Lois, Thanks for summarizing those dates. I've known many of them off and on, but having them in one place is very useful. Beverly Porter Looking for COOPERS in Rockland County NY and Passaic County NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Franceschi" <ljfljf@psyber.com> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: [COOPER] Dates state began requiring info for death and birthrecords > Dates when laws were passed requiring Birth & Death > registrations > State Death Birth > > _________________________________________________________ > Alabama 1908 1908 > Alaska 1913 1913 > Arizona 1909 1909 > Arkansas 1914 1914 > California 1905 1905 > Colorado 1907 1907 > Connecticut 1897 1897 > Delaware 1881 1881 > D.C. 1855 1871 > Florida 1915 1915 > Georgia 1919 1919 > Hawaii 1896 1896 > Idaho 1911 1911 > Illinois 1916 1916 > Indiana 1882 1882 > Iowa 1880 1880 > Kansas 1911 1911 > Kentucky 1911 1911 > Louisiana 1914 1914 > Maine 1892 1892 > Maryland 1898 1898 > Massachusetts 1841 1841 > Michigan 1867 1867 > Minnesota 1900 1900 > Mississippi 1912 1912 > Missouri 1910 1910 > Montana 1907 1907 > Nebraska 1905 1905 > Nevada 1911 1911 > New Hampshire 1905 1905 > New Jersey 1848 1848 > New Mexico 1919 1919 > New York 1880 1880 > North Carolina 1913 1913 > North Dakota 1908 1908 > Ohio 1909 1909 > Oklahoma 1908 1908 > Oregon 1903 1903 > Pennsylvania 1906 1906 > Puerto Rico 1931 1931 > Rhode Island 1852 1852 > South Carolina 1915 1915 > South Dakota 1905 1905 > Tennessee 1914 1914 > Texas 1903 1903 > Utah 1905 1905 > Vermont 1857 1857 > Virginia 1912 1912 > Washington 1907 1907 > West Virginia 1917 1917 > Wisconsin 1907 1907 > Wyoming 1909 1909 > > * * * * * > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Helen: If someone provides you with that info from Iowa, will you let me know? I'm searching for birthdate of Isaac Newton Walker, late 1800's. Joann ----- Original Message ----- From: "szib" <szib@sbcglobal.net> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: [COOPER] Iowa death records > Does anyone know if Iowa has the kind of death records as complete > as Connecticut's and if so when did they start keeping the > records? Helen Z > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I am trying to find some further information on my ggrandmother - ANNA LOUISA JONES. She was born in Jackson, TN in April of 1873.. She married WALTER A COOPER approx. between 1895 or after give or take a few years. (WALTER ARTHUR COOPER was born in 1872 in Massachsuetts.) They had 5 children.. the first child died before daughter GLADYS MAY COOPER was born in 1899 in Massachusetts. then BEATRICE LOUISA COOPER was born 1900, ESTHER MAY was born in 1903 and then my grandmother, MYRTLE ELIZA COOPER was born in Oct.1911. All born in Massachusetts. Now I am having a heck of a time trying to find out more info on ANNA. When Anna was born they didnt keep birth records. I tried looking at the various census' but there are too many "ANNA LOUISA JONES" and no info when and exactly where she married Walter. I looked into all other databases and no information.. Help!! (Anna died in 1917 in Massachusetts and Im trying to find any obit info but at the moment I cant seem to locate anything..) I was hoping that since its a new year and maybe someone is doing some research and somehow connect the lines... Any other advice or suggestions would greatly be appreicated..

Does anyone know if Iowa has the kind of death records as complete as Connecticut's and if so when did they start keeping the records? Helen Z

