Dear Ruby, Could you check the chapter on Tennessee Coopers and see if there is anything about an Isaac Cooper born in 1840 and died in 1913? His wife was Susan W. Copeland and they lived in the Giles and Lawrence County areas of TN. Thanks, Beth Mize mbmize@tennlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruby Donahue <rubdon@IH2000.net> To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > Gwen, I have copied a book called THE COOPER FAMILY, HISTORY AND GENEALOGY > 1681-1931 written by Murphy Rowe Cooper. The contents are as follows: > 1. The Cooper Family in England > 2. The Second Generation in America > 3. Settlement in North Carolina > 4. John Cooper, lst, and His Descendants > 5. Fleet Cooper Jr. > 6. Rev. William Cooper, Sr > 7. Westward, Ho > 8. James Cooper and Celia Rasberry > 9. The Story of 'Richard C. Cooper > 10. The Edwards Family > 11. Richard Cooper "In the Land of Beginning Again" > 12. Grandchildren of R.C. Cooper > 13. Other Descendants of James Cooper > 14. When the World Came to an End > 15. The College Life of Two Cooper Brothers > 16. Cooper and Bennetts of Durant, Mississippi > 17. Judge Timothy E. Cooper, and Other Descendants of Rev. William Cooper > 18. Other Descendants of Fleet Cooper > 19. Descendants of Thomas Cooper > 20. The Coopers in Tennessee > 21. Some Kentucky Coopers > 22. West Virginia Coopers > 23. Some Distinguished Coopers > 24. The Cooper Ideal In Education > 25. The Coopers and Prohibition > > The book is well written and has interested stories. I will be happy to > check the index to see if this book mentions your ancestors. > > I am looking for a connection for a Nancy Cooper that married Jacob Levi > Reeves of South Carolina and Mississippi. > > Happy hunting, > > Ruby Donahue > > ---------- > > From: Gwen Brooks <jhngwn@bellsouth.net> > > To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > > Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:25 AM > > > > As said in an earlier post I searched through the Cooper list archive > this > > morning. However I could not figure out as I was reading when we first > had > > a Cooper in America and where. I noticed a particular line mentioned as > > being the first, James Cooper, who came from England to New Jersey. Is > this > > correct? > > > > I also noticed several times a reference to a genealogy of Coopers that > had > > been written. I'd like more information about this source. Is this a > > purchase that would be worthwhile? Is it considered to be fairly > accurate? > > > > Thanks to everyone. > > > > Gwen Brooks > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > > membership or sponsorship. > > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > membership or sponsorship. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >