I am looking for information on Nettie Baysinger, born about 1870 in Indiana, spouse Hezikiah Cooper.

Question

I have hit a brick wall! Nettie Baysinger was born in Indiana around 1870. Married Hezikiah or Ki Cooper in 1890 in Indiana. Died before 1910 census which shows her husband as a widow. Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Do you know if they had any children?  This is a bad image of the 1900 census that has a Nettie Cooper with a husband and 2 children.  

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67F9-4K9?cc=1325221

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HT-2S8 : accessed 13 November 2017), Nettie C Cooper in household of Cooper, Magisterial District 1, Mt. Olivet Mt Olivet town, Robertson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,549.

Or do you have the 1900 census for Hezikiah Cooper?  

Answer 2

Joenna,  I have absolutely not found anything but straws ... but assuming you're almost at the straw-grasping point... First straw... assuming that "Nettie" might be short for Annette or Antoinette, and (more straws) that she may have begun using her middle name when she got older... Maybe she's Sarah A. Baysinger, age 8 below, which would have her born about 1872.  (I included the rest of the family from the 1880 US census. At least they're from Indiana....

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-C3K?cc=1417683&wc=QZ2W-SJH%3A1589401272%2C1589394993%2C1589397727%2C1589394803 : 24 December 2015), Indiana > Crawford > Sterling > ED 29 > image 27 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Nicholas D Baysinger Self M 36 Indiana, United States

Elza A Baysinger Wife F 37 Indiana, United States

Elizabeth J Longest Stepdaughter F 16 Indiana, United States

James D Baysinger Son M 14 Indiana, United States

Sarah A Baysinger Daughter F 8 Indiana, United States

Samuel R N Baysinger Son M 6 Indiana, United States

John M W Baysinger Son M 4 Indiana, United States

David S T Baysinger Son M 1 Indiana, United States

There are also some Indiana-based Baysinger Wikitree profiles from around the right time (but without the right names...)  Baysinger 85 through Baysinger-91 are all Indiana based Baysingers, but with very few additional helpful details....The profile manager may still be active, and perhaps he or she can provide additional clues.

One final straw ... Is it possible that Nettie Baysinger was her name from a previous marriage, and then the widow married again to Hezekiah Cooper?  Maybe that's why she's hard to find.

Oh, there WAS one Findagrave Nettie A. Cooper in Indiana, b. January 25, 1874 -- But it really doesn't look too promising.  You can check it out at https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143278887 

I wish I could have actually found something helpful.  At least I stopped hitting my head against my own brick walls for a while...YOUR brick wall seemed softer, since I knew I could stop when I wanted to....;-) 

Reba

Answer 3

Hi Joenna

Your post caught my attention because I descend  from a Baysinger line.  I have found a death cert of  Dillie Agnes Taylor which shows her parents as Hezzie Cooper and Nettie Baysinger.   There is a profile for Agnes Cooper Taylor on WTree which is Cooper-16533.  There is very little information on it but I am going to work backwards and see if I can fill in some blanks.

SORRY -  I made a mistake -  Cooper-16533 is NOT the correct Agnes Cooper Taylor.  I will now create a new profile for Dillie and for Hezzie and for Nettie as I see it has not been done yet.