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Sylvester Clendenin Cooper (1830 - 1906)

Sylvester Clendenin (Sylvesta) Cooper
Born in Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 16 Jan 1855 in Henry Co., TNmap
Died at age 76 in Cooper Cem, Puryear, Henry, TNmap
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Profile last modified | Created 7 May 2013
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Biography

Married Mary Agnes Bradley. Served as a Major (Field Officer) for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Wounded on 30 Nov 1864 at Franklin assault. Major Cooper said that the regiment went into battle with 125 men and came out with 25. [1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #17035032 in Cooper Cem, Puryear, Henry, Tennessee
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD4-H7Q : 4 April 2020), Sylvestus C Cooper in household of Abner E Cooper, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Tennessee, United States; citing family 702, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TX-CHD : 18 March 2020), Silvester C Cooper, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7N-VWH : 15 July 2017), S C Cooper, District 14, Henry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 80, sheet 228B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,263.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS81-X1P : accessed 9 August 2020), Silvester C Cooper, Civil District 14, Henry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 8A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,578.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 August 2020), memorial page for Sylvester Clendenin “S.C.” Cooper (12 Apr 1830–13 Sep 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #17035032, citing Cooper Cemetery, Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Melissa Clayton Key (contributor 46868985) .

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.





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