John Bell Copes1

b. circa 1868
John Bell Copes|b. c 1868|p1611.htm|Josiah Bell Copes|||Sarah Jane Carson|b. Jan 1845\nd. 16 Jul 1922|p82.htm|||||||John P. Carson|b. c 1816\nd. 24 Dec 1856|p137.htm|Jane E. Kennedy|||

2nd cousin of Louise Underwood.
2nd cousin 2 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     John Bell Copes was born circa 1868 in Texas.1 He was the son of Josiah Bell Copes and Sarah Jane Carson.1 He married Laura J. Chalifour on 16 August 1894 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.2,3
     
Additional Data
Bell Coats appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the household of M. Markham, his great-grandaunt.4 Click to view image

John B. Copes appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the household of L. Gip and Sarah Duke, his stepfather and mother.1 Click to view image

Child of John Bell Copes and Laura J. Chalifour

Citations

  1. [S239] L. Gip Duke household, 1880 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Harrisonburg, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 42B/140B; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 451.
  2. [S1148] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925 (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002). Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA., citing vol. 17, p. 757.
  3. [S915] Hunting For Bears, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 (Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004).
  4. [S226] M. Markham household, 1870 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, page 6, dwelling 40, family 41; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 509.
  5. [S1157] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899 (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002). Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA., citing vol. 105, p. 524.