Category: My father’s ancestors
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45 Emily Stamper, 1826-1900
Emily Stamper was born in Kentucky on 2 January1826 to Joel Stamper II (1781-1851) and Mary Polly Deaton (1785-1850), natives of Wilkes County, North Carolina who had moved to Kentucky prior to 1819. They were among the first families of British descent to settle in the region. Their farm was in what then was Estill County.…
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44 James Henry Cockerham, 1822-1904
James Henry Cockerham was born 2 January 1822, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, when his father, William John, or John William, Cockerham (c1794-1852), was about 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Hill (1796-1881) was about 25. James Henry was the eldest of their six known sons. He married Emily Stamper (1826-1900) on 9 June 1842. She…
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43 Mahala Perry, 1804-1865
Mahala E. Perry was born on 22 February 1804, in Woodford County, Kentucky, the eldest child of Roderick Perry II (1776-1821) and Susanna Brown (1785-1853). With her three younger brothers and two younger sisters, Mahala grew up in a large home overlooking Glenns Creek, near the home of Elijah Pepper. She married Elijah’s son, Samuel…
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42 Samuel Pepper, 1802-1884
Samuel Pepper was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on 10 October 1802, the son of Elijah Pepper (1769-1831) and Sarah Neville O’Bannon (1770-1848). On 5 February 1824, Samuel married Mahala E. Perry (1804-1865), the daughter of Roderick Perry (1776-1821) and Susanna Brown Perry (1776-1853). Mahala and Samuel had grown up on adjoining farms and knew…
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41 Esther Eccles, 1792-1881
Esther was born on 3 February 1792, in Mercer County, Kentucky. She was the sixth of eight children of Joseph Eccles (1740-c1801), and Jane Carr (1753-1830), both born in Virginia to parents who likely were newly arrived Ulster Scots Presbyterians. Esther married Joseph McCoun (1784-1829) on 19 June 1816. They had six children in 13…
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40 Joseph McCoun, 1784-1829
Joseph McCoun was born in Kentucky on 18 October 1784. He was the fifth of ten children of John McCoun (1754-1826) and Elizabeth Tilford McCoun (1757-1842). On 19 June 1816, 31-year old Joseph married 24-year-old Esther Eccles. In their 13 years of marriage, they had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood: Arethusa B.…
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23 Zerilda Manervia Puckett, 1839-1921
Manervia was born in 1839 in Floyd County, Kentucky, in the eastern corner of the state. She was the ninth of the 13 children of Morgan R. Puckett (1801-1890) and Susan Whitaker (1800-1877). When she was a young girl, she moved with her parents and siblings to Breathitt County. In 1866 she married James Kash…
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22 James Kash Cockerham, 1846-1916
James Kash Cockerham was born on 25 June 1846 in Owsley County, Kentucky, the son of James Henry Cockerham (1822-1904) and Emily Stamper (1826-1900). In 1866, James married Zerilda Manervia Puckett (1831-1921) at Puckett’s Bend in Breathitt County, Kentucky. They had four children. Their eldest, Syrene Cockerham (1868-1962), married Robert Pepper McCoun (1860-1940). They were…
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20 Joseph Eccles McCoun, 1825-1897
Joseph Eccles McCoun began with his birth on 24 August 1825, in Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky. He was the fifth of six children of Joseph McCoun (1784-1829) and Esther Eccles McCoun (1792-1881). In these biographies, Joseph Eccles McCoun is called “Joe” and his father “Joseph,” to distinguish the son from the father. Joseph died when…
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11 Syrene Cockerham, 1868-1962
On 2 May 1868, Syrene Cockerham was born in Wolfe County, Kentucky, the eldest child and only daughter of James Kash Cockerham and Zerilda Manervia Puckett. She had three younger brothers. At 22, Syrene married Robert Pepper McCoun (1860-1940). During the first 11 years of marriage, Syrene and Rob had seven children, six of whom…
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