John Cooper and Sarah Agnew
Husband John Cooper 1 2
Born: - ? Ireland Christened: Died: - ? Allegheny Co, PA Buried:
Father: Robert Cooper (1758-1840) 3 4 5 Mother: Nancy Bell ( -1829) 3
Marriage:
Wife Sarah Agnew 1 6
AKA: Cynthia Agnew 7 Born: - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Robert Agnew (1757-1840) 6 8 Mother: Esther Carnegie ( -1792) 1 6
Children
1 M William Cooper 2
Born: Apr 1812 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 1887 9 Buried:Spouse: Nancy Gilchrist (1815-1900) 9
2 M Robert Cooper 10
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1915 Buried:
3 M John Cooper 7
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1915 Buried:
4 F Helen Mar Cooper 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William S. Haven ( - ) 1 6
5 F Maria Cooper 10
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Samuel Martin ( - ) 9
General Notes: Husband - John Cooper
He followed for a time his father's occupation, farming, later moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and learning the trade of bookbinder, at which he was employed until his premature death at the age of thirty-three years.
He was the pioneer in the book-binding trade (first directory of Pittsburg, 1815), which business was continued by his son-in-law, William S. Haven, and later by William Stevenson.
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 439.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 256, 411.
3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 501.
4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 415, 1004.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 410.
6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 256.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 411.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 438.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 257.
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John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 257, 411.
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