Family:Miles Cooper and Lillie Nicholson (1)

Article from Our Cooper Family

Note - Information beyond the second generation redacted due to reference to living people

Miles Cooper was born in Delaware Co. Ohio and came to Indiana with his parents in 1854. He was the twelfth child of James and Lucinda (Allen) Cooper, and was born February 11, 1851 and was but about three years of age when they came to Cain Township. While there he grew to manhood and met Lillie A. Nicholson who was born February 28, 1851. They were married February 11, 1875 and lived, as far as I know, all their lives in Hillsboro and were very active in the Nazerene Church there. Lillie passed away October 22, 1923 and Miles on April 1, 1947 and both were laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery at Hillsboro. They were the parents of eleven children:

1. Harry Preston Cooper was born in December of 1875 in Fountain Co. and on February 26, 1906 he married Josephine Long who was born October 6, 1879 and passed away October 6, 1964 and Harry passed away April 10, 1947 and both were laid to rest in Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis. They were the parents of two children: a. Harry P. Cooper Jr. was born December 5, 1911. I'm not for certain where he was born but I believe this family lived in Crawfordsville for some time and they may have been born there. I'm fairly certain it was there or it could have been in Indianapolis. He married Elizabeth Louise (Betty) Browningand they were the parents of three children: Harry Jr. passed away February 20, 1991 and was also laid to rest in Crown Hill Cemetery.
b. Earl Cooper, born May 3, 1918 and married Ann Clifford and they have one child that I know of:

2. Miranda Cooper was born March 27, 1876 in Fountain Co. and on November 9, 1913 she married Clarence Speak. I have no information on him but Miranda passed away April 30, 1942 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. They were the parents of three children. She died in St. Paul, Minn.
a. Miles Samuel Speak, born July 27, 1914 is married and has one son.
b. Mary Elizabeth Speak was born March 27, 1918 and married Stanley Anderson.
c. Paul Gardner Speak was born July 29, 1921, married Eleanor Ernst and they have three children:

3. Solomon J. Cooper (Sollie) was born in Fountain Co. July 30, 1878 and on September 27, 1911 he married Maude Campbell. She was born October 31, 1885. Sollie passed away July 25, 1954 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery. They were the parents of three daughters:
a. Maxine Bever was born August 16, 1915 and on February 28, 1937 she married Robert C. (Red) Bever. This is another connection that I spoke of how the Bever family entwined with the Cooper Family. He was born March 15, 1915 in Danville, Ill. and his Father was Levi Bever, but no knowledge of his Mother. Maxine passed away September 23, 1994 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill. Red passed away in 1996 or 7 but I don't have the exact date on hand at this time. They were the parents of three daughters:
b. Ginevra Cooper was born in Fountain co. May 12, 1922 and on August 20, 1942 she married Charles Snyder. The only information I have on him is that his Father was Myron Snyder. There were three children born to this couple:
c. Pearl Cooper was born October 15, 1923 in Fountain Co. and on April 9, 1944 in Hillsboro she married Harold Hall who was born November 11, 1922 and passed away November 26, 1949. His Father was William Hall and I don't remember his Mother's name. I remember him quite well as he operated the motion picture projector at the Veedersburg Drive-in Theatre and always came to Sunny Inn which was next to the theatre. It was a truck stop and they would come there to eat before they went home. This was while I worked there, and was where I first started to work at the age of 12, working on weekends and holidays until after school and then worked nights. Pearl and Harold were the parents of four children:
A lot of the information on this family was gleaned from the "History of Fountain Co. 1982, I believe.

4. Henry F. Cooper was born in Fountain Co. on April 3, 1880 and on December 6, 1905 was united in marriage with Nina Osborn. She was born in 1886 and passed away in 1966. Harry passed away September 8, 1961 and they were both laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery, and were the parents of three children:
a. Paul Cooper was born in Fountain Co. In. on January 30, 1908 and married Edith Edwards and they were the parents of two children:
b. Lowell Osborn Cooper was born November 3, 1913 in Fountain Co. and on April 14, 1945 he married Edwin Godwin and they have two children. Lowell passed away on November 21, 1958 and was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery, however I believe he passed away in Florida, but not positive, but he was a deaf mute.
c. Robert H. Cooper was born August 31, 1918 and passed away in 1921 and was also laid to rest in Oak Hill.