Dates when laws were passed requiring Birth & Death registrations State Death Birth _________________________________________________________ Alabama 1908 1908 Alaska 1913 1913 Arizona 1909 1909 Arkansas 1914 1914 California 1905 1905 Colorado 1907 1907 Connecticut 1897 1897 Delaware 1881 1881 D.C. 1855 1871 Florida 1915 1915 Georgia 1919 1919 Hawaii 1896 1896 Idaho 1911 1911 Illinois 1916 1916 Indiana 1882 1882 Iowa 1880 1880 Kansas 1911 1911 Kentucky 1911 1911 Louisiana 1914 1914 Maine 1892 1892 Maryland 1898 1898 Massachusetts 1841 1841 Michigan 1867 1867 Minnesota 1900 1900 Mississippi 1912 1912 Missouri 1910 1910 Montana 1907 1907 Nebraska 1905 1905 Nevada 1911 1911 New Hampshire 1905 1905 New Jersey 1848 1848 New Mexico 1919 1919 New York 1880 1880 North Carolina 1913 1913 North Dakota 1908 1908 Ohio 1909 1909 Oklahoma 1908 1908 Oregon 1903 1903 Pennsylvania 1906 1906 Puerto Rico 1931 1931 Rhode Island 1852 1852 South Carolina 1915 1915 South Dakota 1905 1905 Tennessee 1914 1914 Texas 1903 1903 Utah 1905 1905 Vermont 1857 1857 Virginia 1912 1912 Washington 1907 1907 West Virginia 1917 1917 Wisconsin 1907 1907 Wyoming 1909 1909 * * * * *

If Anna Louisa Jones died in CT in 1917, she should have a death certificate. CT began requiring info for death and birth in 1897. Go here to find out more: http://www.dph.state.ct.us/PB/HISR/Vital_Records.htm A death certificate (if filled out completely) will show her parents names and places of birth, also her place and date of birth. Lois in Auburn, CA, USA

Happy New Year everyone! I am re-starting my search again now that the holidays are over. I am in need of some help. I am looking for my grandmother’s sister. (Gladys May Cooper) I found info on her on the 1900, 1910 census and that is all I can find. Here is some tidbit of info: Gladys May Cooper DOB: Feb. 20, 1899 in Florence, MA Parents: Walter A Cooper and Anna Louisa or Louisa A (Jones)Sisters were Beatrice Cooper(Wellspeak 1900 – 1981), Esther Cooper(Foisey/Woodrow 1903 - 1980) and Myrtle Eliza Cooper(Lancto/Mallette 1911 – 1973 - who is my grandmother) In their obits there is no mention of Gladys so I assume that she passed away very young ?? and no mention anywhere that I can find that she got married. When I was doing further research I found that there was a “Gladys Ludden” with the same date of birth and that she gotten the ss# from Massachusetts in 1951 and she died in June, 1972, last lived in Huntington NY. However, I could not find any obit. Also found info that a ” Gladys Ludden” died in Westfield, MA on June 28, 1972 and has the same DOB too. Can anyone help me confirm if “ Ludden” could be my Gladys May Cooper that I am looking for? Lfelixthekat@aol.com

>URL: <http://john1776.batcave.net/> >TITLE: Descendants of Stephen Yates >DESCRIPTION: Descendants of Stephen Yates of Virginia. The foregoing appeared in What's New on Cyndi's List recently; there are several COOPERs listed. Happy hunting! Slán, Mo! (Hanrahan) Langdon -- <http://xri.net/=mobang>

>URL: <http://thelogans.us/> >TITLE: Patrick & Kim's Family Website >DESCRIPTION: Family history site (USA: South): >BICE, BLACKWOOD, BRECKENRIDGE, BROWN, >CARLISLE, CLEMENTS, EDWARDS, GARRARD, GIBSON, HOOD, LEWIS, LOGAN, MILES. The foregoing appeared in What's New on Cyndi's List recently; there are 11 COOPERs listed. Happy hunting! Slán, Mo! (Hanrahan) Langdon -- <http://xri.net/=mobang>

Hi all, Some COOPER searches: Library of Files http://www.genealogybuff.com/library.htm?query=Cooper Databases http://www.genealogybuff.com/data.htm#Cooper Obituaries http://www.genealogybuff.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?zoom_query=Cooper Hope these help. Bill

