Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin Cope and Elizabeth McGrew




Husband Benjamin Cope 1

           Born: 14 Mar 1822 1
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           Died: 1893 1
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         Father: Joshua Cope (1772-1839) 1 2
         Mother: Alice Fisher (      -      ) 1 2


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Wife Elizabeth McGrew 1

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Children
1 M Albert M. Cope 1

           Born: 19 Jan 1847 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Phoebe Ashton (      -      ) 3
           Marr: ? Columbiana Co, OH


2 M Alexander L. Cope 1

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3 F Alice Cope 4

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         Spouse: George B. Painter (      -      ) 1 4


4 M Edmund G. Cope 1

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5 F Myra J. Cope 1

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         Spouse: A. M. Cunningham (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Cope


About his seventeenth year he came to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, settling in Sewickley township. During the active years of his life he was engaged in the nursery business. In early manhood he was a Whig, later a Know-Nothing, and finally a radical Republi-can. He was a member of the Society of Friends.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 370.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 25.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 371.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 485.


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