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ELIJAH JONAS2 COOPER (JONAS1)1 was born Dec 15, 1842 in Mouth of Seneca, Randolph Co., VA1, and died May 10, 1918 in Harman, Randolph Co., WV1. He married HANNAH SUSAN BIBLE1 Oct 09, 1873 in Pendleton Co., WV1. She was born Oct 12, 1849 in Mouth of Seneca, Randolph Co., VA1, and died 1950 in ?Randolph Co., WV.

 

Notes for ELIJAH JONAS COOPER:

  • "Rohrbach Genealogy" by Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh [1970] p. 42;

  • Craig Snyder e-mail to L. Ellingham [10-II-2001]: ‘married Hannah Susan Bible’ & projected a descendants line to himself (Craig Snyder);

  • "Descendants of Christian Rohrbaugh" by Craig Snyder [2001];

  • Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" Descendants [1 July 2000]: burial;

  • Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" ged.com [2001];

  • Mona Hagy-Rose "Descendants of Jonas Cooper" [2001]; 1211047.GED (Cooper/Bible) & "Elijah J. Cooper rootsweb database": same data but birthplace ‘Harman, WV’;

  • Amy Morral [amym1030@pdt.net] (15-III-2003): middle name ‘Jonas’;

  • 1870 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) p. 435B: ll. 6-12: age 27; with mother, age 63, born VA; real estate valued $50; personal assets $200 — each of the 6 children with their mother has real estate valued at $320 and personal assets in a range of $100/$500, the real estate presumably subdivided from an aggregate total value; the household’s immediate neighbor is Mary’s son Valentine & his family;

  • 1880 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 47] p. 19: age 37 — neighbors include 5 siblings;

  • 1900 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 115; Sh. 16; ll. 97+]: age 57, born VA

More About ELIJAH JONAS COOPER:

  • Burial: Cooper Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, WV1

Notes for HANNAH SUSAN BIBLE:

  • "Rohrbach Genealogy" by Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh [1970] p. 42;

  • Craig Snyder e-mail to L. Ellingham [10-II-2001]: ‘married Hannah Susan Bible’ & projected a descendants line to himself (Craig Snyder);

  • "Descendants of Christian Rohrbaugh" by Craig Snyder [2001]: ‘born 13 Aug 1851at Mouth of Seneca (Randolph Co.) VA, died 1950’ — not the dates in Janet Cooper (following data) nor in 1880 or 1900 census for birth;

  • Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" Descendants [1 July 2000]: burial & vital statistics;

  • Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" ged.com [2001];

  • Mona Hagy-Rose "Descendants of Jonas Cooper" [2001]; 1211047.GED (Cooper/Bible): same vital statistics except deathdate ‘15 Mar 1928’, parents & pedigree;

  • Amy Morral [amym1030@pdt.net] (15-III-2003): burial ‘Cooper-Bible Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, WV’ [in Randolph Co.];

  • 1880 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 47] p. 19: age 31;

  • 1900 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 115; Sh. 16; ll. 97+]: age 50, born VA;

  • 1920 Randolph Co., WV census [E.D. 149; Sh. 8; ll. 75-78]: age 50, born WV — with her are daughters, Hattie, 37, & Myrtle, 32; the head of house her son, Wilbert B. Cooper, 34, all born WV

More About HANNAH SUSAN BIBLE:

  • Burial: Mar 16, 1928, Cooper Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, WV1

More About ELIJAH COOPER and HANNAH BIBLE:

  • Marriage: Oct 09, 1873, Pendleton Co., WV1

 

Children of ELIJAH COOPER and HANNAH BIBLE are:

          i. JACOB SMITH COOPER1, b. Mar 17, 1875, Pendleton Co., WV1; d. Jul 12, 1950, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; m. CARRIE VIOLA SNYDER1, Jan 29, 1899, Randolph Co., WV1; b. Feb 06, 1880, Randolph Co., WV; d. Sep 22, 1951, ?Randolph Co., WV.

           

          ii. BENJAMIN YOST COOPER1, b. Nov 12, 1877, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Jun 22, 1956, ?Randolph Co., WV1; m. (1) BERTHA THOMPSON1, Bef. 1905, ?Randolph Co., WV; b. Dec 16, 1881, ?WV1; d. Jan 31, 1900, ?Randolph Co., WV1; m. (2) ANNA MORRAL1, Bef. 1915, ?WV; b. Nov 13, 1876, WV1; d. Feb 05, 1963, Randolph Co., WV1.

           

          iii. HAYES COOPER1, b. Feb 23, 1879, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. May 14, 1934, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; m. IZERNIA BENNETT, Unknown, ?WV; b. Oct 13, 1882, Harman (Randolph Co.) WV1; d. Jun 27, 1941, Baltimore, MD1.

           

          iv. MARY ELIZABETH COOPER1, b. Apr 03, 1881, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Oct 08, 1926, Frasier, Clearwater Co., ID1; m. JOHN WESLEY SNYDER1, 1898, Cumberland, MD; b. Feb 23, 1874, Dry Fork (Randolph Co.) WV1; d. Apr 27, 1960, Lewiston, ID1.

           

          v. HATTIE SUSAN COOPER1, b. Mar 27, 1882, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Mar 24, 1963, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1.

