Biography of Jacob Cupp, page 684.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Jacob Cupp, farmer, section 35, Keyser Township, was born in Somerset 
County, Pa., Jan. 19, 1808, a son of Frederick and Mary (Sholtz) Cup, of 
English and German descent.  He remained in his native county with his 
parents till twenty years of age, when he went to Stark County Ohio, where 
he worked by the day and month eight years.  He than bought a farm and 
followed agicultural pursuits till 1842, when he came to Indiana and settled 
in De Kalb County, where he has a good home, and now in the seventy-eight 
year of his age can look back on a life of industry and honesty, and can 
enjoy the fruits of a well-spent life.  Mr. Cupp was married Nov. 26, 1835, 
to Elizabeth Hoover, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who died in 1843, 
leaving three children---Mathias, Ethalinda (now Mrs. W.Teeters), and Hiram.  
In 1860 Mr. Cupp married Mrs. Barbara Smith.  They have one child---Levi H.  
Politically, Mr. Cupp is a Democrat.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com