John Peter CUPP & Sarah B. WILHELM

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John Peter CUPP
Sarah B. WILHELM

Husband: John Peter CUPP
Birth: 1784/5, Preston Co., VA [now WV]
Death said to be: 1853, Preston Co., VA [now WV] — he is alive in the 1860 census
Occupation: farmer
Father: Peter Leonard CUPP, Sr.
Mother: Susanna __?__

Marriage:

Wife: Sarah B. WILHELM
Birth: 1783/4, MD or PA
Death: in or aft. 1850
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Peter WILHELM, Sr.
Mother: Eve Elizabeth __?__

Children — born in Preston Co., VA [now WV]:

1. Catharine "Kate" CUPP
2. (Son A) CUPP, b. 1804-10
3. Eva CUPP, b. 16 Dec 1809; d. 18 Oct 1888, Preston Co., WV; m. Peter MATHENY, s/o Nathan METHENY & Mary EVERLY
4. Susanna "Susan" CUPP, b. 1811/2
5. Anna Christina CUPP, b. 1815/6
6. Peter CUPP, b. 1817/8
7. William CUPP, b. 1819/20; m. Mary BURKE
8. Lydia CUPP, b. 4 Feb 1822; m. by 1850, Stephen TITCHNELL
9. Margaret CUPP, b. 1825/6 — she is not the Margaret CUPP who married Leonard EVERLY

Other Kin (grandchildren?) — born VA, presumably Preston Co., VA [now WV]:

. Christina "Tene" CUPP, b. 1834/5
. Caroline CUPP, b. 1845/6
. Cyrene CUPP [female], b. 1848/9

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 15; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 VA Preston Co. p. 230A Ln. 11 Cup John 210010-41110-0-300

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = William (b. 1819/20)
= Peter (b. 1817/8)

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = John (b. 1784/5)

4 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Daughter C
= Daughter B
= Anna Christina (b. 1815/6)
= Susan (b. 1811/2)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Eva (b. 1809)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

3 persons engaged in agriculture

3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 66; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 VA Preston Co. p. 5 Ln. 22 Cupp John 012 000 100 - 210 210 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Son B

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = William (b. 1819/20)
= Peter (b. 1817/8)

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = John (b. 1784/5)

2 females 4 or under 1825-1830 =
= Margaret (b. 1825/6)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Lydia (b. 1822)

2 females 15-19 1810-1815 = Anna Christina (b. 1815/6)
= Susan (b. 1811/2)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Eva (b. 1809)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

4. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17-18 of 69; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 VA Preston Co. pp. 215A-215B Ln. 25 Jn^o Cupp 000 020 010 - 102 021 010 0200000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 20-29 1810-1820 = William (b. 1819/20)
= Peter (b. 1817/8)

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = John (b. 1784/5)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Tene (b. 1834/5)

2 females 10-14 1825-1830 = ?
= Margaret (b. 1825/6)

2 females 20-29 1810-1820 = Anna Christina (b. 1815/6)
= Susan (b. 1811/2)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Eva (b. 1809)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

There are obviously people other than our subjects and their children in the household, so I cannot sort them out.

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #269-270 of 278: 45th District, Preston Co., VA [now WV], pp. 472A-472B, 1608/1608, enumerated 29 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

John Cupp 65 M Farmer 400 Va

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Sarah Cupp 64 F Md

Susan    " 38 F Va

Peter    " 32 M Laborer "

William " 30 M "

Margaret " 24 F "

Tene     " 15 F "

John     " 10 M "

Jefferson " 7 M "

Caroline " 4 F "

Cyrene    " 1 F "

The children from Tina on down are too young to be Sarah's children. Listed two households from daughter and son-in-law, Joseph Peter EVERLY & Anna Christina CUPP.

6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #52 of 336): Muddy Creek P.O., District No. 2, Preston Co., VA [now WV], p. 52, PN 52, 347/345, enumerated 25 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

John Cupp Sen 75 M Farmer 500 347 Va

Sarah " 72 F Pa

Margaret " 34 F Va

John " 19 M "

Margaret " 9 F "

Susan Johnson 77 F Seamstress "

Listed two households from daughter and son-in-law, Joseph Peter EVERLY & Anna Christina CUPP.

7. H.S. Whetsell. 2 May 1908. "Pioneers of Preston: Histories of Pioneer Family Groups: Series II: CUPP." The Prestontonian. Kingwood, WV (article courtesy of Jeff DeVall; transcribed by DGM).

8. Messages in the Cupp Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

9. Messages on the Kupp Surname Message Board (online at RootsWeb/Ancestry.com).

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