Hi Jerri and Larry I was going through some old mail I have saved. I want to respond to the Native American comments in the posts pasted below. For 3 1/2 years I published a monthly Genealogy newsletter. Since I myself am searching Native American in the family of my children I often included Native American people in my newsletter. One of the contributors to my newsletter was a Cherokee and I would surmise that your Margaret Raper was of Cherokee descent. I have 80 printed pages of the line of my Cherokee contributor and even Varner sounds familiar to me. Here is a link to one HUGE Cherokee family line. When you get to the home page go to bottom of page and click on index. That brings you to the entire list of surnames. http://genealogy.com/users/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0000-0001.html Jeannie in OR :) Subj: Re: [COOPER] Need info on H. L. Cooper Date: 3/20/2004 9:52:26 PM Pacific Standard Time From: _RejectRanchTX@wmconnect.com_ (mailto:RejectRanchTX@wmconnect.com) Reply-to: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) To: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://0ef08f70/inethdr/2) oh I'm sorry bout the A...that would be a small a....but speaking of odd names in this Cooper line, my Grandmother was Dorris Vardilliea Cooper...her father was Varner "Mingo" Cooper...I am told that they descend from Native American lines, I believe some married Indian women before leaving Ga. Probably why they left Ga when they did....i'd love to know what you find out...Jerri Subj: Fw: [COOPER] Need info on H. L. Cooper Date: 3/20/2004 9:00:27 PM Pacific Standard Time From: _coop47@adams.net_ (mailto:coop47@adams.net) Reply-to: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) To: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://0f2a7358/inethdr/2) Aho, I sent this by using the back door approach , this Cooper family has some very unusual names that run through it. All of the unusual names are also in ours. One of them is Parthenia you don't find it every day. The name that I would like to find would the father of Ammon (Amon ) Cooper b. Abt.1806 in North Carolina USA. He married Margaret Raper in 1828-9 in North Carolina Thank you Larry D. Cooper Subj: Re: [COOPER] Need info on H. L. Cooper Date: 3/20/2004 10:24:39 PM Pacific Standard Time From: _coop47@adams.net_ (mailto:coop47@adams.net) Reply-to: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) To: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://0f1de988/inethdr/2) Aho Jerri, If you are of this family you told me of . You are Native you would be of the Choctaw , Cherokee, Ckickamaka , ????????. They are all good people have pride in them and yourself , heritage is the only thing that the government can not take away from you. Larry D. Cooper SoU Subj: Re: [COOPER] Need info on H. L. Cooper Date: 3/20/2004 10:41:58 PM Pacific Standard Time From: _RejectRanchTX@wmconnect.com_ (mailto:RejectRanchTX@wmconnect.com) Reply-to: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) To: _COOPER-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:COOPER-L@rootsweb.com) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://00c7f9a8/inethdr/2) well thank you soo much...I have difficulty tracing the Native American parts in my tree...and there's a bunch...nearly every line...but i have trouble because I don't believe any(or very few) went to a reservation...We have always known about the Indian blood...and asked about it always, but I never had answers...only that I believed it was Choctaw and Cherokee and probably some others...but I would love to find out which ones we descend from for my children...My son is only in first grade and already asking "am I Indian" so thanks, really....Jerri