              Notes for HATTIE SUSAN COOPER:

                  "Descendants of Christian Rohrbaugh" by Craig Snyder [2001]:

                      deathdate ‘29 Mar 1863’;

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" Descendants [1 July 2000]: middle name &

                      death data, ‘24 Mar 1863 at Harman, WV’;

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" ged.com [2001]: born in ‘Randolph Co.,

                      WV’ & burial;

                  Mona Hagy-Rose "Descendants of Jonas Cooper" [2001]: ‘single’;

                   1211047.GED (Cooper/Bible) & "Elijah J. Cooper rootsweb database":

                      same vital statistics but birthplace ‘Harman, WV’;

                  Amy Morral [amym1030@pdt.net] (15-III-2003): same data except birthplace

                      ‘Randolph Co., WV’ [elsewhere ‘Pendleton Co.} & location of cemetery at

                      ‘Seneca Rocks, WV’;

                  1900 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 115; Sh. 16; ll.

                      97+]]: age 18, born WV;

                  1920 Randolph Co., WV census [E.D. 149; Sh. 8; ll. 75-78]: brother Wilbert

                      B. Cooper, age 34, born WV — with him are his mother, Hannah S., age

                      70; sisters, Hattie, 37, & Myrtle, 32, all born WV

              More About HATTIE SUSAN COOPER:

                  Burial: Mar 27, 1963, Cooper Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, WV1

           

          vi. CORA E. COOPER1, b. Dec 30, 1883, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Feb 22, 1962, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; m. JAMES G. BLAINE SNYDER1, Jun 29, 1905, Randolph Co., WV1; b. Feb 02, 1883, Dry Fork, Pendleton Co., WV; d. May 14, 1965, Rich Mountain, Pendleton Co., WV.

           

          vii. WILBUR BLAINE COOPER1, b. Jul 30, 1885, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Jan 28, 1940, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1.

              Notes for WILBUR BLAINE COOPER:

                  "Descendants of Christian Rohrbaugh" by Craig Snyder [2001]:

                      ‘Wilbur B. Cooper’, born at ‘Pendleton Co., WV’;

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" Descendants [1 July 2000];

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" ged.com [2001]: occupation, burial;

                  Mona Hagy-Rose "Descendants of Jonas Cooper" [2001]: ‘single’;

                  1211047.GED (Cooper/Bible) & "Elijah J. Cooper rootsweb database":

                      same vital statistics with both birth and deathplaces at ‘Harman, WV’;

                  Amy Morral [amym1030@pdt.net] (15-III-2003): middle name, cemetery

                      location & ‘Wilbur was assisting with an accident that had occurred near

                      his home … directing traffic around the scene when he was struck by

                      a car that slid on the snowy road, and killed’;

                  1900 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 115; Sh. 16; ll.

                      97+]: as ‘Wilbert B.’, age 14, born WV;

                  1920 Randolph Co., WV census [E.D. 149; Sh. 8; ll. 75-78]: as ‘Wilbert B.’,

                      age 34, born WV — with him are his mother, Hannah S., age 70; sisters,

                      Hattie, 37, & Myrtle, 32, all born WV

              More About WILBUR BLAINE COOPER:

                  Burial: Jan 30, 1940, Cooper Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, WV1

                  Occupation: farmer1

           

          viii. MYRTLE COOPER1, b. Feb 20, 1887, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Aug 15, 1968, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1.

              Notes for MYRTLE COOPER:

                  "Descendants of Christian Rohrbaugh" by Craig Snyder [2001]: born in

                      ‘Pendleton Co., WV’, died ‘15 Aug 1968’;

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" Descendants [1 July 2000]: ‘died 15 Aug 1968

                      at Harman, WV’;

                  Janet Cooper "Jonas Cooper" ged.com [2001]: occupation, burial;

                  Mona Hagy-Rose "Descendants of Jonas Cooper" [2001]: birthdate, ‘single’;

                  "Jonas Cooper Descendancy" (rootsweb/WorldConnect Project) by Mary

                      Kerr [2001]: death date ‘15 Aug 1968’; 1211047.GED (Cooper/Bible) &

                      "Elijah J. Cooper rootsweb database": ‘born 20 Feb 1887 at Harman, WV,

                      and died 15 Aug 1968 at Harman, WV’;

                  Amy Morral [amym1030@pdt.net] (15-III-2003): ‘died 15 Aug 1968’

                      [elsewhere ‘14 Aug’], also describes burial as in ‘Cooper Family Plot,

                      Harman, WV’ [though it appears to be at the Seneca Rocks location] &

                      ‘Myrtle Cooper was a retired schoolteacher & manager of the family farm

                      … taught 23 years before retiring and managing the farm … was a

                      member of the church of the Brethren’;

                  1900 Randolph Co., WV census (Dry Fork district) [E.D. 115; Sh. 16; ll.

                      97+]]: age 13, born WV;

                  1920 Randolph Co., WV census [E.D. 149; Sh. 8; ll. 75-78]: brother Wilbert

                      B. Cooper, age 34, born WV — with him are his mother, Hannah S., age

                      70; sisters, Hattie, 37, & Myrtle, 32, all born WV

              More About MYRTLE COOPER:

                  Burial: Aug 16, 1968, Cooper Cemetery, east of Harman, WV1

                  Occupation: schoolteacher1

           

          ix. HARRIS WILMOTH COOPER1, b. Apr 21, 1889, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Jun 18, 1956, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; m. BERTHA KATHRYN HUFFMAN1, Bef. 1909, ?Randolph Co., WV; b. Nov 09, 1886, Pendleton Co., WV1; d. Jun 27, 1970, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1.

           

          x. FLOYD MASON COOPER1, b. Jun 16, 1893, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; d. May 18, 1950, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1; m. EFFIE MAE ARMSTRONG1, Sep 20, 1913, ?Randolph Co., WV; b. Dec 31, 1896, Randolph Co., WV1; d. Oct 29, 1974, Harman, Randolph Co., WV1.

           

           

Endnotes

1. Lewis Ellingham < >, Date of Import: Oct 23, 2004.

 


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