Ephraim Cooper and Margaret Van Voorhees

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Husband Ephraim Cooper ¹

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           Born: 9 Jul 1772 - New Jersey 1
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           Died: 18 Feb 1860 1
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         Father: Moses Cooper (1727-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Doty (1733-1823) 1

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       Marriage: 27 Feb 1794 1

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Wife Margaret Van Voorhees ¹

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           Died: 6 Mar 1859 1
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         Father: Abram Van Voorhees (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Daniel Cooper ¹

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           Born: 17 Feb 1795 1
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           Died: 26 Jun 1877 1
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2 F Catherine Cooper ¹

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           Born: 17 Jun 1798 1
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           Died: 12 Feb 1876 1
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3 F Nellie Cooper ¹

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           Born: 6 Jan 1804 1
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           Died: 16 Dec 1878 1
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4 U Lany Cooper ¹

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           Born: 1 Dec 1806 1
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5 F Pamelia Cooper ¹

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           Born: 28 Feb 1811 1
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6 M Jonas Cooper ^{1 3}

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           Born: 30 May 1814 - Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 May 1893 3
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         Spouse: Sarah Axtell (      -1885) 1 3
           Marr: 3 Nov 1836 1

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General Notes: Husband - Ephraim Cooper

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His brother Zebulon took him as an apprentice, teaching him both the tanning and shoemaking trades, the first of which he (Ephraim) subsequently followed nearly his entire life. He commenced by tanning his own leather, and going from house to house, making shoes at 30 cents a pair. He soon, however, purchased the farm later occupied by his son, Jonas, and on it built one of the first tanneries in that section, which stood until 1890.
He was an energetic man, and one who took a lively interest in the prosperity and growth of his county. He taught his trade to at least fourteen men and boys. In politics he was an active Whig, and in religion was first a leading supporter of the Upper Ten-Mile Presbyterian Church, of which he was one of the organizers, but in 1831 united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 498.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 898.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 929.