Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alexander Cooper    
                Born: ca 1826              in Ohio  1
              Census: 1850, 1870           in Knox Twp, Jefferson Co, OH  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Cassandra ___     
         Census name: Cassa 
                Born: ca 1828              in Ohio  1
              Census: 1850, 1870           in Knox Twp, Jefferson Co, OH  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Sylvester W. Cooper      
                Born: ca 1856              in Jefferson Co, OH  2 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar- 4-1929          in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV  3,4
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 rig builder & farmer  5
          Occupation: 1900                 oil well rig builder  6
                Wife: Marguerite S. "Maggie" Ruddlesden  b. Jun-25-1879  d. Oct-31-1918  
       Also known as: Maggie Ruddlesdon 7
             Married: Dec-13-1896          in Ritchie Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(6) 1900 Census, Pleasants County, WV. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) 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. 

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.







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