Cyrus Waterman Pope 7th child and son of Dr. Samuel Pope and Freelove Waterman Pope of (Wintonbury Parish) Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was Chr'rd Oct. 10, 1819 at Bloomfield, Conn. Congregational Church in Bloomfield Record Vol. 2, page 222 along with brothers James Raymer, John, Virgil and Dryden Pope. Birth year range not in order on Federal Census Reports 1810,1814,1817,1819. Civil War papers gives various different birth dates, also. Sources see below Bible References of brothers: Rev. Dydren Alexander Pope and brother Rev. John W. Pope lists Cyrus W. Pope's birth as 30 May 1817.
His parents moved from Connecticut @1821 to Union, Broome Co. NY where most of his youth was spent. After his fathers death in Union, NY in 1834, Freelove sold the farm in 1839.
Freelove Pope with sons: Cyrus Waterman Pope, James Raymar Pope, Benjamin F. Pope moved in 1839 to Janesville, Wisconsin Territory where sons: Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope living. Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope were first settlers of Janesville, WI in Nov. 16, 1836.
Cyrus W. Pope married 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown d/o Ezra Brown and 1/w Elizabeth Newell @1841-1842 probably Rock or Dane Co., WI. No marriage found in Ohio or Wisconsin.
Someone in Ancestry.com put marriage in Colorado which I believe is big error. Most likely married in Leyden, Rock Co., WI where sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin S. McMillan had hotel in Leyden, Rock Co. Wisconsin. Also, other sister Clarissa Brown m. Morrison McMillan. Cyrus W Pope's
brother Anson Waterman Pope was a Justice of Peach and they might have been married at
his home in Janesville, Wisconson.
I believe Cyrus W. Pope and Nancy Jane Brown met in Ohio or Rock Co., Wisconsin.
The Brown's living 1820 Ridgefield Twp. Huron
Co., Ohio and 1830-40 Eden Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio.
Nancy Brown Pope had sister Clarissa Brown McMillan living in Rock Co., WI., and later Sparta, Monroe Co., WI. and possibly met Cyrus W. Pope thru Clarissa Brown McMillan her sister and husband Morrison McMillan or through other sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin Sill McMillan in Leyden, Rock Co., WI. Benjamin Sill McMillan was a first cousin of Morrison McMillan.
Cyrus and Nancy Pope moved prior to 1860 to Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas Territory, P.O. Oakwood. Both Cyrus W. Pope and son Virgil Pardon Pope enlisted in Kansas 10th Infantry for Union. Papers on file at National Archives. After the Civil War Cyrus and son Virgil Pardon Pope joined Nancy Jane (Brown) Pope in Sparta, Monroe Co.,WI where Nancy's sisters living. Also had sister Achsah Brown McMillan in Sparta, WI.
In 1881, Cyrus and Nancy they sold their farm in Sparta and moved to Brooksville, Hernando Co. Florida for Cyrus's health. Nancy Jane Pope unexpectedly died there (had bought property in Brooksville, Florida or in Jacksonville, Duval Co.,Fl. by 1886. Nancy Jane Brown Pope most likely buried in
Brooksville, Hernando Co., Florida. The Pope children were very upset with their father Cyrus
for not bringing their mother's body back to Sparta, WI., for burial. No record found for her place
of burial.
1890 Milwaukee Co., WI. Census Cyrus W. Pope living at U.S. Wisconsin National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Milwaukee, WI. Cyrus W. Pope returned to Sparta, WI and married a 2nd time to widow Mrs. Amanda (Goal) King 2 Oct., 1897 at Cataracts, Monroe Co., WI. They were married only a
short time when Cyrus passed away.
Children by 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown
Olive A. Pope m. Chester Dunham Blodgett
Tilla V. Pope m. 1/h Frederick Billings
2/h Henry Truman Babcock (my great grand parents)
Virgil Pardon Pope m. Elizabeth Goethe
Freelove J. Pope never married (mentally challenged)
Ezra L. Pope m. Augusta Lisdall
Clara E. Pope m. George Waughtal
Mary Alice Pope m. Fred Millard
Obituary: "Monroe County Democrat" 4 Mar, 1898 "Sparta Herald" Monroe Co., WI 5 Mar, 1898
Death-Another veteran of the late war, Cyrus W. Pope and one of the oldest citizens in this section died at Cataract, Monday Feb.28 at the age of 86 years.
