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Family Group Record 0022
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Husband's Name Sterling T. Cooper
Born: 05 May 1824 Place: South Carolina
Died: 14 Jan 1890 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Abt 1844 Place: Georgia
Father: John C. Cooper
Mother: Nicy Malinda .......
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Wife's Name Nancy E. Hamilton
Born: 25 Jul 1826 Place: Georgia
Died: 18 Oct 1894 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Father:
Mother:
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Children 14 children 10 lived to maturity
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1. Sex Name
F Martha Ann Cooper
Born: Abt 1846 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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2. Sex Name
M John T. Cooper
Born: 11 Dec 1848 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: 10 Jun 1909 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 05 Jan 1881 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Martha (Mattie) J. Dyre
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3. Sex Name
M William Hamilton Cooper
Born: Abt 1849 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: Place:
Married: Abt 1869 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Iris .......
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4. Sex Name
M Mark Allen Cooper
Born: 02 May 1851 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: 20 Mar 1915 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 18 Oct 1885 Place: Nevada County, Arkansas (C-358)
Spouse: Mylie (Miley) Delana Hopper
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5. Sex Name
M Matthew Thomas Cooper
Born: 17 Feb 1853 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: 25 Dec 1925 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 13 Aug 1890 Place: Nevada County, Arkansas (E-118)
Spouse: Alice J. (Jo) McLaughlin
Married: Abt 1904 Place:
Spouse: Martha .......
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6. Sex Name
F Mary (Mollie) E. Cooper
Born: 1854 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: 1920 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 23 Dec 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: James P. Dunn
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7. Sex Name
F Sarah M. Cooper
Born: Abt 1857 Place: Cobb County, Georgia
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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Moved to Pike County, Arkansas in 1859
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8. Sex Name
M Charles L. Cooper
Born: Abt 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse:
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9. Sex Name
M Clark E. Cooper
Born: Abt 1866 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 16 Jul 1891 Place: Nevada County, Arkansas (E-296)
Spouse: Mattie Carman
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10. Sex Name
F Emily Eliza (Pinkie) Cooper
Born: Abt 1869 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 07 Feb 1960 Place: Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas
Married: 10 Oct 1884 Place: Nevada County, Arkansas (C-196)
Spouse: James Christopher Cook
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Sources of Information: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern
Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St.
Louis), Pike County, page 323; Census Records: Cobb County, Georgia 1850,
Pike County, Arkansas 1860, 1870, 1880; Tombstones, inscriptions of:
Delight Cemetery, Pike County, Arkansas (S.T. Cooper, Mrs. N.E. Cooper,
John T. Cooper, M.A. Cooper, M.T. Cooper); Records of the Antioch Church of
Christ 1833-1916, Delight, Arkansas; Tombstone, inscriptions of: Antoine
Cemetery, Pike County, Arkansas (Mary E. Cooper Dunn); The William Weldon
Cooper Family Home Page (FTM), William Weldon Cooper, Corpus Christi, Texas
© Copyright 1996-99, Broderbund Software, Inc. All rights reserved; Nevada
County, Arkansas Marriage Book C, page 196, 358; Book E, page 118, 296;
Cemetery Records, Pike County, Arkansas 1986, page 109, 110; Lineage Charts
and Family Group Records, Volume II, Hempstead County (Ark) Genealogical
Society, Hope, Arkansas (December 1990), page 165; Tom Pat Cook, email (16
Dec 1999); Christina K. Glover, email (16 Dec 1999).
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J.T. Cooper ... Pike County, Wolf Creek Township, Antoine post-office ...
one of a family of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to maturity ...
(the remaining nine) ... William H., Mark A., Matthew T., Charley L., Clark
E., Mary E., Martha A., Sarah and Pinkie ... His parents, Sterling T. and
Nancy E. (Hamilton) Cooper, were born in South Carolina in 1824 and 1827
... the former, a farmer by occupation, emigrated from Georgia to Arkansas
in 1859, and located in Pike County, where (he) resided until (his) death
... which occurred January 14, 1890. The mother is still living at the old
home place, at the age of sixty-three. Mr. Cooper, Sr. ... took ...
interest in the building up of churches, schools ... He and his wife were
both ... members of the Christian Church ... Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago,
Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 323.
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Update 03.07.00 David Kelley 1999 FGR-0022.HTM
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