Hi Ben...I have been trying to make contact with them again by e-mail, havent heard back as yet..Did the test with the Raiford Cooper match with your line on the DNA?? Later...Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860]Bollinger&Stoddard Co., MO > Well, HELLO! Joyce. I do hope you can help me with this contact you have. > Have one or more of them contact me by email, phone or snail-mail. It would > be great if they had some sort of Bible record, Coore Jr. will or what ever > that would show the familial relationship between Raiford and Coore Jr. and > then some of their descendants. > > I had a descendant of Raiford Cooper take the DNA test, what I need is a > descendant of Coore Jr. to ascertain the relationship. It might not hurt to > have a second test from a descendant of Raiford, too. > > THANKS! for responding to my message. You are the first to respond to this > specific message and I put this out on several lists. > > God bless! > > Ben > > PS. I just noticed the closeness of these two families geographically a week > or so ago. Don't know where my head has been. > > PPS. I think I finally deciphered the "?"s I had at the end of Elizabeth > Cooper in the 1860 USC. It read, "Insane Blind female". Insane is probably > what we can dementia today. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Cooper Walker" <jskywalker@cox-internet.com> > To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] > Bollinger&Stoddard Co., MO > > > Hi Ben...I have just been in touch with a Cooper family near me and they say > they are connected with Rayford and Coore Cooper. I know they have male > Coopers in the family..I have not gone into any detail with them, they may > be the link you are looking for...if we could get them to take the DNA > test... > > Later..Joyce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> > To: <cooper-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] Bollinger > &Stoddard Co., MO > > I am looking for information on two brothers, Raiford COOPER and Coore > COOPER Jr. Information I have indicates Raiford moved to Bollinger Co., MO > and Coore Jr. resided in Stoddard Co., MO from NC and TN. Their father was > Coore Sr.and grandfather, Fleet Cooper Sr. > > Coore Jr. lived in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, MO in the 1860 USC. The Duck > Creek Wild Life Area is located in the southern tip of Bollinger Co., Mo, > close to Grassy, MO where Raiford resided. I have been unable to find Duck > Creek on any map. It may be a ghost town now. > > Following is the 1850 & 1860 USC showing Coore and his son Benjamin in > Gibson Co., TN and then Stoddard Co., MO. > > 1850 US Census, District 10, Gibson County, Tennessee, December 10, 1850, p. > 242-B. Ancestry.com: p. 21. > > 1647-1647..Cooper,.Coor.........58...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Benjamin...22...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Scott........70....M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...67.....F..W.................NC > .......................Smith,.Susan.......24.....F..W.................NC > -------------------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 18, 1860, > p. 167. > Ancestry.com: p. 7. > > 1346-1267..Cooper,.Core.........76...M..W....Farmer.....NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...87...F..W......Spinster....NC.....[?..Blind..?] > ------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, > p. 169. > Ancestry.com: p. 9. > > 1375-1245..Cooper,.Benjamin...30..M..W.....Farmer...NC > ............................"..,.Susan........21...F..W...................NC > ............................"..,.William........4..M..W...................MO > ---------------------------------------- > Benjamin, Susan and William Cooper disappear after this census. I am > wondering if any descendants of Raiford may have information on his brother, > Coore Jr., and his descendants. > > H. Ben Cooper > Bella Vista, AR > bcooper@mc2k.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well, HELLO! Joyce. I do hope you can help me with this contact you have. Have one or more of them contact me by email, phone or snail-mail. It would be great if they had some sort of Bible record, Coore Jr. will or what ever that would show the familial relationship between Raiford and Coore Jr. and then some of their descendants. I had a descendant of Raiford Cooper take the DNA test, what I need is a descendant of Coore Jr. to ascertain the relationship. It might not hurt to have a second test from a descendant of Raiford, too. THANKS! for responding to my message. You are the first to respond to this specific message and I put this out on several lists. God bless! Ben PS. I just noticed the closeness of these two families geographically a week or so ago. Don't know where my head has been. PPS. I think I finally deciphered the "?"s I had at the end of Elizabeth Cooper in the 1860 USC. It read, "Insane Blind female". Insane is probably what we can dementia today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Cooper Walker" <jskywalker@cox-internet.com> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] Bollinger&Stoddard Co., MO Hi Ben...I have just been in touch with a Cooper family near me and they say they are connected with Rayford and Coore Cooper. I know they have male Coopers in the family..I have not gone into any detail with them, they may be the link you are looking for...if we could get them to take the DNA test... Later..Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> To: <cooper-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] Bollinger &Stoddard Co., MO I am looking for information on two brothers, Raiford COOPER and Coore COOPER Jr. Information I have indicates Raiford moved to Bollinger Co., MO and Coore Jr. resided in Stoddard Co., MO from NC and TN. Their father was Coore Sr.and grandfather, Fleet Cooper Sr. Coore Jr. lived in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, MO in the 1860 USC. The Duck Creek Wild Life Area is located in the southern tip of Bollinger Co., Mo, close to Grassy, MO where Raiford resided. I have been unable to find Duck Creek on any map. It may be a ghost town now. Following is the 1850 & 1860 USC showing Coore and his son Benjamin in Gibson Co., TN and then Stoddard Co., MO. 1850 US Census, District 10, Gibson County, Tennessee, December 10, 1850, p. 242-B. Ancestry.com: p. 21. 1647-1647..Cooper,.Coor.........58...M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Benjamin...22...M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Scott........70....M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Elizabeth...67.....F..W.................NC .......................Smith,.Susan.......24.....F..W.................NC -------------------------------------- 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 18, 1860, p. 167. Ancestry.com: p. 7. 1346-1267..Cooper,.Core.........76...M..W....Farmer.....NC ............................"..,.Elizabeth...87...F..W......Spinster....NC.....[?..Blind..?] ------------------------- 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, p. 169. Ancestry.com: p. 9. 1375-1245..Cooper,.Benjamin...30..M..W.....Farmer...NC ............................"..,.Susan........21...F..W...................NC ............................"..,.William........4..M..W...................MO ---------------------------------------- Benjamin, Susan and William Cooper disappear after this census. I am wondering if any descendants of Raiford may have information on his brother, Coore Jr., and his descendants. H. Ben Cooper Bella Vista, AR bcooper@mc2k.com

