Hello, vernon, on those familys that left boonesboro for the west? Do you have a list of names? I have a n athaniel cooper who died in 1902 OKLA. of smallpox, we think his father was john cooper of MO. in the gentry county area. But, the family legend is that some of our cooper family lived in that settlement. sincerely judy hugg grimes, yorba linda, calif.