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Family: Jasper Congrove / Cordelia Copen (F9779)

• Father | Male Jasper Congrove

  
  

  Born	Abt 1844	Ohio, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married	22 Dec 1873  [1]	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  [1]
  Father	Nicholas Congrove | F5346 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ingabeth Taylor | F5346 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Cordelia Copen

  
  

  Born	Abt 1854	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	Thompson R Copen | F6352 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ann Maria P Dye | F6352 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Harry E Congrove

  
  

  Born	Oct 1874	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Effie B Congrove

  
  

  Born	Abt 1878	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Franklin W Bigley | F9780
  Married	28 Jun 1905	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1880 Grant, Jackson, West Virginia Page 511A Jasper M. CONGROVE Self M M W 36 OH Occ: Carpenter Farmer Fa: WV Mo: OH Cordelia CONGROVE Wife F M W 24 WV Harry CONGROVE Son M S W 5 WV Effie CONGROVE Dau F S W 2 WV Harry's birth record shows parents were Joseph and Cordelia. Hardesty's History of Jackson County Ravenswood District Jasper M. CONGROVE - is a native of the "Buckeye State," born in Meigs county, Ohio, February 18, 1844. But his parents became residents in Jackson county in 1845, and in this county the subject of this sketch grew to manhood and entered upon the duties of life for himself, learning and pursuing the trade of ship-carpenter, and also engaged in the cultivation of a farm of Grant district. He entered into marriage bonds with Cordie Copen, in Elizabeth, Wirt county, West Virginia, December 21, 1873, and one son and one daughter brighten their home; Harry E., born October 29, 1874; and Effie B., born February 6, 1878. Nicholas Congrove, father of Jasper M., was born November, 1817, and his mother, whose maiden name was Ingebeth Taylor, was born November 26, 1822. Thompson R. and Annie M. (Dye) Copen were parents of the wife of Jasper M. Congrove, and she was born October 19, 1857, in the county in which her marriage took place. Jasper M. Congrove was one year in the Federal service during the war of 1861, a member of Company D, 6th West Virginia Infantry. He receives his mail at Murraysville, Jackson county, West Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] Marriage Records, Wirt Co, WV.