Hi Ben...I have just been in touch with a Cooper family near me and they say they are connected with Rayford and Coore Cooper. I know they have male Coopers in the family..I have not gone into any detail with them, they may be the link you are looking for...if we could get them to take the DNA test... Later..Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> To: <cooper-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] Bollinger &Stoddard Co., MO >I am looking for information on two brothers, Raiford COOPER and Coore COOPER Jr. Information I have indicates Raiford moved to Bollinger Co., MO and Coore Jr. resided in Stoddard Co., MO from NC and TN. Their father was Coore Sr.and grandfather, Fleet Cooper Sr. > > Coore Jr. lived in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, MO in the 1860 USC. The Duck Creek Wild Life Area is located in the southern tip of Bollinger Co., Mo, close to Grassy, MO where Raiford resided. I have been unable to find Duck Creek on any map. It may be a ghost town now. > > Following is the 1850 & 1860 USC showing Coore and his son Benjamin in Gibson Co., TN and then Stoddard Co., MO. > > 1850 US Census, District 10, Gibson County, Tennessee, December 10, 1850, p. 242-B. > Ancestry.com: p. 21. > > 1647-1647..Cooper,.Coor.........58...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Benjamin...22...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Scott........70....M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...67.....F..W.................NC > .......................Smith,.Susan.......24.....F..W.................NC > -------------------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 18, 1860, p. 167. > Ancestry.com: p. 7. > > 1346-1267..Cooper,.Core.........76...M..W....Farmer.....NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...87...F..W......Spinster....NC.....[?..Blind..?] > ------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, p. 169. > Ancestry.com: p. 9. > > 1375-1245..Cooper,.Benjamin...30..M..W.....Farmer...NC > ............................"..,.Susan........21...F..W...................NC > ............................"..,.William........4..M..W...................MO > ---------------------------------------- > Benjamin, Susan and William Cooper disappear after this census. I am wondering if any descendants of Raiford may have information on his brother, Coore Jr., and his descendants. > > H. Ben Cooper > Bella Vista, AR > bcooper@mc2k.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am looking for information on two brothers, Raiford COOPER and Coore COOPER Jr. Information I have indicates Raiford moved to Bollinger Co., MO and Coore Jr. resided in Stoddard Co., MO from NC and TN. Their father was Coore Sr.and grandfather, Fleet Cooper Sr. Coore Jr. lived in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, MO in the 1860 USC. The Duck Creek Wild Life Area is located in the southern tip of Bollinger Co., Mo, close to Grassy, MO where Raiford resided. I have been unable to find Duck Creek on any map. It may be a ghost town now. Following is the 1850 & 1860 USC showing Coore and his son Benjamin in Gibson Co., TN and then Stoddard Co., MO. 1850 US Census, District 10, Gibson County, Tennessee, December 10, 1850, p. 242-B. Ancestry.com: p. 21. 1647-1647..Cooper,.Coor.........58...M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Benjamin...22...M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Scott........70....M..W....Farmer..NC ............................"..,.Elizabeth...67.....F..W.................NC .......................Smith,.Susan.......24.....F..W.................NC -------------------------------------- 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 18, 1860, p. 167. Ancestry.com: p. 7. 1346-1267..Cooper,.Core.........76...M..W....Farmer.....NC ............................"..,.Elizabeth...87...F..W......Spinster....NC.....[?..Blind..?] ------------------------- 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, p. 169. Ancestry.com: p. 9. 1375-1245..Cooper,.Benjamin...30..M..W.....Farmer...NC ............................"..,.Susan........21...F..W...................NC ............................"..,.William........4..M..W...................MO ---------------------------------------- Benjamin, Susan and William Cooper disappear after this census. I am wondering if any descendants of Raiford may have information on his brother, Coore Jr., and his descendants. H. Ben Cooper Bella Vista, AR bcooper@mc2k.com

