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Milton "Mitt" Cooper 1840–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Jan 1840

Birth Location: Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 1 June 1925

Death Location: Douglas, Missouri, United States

Father: Peter Cooper

Mother: Clara Ridenour

Spouse(s): Jane Housley

Children(s): Bernice Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Clara Cooper, Levi Cooper, Eric Cooper, Lucinda Cooper, James Coopper, William Cooper, John Coopper, Henry Cooper, Anna Cooper, Charles Cooper, Maude Leach, Erie Cooper, Milton Cooper

In 1840, Milton "Mitt" Cooper entered the world in Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States, born to Peter Eli Cooper And Clara Barbara Ridenour. Milton "Mitt" Cooper married Jane Housley, and had children including Anna L Cooper, Bernice Cooper, Charles Calvin Cooper, Clara Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Eric Cooper, Erie J Cooper, Henry F Cooper, James M Coopper, John W Coopper, Levi Cooper, Lucinda Cooper, Maude Lane Cooper Leach, Milton D Cooper, William Pleasant Pleas Cooper. Milton "Mitt" Cooper passed away in 1925 in Douglas, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1840, Milton "Mitt" Cooper entered the world in Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States, born to Peter Eli Cooper And Clara Barbara Ridenour.
  • Milton "Mitt" Cooper married Jane Housley, and had children including Anna L Cooper, Bernice Cooper, Charles Calvin Cooper, Clara Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Eric Cooper, Erie J Cooper, Henry F Cooper, James M Coopper, John W Coopper, Levi Cooper, Lucinda Cooper, Maude Lane Cooper Leach, Milton D Cooper, William Pleasant Pleas Cooper.
  • Milton "Mitt" Cooper passed away in 1925 in Douglas, Missouri, United States.

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Milton Cooper's Ancestors

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Milton Cooper
1840–1925
Birth Place: Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Peter Eli Cooper
1786–1875
North Carolina, USA
Clara (Barbara) Ridenour
1799–1841
La Follette, Campbell, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Henry (Lawrence) Ridenour
1755–1855
Orange, North Carolina, United States
Susannah Webb
1768–1830
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Ridenour
1745–1804
Elizabeth Noe
1754–1781
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Noe
1721–1787
Roshannah Schell
1724–1781

Milton Cooper's Descendants

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Milton ("Mitt") Cooper (2 Jan 1840–1 June 1925) m. Jane Housley (1 Apr 1846–6 Oct 1937)
  1. 1. Bernice Cooper 1899–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Cooper 1861–1880
  3. 3. Clara Cooper 1867–1880
  4. 4. Levi Cooper 1869–1880
  5. 5. Eric Cooper 1886–1968
  6. 6. Lucinda Cooper 1870–1967 m. Isaac (Burnside "Burney") Barker 1868–1948
    1. 1. Lois (Enid) Barker 1902–1982
    2. 2. Verba (May) Barker 1904–1998
    3. 3. Docia (R) Barker 1906–1953
    4. 4. James (Ernest Barker) Sr 1895–1978
    5. 5. Garrett (Augustus Hobart) Barker 1896–1962
    6. 6. Gladys (Anna) Barker 1898–1952 m. Jack (Eura) Isom 1904–1959 m. Mulford (Norris Knight) Sr 1895–1947
      1. 1. Nadine Knight 1919–1977 m. Donald (Richard) Hudson 1916–2004
      2. 2. Mulford (Norris Knight) Jr 1917–1984
    7. 7. Beatrice Barker 1911–1928
  7. 7. James (M.) Coopper 1873–1946
  8. 8. William (Pleasant* "Pleas") Cooper 1874–1965
  9. 9. John (W.) Coopper 1876–
  10. 10. Henry (F.) Cooper 1879–1975
  11. 11. Anna (L) Cooper 1881–1966
  12. 12. Charles (Calvin) Cooper 1884–1969
  13. 13. Maude (Lane Cooper -) Leach 1892–1985
  14. 14. Erie (J) Cooper 1889–1968
  15. 15. Milton (D) Cooper 1904–1906

Milton Cooper's Timeline

2 Records

1840
2 Jan 1840
Birth of Milton "Mitt" Cooper in Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States
Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States
1925
1 June 1925
Age 85
Death of Milton "Mitt" Cooper in Douglas, Missouri, United States
Douglas, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1840
    Event Place: Cumberland Gap, Campbell, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 June 1925
    Event Place: Douglas, Missouri, United States

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