Archibald Callaway Cope
1828 - 1907 (79 years)
Generation: 1
1. Archibald Callaway Cope was born on 10 May 1828 in Breathitt County, Kentucky; died on 8 Nov 1907 in Breathitt County, Kentucky; was buried in Cope Cemetery, Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky. Notes:
The Breathitt County News, November 8, 1907
Death Claims A. C. Cope
Captain A.C. Cope died at his home on Frozen Creek November 8.
He was born May 10, 1828, and would have been 80 years of age at his next birthday.
He served four years in the Confederate army as Captain in Co. D 5th Kentucky and was in the battle of Chickamauga and
several other battles, but escaped without receiving a wound.
He was elected to the legislature from this district and served in the session of 1877-78 with credit to himself and his constituents. He has been an invalid for many years and bore up under his afflictions with great courage and fortitude.
He was one of our best citizens and his loss will be greatly felt by the people of his community.
He was buried by the Masons, of which order he had been a consistent member for many years."
A. C. Cope was the husband of Sabina Hargis 1831-1858.
Capt. Archibald Calloway Cope, CSA (1828-1907)
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Cope Cemetery:
Lots of great info and photos, copy and paste the link below.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~south/copecem.html
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79969595/archibald-callaway-copeArchibald married Julia Ann Shackleford in 1891. Julia (daughter of Abner Terry Shackleford and Nancy Gossett) was born on 17 Feb 1838 in Estill County, Kentucky; died on 5 Sep 1898 in Frozen Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky; was buried in Cope Cemetery, Frozen Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]