This is the Samuel Cooper that I am researching. He was born Samuel Marks in St. George, changed his name a couple of times I think...had a step-father named William I presume, as he had a brother named William H. Cooper aged 12 in the 1891 census of St. George, and gave his father's name as William Cooper for his marriage to Corice Creamer, by this time his mother had had children by three different men. Wallace's, Mark's and Cooper's. Fasinating story of his mother, killing a blacksmith in St. George in 1868, with a piece of a picket fence.....Charlene Beney--Co-ordinator for the St. George Parish Page www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/ Thanks to all the people who responded...Charlene Descendants of Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1 [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1878 - 1963 . +Elmina Henry m: April 23, 1897 *2nd Wife of [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper: . +Corice Ella Creamer 1887 - 1962 m: October 10, 1902 ...... 2 Evie C. Cooper 1904 - .......... +Roland Perkins ...... 2 Effie M. Cooper 1907 - ...... 2 Mildred E. Cooper 1908 - Descendants of Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1 [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1878 - 1963 . +Elmina Henry m: April 23, 1897 *2nd Wife of [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper: . +Corice Ella Creamer 1887 - 1962 m: October 10, 1902 ...... 2 Evie C. Cooper 1904 - .......... +Roland Perkins ...... 2 Effie M. Cooper 1907 - ...... 2 Mildred E. Cooper 1908 -