Posted on: Washington County, NC Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Washington?read=359 Surname: Cooper, Sawyer ------------------------- Descendants of M. Bennet Cooper Generation No. 1 1. M. BENNET COOPER was born Abt. 1844. He married NANCY BARNES. Children of M. COOPER and NANCY BARNES are: i. WILLIAM A. COOPER, b. Abt. 1868(1); m. MARY E. SPENCER, May 07, 1891, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(2). ii. BENNET HARTWELL COOPER, b. Abt. 1870(3); d. 1950, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(4); m. IDA SAWYER, August 05, 1891, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(5). IDA SAWYER is the daughter of Quincey and Irene (?) Sawyer. iii. MARY E. COOPER, b. Abt. 1875(5); m. JAMES R. SIMMONS, June 11, 1893, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(5). iv. LOUISA A. COOPER, b. Abt. 1874. Generation No. 2 2. LOUISA A. COOPER (dau of M. BENNET COOPER) was born Abt. 1874(6). She married WILLIAM T. WARD June 07, 1891 in Scuppernong, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Children of LOUISA COOPER and WILLIAM WARD are: i. NANCY LENA WARD, b. Abt. 1895(7); m. JOHN MILTON HOPKINS, August 09, 1914, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(7). ii. E. W. WARD, b. Abt. 1892(7); m. CASSIE HOPKINS, March 12, 1911, Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina(7). Endnotes 1. 1880 Tyrrell County, NC Census. 2. Tyrrell County, NC Marriage License. 3. 1880 Tyrrell County, NC Census. 4. Tyrrell County, NC Death Index. 5. Tyrrell County, NC Marriage License. 6. 1880 Tyrrell County, NC Census. 7. Tyrrell County Marriage License.