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		    MY GRANDPARENTS

		  ANDREW ALEXANDER LEEPER
		  ELIZABETH D. PARKS McKNIGHT
MARRIED ON JUNE 27, 1868 BY THE REVEREND J.D. HALL IN , GASTON MECKLENBURG
COUNTY AREA CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER MARRIAGE THEY MADE THEIR HOME
AT THE SOUTH POINT ON CATAWBA RIVER, BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA.

ANDREW ALEXANDER LEEPER WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1850 AND DIED DECEMBER 3, 1919
ELIZABETH D. PARKS McKNIGHT WAS BORN JANUARY 23, 1847 AND DIED JUNE 16, 1927
THEIR CHILDREN WERE MARGARET LOUISA, EMMA JANE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, MARY LENORA,
LUNA IDELE, CATHRINE ELVIRA, JAMES ANDREW, CHARLES MATTHEW, LAURA ADDIE,
ROBERT LEE, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON.

1- MARGARET LOUISA LEEPER married SAMUEL NEAL McKNIGHT on July 2, 1895.
   Born January 11, 1870	  Born July 18, 1871
   Died December 8, 1948	  Died November 3, 1946
Children- Grace Inez, Lena Gertrude, Bessie Maude, Janie Neal, Robert Leeper,
	  Samuel Lacy, Elva Craig, Margaret Louise, Ollie James

Grace Inez McKnight married William Harrison Cousar
Children- 1 Mary Elizabeth Cousar marriedCharles M. Haines
	    Children- None
	  2 Helen Inez Cousar married Kenneth Kyle Parker
	    Children- Margaret Christine Parker married William Kenneth Fields
		      Kenneth Franklin Parker

	  3 William Harrison Cousar Jr. married June Hughes  (divorced)
	    Children- William Rodney Cousar
	    2nd wife- Clara Benfield Alva
	    Children- Kim Cousar
	    3rd wife- Betty   ??
	    Children-   ??

	  4 Ruby McKnight Cousar married Stanley Woodward Westerfield
	    Children- Linda LaRayne Westerfield
		      Stanley Woodward Westerfield Jr.

	  5 Margaret Louise Cousar married Gene P. Cole
	    Children- Gene P. Cole Jr.
		      Margaret Louise Cole
		      James Scott Cole
								1945
	  6 Samuel Reid Cousar married Dorothy Simmons (Reid died plane crash)
	    Children- Mark Reid Cousar
		      Sallie Sue Cousar

Lena Gertrude McKnight married Justus Earl Armstrong- deceased
Children- 1 Kenneth McKnight Armstrong married Janice A. Reynolds
	    Children- Dean Russell Armstrong
		      Kevin Blair Armstrong
		      Terry Selene Armstrong

	  2 Jean Carolyn Armstrong married Roland Eugene Kinser
	    Children- Donald Eugene Kinser
		      Norma Jean Kinser
		      Stephen Earl Kinser


Information as of 1968 and 1969
Re-typed 1980