Gracie Berintha Harper: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Gracie Berintha Harper was born about 1838 in Mississippi (daughter of Elmore Harper and Julia Ann Lane); and died.

Gracie married Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Jr. before 1857. Jesse (son of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. and Mary Ann Tolan McGuire) was born on 16 Mar 1836 in Texas; died on 17 Jul 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGuire Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Nancy Emma Jane Scruggs was born on 25 Sep 1857 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 1944 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Little Flock Cemetery, Toro, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Julia Ann Scruggs was born on 26 Jan 1859 in Texas; died on 25 Jun 1937 in Texas; was buried in Huntington Cemetery, Angelina County, Texas.
Mary Jesse Alma Scruggs was born about 1862; and died.

Gracie married Daniel Matthew Cooper, M. D. about 1863. Daniel (son of William Gill Cooper and Dempsey Donaho) was born about 1827 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

George Washington Cooper was born in Mar 1862 in Texas; and died.
Octavine G. Cooper was born about 1867 in Texas; and died.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooper was born on 30 Jan 1870 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.
Wesley Cooper was born about 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
William Cooper was born about 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Berintha "Bee" Cooper was born on 19 Mar 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Mar 1959 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas.
Charles Henderson "Henry" Cooper was born on 13 Nov 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Feb 1932 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Elmore Harper was born on 15 Jan 1813 in Wilkerson County, Mississippi; died on 16 Dec 1875; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

The son of James Harper. He enlisted in the 11th Texas Inf. at Camp Clough. By October 31, 1862, he was stationed at Camp Nelson, Arkansas. After the war, he returned to Sabine County and married the widow of his former friend and neighbor, Isaac Hickman Low. Elmore was a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge in Hemphill and worked as a farmer. (White and Toole, p 40).

Kay Parker McCary shows that a military marker only is in the Spring Hill Cemtery of Sabine County, showing Co. F 11th Reg Texas Inf, CSA. His wife was shown as Julia Ann Lane.

Elmore married Julia Ann Lane before 1836. Julia was born about 1817 in Georgia; died about 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia Ann Lane was born about 1817 in Georgia; died about 1860.

Children:

James Robert Harper was born on 15 Apr 1838 in Mississippi; died on 25 Dec 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas.
1. Gracie Berintha Harper was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died.
Alma Winnifred Harper was born about 1845 in Mississippi; died before 1870.
Jesse L. Harper was born about 1842 in Louisiana; and died.
John Wesley Harper was born about 1848 in Louisiana; and died.
Harris Stephen Harper was born about 1851 in Louisiana; and died.
William A. Harper was born about 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Mary A. Harper was born about 1856; and died.