Mr. CUPP? / CRESS? & Rachel __?_

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Mr. CUPP? / CRESS?
Rachel __?__

WARNING: this family group sheet is highly tentative.

Husband: Mr. CUPP? / CRESS?
Birth: bef. 1815
Death: bef. 1850

Marriage:

Wife: Rachel __?__
Birth: 1814/5, VA [presumably now WV]
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1? Clola CUPP, b. 1837/8
2. William CUP, b. 1840/1
3. Isaac CUP, b. 1842/3
4. Abraham CUP, b. 1845/6

Note: Clola may not be her child.

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2a. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #225 of 278 — indexed as "Rachel CRESS"): 45th District, Preston Co., VA [now WV], p. 450A, 1302/1302, 19 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

Rachel Cup? Cress? 35 F Farmer 500 Va

William " 9 M "

Isaac " 7 M "

Abraham " 4 M "

Listed nine households from Clola CUPP, who may be her daughter.

2b. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #226 of 278 — indexed as "Clola CAPP"): 45th District, Preston Co., VA [now WV], p. 450B, 1311/1311, enumerated 21 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

Christian Cox?/Core? 63 M Laborer Md

Mary Lewis 52 F Va

Clola Cupp 12 F Va

They are living nine households from Widow Rachel CUPP, who is possibly Clola's mother. A widow with children in these times was often in dire straits, with children let out to work as soon as they were able. There is a William CUPP with a daughter Clola (æ 15) on the next page of the census.

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