Dear Researchers of Greenup County, Ohio, Willis Cooper was enumerated in the 1840 Census of Greenup County, Kentucky, page 241. The nine individuals listed in his household consisted of eight males and one female. The male members of the Willis Cooper household were: two under five years old, two five to ten years of age, one ten to fifteen, two who were fifteen to twenty, and one twenty to thirty. The sole female was thirty to forty. Also on page 241 of this census was a Charles Cooper, twenty to thirty years old, and a female, fifteen to twenty [no children]. Five entries separate Willis and Charles Cooper on page 241. From previous research, I happen to know that this Charles Cooper was Charles, Junior. Two years earlier, in May of 1838, Willis Cooper had taken two Cooper youths into his home as apprentices. They were Hugh and Granville/Greenville Cooper, who had lost their father Charles Cooper. Willis Cooper legally took them under his wing to raise them and teach them the arts and mysteries of agriculture, as well as the "three r's". Willis Cooper had removed to Missouri by 1850. Before 1838, Willis Cooper was a resident of Lawrence County, Ohio. Can you help me discover the relationships between these five Coopers: Willis, Hugh, Granville, Charles and Charles, Junior? For five years I have attempted to decipher the [how many?] Cooper families who lived in Greenup County, Kentucky between 1822 and 1880. And I haven't even mentioned Eli Cooper in this message! Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio