Could not read dates, except for 57 years when died.
Ivha (a child of Her daughter) buried in a fruit jar on Winnie side of her stone.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 657
JOHN P. COOPER, far., Sec. 1; P. O. Blue Grass, Scott Co., Iowa; . In 1836, he married Miss Winnie J., daughter of Michael Pace, of this county;
they had to cross into Illinois to have the ceremony performed, as there was no law authorizing marriages in Iowa at that time, and they were among the first couples married in Rock Island Co., if not the very first;
they had twelve children, ten still living--- Robert M., Mary E. (now Mrs. A. J. Hyatt), John P., Louisa (now Mrs. Wm. Benshoff), Catherine (now Mrs. C. F. Wineman), Harriet S., (now Mrs. L. Stennett), Emma (now Mrs. J. Mallacoat), Josephine (now Mrs. G. W. Albee), William C.
and Winona.
Mr. C. has been a member of the Baptist Church for over forty years, and his wife joined shortly after they were married. Mrs. C. was called to her long home in December, 1877. Mr. C. is a Democrat.
Could not read dates, except for 57 years when died.
Ivha (a child of Her daughter) buried in a fruit jar on Winnie side of her stone.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 657
JOHN P. COOPER, far., Sec. 1; P. O. Blue Grass, Scott Co., Iowa; . In 1836, he married Miss Winnie J., daughter of Michael Pace, of this county;
they had to cross into Illinois to have the ceremony performed, as there was no law authorizing marriages in Iowa at that time, and they were among the first couples married in Rock Island Co., if not the very first;
they had twelve children, ten still living--- Robert M., Mary E. (now Mrs. A. J. Hyatt), John P., Louisa (now Mrs. Wm. Benshoff), Catherine (now Mrs. C. F. Wineman), Harriet S., (now Mrs. L. Stennett), Emma (now Mrs. J. Mallacoat), Josephine (now Mrs. G. W. Albee), William C.
and Winona.
Mr. C. has been a member of the Baptist Church for over forty years, and his wife joined shortly after they were married. Mrs. C. was called to her long home in December, 1877. Mr. C. is a Democrat.
Family Members
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Robert M Cooper
1839–1891
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Vilena Cooper Craig
1841–1871
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Mary Ellen Cooper Hyatt
1843–1916
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John Perry Cooper
1845–1919
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Louisa Marian Cooper Benshoof
1848–1930
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Catherine I Cooper Wineman
1850–1935
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Harriet S. "Hattie" Cooper Stennett
1853–1891
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William Anderson Cooper
1855–1951
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Emma A. Cooper Mallicoat
1857–1939
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Josephine Cooper Allbee
1861–1904
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Winona C Cooper Logan
1862–1947
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