This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/2275 Message Board Post: I'm trying to verify Ephraim's parents. I thought them to be Sampson and Nancy Cope, but after some research I'm not sure I have the right parents. Does anyone have verification of who his parents are?

Roberta, I cannot varify this, but I have Ephraim H. Dukes as the son of Sampson Dukes born 1770/1775 in N.C.; died before July1837-will written 8 Mar. 1837 and was probated July court of the same year. Mother was Nancy (last name not been proven) believed to be a Cherokee Indian. His first wife was Nancy Ellen Oglesby -married 22 October 1832 Christian County, Ky. the daughter of Jacob Oglesby There is another marriage in the Christian County books for Ephraim H. Dukes and Nancy Oglesby 5th July 1843 and signed by William L. Oglesby ( does not give a relationship) William L. Oglesby was living with Ephraim Dukes family in the 1850 Christian County census, and is supposedly buried in the Dukes family cemetery in Muhlenberg County, Ky. I have Sampson Dukes born about 1825; married 7 Dec. 1848 to Nancy Holland Cope born about 1828---so they would be to young to be the parents of Ephraim Dukes that married Nancy Oglesby-moved to Polk county Missouri. Ephraim's Mother Nancy age 72, was listed in the 1850 Polk Co., Mo. census with his sister Missaniah Dukes and her husband Constant Oglesby What I need to know was there two different Nancy Oglesby's. I am beginning to think the second Nancy may have been the daughter of William L. and Mary Oglesby, altho I can find no proof of this. Jean jhussle@smt-net.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/2275 Message Board Post: I'm trying to verify Ephraim's parents. I thought them to be Sampson and Nancy Cope, but after some research I'm not sure I have the right parents. Does anyone have verification of who his parents are? ==== KYCHRIST Mailing List ==== Christian County KYGenWeb http://www.kyseeker.com/christian ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!