Category: Illinois, Coopers

This category’s for profiles of those living in Illinois who were coopers

Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples of a cooper's work include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns, hogsheads, firkins, tierces, rundlets, puncheons, pipes, tuns, butts, pins and breakers. Source: Wikipedia: Cooper (profession)

Person Profiles (6)

abt 1822 Ohio, United States - 16 Sep 1883

02 Apr 1844 Chilicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States - 14 Dec 1928

04 Jan 1842 Southend, Argyll, Scotland - 15 Jun 1918

06 Aug 1837 Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, USA - 18 Feb 1904

Jul 1822 Ohio, United States - 04 Aug 1903

07 Aug 1834 North Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 05 Aug 1864