Has anyone on the list researched the following COOPER family of Osage Co., MO? I believe the Stoddard County family moved to Osage County between 1860 and 1870. I would very much appreciate any help to confirm the connection of the Stoddard and Osage County Cooper family as well as any descendants of this family. H. Ben Cooper Bella Vista, Arkansas bcooper@mc2k.com ----------------------------------------------------- 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, p. 169. Ancestry.com: p. 9. 1375-1245 Cooper,.Benjamin...30...M..W.....Farmer....NC ......................".....,.Susan.......21...F...W...................NC ......................".....,.William.......4...M..W...................MO [NOTE: Living at 1346-1267 is Core & Elizabeth Cooper, Benjamin's parents.] ----------------------------------------------------- 1870 US Census, Jefferson, Osage County, Missouri, August 18, 1870, p. 125-A. Ancestry.com: p. 7. 47-47 Cooper,.John B........39....M..W.....Farmer.........................MO ..............".....,.Susan C......31....F..W.....Keeping House..............MO ..............".....,.William A....15....M..W.....Farm Boy......................MO ..............".....,.Mary T........10....F..W......At Home.......................MO ..............".....,.James B.......6....M..W.....At Home.......................MO ..............".....,.Elizabeth......5.....F..W.....At Home.......................MO ..............".....,.Eliza............3.....F..W.....At Home.......................MO ..............".....,.John B.....4/12....M..W.....At Home.......................MO ...........Perrin,.John N........20....M..W......Farm Hand....................MO .......Williams,.Mahala........23....F..W......Home at J. B. Cooper.....MO .............".....,.Catherine.....65....F..W......Lives with J. B. Cooper....NC -------------------------------------------------------- 1880 US Census, Jefferson, Osage County, Missouri, ED #118, June 16, 1880, p. 465-A. Ancestry.com: p. 25. 211-212 Cooper,.Susan C.....W..F....40.....-----...Wd....Farming............MO PA NC ...................".....,.James B....W..M....15...Son...S.......Farm Laborer....MO MO MO ...................".....,.Eliza A......W..F.....12...Dau...S.......At Home...........MO MO MO ---------------------------------------------------------

Thank you very much for taking the time to share Dr. Cooper's story with us. Very interesting and insightfull view of a sad time in our history. I had numerous relatives fighting on both sides. Danny Cooper Byrd

Thank you for taking the time to type out Dr. Cooper's story. While I don't have a direct connection to him, I find the story fascinating and very informative. Barbara

