U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cuppett, Gilbert Clinton (1872-1932) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 693-694, GILBERT CLINTON CUPPETT. The Cuppett family of Preston county are descended largely from Jacob Cuppett, who died in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His children were: Zalmon, Thomas, George, Jefferson and Margaret. Jefferson Cuppett, born March 18, 1832, married Margaret Wolfe, September 17, 1857. She was born December 30, 1836, died one year after her husband did, which was in 1895. His death occurred in 1894. He was a farmer, and lived near Bruceton Mills. Their children were Virginia Ellen, born July 22, 1858; Dora Melissa, June 15, 1860; Parson Brownlow, March 18, 1862; Commodore Wellington, August 2, 1863; Benjamin Franklin, February 2, 1866; Zura Alice, January 27, 1868, she and Laura Belle being twins; Rufus, March 8, 1870; Gilbert Clinton, February 7, 1872; Orville Dayton, July 11, 1874; Letitia Victoria, July 11, 1877; Wilbur Smith, August 21, 1881. Gilbert C. Cuppett was reared on a farm, and worked his way up to his present creditable position in life. He continued on the farm until after his marriage, and then purchased the stock of goods Charles Spindler had in the undertaking business, and from that time has been the principal undertaker in this part of Preston county. His wife. Miss Josephine Hyde Kimberly, daughter of William and Elizabeth Harvey Kimberly, having been raised up in an undertaking establishment as it were, has been of great service to him in that business. She was born October 16, 1872, and was married to Mr. Cuppett October 19, 1898. Her grandmother, on her mother's side, was Debora Forman. Her grandfather, George Kimberly, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married Katie Tumbelson, and, in 1787, settled in Maryland. Their children were: Hannah Stewart, Rebecca Miles, Susan Kelly, Caroline, John J., William, Bayard P., and Fuller, William, the father of Mrs. Cuppett, married, first, Malinda Carroll, by whom he had six children, all dead now but two: Jane Elizabeth and Helen, both of whom are living at Beaver Falls. By his second wife, Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of James and Deborah Harvey, of Farmington, Pennsylvania, he had: (1) Warland, born November 15, 1860; (2) Alva, who died in infancy; (3) Maude, born July 10, 1879, and (4) Josephine. Mrs. Kimberly was a teacher and glove maker. Mr. Harvey was a wool-carder and had a mill near Farmington, learned his trade as a carpenter and undertaker in Uniontown, and followed that both before and after he came to Brandonville. On her mother's side Mrs. Cuppett is a descendant of Robert Forman. Samuel Forman, born in 1775, and Isaac Forman, born March 11, 1774, erected the oldest house in the county now standing, one mile east of Bruceton. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cuppett are: Darlton Alonzo, born October 2, 1899; Harrell Iden, born September 13, 1905; Dorothy Marguerite, born October 14, 1908. Mr. Cuppett is a member of the Odd Fellows of high degree, also a member of the Woodmen of America. Mrs. Cuppett is also a member of that same order, now having obtained the highest position given in the Rebecca Lodge. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #12520 FULL-NAME: Gilbert Clinton Cuppett BIRTH-DATE: February 7, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Cranesville, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 16, 1932 DEATH-PLACE: Bruceton Mills, Grant District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Jefferson Cuppett (born in Cranesville, W.Va.) MOTHER: Margret Wolfe (born in Cranesville, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Encephalitis INFORMANT: Harold Cuppett (of 842 Brown Ave., Akron, Ohio) BURIAL: Union Cemetery --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------