Mr. Pope before the war resided in Dane County afterwards removing to Kansas where he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Infantry. Immediately at the close of the war he located at
Sparta and since that time has been a continual resident
of this vicinity, the last few years being at Cataract. Last fall he was married a widow (Mrs. Amanda Goal King 2 Oct 1897 Cataract, Monroe Co., WI., dwebb) and his wife survives him. Funeral service conducted at Cataract and the remains brought here (Sparta) and interned in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References: Bible Record of brother Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope which gave his birthday as May 30, 1817. Bible in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson of Muncy, PA. I received a photocopy of page out of Bible in the 1980's.
Rev. John W. Pope Bible in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.
Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 2nd ggparents thru daughter Tilla V. Pope, 1/h Frederick Billings, 2/h Henry Truman Babcock.
Federal Census
1850 Janesville (East side of Rock River) Rock Co., WI
Cyrus W. Pope 33 Carpenter b. Conn
Jane Pope 29 b. Ohio
Olive Pope 7 b. WI
Matilda Pope 6 b. WI
Virgil Pope 3 b. WI
Freelove Pope 1 b. WI
Cyrus W. Pope's brother's Virgil Pope and Anson Waterman
Pope and families living on both sides of him in
Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
1860 Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas, P.O.
Oakwood
Cyrus W. Pope 50 Carpenter b. Conn
Freelove Pope 40 (should be Nancy Jane) b. Ohio
Laura Pope 17 (should be Matilda-Tilla)b. WI
Virgil Pope 15 b. WI
Freelove Pope 12 (mental challenged dau.) b. WI
Ezra Pope 10 b. WI
M. Pope 3 b. WI (Clare E. Pope)
Infant Pope 3/12 female b. Kansas (Mary Pope)
Ford Ellis 27 Blacksmith b. on ocean
Oldest daughter Olive Pope Blodgett did not follow her
parents to Kansas since they had just married in 1859.
1870 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 51 stone mason Conn
Nancy J. Pope 49 Ohio
Virgel F. Pope 28 working Stone Quarry WI
Ezra L. Pope 20 WI
Clarence E. Pope 12 (should be Clara E. Pope WI)
Mary A. Pope 10 WI
1880 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 66 Farmer Conn Mass Conn
Nancy J. Pope 63 wife KH Ohio England Canada
Wisconsin State Census
1855 Viroqua Town, Bad Ax Co., WI
1855 Middleton, Dane Co., WI.
Cyrus and Nancy Jane Brown Pope were my 2nd great grandparents.
His parents moved from Connecticut @1821 to Union, Broome Co. NY where most of his youth was spent. After his fathers death in Union, NY in 1834, Freelove sold the farm in 1839.
Freelove Pope with sons: Cyrus Waterman Pope, James Raymar Pope, Benjamin F. Pope moved in 1839 to Janesville, Wisconsin Territory where sons: Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope living. Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope were first settlers of Janesville, WI in Nov. 16, 1836.
Cyrus W. Pope married 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown d/o Ezra Brown and 1/w Elizabeth Newell @1841-1842 probably Rock or Dane Co., WI. No marriage found in Ohio or Wisconsin.
Someone in Ancestry.com put marriage in Colorado which I believe is big error. Most likely married in Leyden, Rock Co., WI where sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin S. McMillan had hotel in Leyden, Rock Co. Wisconsin. Also, other sister Clarissa Brown m. Morrison McMillan. Cyrus W Pope's
brother Anson Waterman Pope was a Justice of Peach and they might have been married at
his home in Janesville, Wisconson.
I believe Cyrus W. Pope and Nancy Jane Brown met in Ohio or Rock Co., Wisconsin.
The Brown's living 1820 Ridgefield Twp. Huron
Co., Ohio and 1830-40 Eden Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio.
Nancy Brown Pope had sister Clarissa Brown McMillan living in Rock Co., WI., and later Sparta, Monroe Co., WI. and possibly met Cyrus W. Pope thru Clarissa Brown McMillan her sister and husband Morrison McMillan or through other sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin Sill McMillan in Leyden, Rock Co., WI. Benjamin Sill McMillan was a first cousin of Morrison McMillan.
Cyrus and Nancy Pope moved prior to 1860 to Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas Territory, P.O. Oakwood. Both Cyrus W. Pope and son Virgil Pardon Pope enlisted in Kansas 10th Infantry for Union. Papers on file at National Archives. After the Civil War Cyrus and son Virgil Pardon Pope joined Nancy Jane (Brown) Pope in Sparta, Monroe Co.,WI where Nancy's sisters living. Also had sister Achsah Brown McMillan in Sparta, WI.
