1860 census for William & Elizabeth Coyan

"My ggg-grandparents"

This important U.S. census record shows my 4th great-grandparents, Hugh and Elizabeth Coyan; my 3rd great-grandparents, William and Elizabeth Coyan; and my great-great grandfather, Jackson Coyan, along with his brothers Hugh, William, George and Robert, and sister Mary Ann.

Notice in this census that William's parents, Hugh & Elizabeth Coyan, (my gggg-grandparents) were still living and in Jackson county, Ohio. This is the LAST documented record that Hugh was still living, as he is not present in the 1870 census for son William Coyan in Iowa (although William's mother Elizabeth was..) It's extremely important to note that Hugh Coyan states his place of birth as Maryland in ca. 1789-90!