Samuel Cope and Mercy Vail

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Husband Samuel Cope ¹

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           Born: 3 Sep 1803 - Fayette Co, PA 1
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           Died: 25 Apr 1843 1
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         Father: Samuel Cope (1762-1854) 2 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Willits (1776-      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 2 Sep 1829 1

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Wife Mercy Vail ¹

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           Born: 17 Jan 1808 1
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           Died: 19 Mar 1862 1
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         Father: Samuel Vail (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Agnes [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Jasper Cope ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Martha V. Cope ¹

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           Born: 1 Aug 1836 1
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         Spouse: Gibson Binns (      -      ) 1

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3 M Louis Cope ¹

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           Born: 15 Feb 1836 - Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Hannah Y. Hollingsworth (1838-      ) 1

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4 M Willits Cope ¹

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           Born: 13 May 1838 1
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           Died: 29 Mar 1859 1
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5 F Elma Cope ¹

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           Born: 25 Dec 1840 1
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         Spouse: William H. Binns (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Cope

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He was educated in the public schools, and spent his too short life on the home farm. He was a worthy and industrious man, well regarded by his neighbors. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Society of Friends.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 26.

2 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 503.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 474.

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