Huldah (Cooper) Sloper (1790 - 1846)

Born 19 Feb 1790 in Vinalhaven, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Sloper — married 27 Nov 1809 (to 1846) in Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1846 at age 56 in Sheridan Township, Scott, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Huldah Cooper was born on Vinalhaven in 1790, the daughter of Thomas Cooper and Barbara Douglass.^[1]She married Samuel Sloper on Vinalhaven in 1809.^[2]They had 16 children in 24 years.

Huldah died in Sheridan Township, Iowa in 1846 of thyphus.

Hannah's obituary:

Dec 31, 1846 - Died At Centreville, Scott county on the 17th inst, of Typhus Fever, Huldah, wife of Samuel SLOPER, in the 57th year of her age. Her last sickness was very short, she was taken on the morning of the 16th at 6 o'clock and died the next day at 10 o'clock She was insensible in two hours after she was taken and remained so with the exception of a few minutes at intervals until she died. Mrs. SLOPER was the mother of 17 children, 15 of whom are now living, and grandmother of 38, 30 of whom are living. Her children and grandchilden are all living in this State and most of them in this county, in the above named place, seven miles north of Davenport. Mrs. SLOPER was a member of the Disciples Church and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and dutiful wife, and a tender and affectionate mother. She is lamented by her friends and has left her husband and children to mourn their irreparable loss.

Davenport Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Dec 31, 1846

Children: David SLOPER b: 7 FEB 1808 in Vinalhaven, Lincoln Co., Maine Thomas SLOPER b: 22 JUN 1810 in Mount Desert, Hancock Co., Maine Henry SLOPER b: 21 OCT 1811 in Maine Barbara Barbry SLOPER b: 1 JUL 1813 in Fox Island, Maine Lucretia SLOPER b: 1814 in Mount Desert, Hancock Co., Maine Emily SLOPER b: 19 NOV 1815 in Maine Ambrose SLOPER b: 1817 in Maine Mary SLOPER b: ABT 1820 in Meigs Co., Ohio Samuel Sloper JR. b: 18 FEB 1823 in Meigs Co., Ohio Willard Henry SLOPER b: 12 AUG 1825 in Meigs Co., Ohio James C. SLOPER b: OCT 1826 in Vermont, Meigs Co., Ohio Abner SLOPER b: 25 JAN 1828 in Tupper's Plain, Meigs Co., Ohio Andrew Jackson SLOPER b: 1830 in Meigs Co., Ohio Susan SLOPER b: ABT 1831 in Meigs Co., Ohio Irene SLOPER b: ABT 1832 in Meigs Co., Ohio

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1F-5PX : 14 January 2020), Huldah Cooper, 1790.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-1X4 : 14 January 2020), Huldah Cooper in entry for Samuel Sloper, 1809.