Group/Collection: Civil War Collection Series: Box: 70 Folder: 37 North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina 60th Regiment Co. N >From Asheville Ch. U.D.C. Filed by: Carry A. Leazan, Historian N.C. Division, U. D. C. By Himself 177 SOME EXPERIENCES OF DR. R. W. COOPER IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY I joined the army at Asheville, N. C. as a private in Co. N, 60th N. C. Regiment, made supply surgeon at Hot Springs and placed in charge of the hospital in Madison County, N. C. where there were forty-two sick men. Within three weeks I succeeded in curing and giving furloughs to all but one,---who died with brain fever. He was the son of Dr. Carson, who was present and carried the remains home for burial. I reported then, to Col. Joseph McDowell, at Greenville, Tennessee and was ordered to take charge of the hospital at that place, where there were many suffering with brain fever. Only one man died,___ John Pinkerton of Cane Creek, Fairview. His body was sent home. We were then ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and all the inmates of the hospital were able to go with our command, and gave excellent service in the battle at that place. As Assistant surgeon there, my work was very arduous, as there was a great deal of sickness; there was much brain fever, and sometimes men who seemed to be in good health in the morning would die before night. I well remember that one morning I went to the city to get a fresh supply of medicine, and on my way I met two sons of Thomas Atkins, and the picket guard coming from the front. When speaking as we passed, the boys said they were all well, but when I returned to the camp about 9 o'clock I was immediately summoned to the two brothers at their tent. Both were unconscious. I sent for two of the best physicians in town, thinking they might understand this peculiar disease better than I could. It was of no avail. Both died by two o'clock the same day. They were the sons of Thomas Atkins, Editor of the old Asheville Whig. A few days before the great battle at Murfreesboro, I was made surgeon of the day to attend the execution of William Litteral of Madison County. He lived near Warm Springs, North Carolina. When the time came the regiment was ordered to form a hollow square, and Litteral to kneel behind his coffin. I was placed about twenty steps to his right___and ordered to watch the small piece of paper placed directly over his heart. Col. Henry Deaver was stationed about ten paces to my left, he was officer of the day. About five minutes before the time Litteral asked me to call the Colonel, and handed me a cotton handkerchief and a small purse with money in it which he asked me to hand to the Colonel, to send to his wife and write to her and say: "I am dying for your sake. God bless you and the children. Meet me in heaven." We took our former position and the order was given to fire. When I examined him a moment later I found that five bullets had struck through the paper in! to his heart. The facts about William Litteral I shall give here in justice to his memory. The evening before he left for home, he told me his wife was very sick and he felt he must go and see her. He had asked leave of absence, but Col. D_?__denied the request. He told me he intended to go that night and return as soon as his wife was better. I asked him not to tell me anything more about it. He did go home, but returned as he had said he would do,____but it was to an ignominious death. e was arrested, court martialed, and condemned to die as a deserter. William Littrell was a good soldier, a true Christian and a praying member of the Baptist Church. My heart is grieved within me when I think of poor William Littrell and his sad fate. His death was not justifiable. Soon after this I was ordered to attend the hanging of a spy. A few minutes before I got there, he jumped from the scaffold, and hung himself, swearing that, " no_______ rebel should hang him." A few days after these startling occurrences, the great battle of Murfreesboro was fought. I was surgeon for the 60th North Carolina Regiment, and up with the line while the battle was raging. The balls were falling thick and fast all around us, and the first man whose wounds I dressed was the son of Jonathan Waddy. Col. Deaver was thrown from his horse near me, and Mont Stevens picked him up and laid him in a hole where the dirt had been removed to make a place for old fashioned cooking. By this means Col. Deaver was saved..Stevens is still living. (1911) I dressed the wounds of seventy-two men that night and they were sent from the battlefield. I suppose the Confederate Army lost about 3,500 men in that two days battle, and it was said the Federal losses were about 6,000. I was at, and participated in every battle fought in that campaign by Joseph E. Johnston, Braxton Bragg, and Hood except Atlanta, Georgia, Chickamauga, Tennessee and Franklin, Tennessee. I was at Rocky Face, near Dalton, Georgia, Resaka, Georgia, New Hope Church, and Marietta, Georgia. Also, other places during this campaign. I was parolled at Asheville, North Carolina within two hundred yards of where I was enrolled. I remember saying to the boys that I had come home from Bone Co., Texas to go with them and I would stick to them to the bitter end. I held several positions in the army: I was first a private employed as surgeon, assistant surgeon, Third Lieutenant Co. A 60th North Carolina Regiment, Hospital Surgeon, Adjutant and Commander of Skirmishers under Joseph E. Johnston's general orders at Cassville, Georgia, called the English Order. That order was that a surgeon should to on the field of battle and take care of the wounded as they fell. I was proud of that order, and thought it right for a doctor to be present when the men were shot. At Marietta, Georgia, I was ordered to select seventy-two sharp-shooters and attach to Capt. Anderson of Virginia on his left wing. I did so, and by the time I got my men into position a company on my left gave way. The battle began and I lost all of my men but two, who were William Pounders and Henry Snyder. They are still living near Asheville, North Carolina. I was shot, receiving three wounds, one