Mariah Ann (Garrett) Cooper (abt.1818-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mariah Ann Cooper formerly Garrett

Born about 1818 in Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of James Garrett [uncertain] and Nancy Brown [uncertain]

Sister of Mary Mickie (Garrett) Curtis, Robert Garrett, Reuben Garrett and William Spills Berry Garrett

Wife of William Cooper — married 1839 in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Descendants

Mother of Jacob M. Cooper, Nancy Ann Cooper, Rachel E. Cooper, Emeline Cooper, Jane Cooper, John Cooper, Mickey Cooper and Spillsbury Cooper

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Biography

In the 1840 census of Hot Springs County, Arkansas, there was a listing for William Cooper living next door to a Nancy Garrett. Nancy was probably the mother of Mariah and William was Mariah's husband. Their marriage was recorded in Pulaski County in 1839.

A descendant of Mariah, a Doctor Cooper, recalls a story his father told him about Mariah's brother, Spills, coming to visit them one time riding on a donkey.

1880 Dyer, Saline Co., AR, page 310A, living between Mariah (Garrett) Cooper and her oldest son, Jacob:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

James COOPER Self M Male W 29 AR Farmer VA VA

Louisa COOPER Wife M Female W 23 AR Keeping House AL TN

James COOPER Son S Male W 2 AR AL AR

Mariah is listed as a widow in this census.

A 25 year old farm laborer (m.) born in AL is living with them: Marion Parker.

Sources

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMPV-44W : accessed 26 Jun 2013), William Cooper and Maria Garrett, 1839.

"United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHBX-8KP : accessed 25 Jun 2013), William Cooper, 1840.

1880 census of Saline Co., Arkansas via micro-fiche.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mariah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mariah:

~3.12% Debby (Barton) Black : 23andMe, GEDmatch M694047 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M694047 [compare], FTDNA kit #B8631
~3.12% Donald Garrett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692734 [compare], Ancestry member Donaldlee_garrett
~3.12% ~12.50% Jack Finlason : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jacfin61
~1.56% Laurie (Peters) Brand : 23andMe
~1.56% ~1.56% Linda Gullett : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Cotton Garrett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A817430 [compare], Ancestry member Wilford_O_Garrett
~1.56% Bill McCarty : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T630373 [compare], FTDNA kit #115106
~1.56% Rebecca (Nesbit) Petree : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #580589
~0.78% Eric Thompson : 23andMe
~0.78% Leslie (Peltier) Roberts : 23andMe, GEDmatch ZJ7799082 [compare]
~0.78% David Peltier : 23andMe, GEDmatch KN8109044 [compare]
~0.78% Gina (Weegar) Zatylny : 23andMe, GEDmatch FH5086687 [compare]
~0.78% Traci (Shortz) Cheadle : 23andMe
~0.78% Tammy (Gilmour) Julson : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Sandy (X) Campbell-Dillon : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jasfdillon
~0.78% Zena McCarty : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Zenafay + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T968696 [compare]
~0.78% Tim Timberlake : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Roy Bartz : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A765475 [compare], Ancestry member Roy_DeWayne_Bartz
~0.78% Glen Garrett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A628497 [compare], Ancestry member MarthaGarrettHall

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Rejected matches › Ann Mausel (Cooper) Ellis (bef.1816-)

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Mariah Ann (Garrett) Cooper (abt. 1818)

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