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Descendants of Barnabas Cooper

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  BARNABAS1 COOPER was born Abt. 1731 in York County, Pennsylvania.  He married UNKNOWN. 

     

Child of BARNABAS COOPER and UNKNOWN is:

2.           i.     BARNABAS JR.2 COOPER, b. 1759, Black Water, New Jersey; d. January 06, 1832, Fayette County, Virginia (WVA).

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  BARNABAS JR.2 COOPER (BARNABAS1) was born 1759 in Black Water, New Jersey, and died January 06, 1832 in Fayette County, Virginia (WVA).  He married (1) CATY COCHRAN March 20, 1798 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia.    He married (2) JURIAH HICKS March 05, 1808 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia. 

 

Notes for BARNABAS JR. COOPER:

    Barnabas Cooper enlisted as a private in the Virginia Line at Amherst County, Virginia. He served two years under Captain Elijah Martin, under Captain Joseph Cabell and General George Rogers Clark, in Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois. He was honorably discharged August 11, 1781.

    On 20 August 1832 he applied for a pension in Fayette County, Virginia at age 74. It was granted, certificate numbers Va. 16438 and S-9201, on 9 August 1833. He had died on 6 January 1833.

He was granted $80.00 per month and his widow received $147.10.

Land Record:

Barnabas Cooper  220 acres  Muddy Creek  1796 Greenbriar County Book 4, page 116

 

 

     

Children of BARNABAS COOPER and CATY COCHRAN are:

              i.     FRANCIS3 COOPER, m. ELIZABETH MILLER, May 20, 1820, Greenbriar County, (West) Virginia.

             ii.     JESSE COOPER.

            iii.     THOMAS COOPER, m. MARGARET HILARD, July 02, 1781, Greenbriar County, (West) Virginia.

 

Notes for THOMAS COOPER:

Land Record: THOMAS COOPER, Cabell co., Va.,  1 Oct. 1850

95 acres on waters of Sugar Tree Fork of Middle Fork of Mud River.  Grant 104, page 71

 

 

3.         iv.     SILAS COOPER, b. Abt. 1788, Virginia; d. Aft. 1880, Cabell County, West Virginia.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  SILAS3 COOPER (BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born Abt. 1788 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1880 in Cabell County, West Virginia.  He married LUCY HUDSON.  She was born Abt. 1781 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1860 in Cabell County, West Virginia.

 

Notes for SILAS COOPER:

Cooper, Silas,   Union  Cavalry   7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry

 

 

     

Children of SILAS COOPER and LUCY HUDSON are:

4.           i.     WILLIAM4 COOPER, b. August 03, 1814, Virginia; d. Aft. 1880, Lincoln County West Virginia.

             ii.     MARY COOPER, b. 1820.

5.         iii.     HUDSON COOPER, b. 1824.

            iv.     ABEL COOPER.

             v.     LEROY COOPER.

6.         vi.     FRANCIS COOPER, b. Abt. 1827, Virginia.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  WILLIAM4 COOPER (SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born August 03, 1814 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1880 in Lincoln County West Virginia.  He married ELIZABETH (BETSY) SMITH April 15, 1835 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, daughter of JACOB SMITH and SUSANNAH CAMPBELL.  She was born August 15, 1816 in Greenbriar County, (West) Virginia, and died Aft. 1880 in Lincoln County West Virginia.

 

Notes for WILLIAM COOPER:

Land Record, Cabell Co., Va., 30 Nov. 1838, WILLIAM COOPER

80 acres on Big Laurel Creek.   Grant 90, page 69

Land Record, Cabell co., Va., 30 Aug. 1845, WILLIAM COOPER

50 acres on the headwaters of Big Laurel Creek.  Grant 96, page 761

Land Record, Boone County, VA, 1 June 1855,  WILLIAM COOPER

65 acres on Laurel Creek, a tributary of Mud River.    Grant 111, page 315

     

Children of WILLIAM COOPER and ELIZABETH SMITH are:

7.           i.     JOHN CAMPBELL5 COOPER, b. November 1850, Boone Co.,  West Virginia; d. September 21, 1911, Lincoln Co., West Virginia.

             ii.     MARY A. COOPER, b. 1835, Virginia.

            iii.     NANCY COOPER, b. 1837, Virginia; m. JOSEPH PRIDEMORE.

            iv.     LUCRETIA COOPER, b. 1841, Virginia; m. JOHN LAWSON.

             v.     CLARISSA COOPER, b. 1842, Virginia; m. ANDREW PRICE.

