This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackshear, Cooper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1NE.2ACIB/165 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the family of Wilson Marion Cooper, FIL of Randall David Blackshear. R. D. Blackshear married his daughter Anna L. Cooper, 20 June 1897 in Alabama. My brother is compiling information on the East Texas (Sacred Harp) Musical Convention, to be printed for its 150th anniversary next year, and says this about W. M. Cooper... "Cooper is the man that revised, edited and re-released the Sacred Harp in 1902. No one has ever done much research on him. He lived in southeast Alabama in Houston County when the book was revised, and will probably be found there in the 1910 census. He is buried in Dothan (Houston Co.), though he died in Palm Beach, Florida, so may have lived there awhile. He was probably in Coffee County in 1900. His wife died in 1901 and is buried in that county. Cooper was born in Dec. of 1850, and I wrote down (from somewhere, I can't find it right now) that he may have been born in Dale County. He wouldn't be in the 1850 census, but if he could be located in 1860, that should show who his father and mother were." I have not been able to find W. M. Cooper in the 1860 or 1900 census, and I'm not 100% sure that the W. M. Cooper I found in 1870 is the correct one. Below is pasted the information that I've compiled from census records, using my brother's info as a starting point. I am aware of the fairly extensive genealogies posted on "One World Tree," but they don't have any information about the Cooper family except Anna L. Cooper. I'd appreciate any info that you have. Tom Vaughn -------------------------------------------------------- Descendants of Wilson Marion Cooper Generation No. 1 1. WILSON MARION2 COOPER (?1) was born Dec 1850 in Alabama, and died Bet. 1910 - 1920 in Palm Beach, Florida. He married (1) ZILPHIA A. ? Abt. 1870 in Alabama. She was born Abt. 1853 in Alabama, and died Bef. 1876 in Prob. Alabama. He married (2) MARY S. ? Abt. 1876 in Alabama. She was born Abt. 1858 in Alabama, and died 1901 in Coffee County, Alabama. Notes for WILSON MARION COOPER: Living with SIL and daughter R. D. and Anna (Cooper) Blackshear in 1910 Houston County, Alabama census. More About WILSON MARION COOPER: Census 1: 1870, Henry County, Alabama, Pct. 5, Pg. 2, Fam. 14 Census 2: 1880, Coffee County, Alabama, Haw Ridge, 4.44.35, Fam. 309 Census 3: 1910, Houston County, Alabama, Dothan City, 3.138.4A, Fam. 56 Occupation 1: 1870, Farm Labor Occupation 2: 1880, School Teacher Occupation 3: 1910, None More About WILSON COOPER and ZILPHIA ?: Marriage: Abt. 1870, Alabama More About MARY S. ?: Burial: Coffee County, Alabama Census: 1880, Coffee County, Alabama, Haw Ridge, 4.44.35, Fam. 309 Illness: 1880, Census More About WILSON COOPER and MARY ?: Marriage: Abt. 1876, Alabama Child of WILSON COOPER and MARY ? is: 2. i. ANNA L.3 COOPER, b. Abt. 1877, Alabama; d. Date Unknown. Generation No. 2 2. ANNA L.3 COOPER (WILSON MARION2, ?1) was born Abt. 1877 in Alabama, and died Date Unknown. She married RANDALL DAVID BLACKSHEAR 20 Jun 1897 in Alabama, son of JOSEPH BLACKSHEAR and SUSANNAH SIKES. He was born 08 Sep 1861 in Haleburg, Henry County, Alabama, and died 20 Jan 1941 in Panama City, Bay County, Florida. More About ANNA L. COOPER: Census 1: 1920, Bay County, Florida, Panama City, Pct. 1, 1.3.9B, Fam. 226 Census 2: 1910, Houston County, Alabama, Dothan City, 3.138.4A, Fam. 56 Notes for RANDALL DAVID BLACKSHEAR: Florida Death Index 1877-1998 Name: R. D. Blackshear Place: Bay Gender: M Race: W Volume: 931 Certificate: 2670 Death Date: 1941 More About RANDALL DAVID BLACKSHEAR: Census 1: 1910, Houston County, Alabama, Dothan City, 3.138.4A, Fam. 56 Census 2: 1920, Bay County, Florida, Panama City, Pct. 1, 1.3.9B, Fam. 226 Occupation 1: 1910, Medical Doctor Occupation 2: 1920, Medical Doctor; Eye, Ear, Nose Specialist More About RANDALL BLACKSHEAR and ANNA COOPER: Marriage: 20 Jun 1897, Alabama Children of ANNA COOPER and RANDALL BLACKSHEAR are: 3. i. GILL WYETH4 BLACKSHEAR, b. 27 Jun 1898, Gadsden County, Alabama; d. 26 Oct 1947, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. ii. JIM BLACKSHEAR, b. Abt. 1907, Alabama; d. Bet. 1910 - 1920. More About JIM BLACKSHEAR: Census: 1910, Houston County, Alabama, Dothan City, 3.138.4A, Fam. 56 Generation No. 3 3. GILL WYETH4 BLACKSHEAR (ANNA L.3 COOPER, WILSON MARION2, ?1) was born 27 Jun 1898 in Gadsden County, Alabama, and died 26 Oct 1947 in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. He married LUCY E. HUDMAN 19 May 1928. She was born Abt. 1907 in Alabama, and died Date Unknown. More About GILL WYETH BLACKSHEAR: Census 1: 1930, Lee County, Alabama, Opelika, Pct. 2, Ward 4, 8.41-5.6A, Fam. 142 Census 2: 1910, Houston County, Alabama, Dothan City, 3.138.4A, Fam. 56 Census 3: 1920, Bay County, Florida, Panama City, Pct. 1, 1.3.9B, Fam. 226 Occupation: 1930, Medical Doctor; Eye, Ear, Nose Specialist More About GILL BLACKSHEAR and LUCY HUDMAN: Marriage: 19 May 1928 Child of GILL BLACKSHEAR and LUCY HUDMAN is: i. GLORIA5 BLACKSHEAR, b. 1930, Alabama.