Rose, I have the book on the Sage family. It is thought that possibly John Cooper and Hester Sage's brother met while serving in the war of 1812. The brother may have taken John home with him. It is also thought the oldest two children could have been from a first marriage but there is no proof of that. Lucy ----- Original Message ----- From: trmitcham@comcast.net To: cooper@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Maryland/Tennessee Coopers Her father was a James Sage James Sage Born England 26 August 1754 Died Grayson Co., VA about 17 March 1820 married 25 Dec 1780 Lovia Ott born 9 March 1763 daughter Hester Sage born 26 October 1793 Wythe Co., VA died Campbell Co., TN 29 Jun 1878 married John Cooper born 7 October at Ellicott Mills, MD died 27 July 1854 Campbell Co., TN How this helps, Rose - -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Lucy Gray" <lucygray1@cox.net> > My late husband had a Cooper line which started in Maryland and migrated to > Tennessee. The family story is (but not proven) that the father of John Cooper > born Oct. 7, 1785 was an English sailor who jumped ship when it came to > Maryland. They believe his name was George Cooper who was born before 1766. It > is believed his wife was Ann Southern. > > The proven part of that line is: > > John Cooper b. Oct. 7, 1785 at Endicott's Mill, Maryland and died July 27, 1854 > in Campbell CO, Tennessee. > He married Esther (or Hester) Sage on Sept. 17, 1817 in Grayson County, > Virginia. > > Their children were: > Ephraem b. 1817, Mahulda b. June 10, 1819, Joseph A. b. Nov. 25, 1823, Sylvester > b. June 28, 1826, Melinda b. Sept. 14, 1827, William Pascal b. Mar 11, 1829, > Fountain b. Feb. 11, 1831, Thomas W. b. June 4, 1832, Lindsay b. Nov. 11, 1833, > Matthew b. Feb 16, 1836 and Patience b. Oct. 4, 1837. > > William Pascal Cooper was born March 11, 1829 in Campbell CO, TN, died August > 15, 1903 in Campbell CO, TN and married Sarah Hutson on June 19, 1851 in > Campbell CO, TN. > > Their children were Thomas b. Jan 20, 1854, Reuben b. Oct 3, 1857, Richard > Wheeler b. Aug 14, 1860, Howard, b. July 17, 1865, Oliver b. Mar. 22, 1871, and > Mary H. b. June 21, 1874. > > I have the children of William Pascal Cooper should anyone need them. I'm sorry > I don't have any information on the other children. > > > Lucy Gray > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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