Marilla COOPER

1851 - 1912  (61 years)

• Name	Marilla COOPER
  Born	17 Feb 1851	Ohio   [1, 2]
  	Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1855. She was age 9 in the 1860 Census.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Noble Co, OH
  Census	1900	Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV
  Died	2 May 1912	Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV   [2, 3]
  Buried	Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Lockhart, Jackson Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I124148	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	14 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Job Joseph COOPER,   b. 5 Sep 1820, Ohio ,   d. 7 Jul 1865  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Catherine "Katie" SIMON,   b. 1821,   d. 1880  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F53697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas BALIS,   b. Sep 1859, Ohio ,   d. 22 Aug 1926, Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	CA 1888  [4]
  Notes	Although not proven, family legend says that Thomas and Marilla Balis only had one son, Peter Earl Balis, and that Pete was not Marilla's biological son, but rather what is referred to in the mountains as a "woods colt." Thomas and Marilla's tombstone is inscribed under their own names with the phrase "and children." Although census records indicate otherwise, perhaps they had children that were stillborn or died in infancy. 1900 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900: Thomas Balis, 40, b. Sep 1859 in Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Morilla, 45, b. Feb 1855 in Ohio (both parents b. Virginia), married 12 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Peter E, 7, b. Dec 1892 in WVa. 1910 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910: Thomas Balis, 53, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Berilla, 58, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), married 23 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Peter E, 18, b. WVa, single, farm laborer.
  Children	1. Peter Earl BALIS,   b. 29 Dec 1892, Jackson Co, WV ,   d. Sep 1980  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F53696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 2 May 1912 - Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S638] Headstone (year only). [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2214] 1900 Census, Jackson County, WV.