When James Alexander Cope was born on 10 December 1822, in Pickett, Tennessee, his father, Thomas Cope Jr. was 26. The name of his mother is unknown. He married Sarah J "Sallie" Parris on 11 May 1847, in Overton, Tennessee. Based on tax records, he farmed a significant amount of land in Tennessee. James enlisted on December 1, 1863, into the 22nd Battalion Infantry in the Civil War on the Confederate side. He died on 15 April 1891, in Pickett, Tennessee, at the age of 68, and was buried in Government Cemetery, Pickett, Tennessee. In 1978 an application was created for a Flat Bronze Marker for the gravesite.
Children born to James and Sarah:
Mary Elizabeth Cope, 1846-1853
Harriet LeAnn Cope, 1848-1910
Joel Thomas Cope, 1849-1857
James Claiborn Cope, 1850-1883
Ambrose B. Cope, 1861-1928
John Wolford Cope, 1855-
Martin Van Buren Cope, 1857-1941
Susan Emeline Cope, 1858-1863
Frank Wolford Cope, 1863-1896
Samuel Heber Cope, 1860-1938
Ulysses Samuel Cope, 1868-1935
When James Alexander Cope was born on 10 December 1822, in Pickett, Tennessee, his father, Thomas Cope Jr. was 26. The name of his mother is unknown. He married Sarah J "Sallie" Parris on 11 May 1847, in Overton, Tennessee. Based on tax records, he farmed a significant amount of land in Tennessee. James enlisted on December 1, 1863, into the 22nd Battalion Infantry in the Civil War on the Confederate side. He died on 15 April 1891, in Pickett, Tennessee, at the age of 68, and was buried in Government Cemetery, Pickett, Tennessee. In 1978 an application was created for a Flat Bronze Marker for the gravesite.
Children born to James and Sarah:
Mary Elizabeth Cope, 1846-1853
Harriet LeAnn Cope, 1848-1910
Joel Thomas Cope, 1849-1857
James Claiborn Cope, 1850-1883
Ambrose B. Cope, 1861-1928
John Wolford Cope, 1855-
Martin Van Buren Cope, 1857-1941
Susan Emeline Cope, 1858-1863
Frank Wolford Cope, 1863-1896
Samuel Heber Cope, 1860-1938
Ulysses Samuel Cope, 1868-1935
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