Jul-28-2018
Husband: Sylvester W. Cooper
Born: ca 1856 in Jefferson Co, OH 1 (see note 1) Died: Mar- 4-1929 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Buried: in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Occupation: 1910 rig builder & farmer 4 Occupation: 1900 oil well rig builder 5 Father: Alexander Cooper (1826 - ) Mother: Cassandra ___ (1828 - )
Wife: Marguerite S. "Maggie" Ruddlesden Also known as: Maggie Ruddlesdon 6 Married: Dec-13-1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Jun-25-1879 in Pleasants Co, WV 3,1 Died: Oct-31-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Buried: in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Maurice Ruddlesden (1847 - 1911) Mother: Jane "Jennie" Peters (1854 - 1918)
M Child 1: Roy Alexander Cooper Born: Aug- 5-1899 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 5,8,9,10,11 (see note 2) Died: May-27-1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,2 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, West Union, WV 2 Resided: near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1929 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1910 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Occupation: farmer 2 Wife: Gertrude Ella Long b. May- 8-1908 Also known as: Ella Gertrude Long 9 Married: Sep-12-1925 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Edith Cooper Born: ca 1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 15 Resided: 1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Resided: 1923 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Husband: William L. Collins b. ca 1898 Married: Sep- 2-1923 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15
F Child 3: Loraine Cooper
M Child 4: Eugene Cooper
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Findagrave.com. (4) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (5) 1900 Census, Pleasants County, WV. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as S. W. Cooper, single, 40, b. & res. in Jefferson Co Ohio, occupation laborer; and Maggie Ruddlesdon, 18, b. Pleasants Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Dec 13 1896 in Ritchie County. MR p. 93 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540690&Type=Marriage. (8) Obituary. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (10) Birth record of son. (11) Death record of son. (12) Obituary - Hospital. (13) Death record of father. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (15) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (16) Obituary of brother. Event Notes Note (1) Age 30 in 1886 marriage record would put birth in about 1856, while death record states July 9 1860 (age 68y 7m 25d). But the 1900 Census states birth date as Oct 1850, age 49 at time of June 1900 enumeration. Note (2) Marriage record gives birthplace as Ritchie County, and his own death record states Doddridge County. But his son Robert's birth record and son Albert's death record state St. Marys (Pleasants County), which is also where the family was living in 1900. Birth date given in death record as Aug 5 1898, but the 1900 Census shows it as Aug 1900, with age specified as 9 months at the time of the June 1900 enumeration.Name Index