Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John S. Cooper    
                Born: Feb-27-1855          in Missouri  1,2,3
                Died: Mar-20-1921          in Harrison Co, WV  4,1
              Buried:                      in Gilman Cemetery, Randolph Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in Leadsville, Randolph Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Belle Powell     
             Married: ca 1879               2
                Born: May- 8-1857           1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-18-1914          in Randolph Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Gilman Cemetery, Randolph Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Savilla A. Cooper      
                Born: Jun-  -1879           3
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: John Grafton Cooper      
                Born: Oct- 5-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,7,2
                Died: Jan-  -1965           7
             Resided: 1942                 in Montrose, Randolph Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1941                 in Randolph Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1930     in Leadsville, Randolph Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 car inspector on steam railroad  9
          Occupation: 1910                 sawyer at lumber mill  10
                Wife: Maude Gay Thomas  b. Apr- 3-1888  d. Apr-13-1941  
             Married: 1909                 in Randolph Co, WV  11
           F Child 3: Flossie B. Cooper      
                Born: Sep- 2-1895           7
                Died: May-  -1996           7
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  12
              Census: 1940                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Leadsville, Randolph Co, WV  
             Husband: Cleveland L. Lemley  
             Married: 1913                 in Randolph Co, WV  13
             Husband: ___ McEldowney  

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1900 Census, Randolph County, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) Death record of wife. 
(9) 1930 Census, Randolph County, WV. 
(10) 1910 Census, Randolph County, WV. 
(11) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 21 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1859.







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