1. By: Peyton

2. The inventor was born in 1843, in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. His parents were former slaves, George and Mildred McCoy (nee Goins) had fled Kentucky for Canada on the underground railroad. In 1868, Elijah McCoy married Ann Elizabeth Stewart who died four years later. A year later, McCoy married his second wife Mary Eleanora Delaney. The couple had no children. BACKGROUND

3. He really didn’t have a good life with his family. He was always too busy with his work. FAMILY LIFE

4. He had 57 patents for lubricators. His first was in July 12, 1872. They were made for steam engines to pump oil to the shafts. INVENTIONS

5. He had no schooling. SCHOOL

6. October 10, 1929 McCoy died from senile dementia due to hypertension after spending a year in the Eloise infirmary in Michigan. DEATH