Jacob Bope
BIRTH
Saturday
17 NOV 1798
Rockingham County,
Virginia, USA
DEATH
Monday
08 SEP 1884
Fairfield County,
Ohio, USA
Infirmary Director | Carpenter | Undertaker | Farmer
Joe McFarland
The Far-Land Legacy
The Publishing Legacy Company
Friday, February 20, 2026
BIOGRAPHY
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CIVIL WAR
UNITED STATES
UNION ARMY
COLONEL
Company C, 5th Ohio Cavalry
TIMELINE
BURIAL
ZEIGLER CEMETERY
ROW 22
COL. Jacob Bope lies buried next to his first wife, Mariah Elizabeth (Bury) Bope and his second wife, Mariah Adeline (Essex) Bope, in row 22.
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THE REFERENCES
Bev Poling. “COL. Jacob Bope,” Find A Grave, Last modified November 9, 2010, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61352094/jacob-bope.
Cemeteries of Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio (Lancaster: The Fairfield County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994), 161.
Infirmary Records, Fairfield County, Ohio (Lancaster: The Fairfield County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994), ii.
“Jacob Bope,” FamilySearch, accessed December 16, 2025, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/L8H1-TR5.
PHOTOS
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