In 1881, Cyrus and Nancy they sold their farm in Sparta and moved to Brooksville, Hernando Co. Florida for Cyrus's health. Nancy Jane Pope unexpectedly died there (had bought property in Brooksville, Florida or in Jacksonville, Duval Co.,Fl. by 1886. Nancy Jane Brown Pope most likely buried in
Brooksville, Hernando Co., Florida. The Pope children were very upset with their father Cyrus
for not bringing their mother's body back to Sparta, WI., for burial. No record found for her place
of burial.
1890 Milwaukee Co., WI. Census Cyrus W. Pope living at U.S. Wisconsin National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Milwaukee, WI. Cyrus W. Pope returned to Sparta, WI and married a 2nd time to widow Mrs. Amanda (Goal) King 2 Oct., 1897 at Cataracts, Monroe Co., WI. They were married only a
short time when Cyrus passed away.
Children by 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown
Olive A. Pope m. Chester Dunham Blodgett
Tilla V. Pope m. 1/h Frederick Billings
2/h Henry Truman Babcock (my great grand parents)
Virgil Pardon Pope m. Elizabeth Goethe
Freelove J. Pope never married (mentally challenged)
Ezra L. Pope m. Augusta Lisdall
Clara E. Pope m. George Waughtal
Mary Alice Pope m. Fred Millard
Obituary: "Monroe County Democrat" 4 Mar, 1898 "Sparta Herald" Monroe Co., WI 5 Mar, 1898
Death-Another veteran of the late war, Cyrus W. Pope and one of the oldest citizens in this section died at Cataract, Monday Feb.28 at the age of 86 years.
Mr. Pope before the war resided in Dane County afterwards removing to Kansas where he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Infantry. Immediately at the close of the war he located at
Sparta and since that time has been a continual resident
of this vicinity, the last few years being at Cataract. Last fall he was married a widow (Mrs. Amanda Goal King 2 Oct 1897 Cataract, Monroe Co., WI., dwebb) and his wife survives him. Funeral service conducted at Cataract and the remains brought here (Sparta) and interned in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References: Bible Record of brother Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope which gave his birthday as May 30, 1817. Bible in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson of Muncy, PA. I received a photocopy of page out of Bible in the 1980's.
Rev. John W. Pope Bible in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.
Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 2nd ggparents thru daughter Tilla V. Pope, 1/h Frederick Billings, 2/h Henry Truman Babcock.
Federal Census
1850 Janesville (East side of Rock River) Rock Co., WI
Cyrus W. Pope 33 Carpenter b. Conn
Jane Pope 29 b. Ohio
Olive Pope 7 b. WI
Matilda Pope 6 b. WI
Virgil Pope 3 b. WI
Freelove Pope 1 b. WI
Cyrus W. Pope's brother's Virgil Pope and Anson Waterman
Pope and families living on both sides of him in
Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
1860 Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas, P.O.
Oakwood
Cyrus W. Pope 50 Carpenter b. Conn
Freelove Pope 40 (should be Nancy Jane) b. Ohio
Laura Pope 17 (should be Matilda-Tilla)b. WI
Virgil Pope 15 b. WI
Freelove Pope 12 (mental challenged dau.) b. WI
Ezra Pope 10 b. WI
M. Pope 3 b. WI (Clare E. Pope)
Infant Pope 3/12 female b. Kansas (Mary Pope)
Ford Ellis 27 Blacksmith b. on ocean
Oldest daughter Olive Pope Blodgett did not follow her
parents to Kansas since they had just married in 1859.
1870 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 51 stone mason Conn
Nancy J. Pope 49 Ohio
Virgel F. Pope 28 working Stone Quarry WI
Ezra L. Pope 20 WI
Clarence E. Pope 12 (should be Clara E. Pope WI)
Mary A. Pope 10 WI
1880 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 66 Farmer Conn Mass Conn
Nancy J. Pope 63 wife KH Ohio England Canada
Wisconsin State Census
1855 Viroqua Town, Bad Ax Co., WI
1855 Middleton, Dane Co., WI.
Cyrus and Nancy Jane Brown Pope were my 2nd great grandparents.
