William J. McCord
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
William J. McCord, a farmer and stock raiser of Sylvania Township, Scott Co., Mo., was born in Ripley County, Mo., on January 17, 1850. He is a son of Thomas and Dausa (Bradley) McCord, natives of Tennessee, who came to Scott County, and located near Kelso, but later removed to a farm in Sylvania Township, where they resided until their deaths. To them were born ten children as follows: Cynthia (widow of R. Spradling, of Scott County), Louvisia (deceased), Sarah (deceased), James D. (deceased), John D. Jefferson B. (deceased), William J., Simeon (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased) and Polly (deceased). William J. remained on his parents' farm, until the death of his mother, when he engaged in farming for himself. He located where he now resides in April 1887, and is improving his farm with the intention of making it his future home. He married Miss Ider Dillingham, a native of Kentucky, who was reared in Hopkins County, that State. She is the daughter of Louis O. and Eliza J. (Bessy) Dillingham, natives of Kentucky, who removed with their family to Southeast Missouri in 1879. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are living, viz: Lenora, Ider J., Walter B., Oliver L. and Mysta. Those dead are Michael, Minnie and Irene T. Mrs. Dillingham is dead, and Mr. Dillingham and youngest daughter, Mysta, reside with the subject of this sketch. By a previous marriage Mr. Dillingham had six children: David (deceased), Demarus C. (deceased), Theodore, Orville C., Louis B. and Mary Ann. Mr. and Mrs. McCord have had four children: Louis L. (deceased), Elnora, Willie O. and Lou Ina. In religious belief the family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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