Salem P. Cope

Birth Date

1826-04-13

Death Date

1903-02-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Graves County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Cope. Father of John Cope, Milton Cope, Rebecca Cope, Salem Cope, Lizzie W. Cope, and Carrie Cope. Physician in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 319.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 35.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Precinct 3, p. 27A.
"Salem Prather Cope (1826-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #59403197, accessed August 29, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59403197.

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