bullet struck me above my left knee, one above my right hip, and one on my ribs on the right side passing through my right lung and out between the fifth and sixth rib, on the right side of my spine. Pounders and Snyder dragged me down a slope to a small branch and laid me down. I called for water, and I remember they dipped some water in their hats and gave me, which I thought the best water I had ever tasted. At that time General Preston of Florida came up with his main battle line. He rode up to me and asked if I could tell him anything of the situation at the front. In broken sentences I told him, Yes; there was a double line of skirmishers and the Star Battery was just behind it and the battle line was just behind that in two lines. The General immediately detailed two men and ordered them to place me on a litter, and take me to the field hospital. Misters Pounders, Snyder, Davis, and Jamison then carried me to the hospital. Dr. Hunt of the 12__?__ came to me and wanted to probe my wounded side, but I asked him not to do so. He then took a small three cornered handkerchief and drew it through the wound. Oh! I thought it would kill me. Several fragments of bone came out and the blood flowed freely, and I was easy. Before he left me, as he stood at my side, Dr. Hunt said: "Dr. Cooper, if you have any business to attend to, do it at once. I am here to tell you there are ninety-nine chances for you to die, where there is only one for you to live." I remember looking up at him and saying: " I wouldn't give the one hundreth chance for all of his ninety-and nine." About twelve o'clock at night, I was aroused by a weight on me, and who should it be but Captain Toms, who was weeping bitterly. He said he was afraid I could not recover, but I told him I felt sure I would. In a few days my mother came to me at Barnesville, Georgia. She was a good doctor, and dressed my wounds---, while I prescribed for myself. Twenty-six days after I was wounded I was able to go home. I remained at home twenty-six days, and returned to my command at S____?___, South Carolina. I continued with them until the surrender of General Lee. The two men who helped carry me from the battlefield, -------Davis and Jamison--------I had not seen them for forty-three years after the war, and then I met them in Col. James Ray's office, and we helped them to get pensions. One other dreadful tragedy I will relate, and while it may reflect on our soldiers in some respects, it shows the hardships they were compelled to endure under the most discouraging circumstances. The great wonder is that so few comparatively, were not able to withstand and overcome the difficulties in mind and body by which they were assailed. When we were near Dalton, Georgia sixteen men were condemned to be shot by order of Braxton Bragg. One man was pardoned the day before the execution was to take place and one died in the hospital when he learned that he was to be shot. The next day these fourteen men were executed; Lt. Robert Clayton of Asheville was officer of the day, and I was surgeon for this dreadful occasion. A;; pf the army there was ordered out; the Infantry formed a hollow square with cannon in the rear, while the cavalry just back of them made such a strong line it was impossible for any one to pass. A long ditch had been prepared, and the rude coffins placed in front of it with a stake by it, while the guard appointed to this duty marched each man to the stake and coffin prepared for him, and each man bound to his stake. The senior officer ordered all in position and to make ready, and Lt. Robert Clayton, who always acted nobly in command, gave the order to fire. All were killed but two, as I found when I advanced to examine them. One had been shot in the side,----the other in the arm. I reported that two were alive and the guard advanced and fired killing them immediately. Orders were then given to fall back to camp. Oh! What a Sunday was that! The private soldiers were all bitterly opposed to the execution of these men, and that night several hundred of them left the army and never returned. I remained to attend the burial service of these fourteen men. Our Chaplain held service---until about ten o'clock. I can never, never forget that sad scene; I was heart-sick. The Western Army never seemed to do much good after this most dreadful tragedy. ************************************************************************************************************* The spelling was kept as it was in the paper I received from the archives. William Litteral's name was spelled two ways. Dr. Cooper makes special mention of John Pinkerton of Cane Creek, Fairview dying.....Cooper grew up along Cane Creek in Fairview. *************************************************************************************************************** After the war, Dr. Bob Cooper returned to his mountain home, where he continued to practice medicine. He did not marry until his parents had died. When he was forty-two years of age he married Kisa or Keziah Sparks, the daughter of Samuel and Susan Bryson and the widow of Osborne Sparks. Dr. Bob Cooper was educated at the medical college of Philadelphia. He returned to North Carolina to obtain his medical license and practice medicine in Fairview, the little community where he grew up. His parents were James Cooper and Elizabeth Maxwell. His grandfather was Adam Cooper, a revolutionary soldier who moved to North Carolina from Chester County, Pennsylvania.

I recently visited the North Carolina State Archives where I had the attached records copied. I hope they will be of interest to Cooper List readers. Robert W. Cooper was the son of James Cooper (b. October 9, 1806; d. August 15, 1872), and his wife Elizabeth Maxwell (born abt. 1802; d. December 10, 1878). Dr. R.W. Cooper was the grandson of Adam Cooper ( b, February 1760 in Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania; d. April 27, 1830 in Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina) , a revolutionary soldier from Buncombe County, North Carolina. The records are entitled, "Some Experiences of Dr. R. W. Cooper in the Confederate Army." Dr. Cooper was my great, great uncle. Margie Clayton Klein