Minnie Miranda (Heskett) Cooper (1872 - 1942)

Born 25 Jul 1872 in Guernsey, Ohio

Died 5 Jul 1942 at age 69 in San Diego, California

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Biography

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Minnie was born in Ohio in 1872 to William J. and Mary S. Heskett, both of Ohio.^[1] She married (1) Gilbert M. Lafayette (Lafayette) Cooper, a farmer, 14 Sep 1892 in Muskingum, Ohio.^[2] Lafayette was a farmer. He died of pneumonia in 1900. In the 1900 US Census, she was listed as head of the household. She was a widow with four children. She was 28. The oldest was 7 and the youngest was a newborn. No occupation was listed next to her name, but her brother-in-law, Philander Cooper, and his wife were living with them. Philander gives his occupation as Farmer.^[3]

The children of her first marriage were:

Walter Henry Cooper (b. 14 Sep 1893 in Spencer Township, Guernsey, Ohio)^[4]

Don Abraham Cooper (b. 30 May 1895 in Westland, Guernsey, Ohio)^[5]

Wayne Cooper (b. 15 Apr 1898 in Spencer Township)^[6]

Rose Fayette Cooper (b. 8 Feb 1900 in Spencer Township)^[7]

An unsourced Ancestry profile gives the following suggestions:

She married George Albert Dunn around 1904. She had two children by her second marriage:

Ralph Daniel Dunn (1905-1980)

Rosemary Dunn (1912-1982).

She passed away in 1942 in San Diego, California.

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MV-T8T : 19 February 2021), Minnie M Heskett in household of William J Heskett, Jackson, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 92B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,020.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry Record 61378 #902062534
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM87-BMV : accessed 15 March 2021), Minnie M Cooper, Spencer Township Cumberland village, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 12B, family 276, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,273.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-N9QR : 8 March 2021), Minnie M Heskett in entry for Walter Henry Cooper, 1893.
5. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-NWXX : 8 March 2021), Minnie Heskett in entry for Don Abraham Cooper, 1895.
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-NVQC : 8 March 2021), Minnie Heskett in entry for Wayn Cooper, 1898.
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDY1-HZY : 8 March 2021), Minnie M. Heskett in entry for Rose Fayette Cooper, 1900.