In a message dated 2/1/00 1:35:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, Donna Witt <donna@family-roots.net> writes: << Bob and I have corresponded about our Coopers before. I descend from two of William Cooper's siblings, Isabella (Cooper) McCutcheon and James Cooper. >> Donna, this is great information, thanks. I had always assumed that the families' progress was slower, up the Black River over the years. I have to agree with Rev. Lucas "We can but marvel at their hardihood in bringing wives and children into such surroundings" about starting so far in the interior.-----Bob Manning