Jack ANDERSON was born in 1854 in KY. He married Margaret RIGGLES.
Margaret RIGGLES was born in 1860 in VA. She married Jack ANDERSON.
They had the following children:
M i Sidney Earl ANDERSON
George W. ARNOLD. He married Elizabeth HOLT.
Elizabeth HOLT. She married George W. ARNOLD.
They had the following children:
F i Mary ARNOLD
Frederick TOOMBS. He married Leah HOLCOMB.
Leah HOLCOMB [Parents] was born on 27 Oct 1833 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. She married Frederick TOOMBS.
John COOPER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 4 Aug 1742 in Burlington, New Jersey. He married Martha in 1766. He died on 4 May 1797 in Fayette County, PA.
This research project is primarily about Isaac Cooper who entered Ohio in 1812. Some information about his parents would greatly enhance the story. However, it has not been easy to identify his parents. There are several possibilities, but using the facts that are available, it is most likely that his parents were John and Martha Cooper.
There's a biographical sketch of John Cooper in the book "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania" by John W. Jordan printed in 1912. It says the following:
"John Cooper, the founder of this branch of the Cooper family in Fayette county and progenitor of Hon. Allen Foster Cooper of Uniontown, came to Fayette county about 1790 from New Jersey. He was a descendant of James Cooper, who came to America before 1682, in which year he received a grant of land in New Jersey. In 1683 he bought land in Philadelphia, situated on Chestnut street, at about Ninth street. Several generations of this family were members of the Society of Friends. James Cooper was also the American ancestor of James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist. The English birthplace of James Cooper was Stratford-on-Avon, the date 1661."
"John Cooper, his descendant, was born August 4, 1742, died in Fayette county, May 4, 1797. He married Martha _____, born in December 1750. They had the following children: Asa, Rebecca, James, Isaac, Hannah, Martha (died in 1861) and Joel, mentioned below." (There's another full page about Joel, who stayed in PA, and his descendants, but nothing more on the other children of John and Martha).
Another book, "Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania" published in 1900 by S. B. Nelson, states that John Cooper came to Fayette in an early-day and reared a family of five sons and four daughters.
The DAR credits John Cooper as serving as a Private in the Revolutionary War, 2nd New Jersey Battalion headed by Col. William Maxwell, 8th Company under Capt. Archibald Shaw.
Martha UNKNOWN 1, 2 was born in Dec 1750 in NJ or PA. She married John COOPER in 1766. Martha died after 1830 in Fayette County, PA.
They had the following children:
F i Hannah COOPER F ii Mary COOPER M iii Asa COOPER was born about 1775.
His name might have been Amos.F iv Rebecca COOPER was born about 1770. M v James COOPER F vi Martha COOPER was born about 1788. She died about 1861. M vii Joel COOPER M viii Isaac COOPER
Thomas STRAWN was born 25 Mar 1770 in Haycock Twp, Bucks County, PA. He married Hannah COOPER on 13 Oct 1794 in Pennsylvania. Thomas died on 16 Feb 1854 in Perry County, Ohio and was laid to rest in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery.
Hannah COOPER [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1773. She married Thomas STRAWN on 13 Oct 1794 in PA. She passed away on 25 Feb 1814. She was buried in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery, Perry County, Ohio.
Job STRAWN was born 12 Oct 1760 in Haycock Twp, Bucks County, PA. He married Mary COOPER on 4 Nov 1791 in PA. He died on 5 Sep 1821 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.
Mary COOPER [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 12 Apr 1775. Mary wed Job STRAWN on 4 Nov 1791 in PA. She died on 12 Feb 1812 in Fayette County, Pa.
Joel COOPER [Parents] was born 11 Apr 1791 in Fayette County, PA. He married Ann FREEMAN on 8 Jun 1815 in Fayette County, PA. Joel died on 17 Dec 1870 in Fayette County, PA.
Ann FREEMAN was born 17 Apr 1794 in Fayette County, PA. On 8 Jun 1815 she married Joel COOPER in Fayette County, PA. Ann died in Dec 1852 in Fayette County, PA.
James COOPER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 26 Oct 1780 in New Jersey. He married Nancy about 1810 in Pennsylvania. James passed away on 12 Apr 1871 in Perry County, Ohio and was buried in Bethel M.E. Church Cemetery.
