Is anyone researching or does anyone have information on the
following Family? Any help would be appreciated. James Monroe and his wife Mary Wood are
my ggg grandparents
and I would love to have more information on them and who their parents are. Thank you
for any help you can offer.
Earliene Kaelin E-mail: jeniann(a)wa.net
1118 156th St.E.
Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324
Descendants of James Monroe
Generation No. 1
1. JAMES1 MONROE was born 1800 in Kentucky. He married MARY WOODS June 04, 1826 in
Jefferson County, Indiana.
More About JAMES MONROE:
Fact 1: 1850, Jefferson County, Ind. Census
Fact 2: 1860, Knox County, MO. Census
Children of JAMES MONROE and MARY WOODS are:
i. SARAH2 MONROE, b. 1829, Indiana.
ii. MARY J. MONROE, b. 1830, Indiana.
iii. JULIET MONROE, b. 1833, Indiana.
2. iv. ELIZA JENETTE MONROE, b. March 03, 1835, Indiana; d. January 18, 1888, Dewitt
County , Illinois.
v. JAMES A. MONROE, b. 1838, Indiana.
vi. JOSHUA MONROE, b. 1841, Indiana.
vii. ROBERT MONROE, b. 1843, Indiana.
viii. JOHN W. MONROE, b. 1845, Indiana.
ix. ALPHEUS BENTON MONROE, b. 1847, Indiana.
x. GEORGE A. MONROE, b. 1850, Indiana.
xi. JOSEPHENE MONROE, b. 1856, Indiana.
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZA JENETTE2 MONROE (JAMES1) was born March 03, 1835 in Indiana, and died January
18, 1888 in Dewitt County , Illinois. She married HUGH BOWLES COPPENBARGER Abt. 1859 in
Knox County, Missouri, son of GEORGE COPPENBARGER and NANCY HENDERSON.
More About HUGH BOWLES COPPENBARGER:
Fact 1: Hugh Bowles was supposed to have served in Civil War but no record located
Children of ELIZA MONROE and HUGH COPPENBARGER are:
i. EMMA3 COPPENBARGER, b. 1859, Knox County, Missouri; m. DANIEL BOWLES, September 19,
1877, Logan County, Illinois.
ii. ISAAC DOUGLAS COPPENBARGER, b. September 23, 1860, Knox Co.,Missouri; d. May 05,
1912, Dewitt County , Illinois b. Woodlawn Cem.
More About ISAAC DOUGLAS COPPENBARGER:
Fact 1: Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
iii. JAMES HEMMUEL COPPENBARGER, b. March 10, 1862, Dewitt County , Illinois; d. January
14, 1942, Dewitt County , Illinois; m. HARRIET CROMER, February 04, 1888.
Notes for JAMES HEMMUEL COPPENBARGER:
1910 Vernon County Missouri Census
Coppenbarger, James H. age 46 b. IL
Hattie age 43 b. IL
Warren age 18 b.IL
Fred age 16 b. IL
Iva age 14 f b. IL
Perry age 12 b.IL
Marion age 10 m b.IL
Fern age 6 f b.IL
Carrie age 1 b.IL
George age 21 b.IL
iv. MINNIE COPPENBARGER, b. December 09, 1866; d. July 20, 1939; m. FRANK HADDEN, August
08, 1880, DeWitt Co.,Illinois.
v. ELLA COPPENBARGER, b. 1868, Dewitt County , Illinois; d. February 20, 1925, DeWitt
Co.,Illinois b. Woodlawn Cem.; m. JOHN WESLEY HUFF, September 26, 1886, DeWitt
Co.,Illinois.
vi. LELLA COPPENBARGER, b. 1868; d. 1905, DeWitt Co. IL b. Tunbridge; m. PORTER SPENCER,
June 29, 1889, DeWitt Co.,Illinois.
vii. BENJAMIN KIRBY COPPENBARGER, b. March 1869, Clinton,Dewitt Co.,Illinois; d. 1942,
Macon County, Illinois b. Woodlawn Cem.; m. SARAH DAVENPORT, May 16, 1891, Clinton, DeWitt
County, Illinois.
More About BENJAMIN KIRBY COPPENBARGER:
Fact 1: Both buried Woodlawn Cemetery