Re: Charpie or Charpia
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Charpie or Charpia
Dana Fisher 3/19/00
Hi Dana,
We have found out that the CHARPIA name was spelled CHARPIE before the end of the Civil War.The estate record for Henry Charpie, who died at Richmond in July 1862, was signed by his widow, Sarah (Charpie).Near the end of the war she married Alex Myers and had several more children.There is no record for the 1870 census, but in the 1880 census her sons, George F. and Henry had their names spelled CHARPIA.We cannot be sure why the spelling was changed, but the change was probably made by either Sarah or George F.
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Re: Charpie or Charpia
Dana Fisher 3/28/00