Cyrus Waterman Pope 7th child and son of Dr. Samuel Pope and Freelove Waterman Pope of (Wintonbury Parish) Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was Chr'rd Oct. 10, 1819 at Bloomfield, Conn. Congregational Church in Bloomfield Record Vol. 2, page 222 along with brothers James Raymer, John, Virgil and Dryden Pope. Birth year range not in order on Federal Census Reports 1810,1814,1817,1819. Civil War papers gives various different birth dates, also. Sources see below Bible References of brothers: Rev. Dydren Alexander Pope and brother Rev. John W. Pope lists Cyrus W. Pope's birth as 30 May 1817.
His parents moved from Connecticut @1821 to Union, Broome Co. NY where most of his youth was spent. After his fathers death in Union, NY in 1834, Freelove sold the farm in 1839.
Freelove Pope with sons: Cyrus Waterman Pope, James Raymar Pope, Benjamin F. Pope moved in 1839 to Janesville, Wisconsin Territory where sons: Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope living. Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope were first settlers of Janesville, WI in Nov. 16, 1836.
Cyrus W. Pope married 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown d/o Ezra Brown and 1/w Elizabeth Newell @1841-1842 probably Rock or Dane Co., WI. No marriage found in Ohio or Wisconsin.
Someone in Ancestry.com put marriage in Colorado which I believe is big error. Most likely married in Leyden, Rock Co., WI where sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin S. McMillan had hotel in Leyden, Rock Co. Wisconsin. Also, other sister Clarissa Brown m. Morrison McMillan. Cyrus W Pope's
brother Anson Waterman Pope was a Justice of Peach and they might have been married at
his home in Janesville, Wisconson.
I believe Cyrus W. Pope and Nancy Jane Brown met in Ohio or Rock Co., Wisconsin.
The Brown's living 1820 Ridgefield Twp. Huron
Co., Ohio and 1830-40 Eden Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio.
Nancy Brown Pope had sister Clarissa Brown McMillan living in Rock Co., WI., and later Sparta, Monroe Co., WI. and possibly met Cyrus W. Pope thru Clarissa Brown McMillan her sister and husband Morrison McMillan or through other sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin Sill McMillan in Leyden, Rock Co., WI. Benjamin Sill McMillan was a first cousin of Morrison McMillan.
Cyrus and Nancy Pope moved prior to 1860 to Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas Territory, P.O. Oakwood. Both Cyrus W. Pope and son Virgil Pardon Pope enlisted in Kansas 10th Infantry for Union. Papers on file at National Archives. After the Civil War Cyrus and son Virgil Pardon Pope joined Nancy Jane (Brown) Pope in Sparta, Monroe Co.,WI where Nancy's sisters living. Also had sister Achsah Brown McMillan in Sparta, WI.
In 1881, Cyrus and Nancy they sold their farm in Sparta and moved to Brooksville, Hernando Co. Florida for Cyrus's health. Nancy Jane Pope unexpectedly died there (had bought property in Brooksville, Florida or in Jacksonville, Duval Co.,Fl. by 1886. Nancy Jane Brown Pope most likely buried in
Brooksville, Hernando Co., Florida. The Pope children were very upset with their father Cyrus
for not bringing their mother's body back to Sparta, WI., for burial. No record found for her place
of burial.
1890 Milwaukee Co., WI. Census Cyrus W. Pope living at U.S. Wisconsin National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Milwaukee, WI. Cyrus W. Pope returned to Sparta, WI and married a 2nd time to widow Mrs. Amanda (Goal) King 2 Oct., 1897 at Cataracts, Monroe Co., WI. They were married only a
short time when Cyrus passed away.
Children by 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown
Olive A. Pope m. Chester Dunham Blodgett
Tilla V. Pope m. 1/h Frederick Billings
2/h Henry Truman Babcock (my great grand parents)
Virgil Pardon Pope m. Elizabeth Goethe
Freelove J. Pope never married (mentally challenged)
Ezra L. Pope m. Augusta Lisdall
Clara E. Pope m. George Waughtal
Mary Alice Pope m. Fred Millard
Obituary: "Monroe County Democrat" 4 Mar, 1898 "Sparta Herald" Monroe Co., WI 5 Mar, 1898
Death-Another veteran of the late war, Cyrus W. Pope and one of the oldest citizens in this section died at Cataract, Monday Feb.28 at the age of 86 years.
