Cooper Family Information

 

Jonas Cooper
[son of Ephriam Cooper and Margaret Van Voorhees]
born: 30 May 1814 - Franklin Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died: 30 May 1893
married: 3 November 1836
wife: Sarah Axtell
[daughter of Luther Axtell and Nancy McClain]
born: 26 January 1817 - Washington County, Pennsylvania
died: 23 August 1885
buried:

Children of Jonas Cooper and Sarah Axtell Cooper:

1. Daniel Cooper
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 14 September 1837
died: 27 January 1875 - Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
buried:
married: 1870
wife: Jennie A. Bowman
[daughter of Rev. Joseph A. Bowman and Anne L. Wakeham]
born:
died:
buried:

2. Philip A. Cooper
born: 12 February 1839
died:
member of the 140th Pa. Vol., and was in the battle of Gettysburg
married: 4 January 1870
wife: Ellen Slusher
[daughter of Michael Slusher and ? ?]
born:
died:

3. Emeline Cooper
born: 8 July 1842
died: 29 March 1920 - Washington County, Pennsylvania
husband: Joseph Cook Riggs, Jr.
[son of Joseph Cook Riggs, Sr. and ? ?]
born:
died:

Children of Emeline Cooper Riggs and Joseph Cook Riggs:

3.1. James Judson Riggs
born: 15 September 1865 - Van Buren, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died:

3.2. Alfred Marion Riggs
born: 27 November 1868 - Van Buren, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died:

3.3. Osborn Foster Riggs
born: 22 February 1873 - Van Buren, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died:

3.4. Charles Elverna Riggs
born: 18 July 1877 - Van Buren, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died:

3.5. Sarah Jane Riggs
born: 5 April 1879 - Van Buren, Washington County, Pennsylvania
died:

4. David Alva Cooper
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 20 May 1844
died: 7 July 1936- Washington County, Pennsylvania
buried:
married: 16 September 1875 - Washington County, Pennsylvania
wife: Jennie Bell Noble
[daughter of ? Noble and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

Child of David Alva Cooper and Jennie Bell Noble Cooper:

4.1. David Arthur Cooper
born: 3 November 1886
died: 3 January 1958

5. Sarah J. Cooper
born: 13 April 1848 - Decatur County, Kansas
died:
husband: Ira B. Baldwin

6. Jonas J. Cooper
born: 13 July 1853
died: c1863


Updated April 13, 2009

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