William Eugene McCown

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 16 Jun 1900, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 18 Apr 1910, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; Eugene and Lauryane are living with their Aunt and Uncle Boyer.
• Education: 1914, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; Central High School
• Education: 1917, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; University of Missouri-Columbia (1917-1919)
• Education: 1919, New York City, New York, USA; "Modern Art School"
• Arrives: Jan 1920, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
• Arrives: Jul 1921, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Occupation: 1922, Paris, Île-de-France, France; Artist by day...Jazz pianist at "Le Bœuf" by night.
• Artwork: 1923, Paris, Île-de-France, France; An oil painting of Nancy Cunard
• Artwork: 1924, Paris, Île-de-France, France; The frontispiece to René Crevel's book,"Détours"
• Exhibit: 1925, Paris, Île-de-France, France; Galerie de L'Effort Moderne, Léonce Rosenberg
• Letter: 1925, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Periodical: Mar 1925, New York City, New York, USA
• Residence: 1930, New York City, New York, USA
• Exhibit: 15 Mar 1930, New York City, New York, USA
• Article about Eugene McCown: 14 May 1930, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA
• Arrives: Abt 1932, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Residence: 27 Nov 1933, New York City, New York, USA; Address: 166 E. 61st St.
• Letter: 20 Nov 1934, New York City, New York, USA
• Residence: 20 Nov 1934, New York City, New York, USA; Chelsea Hotel. 222 West 23rd Street, Manhattan. See Source for letter written to Andrew Dasburg.
• Exhibit: 23 Feb 1937, New York City, New York, USA; Federal Art Project Gallery (7 East 38th St.)
• Exhibit: 2 Nov 1938, New York City, New York, USA; Whitney Museum of American Art (10 West 8th St.)
• Residence: 1940, New York City, New York, USA; Address: 15 W. 29th Street
• Military: 16 Feb 1942, New York City, New York, USA
• Occupation: 22 Sep 1945, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA; Touring Army and Navy Hospitals for the USO Camp Shows...this one at Rhodes Hospital
• Author: 1950, New York City, New York, USA; "Siege of Innocence"
• Residence: 1964, New York City, New York, USA; Eugene's last known address: 1107 Second Ave.

Notes:

Arrives:
Eugene toured the West Indies with John Blomshield (b.31 May 1897 Bay City, MI), the artist of the Hemingway portrait that appears on the dust jacket of "The Sun Also Rises", 1st ed.

Arrives:
Eugene calls Paris his home for the next 9 years.

Periodical:
"The Little Review" (Source includes letters to Jane Kemp and a few of Eugene's paintings published in this issue). Included an article about Eugene by Rene Crevel.

Residence:
Lafayette Hotel (University Place and 9th Street). He's with a James McCown (age 25, born in NY), relation listed as brother. Eugene has no brother.

Arrives:
I don't know exactly when he arrived in Belgium. The passenger list shows him arriving in New York from Belgium 27 Nov 1933.

Died:

Per my phone conversation with Jérome Kagan 03/03/2021: Eugene tried to commit suicide on March 20th, 1966 by ingesting a number of pills and alcohol. He was found on the floor the next day by a friend of his, Gabriel Oriol, who took him to the hospital. Eugene survived for one month before he ultimately died of pneumonia. Mr. Kagan received this information (and more) from a gentleman who knew Eugene. Additional information can be found in Mr Kagan's book: Eugene McCown: Démon des années folles.

Buried:
Eugene's place of burial has not yet been found. Eugene was destitute and starving at the time before his death. It's possible he was buried in Potter's Field in New York. Or maybe taken home to Missouri? We may never know.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Guardianship: 1875, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; William lost his mother, father and his two sisters by the age of 5.
• Residence: 1880
• Residence: 1900, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: 1910, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1920, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Address: 501 East Green Street
• Residence: 1930, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Address; 309 East Jefferson.
• Residence: Abt 1937, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA
• Residence: Abt 1940, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1949, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Address: 326 N. Emerson Ave.
• Occupation: Abt 1950, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Gravestone salesman at Washington Park East Cemetery
• Residence: 1951, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1954, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Address: 1928 N. Pennsylvania
• Obituary: 30 Mar 1961

Notes:

William's mother and his two sisters died in 1873 when he was 3 years old. Then two years later his father died. He and his remaining siblings are shown living with Joel Duvall and his family in the 1880 census.

Residence:
William and his brothers, Cinncinatus and Thomas, are living with Joel Duvall and family./Windsor, Henry, Missouri

Residence:
Address: 208 Fourth St. Occupation: Hardware Dealer. His brother, Cincinnatus, lives at 205 Fourth St. and is in the same occupation.

Occupation:
Undertaker at the Brownington and Maplewood Cemeteries from abt 1910 to abt 1919. See attached sources.