Mr. Pope before the war resided in Dane County afterwards removing to Kansas where he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Infantry. Immediately at the close of the war he located at
Sparta and since that time has been a continual resident
of this vicinity, the last few years being at Cataract. Last fall he was married a widow (Mrs. Amanda Goal King 2 Oct 1897 Cataract, Monroe Co., WI., dwebb) and his wife survives him. Funeral service conducted at Cataract and the remains brought here (Sparta) and interned in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References: Bible Record of brother Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope which gave his birthday as May 30, 1817. Bible in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson of Muncy, PA. I received a photocopy of page out of Bible in the 1980's.
Rev. John W. Pope Bible in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.
Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 2nd ggparents thru daughter Tilla V. Pope, 1/h Frederick Billings, 2/h Henry Truman Babcock.
Federal Census
1850 Janesville (East side of Rock River) Rock Co., WI
Cyrus W. Pope 33 Carpenter b. Conn
Jane Pope 29 b. Ohio
Olive Pope 7 b. WI
Matilda Pope 6 b. WI
Virgil Pope 3 b. WI
Freelove Pope 1 b. WI
Cyrus W. Pope's brother's Virgil Pope and Anson Waterman
Pope and families living on both sides of him in
Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
1860 Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas, P.O.
Oakwood
Cyrus W. Pope 50 Carpenter b. Conn
Freelove Pope 40 (should be Nancy Jane) b. Ohio
Laura Pope 17 (should be Matilda-Tilla)b. WI
Virgil Pope 15 b. WI
Freelove Pope 12 (mental challenged dau.) b. WI
Ezra Pope 10 b. WI
M. Pope 3 b. WI (Clare E. Pope)
Infant Pope 3/12 female b. Kansas (Mary Pope)
Ford Ellis 27 Blacksmith b. on ocean
Oldest daughter Olive Pope Blodgett did not follow her
parents to Kansas since they had just married in 1859.
1870 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 51 stone mason Conn
Nancy J. Pope 49 Ohio
Virgel F. Pope 28 working Stone Quarry WI
Ezra L. Pope 20 WI
Clarence E. Pope 12 (should be Clara E. Pope WI)
Mary A. Pope 10 WI
1880 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 66 Farmer Conn Mass Conn
Nancy J. Pope 63 wife KH Ohio England Canada
Wisconsin State Census
1855 Viroqua Town, Bad Ax Co., WI
1855 Middleton, Dane Co., WI.
Cyrus and Nancy Jane Brown Pope were my 2nd great grandparents.
His parents moved from Connecticut @1821 to Union, Broome Co. NY where most of his youth was spent. After his fathers death in Union, NY in 1834, Freelove sold the farm in 1839.
Freelove Pope with sons: Cyrus Waterman Pope, James Raymar Pope, Benjamin F. Pope moved in 1839 to Janesville, Wisconsin Territory where sons: Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope living. Anson Waterman Pope and Virgil Pope were first settlers of Janesville, WI in Nov. 16, 1836.
Cyrus W. Pope married 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown d/o Ezra Brown and 1/w Elizabeth Newell @1841-1842 probably Rock or Dane Co., WI. No marriage found in Ohio or Wisconsin.
Someone in Ancestry.com put marriage in Colorado which I believe is big error. Most likely married in Leyden, Rock Co., WI where sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin S. McMillan had hotel in Leyden, Rock Co. Wisconsin. Also, other sister Clarissa Brown m. Morrison McMillan. Cyrus W Pope's
brother Anson Waterman Pope was a Justice of Peach and they might have been married at
his home in Janesville, Wisconson.
I believe Cyrus W. Pope and Nancy Jane Brown met in Ohio or Rock Co., Wisconsin.
The Brown's living 1820 Ridgefield Twp. Huron
Co., Ohio and 1830-40 Eden Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio.
Nancy Brown Pope had sister Clarissa Brown McMillan living in Rock Co., WI., and later Sparta, Monroe Co., WI. and possibly met Cyrus W. Pope thru Clarissa Brown McMillan her sister and husband Morrison McMillan or through other sister Achsah Brown McMillan and husband Benjamin Sill McMillan in Leyden, Rock Co., WI. Benjamin Sill McMillan was a first cousin of Morrison McMillan.
Cyrus and Nancy Pope moved prior to 1860 to Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas Territory, P.O. Oakwood. Both Cyrus W. Pope and son Virgil Pardon Pope enlisted in Kansas 10th Infantry for Union. Papers on file at National Archives. After the Civil War Cyrus and son Virgil Pardon Pope joined Nancy Jane (Brown) Pope in Sparta, Monroe Co.,WI where Nancy's sisters living. Also had sister Achsah Brown McMillan in Sparta, WI.
