Born about in [West] Virginia, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Enoch Shepherd Cooper
— married
about 1865 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Oscar D Cooper, Lela Belle (Cooper) Antrim, Otis Frank Cooper, Bessie Beatrice (Cooper) Eades and Edith (Cooper) Johnson
Died
at about age 87
in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Dec 2016
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Biography
Melissa was born 18 Nov 1848 to Aaron Stephens and Mary McGarvey. She married Enoch S Cooper. Melissa died 16 August 1946 and was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery in Yamhill County, Oregon.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB5-Q2F?cc=1417683&wc=QZ24-Y2X%3A1589412158%2C1589397674%2C1589412806%2C1589396321 : 24 December 2015), Oregon > Marion > East Salem > ED 80 > image 22 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRSS-HNH?cc=1325221&wc=9BQL-4HW%3A1030550601%2C1032225101%2C1032229201 : 5 August 2014), Oregon > Yamhill > image 7 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RXJ-C1X?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-CZM%3A1036471901%2C1037130101%2C1036681501%2C1589336351 : 14 December 2015), Oregon > Yamhill > Precinct 12 > ED 448 > image 3 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZ6-H37?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-Z41%3A648804701%2C649303101%2C649303102%2C1589282415 : 8 December 2015), Oregon > Deschutes > Bend > ED 7 > image 1 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
- Find a Grave, entry for Melissa Ann Stephens Cooper, accessed 18 August 2017.
- Includes obituary; no gravestone can be found.
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