Abstract of Last Will and Testament of James Cooper, written 20 Feb 1854, Perry County, Ohio:
Executor: Samual Curran; Children: John and James Cooper of Hancock County, Ohio; Allen Cooper; Nancy Miller, Martha Beard, Maria Embrey, Elizabeth Cooper, and three surviving children of deceased daughter, Jamima Melick. Note, wife of James is deceased. Codicil signed on 11 May 1860. Will probated in Septemeber 1871.Obituary printed in the New Lexington Herald, 21 Feb 1871, page 3:
Died in Clayton township, Perry county, Ohio, April 12, 1871, James Cooper, aged 90 years, 5 months, and 16 days. The subject of this notice was a native of the State of Pennsylvania but had been a resident of Clayton township nearly sixty years, having settled there in the fall of 1811 when Perry county was almost a wilderness. Being possessed of a robust and muscular frame and having an excellent constitution, he was capable of enduring great heardships. During his entire life he was an active, hard working man, having cleared out three farms in his palmier days, and even of later years still kept at his old profession, that of reclaiming land from the forest, having cleared some four acres of heavily timbered land since he was 80 years of age, and about one acre two years since. At the age of of eighty-five he plowed the land, planted and worked the corn, and cut and shocked that which when gathered measured over one hundred and fifty bushels of corn.
Perfectly upright and honest in all his dealings, he was respected by all who knew him. Although not a professor of religion, he was a great Bible reader, all of his spare moments being spent in that way. He read this Bible through five times within the space of seven months, but during his confinement to the house, which was since the 20th of December, his eyesight became so dim that he could not read, which was a source of great regret to him. And when the King of Terrors came, he had no fears, and passed from earth as calmly as a babe to its quiet slumber.
Nancy UNKNOWN was born on 10 Dec 1784 in Pennsylvania. She married James COOPER about 1810 in Pennsylvania. She died on 28 Feb 1853 in Perry County, Ohio and was buried in Bethel M.E. Church Cemetery.
They had the following children:
M i John COOPER M ii James COOPER M iii Allen COOPER F iv Martha COOPER F v Maria COOPER F vi Elizabeth COOPER was born in Jul 1824 in Perry County, Ohio. She died on 23 Oct 1902 in Perry County, Ohio. F vii Nancy COOPER F viii Jamina COOPER was born in Perry County, Ohio. She died before 1854.
James COOPER [Parents] was born about 1814 in Perry County, Ohio. He married Nancy CUSACK on 8 Jun 1833 in Perry County. James passed away on 9 Apr 1867 in Hancock County, Ohio and was buried in Indian Green Cemetery.
Nancy CUSACK [Parents] was born 14 Dec 1813 in Perry County, Ohio. She married James COOPER on 8 Jun 1833 in Perry County. She died on 19 Jan 1903 in Hancock County, Ohio and was laid to rest in Indian Green Cemetery.
John COOPER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 25 Apr 1811 in Fayette County, PA. He married Jane Elizabeth CUSAC on 15 Dec 1831 in Perry County, Ohio. He died on 5 Dec 1891 in Hancock County, Ohio. John was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
The History of Hancock County, Ohio, published in 1886:
" John Cooper was the next settler in Portage township, coming in March 1834. He was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1811, whither his father had emigrated from New Jersey. In 1812 the removed to Perry County, Ohio, where John grew to manhood and married June E. Cusac, daughter of Daniel Cusac. In the spring of 1834, the young couple took up their residence on the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 29, entered in April of that year, where they have ever since resided. Nine children blessed their union, six of whom survive, Allen being the first male born in the township. Though a man of limited education, Judge Cooper has filled the office of associate judge and county commissioner very acceptably. He has been far more successful that the average pioneer, and is today one of the wealthiest farmers in the county."Death notice from The Jeffersonian, Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1891, Page 8:
John Cooper died at his home in Portage township, Saturday evening aged about 80 years. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30, interment in Maple Grove.
Jane Elizabeth CUSAC [Parents] was born 18 Oct 1815 in Perry County, Ohio. Jane wed John COOPER on 15 Dec 1831 in Perry County. She passed away on 1 May 1894 in Hancock County, Ohio and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
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