In 1881, Cyrus and Nancy they sold their farm in Sparta and moved to Brooksville, Hernando Co. Florida for Cyrus's health. Nancy Jane Pope unexpectedly died there (had bought property in Brooksville, Florida or in Jacksonville, Duval Co.,Fl. by 1886. Nancy Jane Brown Pope most likely buried in
Brooksville, Hernando Co., Florida. The Pope children were very upset with their father Cyrus
for not bringing their mother's body back to Sparta, WI., for burial. No record found for her place
of burial.
1890 Milwaukee Co., WI. Census Cyrus W. Pope living at U.S. Wisconsin National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Milwaukee, WI. Cyrus W. Pope returned to Sparta, WI and married a 2nd time to widow Mrs. Amanda (Goal) King 2 Oct., 1897 at Cataracts, Monroe Co., WI. They were married only a
short time when Cyrus passed away.
Children by 1/wife Nancy Jane Brown
Olive A. Pope m. Chester Dunham Blodgett
Tilla V. Pope m. 1/h Frederick Billings
2/h Henry Truman Babcock (my great grand parents)
Virgil Pardon Pope m. Elizabeth Goethe
Freelove J. Pope never married (mentally challenged)
Ezra L. Pope m. Augusta Lisdall
Clara E. Pope m. George Waughtal
Mary Alice Pope m. Fred Millard
Obituary: "Monroe County Democrat" 4 Mar, 1898 "Sparta Herald" Monroe Co., WI 5 Mar, 1898
Death-Another veteran of the late war, Cyrus W. Pope and one of the oldest citizens in this section died at Cataract, Monday Feb.28 at the age of 86 years.
Mr. Pope before the war resided in Dane County afterwards removing to Kansas where he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Infantry. Immediately at the close of the war he located at
Sparta and since that time has been a continual resident
of this vicinity, the last few years being at Cataract. Last fall he was married a widow (Mrs. Amanda Goal King 2 Oct 1897 Cataract, Monroe Co., WI., dwebb) and his wife survives him. Funeral service conducted at Cataract and the remains brought here (Sparta) and interned in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References: Bible Record of brother Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope which gave his birthday as May 30, 1817. Bible in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson of Muncy, PA. I received a photocopy of page out of Bible in the 1980's.
Rev. John W. Pope Bible in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.
Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 2nd ggparents thru daughter Tilla V. Pope, 1/h Frederick Billings, 2/h Henry Truman Babcock.
Federal Census
1850 Janesville (East side of Rock River) Rock Co., WI
Cyrus W. Pope 33 Carpenter b. Conn
Jane Pope 29 b. Ohio
Olive Pope 7 b. WI
Matilda Pope 6 b. WI
Virgil Pope 3 b. WI
Freelove Pope 1 b. WI
Cyrus W. Pope's brother's Virgil Pope and Anson Waterman
Pope and families living on both sides of him in
Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
1860 Centerville, Linn Co., Kansas, P.O.
Oakwood
Cyrus W. Pope 50 Carpenter b. Conn
Freelove Pope 40 (should be Nancy Jane) b. Ohio
Laura Pope 17 (should be Matilda-Tilla)b. WI
Virgil Pope 15 b. WI
Freelove Pope 12 (mental challenged dau.) b. WI
Ezra Pope 10 b. WI
M. Pope 3 b. WI (Clare E. Pope)
Infant Pope 3/12 female b. Kansas (Mary Pope)
Ford Ellis 27 Blacksmith b. on ocean
Oldest daughter Olive Pope Blodgett did not follow her
parents to Kansas since they had just married in 1859.
1870 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 51 stone mason Conn
Nancy J. Pope 49 Ohio
Virgel F. Pope 28 working Stone Quarry WI
Ezra L. Pope 20 WI
Clarence E. Pope 12 (should be Clara E. Pope WI)
Mary A. Pope 10 WI
1880 Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Cyrus W. Pope 66 Farmer Conn Mass Conn
Nancy J. Pope 63 wife KH Ohio England Canada
Wisconsin State Census
1855 Viroqua Town, Bad Ax Co., WI
1855 Middleton, Dane Co., WI.
Cyrus and Nancy Jane Brown Pope were my 2nd great grandparents.
Gravesite Details
Civil War Military tombstone
Family Members
Siblings
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