8.         vi.     SILAS COOPER, b. March 1841, Virginia.

           vii.     ELIZABETH COOPER, b. 1845, Virginia; m. CANADA SMITH; b. January 14, 1820; d. November 11, 1882.

          viii.     WILLIAM FRANCIS COOPER, b. December 1847, Virginia; m. LOUISA TUDOR.

            ix.     JOSIAH BENJAMIN COOPER, b. 1852.

             x.     SARAH E. COOPER, b. 1853; m. FLOYD SPURLOCK.

            xi.     MATILDA S. COOPER, m. NAPOLEAN NELSON.

           xii.     LEONIZA COOPER, b. 1857.

          xiii.     JAMES LEWIS COOPER, b. 1860; m. MARY E. NELSON.

 

 

5.  HUDSON4 COOPER (SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born 1824.  He married JUDA.  She was born 1818.

      

Children of HUDSON COOPER and JUDA are:

              i.     MARY S.5 COOPER, b. Abt. 1859.

             ii.     HUDSON COOPER, b. Abt. 1861.

  

6.  FRANCIS4 COOPER (SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born Abt. 1827 in Virginia.  He married ELIZABETH.  She was born Abt. 1831 in Virginia.

  

Children of FRANCIS COOPER and ELIZABETH are:

              i.     JAMES F.5 COOPER, b. Abt. 1862.

             ii.     GRANDUS COOPER, b. Abt. 1863; m. FRANCES STOWERS.

            iii.     LUCINDA COOPER, b. Abt. 1864.

            iv.     FLOYD COOPER, b. Abt. 1866.

             v.     THOMAS A. COOPER, b. Abt. 1871.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

7.  JOHN CAMPBELL5 COOPER (WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born November 1850 in Boone Co.,  West Virginia, and died September 21, 1911 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia.  He married JULIA ANN STOWERS 1871 in West Virginia, daughter of JOSEPH STOWERS and MARTHA PAYNE.  She was born February 1851 in Tazewell County, Virginia, and died 1930 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia.

     

Children of JOHN COOPER and JULIA STOWERS are:

              i.     ANN6 COOPER, b. Abt. 1869, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. UNKNOWN LOVEJOY.

             ii.     WALTER COOPER, b. Abt. 1870, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. LILLIE ADKINS.

            iii.     WILLIAM COOPER, b. Abt. 1871, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. FLORA CUMMINGS.

9.         iv.     CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COOPER, b. July 01, 1873, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; d. April 12, 1967, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

10.       v.     EDWARD LEWIS COOPER, b. Abt. 1873, Lincoln Co., West Virginia.

11.      vi.     SARAH E. COOPER, b. September 23, 1870, Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia; d. December 03, 1969, Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

12.     vii.   J. W. SCOTT COOPER, b. Abt. 1878, Lincoln Co., West Virginia.

          viii.     LENA COOPER, b. Abt. 1878, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. WILLIAM CUMMINGS.

            ix.     MARTHA ANN COOPER, b. April 1880, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. UNKNOWN LOVEJOY.

             x.     MANARD COOPER, b. April 1882, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. ELOISE MCCOY.

            xi.     WILLIAM L. COOPER, b. February 1884, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. FLORA CUMMINGS.

           xii.     WALTER COOPER, b. February 14, 1885, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; d. 1960; m. LILLIE ADKINS.

          xiii.     LUCINDA COOPER, b. December 1890, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; m. MILTON MCCOY.

13.    xiv.     WATT COOPER, b. January 25, 1892, Lincoln Co., West Virginia.

 

8.  SILAS5 COOPER (WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born March 1841 in Virginia.  He married MARY JANE LAWSON.  She was born January 1851 in Virginia.

 

Notes for SILAS COOPER:

1890 Union Veterans Census for Silas Cooper

State: West Virginia

County: Lincoln

Location: Union District

     

Children of SILAS COOPER and MARY LAWSON are:

14.         i.     BELVA DORA6 COOPER, b. 1881, Lincoln County, West Virginia; d. 1956, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

             ii.     JOSEPH COOPER, b. June 1877.

            iii.     VIRGINIA COOPER, b. April 1884.

            iv.     BARBIE COOPER, b. May 1887.

             v.     POLLY M. COOPER, b. January 1891.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

9.  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6 COOPER (JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born July 01, 1873 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia, and died April 12, 1967 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He married CORA L. LINVILLE, daughter of MANDEVILLE LINVILLE and ANGELINE ELKINS.  She was born April 10, 1879 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, and died August 27, 1921 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

 

Notes for CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COOPER:

Note: On the 1920 census in Lincoln County,

 Columbus Cooper is listed as "Scott Cooper".

 

1930 census, Lincoln Co., Carroll District

Page:  7B    ED:  3

Cooper, Columbus   59  Farmer

Nora                         36

     

Children of CHRISTOPHER COOPER and CORA LINVILLE are:

              i.     JEWEL7 COOPER.

             ii.     JOHN COOPER.

            iii.     SHELTON COOPER, b. June 1897.

15.      iv.     SCOTT M. COOPER, b. May 1895.

16.       v.     MADGE COOPER, b. March 08, 1898, Lincoln County, West Virginia; d. May 1972.