Residence:
Son-in-law says William went to Corvallis but not sure when. Date is based on death of Cincinnatus' wife (d.1937) and Cincinnatus' death (d.1940) in Corvallis. William not found in 1937-1941 MO or IN city directories

Residence:
Son-in-law says William went to Texas where he raised chickens. Location and date he went to Texas is unknown but was after Oregon.

Residence:
Address: 1928 Pennsylvania. William was the notifier of his half sister, May Belle McCown's death (see her death record)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38795231/william-henry-mccown

William married Inez Boyer in Feb 1896 in Henry County, Missouri, USA. Inez (daughter of Oliver Boyer and Elizabeth Gutridge) was born on 24 Apr 1877 in Indiana, USA; died on 26 Jan 1909 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in Deepwater Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1900, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45772670/inez-mccown

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 16 Sep 1853, Sacramento County, California, USA
• Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Military: 10 Aug 1862, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Age: 33
• Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Residence:
William M. McCown and James Williams (brother of Nancy Williams, wife of Elijah Thomas McCown) arrived in California after traveling for three months from Indiana. They spent the next few years prospecting for gold.

Residence:
Returns from CA flush with gold. Purchases 600 acres of land near Calhoun in Windsor Township. He runs an important live stock ranch and is widely known as a successful breeder of racehorses. The 1870 US census shows he has real estate value of $10,000.

Military:
Civil War...60th Regiment E.M.M., Co. K. Relieved of duty 18 Apr 1863. Promoted to Captain on Dec 6, 1862

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34874131/william-m-mccown

William married Martha A. "Mattie" Houston about 1860 in Missouri, USA. Martha (daughter of Harvey Houston and Elizabeth Brown) was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA; died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Noble, Cass, Indiana, USA; Living with her father and step-mother
• Residence: 1 Jun 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Living with brother Benjamin, sister Sarah (and her husband James Klepinger and their family), and step-mother Orrelia)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34874247/martha-mattie-mccown

Buried in the McCown family plot at Laurel Oak Cemetery (Lot: 0576 Gr: 06). Martha and her daughters, Alice and Laura, died during the US cholera epidemic of 1873 that swept through Missouri and most of the Midwest.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Franklin, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Franklin, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1910, Benton, Beaver, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

Oliver married Elizabeth Gutridge about 1870 in Missouri, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1852 in Missouri, USA; died on 3 Apr 1882 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 30 Aug 1814, Halifax County, Virginia, USA; Capt. Wm. Leigh's Company of Col. Greenhill/Green Hill's Regt. of Gen. Wayne's Division
• Military: 27 Dec 1814, Charles City, Virginia, USA; Discharged (War of 1812)
• Residence: 1820
• Residence: 1821, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Settled near Spencer on Rattlesnake Creek according to family lore.
• Residence: 1827, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Settled near Ellettsville on a small creek called Jack's Defeat
• Residence: 1830
• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 4 Oct 1850, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 16 Jun 1860, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Bryant's Creek
• Residence: 4 Jun 1870, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Possible 1820 location:
Meadsville, Halifax, Virginia.

1820 US Census:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 (b.1811-1820)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 (b.1795-1804)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 (b.1811-1820)
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 (b.1795-1804)

The one problem is James would have been 30 years old at the time of t he 1820 census.

Residence:
NOTE: No one named McCown found in the 1820 US Census for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. For original census: https://archive.org/details/populationsc18200140unit -Possible location: Meadsville, Halifax, Virginia (see Notes)

Residence:
NOTE: No one named McCown found in the 1830 US Census for Monroe or Owen County, Indiana. For full transcription of census: http://www.us-census.org/states/indiana/

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36075762/james-mccown

James married Nancy Mourning Lewis on 28 Nov 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of Zacharias Lewis and Winifred Mustain) was born on 27 Feb 1794 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Aug 1885 in Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA; was buried on 23 Aug 1885 in Chambersville Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1823, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Settled near Spencer on Rattlesnake Creek
• Residence: 1827, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Settled near Ellettsvile on a small creek called Jack's Defeat
• Residence: 1840, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 4 Oct 1850, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 16 Jun 1860, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Bryant's Creek
• Residence: 4 Jun 1870, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 21 Jun 1880, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36075806/nancy-mourning-mccown

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Green, Shelby, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1840, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Noble, Cass, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
NOTE: This Harvey Houston is NOT the James Harvey Houston (1801-1861) who married Isabell Hamilton (1807-1893). That line of Houston's were born and raised in Monroe County, Indiana.

(FindAGrave memorial for James Harvey Houston: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53551141/james-harvey-houston)

Harvey married Elizabeth Brown on 26 Sep 1826 in Miami County, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of James Brown and Martha Summers) was born about 1800; died about 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Year of death just a guess. It appears she is in the 1840 Census with her husband but she is not with her husband in the 1850 census.

Notes:

Married:
I don't know if THIS Harvey Houston is the same one who married Elizabeth Brown. MORE RESEARCH NEEDED. Elizabeth's father, however, names her, Elizabeth Houston, in his will. Harvey's brother, Robert, married a Mary Brown.