A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree


‎Mary Mitchell‏‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾, daughter of George Mitchell and Sydney [--?--]‏. Born ‎ 1817 at PA‎ ³⁾ ⁴⁾, died ‎ Mar 15, 1899‎, 81 or 82 years ³⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ⁵⁾ Moved: (‎ 1840 at Elderton, Armstrong Co. PA) Moved from Westmoreland County to Elderton. ³⁾ Moved: (‎ 1846 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Moved from Elderton to the George Mitchell farm, two miles south of Rural Valley. ³⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, children and father. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, daughter Nancy and son Samuel. ⁴⁾ Married ‎ May 16, 1839 ³⁾ (47 years married) to: ‎James Cooper‏‎ ¹⁾ ³⁾ Born ‎ 1809 at Westmoreland Co. PA‎ ³⁾, died ‎ Apr 22, 1887‎, 77 or 78 years, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ⁸⁾ Minor death date conflict between the familiy history in the Howard Peters biography (10 Apr 1887) and the inscription on the grave marker (22 Apr 1887). Moved: (‎ 1840 at Elderton, Armstrong Co. PA) Moved from Westmoreland County to Elderton. Worked as a cabinetmaker. ³⁾ Moved: (‎ 1846 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Moved from Elderton to the George Mitchell farm, two miles south of Rural Valley. ³⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife, children and father-in-law. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife and children. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife, daughter Nancy and son Samuel. ⁴⁾ Alt. Death: (‎ Apr 10, 1887) ³⁾ Children: 1. ‎Infant Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ Died in infancy. ³⁾ 2. ‎Sidney J. Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ Died ‎before 1915 ³⁾ 3. ‎Mary Ann Cooper‏‎ ⁹⁾ ¹⁰⁾ ¹⁾ ¹¹⁾ ³⁾ Born ‎ May 22, 1843 at Elderton, Armstrong Co. PA‎ ¹²⁾ ¹⁾ ³⁾, died ‎ Aug 17, 1926 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 83 years ¹⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ¹⁾ ¹³⁾ 1870 census, Cowanshannock, dwelling 312, family 310, James and Mary Cooper family includes daughter Mary Ann, 27, one entry away from James and Susan Peters. On the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Mary states that she has had seven children, and five are living. ¹⁴⁾ ¹⁵⁾ ¹⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. ¹²⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with son Howard, in same house but in separate household as son Charles and his family. ¹⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Head of household, widowed. Living with son Howard. ¹⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with son Howard O. and his family. ¹⁷⁾ 4. ‎George M. Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ Born ‎± 1845 at PA‎ ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ 5. ‎Robert Emmett Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ ¹⁸⁾ Born ‎ Dec 6, 1849 at PA‎ ⁶⁾ ¹⁹⁾ ¹⁸⁾, died ‎ Mar 8, 1918 at Chambers Prairie, Thurston Co. WA‎, 68 years ¹⁹⁾ ¹⁸⁾, buried ‎ at Masonic Memorial Park, Turnwater, Thurston Co. WA ¹⁹⁾ ¹⁸⁾ Robert's death notice in Simpsons' Daily Leader confirms him as a member of the Rural Valley Coopers and lists his place of death as Olympia, Washington. Place of death on his death certificate is Chambers Prairie, which is close to Olympia. Middle name inscribed on grave marker, which is shared with wife and minor children. ¹⁹⁾ ²⁰⁾ ¹⁸⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Located: (‎ Apr 1877 at Omaha, Douglas Co. NE) ²⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Chambers Prairie, Thurston Co. WA) Day laborer. Living with wife and children. ²¹⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Chambers Prairie, Thurston Co. WA) Farmer. Living with wife and children. ²²⁾ 6. ‎Matilda H. Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ Born ‎± 1851 at PA‎ ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ 7. ‎Nancy J. Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ Born ‎± 1852 at PA‎ ⁶⁾, died ‎before 1915‎ ³⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and brother Samuel. Ientified as an invalid with spinal disease on the census. ⁴⁾ 8. ‎James Reed Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ²³⁾ ²⁴⁾ ⁶⁾ Born ‎ Jul 2, 1854 at PA‎ ²⁵⁾ ²⁶⁾ ²⁷⁾ ²⁸⁾ ⁶⁾, died ‎ Jan 21, 1922 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 67 years ²⁷⁾ ²⁸⁾, buried ‎ at Harkleroad Cemetery, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA ²⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife and daughter. ²⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife and children. ²⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife and children. ²⁹⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Widowed. Living with daughter Olive and her husband, and with sons Joseph and Leason. ³⁰⁾ 9. ‎Samuel Quillen Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ ³¹⁾ Born ‎ Jan 3, 1857 at PA‎ ⁶⁾ ³²⁾ ³¹⁾, died ‎ Jan 30, 1934 at Monrovia, Los Angeles Co. CA‎, 77 years ³²⁾ ³¹⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ³¹⁾ Middle name, and full birth and death dates, inscribed on grave marker. ³¹⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Student. Living with parents and sister Nancy. ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Vandergrift Heights, Westmoreland Co. PA) Laborer doing odd jobs. Lodging in the home of John F. Bair. ³³⁾ 10. ‎Martha C. Cooper‏‎ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ Born ‎± 1859 at PA‎ ⁶⁾, died ‎before 1915‎ ³⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings and maternal grandfather. ⁶⁾

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