Dr. Joseph Richard Pope

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for North Carolina, Halifax Co., Scotland Neck, District 37, page 240A records Grace Pope (June 1885) living with her parents John R. (May 1849) and Adelaide (April 1859) Pope and siblings Ruth (Jan 1882), Eva (June 1885), Hunter (Dec 1887), Annie (August 1892), Joseph (August 1896), and Jacob (June 1898). John is listed as a Physician and has been married to Adelaide for 22 years with 7 children. All family members and their parents are born in North Carolina.

The 1910 Federal Census for Corry, 3rd Ward, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, District 63, page 193A, dated April 21, 1910 records J. R. (61 - NC) and Adeliene (sic) (51 - NC) Pope with children Eva (23), Anna May (17), Joseph (14), Carl (12), and Hunter (22) living at 14 Franklin Street. John is listed as a Physician and has been married to Adeliene for 30 years. They have had 9 children of whom 7 are still living.

The 1920 Federal Census for Corry City, 3rd Ward, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, District 65, page 34B, dated Jan 3, 1920 records Joseph R. (70 - NC) and Adeladie (60 - NC) Pope with children Grace A. (34), Eva H. (33), and Anna Mary (27) living at 14 Franklin Street. John is listed as a Medical Doctor. Also in the household is a married daughter, Ruth Pope Turner (37), with her son Richard Turner (10 - PA).

Joseph married Adelaide Futrell circa 1878 in North Carolina. (Adelaide Futrell was born on 10 Apr 1859 in Halifax Co., North Carolina, died on 28 Jul 1932 in Erie, Erie Co., PA and was buried in Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., NC.) The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.