McCOIN - Sometimes spelled McCauhan, McCowen, McKaughan

McCOIN, CAMILLA FRANCES WARNICK - (Mrs. Columbus Franklin McCoin) - Mother of Una McCoin Robbins Hinkley; Grandmother of Ercell Robbins; Sister of Emma Warnick Robbins James (Mrs. Sam James, formerly Mrs. Andrew Robbins) -  June 23, 1851 - Feb 28, 1937

McCONNELL, FRANK - Drowned - Son of W.F. McConnell - Died Sept 14, 1919 - Age 38 Years

McCORMACK, HARRISON STOKER - Suffocated in Snowslide - Died Jan 1, 1952 (approximately) - Age 40 Years

McCOWEN - See McCoin

McCOY, GEORGE M. - Flu - Husband of Josephine Julia "Josie" Boyd; Father of Marguerite Josephine McCoy;  Son of George W. and Hulda Haines McCoy - Sept 5, 1881 - Nov 2, 1918

McDERMAT - See McDermott

McDERMOTT, JAMES  (or GEORGE) - Died Oct 24, 1902- Age 40 Years

McDOLE, EDWARD STEPHEN - Son of James Beverly and Ina Morris McDole; Brother of B. James, John Ora and Marie McDole and Mrs. Brennan - July 24, 1912 - May 21, 1970

McDONALD, ALEX J. - Son of Archibald and Henrietta McDonald; Brother of D.J. McDonald and Mary Jane McDonald Deagle - Jan 12, 1870 - Aug 30, 1933

McDONALD, CHARLES E. "SHORTY" - Son of Charles McDonald - Sept 1858 - Apr 27, 1902

McDONALD, CHARLES ELZA "CHAZZ" - Car Wreck - Son of Pete and  Mattie Toniolli McDonald; Brother of Paul B. McDonald; Grandson of Elza F. McDonald and of Matt C. and Pasqua Toniolli - Sept 22, 1937 - Sept 29, 1957 - Tragedy cut deeply into the McDonald family when their son, "Chazz", who had just passed his twentieth birthday, was killed in an auto accident on the Ouray road

McDONALD, FRANK J. - Died Apr 21, 1922 - Age 60 Years

McDONALD, PAUL PRESTON "PETE" - Former Husband of Mattie Toniolli (later Norris); Father of Charles Elza "Chazz" and  Paul B. McDonald; Son of Elza F. McDonald - Nov 10, 1911 - May 10, 1986

McDONALD, UNNAMED BOY - Stillborn - Son of John Henry McDonald and Anna Katherine Francesca Von Brakel Rosendaal; Half Brother of Mia Theodora Rosendaal Sullivan, Elizabeth Rosendaal McNamara, Anna Rosendaal Sitter Toy, John W. Rosendaal and Antonius R "Tom" Rosendaal - Died Aug 7, 1918

McDOWELL, JOHN A., MAJOR - Died Aug 18, 1879 - Age 67 Years

McELHANEY, ELSIE RADKE – (Mrs.  L.B. "Peck" McElhaney); Daughter of Mrs. C.C. Mourning - 1881 - May 31, 1925

McENAY, PETER - Gold King Fire-  Died June 6, 1908 - Age 50 Years - Peter died after the disastrous Gold King Mine fire.  Six men died as the result of the tragedy, five of whom were among the rescuers. 

McFARLANE, HANNAH OGDEN - (Mrs. Captain William McFarlane); Mother of William T. McFarlane - Died Feb 6, 1891 - Three years before her death Hannah suffered a stroke, and since that time had been paralyzed, bedridden and helpless.

McGILLAN, JOHN M. "SHORTY" - Delirium Tremens - Died Aug 22, 1891 - Age 30 Years – “He Never Blamed the Booze!  His liver needed scraping and his kidneys had the gout, He swallowed lots of bitters 'til at last he cleaned 'em out,  His legs were swelled with dropsy 'til he had to cut his shoes, He blamed it to the doctors, but he never blamed the booze! Then he had the tremens, and he tackled rats and snakes, First he had the fever, then he had the shakes, At last he had a funeral and the mourners had the blues, And the epitaph they carved him ..."He Never Blamed the Booze!"

McGINLEY, ED - Died 1906 - Starvation and Freezing - Died Mar 15, 1906 (approximately) - Age 68 Years.  Ed's story was a gruesome and pitiful one

McGINLEY, HENRY - Died Oct 29, 1898 - Age 35 Years

McGINN, BARNEY - Snowslide - Probably Buried at Ouray - Died Jan 23, 1886 (approximately) - Barney, an old time San Juan miner, froze to death near Bear Creek Falls on the way to Ouray from Red Mountain.

McGOEY, THOMAS – Frozen - Died Dec 21, 1887 - Tom, an old timer who had lived in the area about ten years, was found dead in his cabin near the Pride of the West Mine.  He had been imbibing quite freely of whiskey and was lying on the floor frozen stiff

McGOVERN, JAMES – Typhoid - Died Nov 11, 1904 - Age 35 Years - James died of typhoid fever

McGRATH, JOHN - Son of John J. McGrath  - Died May 12, 1933 - Age 60 Years

McGRATH, JOHN J. - Father of James Worthington McGrath - 1840 - Aug 27, 1887

McGRAW, WILLIAM S. -  Mill Accident - Husband of Nellie May Ash; Son of David and Hulda McGraw; Brother of Alvin and C.E. McGraw - May 21, 1874 - Dec 24, 1898

McINTYRE, ANGUS - Died Jan 6, 1895

McJONES (or JONES), JOSEPH - Son of Evan and Margaret Jones;  Relative of Henry Jones - Died Sept 29, 1889 - Age 32 Years

McKAUGHAN - See McCoin

McKAY, EDWARD - 1857 - Sept 23, 1908

McKENNA, JOHN C. - Veteran Civil War - Died June 20, 1881 - Age 45 Years

McKENZIE, BILLY - Drowned -  Son of Alexander R. and Amelia Gibson McKenzie; Brother of Fred L. and John E. McKenzie and Mrs. Fred Caldwell - Aug 20, 1893 - May 15, 1899 - Age 6 Years - The story of the death of little Billy was heart- rending.

 

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