Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel F. Cooper and Sarah Van Voorhis




Husband Samuel F. Cooper 1 2 3

           Born: 2 May 1807 - Nottingham Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1875 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Frederic Cooper (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 1831 1



Wife Sarah Van Voorhis 2 3 4

           Born: 1814 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 May 1892 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Daniel "Uncle Danny" Van Voorhis (1783-1852) 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary Frye (1788-1881) 8




Children
1 M John P. Cooper 1 9

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1915
         Buried: 



2 F Clarinda Cooper 9

            AKA: Clara E. Cooper 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1893
         Buried: 



3 M Frederick W. Cooper 1 9 10

           Born: 25 Mar or 31 Mar 1837 - Nottingham Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1915
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Marie L. Stewart (      -1864) 10
           Marr: 4 Jan 1860 1
         Spouse: Mary W. Manown (      -      ) 1 9
           Marr: 20 Oct 1870 1


4 F Mary J. Cooper 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1893
         Buried: 



5 M Van Cooper 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1893
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Samuel F. Cooper

Mingo Creek, Washington Co, PA

He received a good education at the schools of Waynesburgh, Pennsylania, and assisted with the farm work, and other interests with which his father was identified.
He was a Democrat, and filled almost every office in Nottingham township. He possessed a remarkable memory, and was a well-educated man. He was extensively engaged in the fruit-growing business.

He and his wife were early settlers of Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer of Nottingham township, and there owned land, reared a family and died in old age. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 510.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1323.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 510, 633.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 695.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 633, 1059.

7 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 187.

8 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 194.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1324.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 477.


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