Re: Barbara Tope m John Penrod
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Barbara Tope m John Penrod
Denise 5/04/00
Barbara, you and I share a similar quest. My Grt, Grt, GF John Wesley Jacobs married Meriah Tope in Jackson County, IL. Meriah was supposedly born in Pope County, IL where the Jacobs' family lived for a short time before moving to Jackson County. Meriah is said to have been reared by her Grammer grandparents as both of her parents had deceased when she was young. No references have been made to her age at that time. I have been mystified at trying to figure out who her bio. parents were. Oral history says her father was Frederick Tope and her mother of course would have been one of his two wives, as both were sisters and Grammers from Kentucky. Meriah is rumored to have been from KY as well. Confusing!!! Meriah was born in the 1830's. Her headstone indicates '33or'36 or'38. Not sure which it is. This might indicate that Meriah's father could not have been Frederick. Or, at least not the same Frederick who married teh Grammer sisters. There were other Frederick Topes. Were there any other Topes who married Grammer girls?
How about you? Have you ever heard of my Meriah?
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Re: Barbara Tope m John Penrod
Denise 5/30/00