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Donna Irby HUSBAND: John Lewis Cupps Birth date: October 30, 1824 Birth place: Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Death date: December 23, 1905 Death place: Newton Co., Missouri (or enroute there) Burial place: Newton Co., Missouri Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown WIFE: Margaret Ellen Gillson Birth date: April 09, 1847 Birth place: Ohio Death date: December 27, 1904 Death place: Niwot, Coleman Co., Texas Burial place: buried in Cleveland Community Cemetery, near Santa Anna,
Coleman County, Texas Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Marriage date: August 01, 1866 Marriage place: Green Co., Indiana CHILD 1: Mary Isabell Cupps Birth date: November 10, 1867 Birth place: Indiana Death date: December 23, 1950 Death place: Spouse: Hiram Randolph Bingham Marriage Date: July 11, 1891 Marriage Place: Coleman Co., Texas CHILD 2: Margaret Ellen Cupps Birth date: November 29, 1869 Birth place: Iowa Death date: February 25, 1904 Death place: Coleman County, Texas Spouse: W. N. (Doc) King Marriage Date: January 11, 1891 Marriage Place: Coleman County, Texas CHILD 3: Joseph L. Cupps Birth date: January 17, 1872 Birth place: Missouri Death date: August 11, 1895 Death place: Spouse: Maggie Graham Marriage Date: August 02, 1894 Marriage Place: CHILD 4: Rhoda Loraine Cupps Birth date: November 05, 1873 Birth place: Missouri Death date: August 26, 1969 Death place: Boerne, Kendall County, Texas Spouse: William Cathy Penland Marriage Date: December 20, 1891 Marriage Place: CHILD 5: Etta (Etty) Mae Cupps Birth date: July 26, 1876 Birth place: Missouri Death date: May 16, 1932 Death place: Spouse: William Milton Smith Marriage Date: February 22, 1894 Marriage Place: CHILD 6: Dessa Marcella Cupps Birth date: November 15, 1878 Birth place: Missouri Death date: March 06, 1954 Death place: Texas Spouse: James Wilmar Bingham Marriage Date: May 29, 1907 Marriage Place: CHILD 7: Charles Frank Cupps Birth date: May 01, 1880 Birth place: Iowa Death date: March 05, 1967 Death place: Eden, Concho County, Texas Spouse: Nannie Mitchell Marriage Date: November 15, 1908 Marriage Place: CHILD 8: Louisa Josephine Cupps Birth date: November 17, 1883 Birth place: Boulder City, Missouri Death date: November 26, 1938 Death place: Spouse: Frank Affie Parsons Marriage Date: April 28, 1901 Marriage Place: Niwot, Texas SOURCES: 1850 Washington Co. PA; 1860 p. 54 Florence
Twp. line 528/448; Washington County, PA census; 1870 Huron Twp., Des Moines
County, Iowa p. 513, 1880 Census Pulaski County, Missouri; 1900 Census Coleman
County, Texas Pct 7, Household 307; Probate File # 249 Coleman, Coleman County,
Texas; Coleman County, Texas Death Records, Vol 1 page 31.; Greene County,
Indiana Marriage Records, page 61; Coleman County Marriage Records; Delayed
Birth Certificate, Coleman County; Bosque County Marriage Records; LDS records;
Juanita Naron, and Loleta Lemes NOTES: John Lewis2 Cupps married (1) unknown Abt. 1845
(Source: Coleman County Texas Probate Records, Book F, page 375, File #249, "2
children by my first wife, 7 by second wife, and 7 by last wife, M E Cupps'.).
She was born in Pennsylvania (Source: 1910 Census Tulsa County Oklahoma.). He
married (2) Mary Parkerson (Source: Newton County, Missouri Death Records.) Abt.