17.      vi.     HILLARD COOPER, SENIOR, b. August 12, 1900, Lincoln Co., West Virginia; d. October 12, 1978, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

           vii.     MOLLY COOPER, b. Abt. 1904.

          viii.     ALBERT COOPER, b. Abt. 1906.

            ix.     HERBERT COOPER, b. Abt. 1908.

             x.     MERT COOPER, b. Abt. 1914.

            xi.     REBLE COOPER, b. Abt. 1914.

           xii.     COLUMBUS COOPER, b. Abt. 1917.

 

10.  EDWARD LEWIS6 COOPER (JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born Abt. 1873 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia.  He married (1) MARY Abt. 1897 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.  She was born Abt. 1874.  He married (2) JENNIE PLUMLEY Bef. 1914 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.  She was born July 25, 1875 in Lincoln County West Virginia.

     

Children of EDWARD COOPER and JENNIE PLUMLEY are:

              i.     OPAL7 COOPER, b. June 02, 1915; m. UNKNOWN COLBY.

             ii.     OCEL COOPER, b. June 02, 1915, Lincoln County West Virginia; d. June 02, 1915, Lincoln County West Virginia.

            iii.     DON MELVIN COOPER.

 

11.  SARAH E.6 COOPER (JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born September 23, 1870 in Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia, and died December 03, 1969 in Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia.  She married ALFRED LOVEJOY Abt. 1893 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.  He was born August 15, 1863 in Mud River, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

     

Child of SARAH COOPER and ALFRED LOVEJOY is:

              i.     ACIE B.7 LOVEJOY, b. January 20, 1895.

 

12.  J. W. SCOTT6 COOPER (JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born Abt. 1878 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia.  He married MINNIE ELLEN ADKINS Abt. 1989 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.  She was born December 22, 1878 in Lincoln County West Virginia.

     

Child of J. COOPER and MINNIE ADKINS is:

              i.     ROMEO7 COOPER, b. Abt. 1899.

 

13.  WATT6 COOPER (JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born January 25, 1892 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia.  He married JEANETTE FLORENCE MCCOY.  She was born Abt. 1892.

     

Children of WATT COOPER and JEANETTE MCCOY are:

              i.     DARRELL7 COOPER.

             ii.     PEARL COOPER, b. Abt. 1916.

            iii.     ELLOISE COOPER, b. Abt. 1921.

            iv.     LOWELL COOPER, b. Abt. 1924.

             v.     EUGENE COOPER, b. Abt. 1929.

 

14.  BELVA DORA6 COOPER (SILAS5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born 1881 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, and died 1956 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.  She married WILLIAM THOMAS EGNOR. 

     

Child of BELVA COOPER and WILLIAM EGNOR is:

              i.     OSSIE7 EGNOR, b. 1900, Lincoln County, West Virginia; d. 1970, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

15.  SCOTT M.7 COOPER (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6, JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born May 1895.  He married MERTLE.  She was born Abt. 1899.

     

Child of SCOTT COOPER and MERTLE is:

              i.     LESTER P.8 COOPER, b. Abt. 1918.

 

16.  MADGE7 COOPER (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6, JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born March 08, 1898 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, and died May 1972.  She married FRANK JAMES WALLS.  He was born November 1898 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, and died in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

     

Child of MADGE COOPER and FRANK WALLS is:

              i.     GARY?8 WALLS, b. Abt. 1918.

 

17.  HILLARD7 COOPER, SENIOR (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6, JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born August 12, 1900 in Lincoln Co., West Virginia, and died October 12, 1978 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.  He married HETTIE ANKROM June 12, 1921 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, daughter of MYROM ANKROM and EMMA LEMASTERS.  She was born January 26, 1904 in West Virginia, and died in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

     

Children of HILLARD COOPER and HETTIE ANKROM are:

              i.     FREDA8 COOPER, b. Abt. 1921.

18.        ii.     HILLARD COOPER, JUNIOR, b. November 02, 1923, Cabin Creek (Kanawha) West Virginia; d. March 03, 1976, Columbus (Franklin Co.) Ohio.

            iii.     VIRGINIA COOPER, b. Abt. 1925.

            iv.     RALPH COOPER, b. Abt. 1928.

 

 

Generation No. 8

 

18.  HILLARD8 COOPER, JUNIOR (HILLARD7, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6, JOHN CAMPBELL5, WILLIAM4, SILAS3, BARNABAS JR.2, BARNABAS1) was born November 02, 1923 in Cabin Creek (Kanawha) West Virginia, and died March 03, 1976 in Columbus (Franklin Co.) Ohio.  He married MACEL MARIE WEAVER, daughter of VAL WEAVER and HELEN BOSHER.  She was born August 24, 1922 in Paint Creek (Kanawha) West Virginia.

 

Notes for HILLARD COOPER, JUNIOR:

Served in the U.S. Army in France during WW2. Wounded with shrapnel in the back.

     

 

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