Opal Payne wrote: > > I am searching for any information on the Joseph Bradbury Rupe > Family.Joseph was my great-grandfather.His wife,Mary Frances(Molly)Hogue > Rupe was my great-grandmother.They had several children.My Granfather > was their Son Chester Bethel most folks called him C.B. or Bethel.They > also had a Son named Joe Bill Rupe,a Daughter named Josie and a Son > named Benjamin I believe Ben died at an early age.The Family owned land > near Rock Creek near Mansfield.My Father was Opal E. Rupe.He too died at > an early age (26)of cancer.My Father's only sibling is Billy Joe > Rupe.Not many people know the Rupe surname.I guess most of the people > that knew the family have either died or moved awayAnyone having any > information on this family please e-mail me at Opayne9757@webtv.net.I > truly apperciate any help you might be able to give me .Thanks and I > apologize for such a long post. > > Opal Payne Hi Opal! Is your Rupe family the same family that married into the Harris family of Scott County? My gr gr grandfather, Benjamin Christopher Harris ahd a son, Columbus Jefferson "Lum" Harris (1862-1928) who married MOLLIE (MARY) RUPE/ROUPE 2/13/1892 in Scott County Arkansas. C.J. Harris, 29, Waldron to Mollie Rupe, 20, Boothe on 13 Feb 1892. Bk B, p 82 1910 Tomlinson Twp: #49/51 Columbus Harris Hd 47 Md/18 AR TN AR Mollie Wf 39 3/2 AR OH MO Benjamin Son 16 Sgl AR AR AR Annie Dau 15 Sgl AR AR AR 1920 Census Tomlinson Twp, #70/70 Columbus J. Harris Hd 57 Md AR TN AR Farmer Mollie Wf 48 Md AR OH MO Ben Son 26 Md AR AR AR Alttie D/Law 28 Md AR MS TN Med Gr/Dau 2 AR AR AR Charlene char@presys.com