1850. She was born Abt. 1823 in Pennsylvania, and died Aft. December 05, 1863 in
Indiana (Source: Lanora Cupps Jordan.). On both the 1850 and 1860 census he
lists his occupation as cooper (barrel maker). The Cupps helped start the first
Church of Christ after they moved to Coleman County and the first school,
originally known as the Cupps School, then Niwot and last Cleveland School. In
1905 John went on a trip to Missouri with daughter Dessa and granddaughter Laura
Mae to see his son William D. Cupps. He died on the train in route (or he may
have died after he arrived). His grandchildren in Missouri remember that he died
before he arrived. One granddaughter, Lanora Cupps Jordan, wrote that he died
after he arrived. His tombstone states he died at age 85, which is likely an
error. Children of John Cupps and unknown are: i. Samuel Pinkney3 Cupps, born
January 20, 1847 in Pennsylvania, and died November 04, 1939 in Sand Springs,
Tulsa County, Oklahoma (Source: Tulsa County, Oklahoma Death Records, State File
#72253.). He married Ruth Sebring December 18, 1867. She was born January 15,
1844 in Ohio, and died March 05, 1917. ii. Susannah (Ann) Cupps, born April 05,
1849 in Pennsylvania, and died September 06, 1938 in Santa Paula, California.
She married George Washington Hedrick August 29, 1866 in Indiana. He was born
1848 in Indiana, and died February 10, 1925 in Ojai, California. Children of
John Cupps and Mary Parkerson are: i. John James Cupps, born May 10, 1852 in
Washington County, Pennsylvania (Source: LDS records, Marqeruite Rogers P.O. Box
934 Monticello, UT 84536.), and died February 13, 1924 in Hawley, Jones County,
Texas (Source: LDS records, Marqeruite Rogers P. O. Box 934 Monticello, UT
84536.). He married (1) Sarah Ryker or Ryles Abt. 1873 in Missouri. She was born
1842 in Missouri (Source: LDS records, Marqeruite RogersP. O. Box 934Monticello,
UT 84536.), and died Bef. June 09, 1880 in Missouri (Source: Lanora Cupps
Jordan.). He married (2) Annalizer Loyd August 24, 1881 in Bosque Co., Texas.
She died Abt. 1882 in Bosque Co., Texas. He married (3) Mary Jane Parker
November 02, 1884 in Bosque Co., Texas. She was born May 1857 in Texas, and died
September 1924. ii. Jacob George Cupps, born March 18, 1854 in Pennsylvania;
died December 27, 1928. He married (1) Sarah (mnu) Bef. 1877. She was born Abt.
1858 in Ohio (Source: 1880 Pulaski County, Missouri Census.). He married (2)
Mary Calvin Aft. 1880 in Missouri. He married (3) Elizabeth Ellen McDonald Aft.
1880. iii. William Daniel Cupps, born September 30, 1856 in Pennsylvania; died
June 18, 1940 in Newton County, Missouri. He married Louisa Josephine Carmack
Abt. 1880 in Ironton, Pulaski County, Missouri. She was born February 11, 1861
in Pulaski County, Missouri, and died November 18, 1933 in Missouri. iv. Reed
Vance Cupps, born July 26, 1858 in Near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; died November
01, 1934 in near Santa Anna, Texas.He married Mary Lena Trowbridge September 27,
1885 in Bosque Co., Texas. She was born May 05, 1863 in near La Grange, iowa,
and died February 10, 1952 in near Tulare, California. v. Elizabeth Jane Cupps,
born 1860 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died 1909 in Marlow, Stephens
County, Oklahoma.She married Henry Clay Hawkins August 25, 1882 in Bosque
County, Texas. He was born September 1843 in Illinois (Source: LDS records,
Marqeruite RogersP. O. Box 934Monticello, UT 84536.), and died 1918 in Lawton,
Comanche County, Oklahoma (Source: LDS records). vi. Benjamin Henry Cupps, born
December 05, 1863 in Osha, Greene Co., Indiana; died December 24, 1941 in Eden,
Concho Co., Texas.He married Laura Ann Penland August 30, 1888 in Coleman Co.,
Texas. She was born Abt. 1867 in Osha, Green County, Indiana (Source: LDS
records, MARGERUITE ROGERS P O BOX 934 MONTICELLO UT USA 84535.), and died 1917
in Maryetta, Arkansas. vii.Soloman McCarty Cupps, born December 05, 1863 in Osha,
Greene Co. Indiana; died November 24, 1941 in Eden, Concho Co., Texas. He
married Mary Jackson 1909.
