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James
Wright
Shupe
Born in Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Shupe
and Sarah (Wright) Shupe
Brother of
Andrew Jackson Shupe and Isaac B Shupe
Husband of
Sarah (Prunty) Shupe
— married
1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Louisa (Crabtree) Shupe
— married
29 Nov 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jul 2017
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Biography
James Shupe was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
Private James Shupe served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company C, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 1847
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company C, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 1847
James was the son of Peter Riley Shupe and Sarah Wright.
James Wright Shupe was a Private in Company C. He was a member of Captain Brown's Pueblo detachment. His wife Sarah accompanied him.[1]
He married in 1846 to Sarah Coats Prunty. She was born 28 September 1822 in Franklin Co., Virginia (daughter of Robert Prunty and Judith Farris). She passed away 22 June 1865 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah.
George Washington Woolsey Hickerson 1847–1919 • KWVW-YHM
Nancy Jane Shupe 1853–1880 • KWVW-YH9 Marriage: 5 December 1870 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Children (4) George Washington Hickerson 1872–1962 • LH9W-353
Sarah Estella Hickerson 1874–1940 • K2WV-MFN
William Riley Hickerson 1876–1955 • K2WV-MNQ
Franklin Arigenes Hickerson 1878–1943 • LZ8T-MGS
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James Wright Shupe 1823–1899 • KWNL-9R8
Sarah Coats Prunty 1822–1865 • KWV7-Y55 Marriage: 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Children (10) Elizabeth Margaret Shupe 1847–1848 • KWVG-5YP
Joseph Kendrick Shupe 1848–1906 • K2H6-94P
Susanah Caroline Shupe 1850–1895 • KWVC-9YK
John Riley Shupe 1851–1923 • K2H6-947
Nancy Jane Shupe 1853–1880 • KWVW-YH9
James Franklin Shupe 1855–Deceased • KWVG-5Y5
Sarah Caroline Shupe 1857–1869 • KWVG-5YR
Hyrum Andrew Shupe 1860–1934 • KWJC-MQM
William George Shupe 1862–1923 • KWNL-H76
Peter Robert Shupe 1864–1913 • KWZK-54N
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #23499444
- LDS Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868 web site: LDS Pioneer
- Members of the Mormon Battalion, A Sesquicentennial Remembrance, compiled by Dr. Susan Ward Easton, p. 61. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5417209
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Una Lee (Wright) Craft
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A797763 [compare], Ancestry member dlcraft145
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Richard Hand :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G490544 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rodney Atkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M890658 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LU9680512 [compare], Ancestry member atkinsr01
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~0.78%
Veena (Stephenson) Waziri :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Scott Baird :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Don Craft :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A088492 [compare], Ancestry member dlcraft145
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~0.78%
Stacy (Bayles) Black :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TR4572621 [compare], Ancestry member stacynblack
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~0.78%
Carolyn (Wright) Mitchell :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Donna Pelham :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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