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Excerpt from Henry Miller Family and Descendants, Page 56
The second son of the Francis Cooper household, was born in Greenbrier county, W.Va., in 1821. When but a boy of six his parents moved to Ohio but due to it being unhealthy for then they returned back to Blue Sulphur Springs District and on Snake Run, a tributary of Kitchens Creek, built a log house and resided until the family was grown.
Thomas met and married Isabel Boggess in Greenbrier county. The Boggess family has come there from Rockbridge county, where the Boggess children had grown up.
Around 1852 Thomas and Isabel, with their two boys, that had been born in Greenbrier, came to Symmes township, Lawrence county, Ohio. After living in different houses, they finally bought land and located on or above the banks of Symmes creek, near Waterloo, Ohio. Here, Thomas build a home.
'Thomas was a farmer. He was also a shoe cobbler. He was successful in his affairs, and became a leading spirit in his community, taking part in its affairs.
He had a family of two boys and three girls that grew up. Each of them acquired an education. One son an educator, teaching schools in different sectors of the county, and he also served as a justice of the peace.
Thomas Cooper died at the age of 94 years and is buried, as is his wife also, in the Cooper cemetery near his father and mother.
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.9Henry Miller Family and Descendants Chester I Miller, Henry Miller Family and Descendants [1], Chester I Miller, 4385 Roberts Mill Rd SW, London, OH 43140, June 25, 1980. Detail: Page 56
↑ 2.02.1Greenbrier Marriage Bonds Greenbrier Historical Society [find repository].
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.51850 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [2]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Detail: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 18, Greenbrier, Virginia; Roll: M432_947; Page: 303A; Image: 292
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↑ 5.05.15.25.35.41870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [4]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Detail: Year: 1870; Census Place: Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: M593_1231; Page: 515A; Family History Library Film: 552730
↑ 7.07.17.27.37.41900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [6]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Detail: Year: 1900; Census Place: Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0076
↑ 8.08.1Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 [7]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Detail: Andrew Stewart Cooper
↑ 9.09.1Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 [8]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and Index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio; Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, USA. Detail: Thomas Cooper
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