William COOPER was my third-great grandfather. Name: William COOPER -------------------- Born: 1817-1825 Supposedly Massachusetts [three documents] or Connecticut [three documents]. Married: 6 May 1846 Martha Ann BARNEY, Liberty, Greenup County, Kentucky [Born 6 Apr 1826, Greenup] Son: 9 Jun 1846 Adoniram COOPER born [my great great grandfather]. [His wife: Martha Ann MESSER] Land: 1847 Purchased town lot in Liberty, plus two fifty-acre tracts Son: 25 Jul 1847 Artemas/Artemus COOPER born. [His wife: Sarah Susanna RAKE/RAIKE] Sold: 1848 All land sold by 1848 Son: 1849 Valentine COOPER born Census: 1850 Greenup County, Kentucky, page 226 Occupation: 1850 Tobacconist, the ONLY ONE in Greenup Co KY in 1850 Trial: 1852 Convicted of keeping a tipplinghouse Son Died: 1852 Valentine died at age three, cause not recorded. Last record of wife. Residence: 1852-ca.1858 Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky, WITHOUT wife or children Census: 1860 Truittsville, Greenup Co KY, page 733, in the home of George LOPER Military: Oct 1861 Enlisted in Company E of 22nd Reg. KY Vol. Inf., for three years Wounded: 29 Dec 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., gunshot wound in forehead, inch above right eye Transfer: 1863 In various hospitals, transferred to 62nd Co., 2nd Bat. Vet. Res. Corps Discharge: 10 Jan 1865 Honorably discharged at Saint Louis, Missouri Residence: 1865 Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky Census: 1870 Same as above, in the home of Captain John BOYLE GGF Born: 23 Jun 1872 William Andrew COOPER born in Greenup Co KY, my great grandfather Son died: 12 Oct 1875 Adoniram, Greenup Co KY. Cause: Reported Dysentery, but rumored suicide by hanging Pension: Mar 1880 Application for pension, in Ironton, OH. John BOYLE and A.M. THOMPSON, witnesses Census: 1880 Has not been found yet in any 1880 census. May have been in an institution. Vet. Home: 1883 Admitted to Nat. Home for Disabled Vol. Soldiers, Dayton, OH, for 3 months Census: 1890 Union Veterans Census: Garfield, Jackson County, West Virginia, in Artemas's home Residence: 1890-1903 Duncan, Jackson County, West Virginia, in the home of his son Artemas COOPER Died: 23 Nov 1903 Same as above Buried: 1903 Meadowdale Cemetery, Duncan, Jackson County, West Virginia GF Born: 9 Jul 1905 Golden Andrew COOPER born in Leroy, Jackson County, WV, my grandfather Son died: 21 Apr 1908 Artemas, in Marietta, OH, while still a resident of Jackson Co WV Buried: 1908 Buried next to his father in Meadowdale Cemetery, Jackson Co WV -------------------- Goal: To find the parents of William COOPER. No information on his siblings or parents has been found. Response: Please let me know of your suggestions or information! Thank you very much. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio