Levi Benjamin Cooper, Levi Benjamin Cooper, son of Charner and Sarah Lee Cooper, married Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Carter in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 27, 1884.
Photo of Levi: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/LeviCooper.jpg
Photo of Sarah and the children: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/SarahElizabethCarter.jpg
Their daughter Susie Mae Cooper married James Edgar Brooks Sr. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/BROOKS.jpg
Susie named her son James Brooks Jr. and he married Mary Ella Thornton http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/JamesEBrooksJr-MaryThornton.jpg Mary Ella named her son Charles Wayne Brooks and Charlie married kathy Lorena
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/Charlie-KathyBrooks.jpg
Levi and Sarah Cooper had four sons and two daughters in Montgomery. His parents and grandparents had settled in Chambers County about 1830 from South Carolina. Levi's mother was Sarah F Lee, daughter of Malinda Phillips and Elijah Lee who settled in Creek Territory.
Sarah Carter's parents were Thomas Randolph Carter and Mary Josephine Hereferd. Mary was from Virginia
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/MaryjosephineHereferdCarter.jpg
Mary was the second wife of Thomas - his first wife was Lacy Jane Bozeman
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/lacyjanebozemanandthomasrandolphcarter1859.jpg
Ironically Kathy Lorena Brooks is named after her great grandmother, Lorena Emma Bozeman.
Susie Mae Cooper's inlaws were Annie Ballard and John Brooks of Maury County Tennessee
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/annieclarkballardandjohnedwardbrooks1914.bmp
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Levi Cooper came to Montgomery and worked for Thomas Carter on his farm. He was much older than Sally and would push her on the swing.
Levi is buried at Cecil Alabama by his sons and Sarah is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery by her daughter Susie in a large family plot with a stone named Brooks-Cooper.
When Thomas Carter died, he was buried by his first wife on their old farm cemetery
Here are some of my favorite websites:
Brooks, Ballard, Lee, Carter, Cooper, Thornton, notes (http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/Steppingstones.html)
Levi Benjamin Cooper (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/Ancestors/Cooper/LeviCooper.jpg)
Carter Cemetery (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/cemeteries/carterbo417gcm.txt)
