When Cynthia Stamper was born in December 1839, in Perry, Kentucky, United States, her father, Isom Stamper, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Melvina Creech, was 32. She married Silas W. Cornett on 14 March 1866, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cumberland, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 November 1911, in Perry, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cornett Cemetery, Gilley, Letcher, Kentucky, United States.
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Historical Information 1843: Levi Gilly had property the town. Established as founding date
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: occupational name from Middle English sta(u)mpere, recorded only in the sense ‘one who treads grapes’ but possibly also denoting one who crushed or pounded stuff or who threshed grain.
German: nickname for someone working at a crushing mill (see Stamp 1), or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Stampe or Stampen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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