Person:Barbara Kilmer (1)

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Louvina Jane Heck, the daughter of Jacob & Barbara (Kilmer)(Harshbarger) Heck, born in 1818 [6] probably at Botetourt County, Virginia. She died at Hawkins County, Tennessee sometime after the 1880 census. Louvina Heck's name was spelled various ways in the records. 1850 Census: Luvana, 1860 Census: Lavenia, 1870 Census: Lavina & 1880 Census Lovana. Louvina's mother, Barbara Kilmer, first married in 1813 at Botetourt County, Henry Harshbarger. After Henry's death, Barbara married in 1816 at Botetourt her second husband, Jacob Heck. Barbara Kilmer was the sister of John W. Cupp's mother Eve Kilmer. Although the exact time and location of John & Louvina's marriage has not been found, the fact that Louvina's maiden name was Heck is confirmed by the death record for their fourth son, James Orville Cupp. (Death certificate #176: Greene County, Tenn., J. O. Cupp (James Orville), died 1918, age 74, b. Hawkins County, Tenn., Father: John W. Cupp, b. Va., Mother: Lavana Heck, b. Va.) USGenWeb Archives