Martha was born in 1842. She was married to Marion Cooper in 1859.[1]
She passed away in 1930.[2]
Martha Ann Barnes Cooper
BIRTH 26 Oct 1842
Tennessee, USA
DEATH 27 Jan 1930 (aged 87)
Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Brotherton Cemetery
Brotherton, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 7188963
Cookeville Press Jan 30, 1930
Mrs. Martha Ann Cooper, aged 87, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martin Loftis, 3 miles east of Cookeville on Monday, January 27th. Mrs. Cooper was the daughter of Thomas Barnes , a pioneer settler of Putnam County, and was the youngest of a family of twenty children, all of whom preceded her in death. Mrs. Cooper was married to Gabrial Marion Cooper about 1856, who died Dec 2, 1906, and to which union five children were born -- T C Cooper, Mrs. W F Hall and James Cooper, all deceased, and G W Cooper of Monterey and Mrs. Martin Loftis of near Cookeville.
Mrs. Cooper had been a member of the Methodist Church for more than 70 years.... Services were conducted at the residence by the Rev Dow Ensor; burial was at Brotherton cemetery.
Thomas & Mary Barnes were Martha's adopted parents. Her birth parents were Benjamin Daniel Barnes & Nancy B. Kelly. Nancy died between 1845-1850 & the children were raised by various family members. Her birth siblings were Sarah Ann Elizabeth Barnes (abt 1835-1880), James William Barnes (abt 1838-1920), & Benjamin Daniel Barnes (1845-1920).[3]
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State of Tennessee Certificate of Death for Mrs Martha Ann Cooper, no. 1573, filed Feb. 10, 1930. "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSL7-FY1 : 9 March 2018), Martha Ann Cooper, 27 Jan 1930; citing Brotherton Graveyard, Cookville, Putnam, Tennessee, cn 1573, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,761.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 March 2018), memorial page for Martha Ann Barnes Cooper (26 Oct 1842–27 Jan 1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7188963, citing Brotherton Cemetery, Brotherton, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Reg & Gloria (contributor 46563300).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZY-YFY : 12 April 2016), Martha A Cooper in household of Marion Cooper, Tennessee, USA; citing p. 7, family 48, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,053.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWQ-6TL : 15 July 2017), Martha Cooper in household of Marion Cooper, District 6, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 142A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1275; FHL microfilm 1,255,275.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCT-HF6 : accessed 10 March 2018), Martha Cooper in household of Marion Cooper, Civil Districts 6, 19, Putnam, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 3B, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,592.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFQ-SJW : accessed 10 March 2018), Martha Cooper in household of Martin S Laftis, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; citing ED 79, sheet 19A, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1516; FHL microfilm 1,375,529.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNP3-RGX : accessed 10 March 2018), Martha Cooper in household of W M Hall, Civil District 1, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; citing ED 75, sheet 9A, line 21, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1759; FHL microfilm 1,821,759.
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