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Salem P. Cope (Graves County, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1826-04-13 d. 1903-02-28

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Cope, Salem P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203987 (November 12, 2026).

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