
This includes Muster record and description of injury.
- David Richard Stringer and Ollie White (177 KB)
This is a picture of my gr.gr. grandfather David Richard Stringer, son of Joseph Stringer and Cassandra Campbell, and grandson of Rice Stringer and Rachel Davis. Also pictured is Ollie White, grandson of David Stringer. Ollie is the son of Hansford White and Narsie Stringer.
- Thomas Fawcett Allender 1858 - 1934 (75 KB)
Thomas Fawcett Allender, son of Robert Allender and Euphamia Hastings, grandson of John Allender and Margaret Milligan of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Thomas married Sarah Ann Wright, his first cousin, sometime before 1879. (Their mothers were sisters.) Thomas and Sarah died on the same day, January 12, 1934, from different causes. Neither knew that the other had died.
- John McCoy's Stone at Phillips Meth. Cemetery, SC (130 KB)
It was hard to believe that it still looked so good. John was buried in 1836 and the stone was still in good shape.
- Adam Klink's Prisoner of War Record (333 KB)
This record is from the date of January 1, 1864 following his reenlistment into the 101st PA.
- Talitha C. Fitzpatrick Wilson McCoy and son Cleve (58 KB)
Talitha Cumi Fitzpatrick had six sons from her marriage to Wm. Henry Wilson, when she married my gr. Grandfather Evan McCoy in 1891. Evan had five children of his own. They combined these two families into one large one before they had five children of their own. One of those children was my grandfather, LeRoy McCoy. Talitha died in 1905 from Typhoid Fever. Her McCoy children were still very young. She was much loved by her family and friends. In this picture, she is holding her son Cleve. Her youngest son by Wm. Henry Wilson. Cleve was probably about three years old when Talitha and Evan married.
- Thomas and Sarah Ann Wright Allender (61 KB)
Thomas and Sarah Ann Wright Allender are shown here in approximately 1925. They lived on a farm in Upper St. Clair Township, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Melrose Cemetery in Bridgeville, PA. He was a coal miner by trade.
- Charity McCoy's Stone, Phillips Meth. Cemetery SC (165 KB)
Charity McCoy's stone was a little harder to read. I have printed the words on the picture so that it would be easier to view. She died in 1820 and this stone was one of the oldest in the cemetery.
- Adam Klink's Reenlistment into the 101st PA (365 KB)
Adam reenlisted at Plymouth, NC on the first day of January 1864, as a Veteran Volunteer.
- Beaver County, PA Recruitment Poster -- 1862 (176 KB)
John and Adam Klink would have responded to a recruitment poster such as this in joining the 101st PA Volunteer Infantry, Company C. (I have this picture linked back to my family Civil War pages.)
- Thomas Walter "Tucker" Allender USMC -- WWI (69 KB)
"Tucker" as he was so lovingly called was born June 7, 1900 and died May 9, 1983. He was the son of Thomas Fawcett and Sarah Ann Wright Allender, Grandson of Robert and Euphamia Hastings Allender, and Gr. Grandson of John and Margaret Milligan Allender. Tucker is well remembered in Alleghany County, PA., as the one who always carried the flag for the Veteran's Day Parade.
- Elizabeth Jacks McCoy, Phillips Meth. Cem., SC (147 KB)
Elizabeth Jacks, daughter of Isaac and Anna Whitten Jacks, and wife of Drayton Bennett McCoy, died at 22 years of age. The message on this stone conveys the grief that must have been felt at her passing. She left behind at least two small children and a young husband who obviously mourned for her. The words are as follows:
"In memory of Mrs. McCoy"
daughter of Isaac and Anny Jacks
born: March 8, 1806
died: February 1, 1828
"Her bereaved husband deeply impressed
with his irreparable loss erects this
frail monument to her memory"
- Adam Klink's Detachment Muster Out Roll (155 KB)
Adam mustered out of the 101st PA Volunteer Infantry Company "C" on December 31, 1863, only to reenlist on January 1, 1864.
- Alexander Allender (115 KB)
He died in the "Old Soldiers Home" in Sandusky, Ohio. He was with Grant at Appomattox. He often talked about the Civil War. (To date I don't have his Civil War information.) He is the son of James Allender and Angeline Bonnell, grandson of John Allender and Margaret Milligan. His father, James and my 3rd gr. grandfather Robert, were brothers.
- Mary Ann Josephine Godfrey, Phillips Cemetery SC (116 KB)
Mary Ann Josephine Godfrey's stone at Phillips Methodist Cemetery, Lauren's County, SC. Mary Ann was the daughter of James S. and Eliza F. McCoy Godfrey, and the granddaughter of John and Charity McCoy. She was only 9 months old when she died. She passed away one week before her grandfather, John McCoy. They are buried close together in the cemetery. What a sad time it must have been during that week.
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