A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree


‎Samuel A. Cooper‏‎, son of John Cooper and Ella [--?--]‏. Born ‎ Sep 13, 1873 at PA, died ‎ Oct 24, 1904‎, 31 years Daughter Mae's marriage license (Aug 1914) states that Samuel is alive and is a miner living in Greenoak PA. Located: (‎ Dec 1894 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer. Census (‎ 1900 at Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with wife, children and brother John. Married ‎ Dec 20, 1894 at Elderton, Armstrong Co. PA (9 years married) to: ‎Pearl Jane "Jennie Pearl Reefer, Pearl Jennie Reefer" Reefer‏‎ ¹⁾, daughter of John L. Reefer and Caroline "Hannah C. Smeltzer" Smeltzer‏. Born ‎ Feb 7, 1879 at Blanco, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, died ‎ Jun 20, 1964 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 85 years, buried ‎ at Gastown Cemetery, Gastown, Armstrong Co. PA, ‎1st marriage to: Samuel A. Cooper, ‎2nd marriage to: Ulysses Grant Schrecengost, ‎3rd married to: Milton Reed "Reid Whitacre" Whitacre On the 1900 census, Pearl states that she has had two children, and both are living. On the 1910 census, Pearl states that she has had six children, and all six are living. Alt. Birth: (‎ at Gastown, Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Alt. Birth: (‎ at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. Located: (‎ Dec 1894 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Census (‎ 1900 at Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with first husband Samuel Cooper, children, and brother-in-law John Cooper. Located: (‎ Jul 1906 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Housekeeper. Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with second husband Ulysses Schrecengost, and with children from both marriages. Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. Census (‎ 1930 at Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, children, grandchildren and boarders Charles Umbaugh (b. abt 1907) and Reed Whitacre. Located: (‎ Jan 1944 at Plumville, Indiana Co. PA) Children: 1. ‎Mae B. "Elizabeth May Beatrice Cooper" Cooper‏‎ Born ‎ Mar 4, 1897 at Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA, died ‎ Nov 25, 1988 at Indiana, Indiana Co. PA‎, 91 years, buried ‎ at Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana Co. PA Full birth and death dates on grave marker. Census (‎ 1900 at Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, brother Raymond, and uncle John Cooper. Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, stepfather, siblings and half-sisters. Located: (‎ Aug 1914 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Housekeeper. Census (‎ 1920 at Homer City, Indiana Co. PA) Living with husband and children. Census (‎ 1930 at Homer City, Indiana Co. PA) Living with husband, children and mother-in-law. Census (‎ 1940 at Lucernemines, Indiana Co. PA) Widowed. Living with children. Located: (‎ Jan 1944 at Lucernemines, Indiana Co. PA) Located: (‎ Jun 1964 at Homer City, Indiana Co. PA) 2. ‎Raymond Sylvester Cooper‏‎ Born ‎ Jun 7, 1898 at Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA, died ‎ Jul 29, 1961 at North Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 63 years, buried ‎ at Riverview Cemetery, Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA Census (‎ 1900 at Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, sister Mae, and uncle John Cooper. Census (‎ 1910 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Boarding in the home of J. T. and Julia McClymond. ²⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Cutter in a coal mine. Living with wife, son James and stepchildren. Note - ages of Raymond and most of the children are off by a good deal. ³⁾ Located: (‎ Jan 1944 at Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA) 3. ‎Howard Bentley Cooper‏‎ Born ‎ Sep 25, 1900 at Apollo, Armstrong Co. PA, died ‎ Jan 16, 1944 at Rayburn Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 43 years, buried ‎ at Gastown Cemetery, Gastown, Armstrong Co. PA Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, stepfather, siblings and half-sisters. Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with stepfather, mother, brother and half-siblings. 4. ‎Logan "John L. Cooper" Cooper‏‎ Born ‎± 1903 at PA Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, stepfather, siblings and half-sisters. Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer in a coal tipple. Living with stepfather, mother, brother and half-siblings. Located: (‎ Jan 1944 at Chester, Delaware Co. PA) Located: (‎ Jun 1964 at Chester, Delaware Co. PA) 5. ‎Helen C. Cooper‏‎ Born ‎± 1904 at PA Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, stepfather, siblings and half-sisters. Located: (‎ Jan 1944 at Chambersville, Indiana Co. PA) Located: (‎ Jun 1964 at Creekside, Indiana Co. PA)

Sources

1) source: Obituary of Genevieve Reinard
2) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Plumcreek Twp. (North), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 38, Sheet 5-B, Dwelling 106, Family 108, J. T. McClymond Family
3) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (Sagamore District), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 4, Sheet 9-A, Dwelling 158, Family 158, Raymond Cooper Family

Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: Samuel A. Cooper & Pearl Jane Reefer." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://www.ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=36&id=F6282&main_person=I17427 : accessed 28 April 2025) Samuel A. Cooper #I17436, born ‎ Sep 13, 1873 at PA