BIO:  CUPPY, Seth E., s/o John & Mahala (Lloyd) Cuppy

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

CUPPY,   LLOYD,   BRIDWELL,   PINKSTON,   ROBERTS

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
CURRY TWP.
PAGE 768
SETH E. CUPPY, merchant and miller, Shelburn, Ind.,   Located
in 1876, and carries a stock of $3,800, doing a business of $10,000
or $12,000 per year.  The mill is a frame building, one and one-half
stories propelled by steam, and has a capacity of one hundred
bushels of wheat, and two hundred bushels of corn per day.  Is
prepared to do both merchant and custom work.  He is also a
dealer in grain and stock.  Mr. Cuppy is a native of Sullivan County,
Ind., and was born April 28, 1844, and the son of John and
Mahala (Lloyd) Cuppy, natives of Kentucky;  John Cuppy came
to Indiana at an early day, settling in Lawrence County.  His
first marraige was in Lawrence County to Fanny Bridwell, by
whom he had ten children.  His second marriage occurred in
Sullivan County, to Mahala Lloyd.  Mr. Cuppy settled in Sullivan
County in 1836, and followed farming until his death in 1868.
Mrs. Cuppy died in 1875.  Our subject was reared in his native
county.  His educational advantages were poor, but by his own
exertions acquired a liberal education.  At the age of nineteen
he settled on a farm in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County,
where he followed agricultural pursuits five years.  At the age
of seventeen, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-third Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infanty, as private.  He was confined at
Evansville Hospital five or six weeks, also for some time at
Calhoun, Ky.  Was discharged on account of disability in 1862.
In 1869, he located in Curry Township, where he purchased
a farm of sixty-four acres, where he remained until he settled
in his present business at Shelburn.  He was married at Grays-
ville, Ind., February 12,1863, to Mary Pinkston, daughter of
D. and Rachel (Roberts) Pinkston.  Miss Pinkston was born
in Sullivan County, Ind., November 22,1843.  By this union
they have two children--Edgar A. and Minnie May.  Members
of the Missionary Baptist Church.  Mrs. Cuppy is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Republican, an
I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W.
**************************************
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical 
information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research 
and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied 
material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or 
presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations 
desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must 
obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative
and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.