5. Ida E. Cooper was born in Fountain Co. In. December 25, 1881 and on September 5, 1917 she married Wm. T. Clemmons who was born in 1871 and passed away in 1946. Ida passed away April 24, 1955 and they both were laid to rest in Rose Hill, I think. There were no children.

6. Katie E. Cooper was born July 7, 1888 in Fountain Co. and on December 4, 1910 she married Roy Stuart. I believe this family lived in Muncie but I have no death dates on them, but I assume from her birth date that they are both deceased. They were the parents of five children:
a. Marion Stuart was born October 19, 1911 in Fountain Co. and on December 25, 1937 he married Mildred Taylor and they have one child:
b. Ruth Marie Stuart was born August 1, 1914 and on June 25, 1938 married Charles W. Fowler and they have two children:
c. Kenneth Ray Stuart was born July 25, 1916 and on June 20, 1936 she married Beaulah L. Curtis and they are the parents of three children:
d. Ralph Byron Stuart was born May 13, 1918 and on October 25, 1938 he married Virginia Nell Foster. There were no children.
e. Dorothy Lucille Stuart was born April 4, 1921 and on November 8, 1941 married Elmer C. Curd and they have two children.

7. Mittie C. Cooper was born October 25, 1890 in Fountain Co. In. and on June 1, 1910 she married Earl C. Walker. I have no information on him but his death date which was August 7, 1946 and Mittie passed away January 6, 1948 and both were laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. They were the parents of seven children:
a. Myron Walker, born March 24, 1911 and on June 17, 1937 he married Mary L. Rounswell and they had three children:
b. Marion Curtis Walker was born September 3, 1913 and on March 6, 1937 he married Layce Sutton and they have two children:
c. Lillian Walker was born June 26, 1918 and on April 5, 1947 married Linius Larner and there was no issue.
d. Lena May Walker was born March 20, 1920 and on June 21, 1943 married John Redding. I have no further information.
e. Gerald Lavern Walker was born June 24, 1925 and in December of 1946 he married Betty Hanson and they were the parents of three children:
f. William Earl Walker was born June 13, 1925 and on June 14,(?) and married Marie Jacobitz and they had one child as far as I know:
g. James Herbert Walker was born May 12, 1929 and married Norma Elaine Mills and they are the parents of three children:

8. Shirley N. Cooper was born December 11, 1894 and married Lula Hudson and I'm very sorry but I have no further information on this man as my Mother has mentioned him on some occasions.

9. Marion R. Cooper was born February 1, 1898 in Fountain Co. and on February 26, 1919 he married Ruby Icele Roberts who was born July 27, 1898 and passed away in 1972. On December 2, 1973 he married Leona Taylor. Marion passed away December 22, 1978 and he and Ruby were both laid to rest in Rose Hill and I'm not sure about Leona. Marion and Ruby the parents of eight children:
a. Dale Cooper was born July 12, 1920 in Fountain Co. and in December of 1941 he was married in the Philippines. I have no further information on this because I found the information while indexing newspapers for the Crawfordsville Library. Dale was in the Navy, I believe in the Second World War and died while being held in a Japanese Prison Camp. I don't know if his body was brought back, but his name and information are on the soldiers and sailors Monument in Rose Hill Cemetery. It is located in the back of the cemetery and is a very impressive Monument. To the best of my knowledge there were no children.
b. Charles A. Cooper was born in Fountain Co, In. on December 26, 1923 and on December 1, 1942 in St. Louis, Mo. he married Geraldine Flexen, daughter of Charles Flexen and they have one son and the family resides in Sun City West Arizona. As I stated before they are the parents of:
i. a Son, and I have no further information.
c. Marjorie (Mayme) Fern Cooper was born March 7, 1926 in Fountain Co. and on August 3, 1947 she married Buel D. Beardon and they reside in Anderson and are the the parents of:
d. Donald R. Cooper was born in Fountain Co. In. and there is no further information on him that I have.
e. Floyd Preston Cooper was born May 16, 1929 in Fountain Co. and passed away May 16, 1929.
f. Mary Icele Cooper was born March 18, 1931 in Fountain Co. and on September 11, 1952 she married Phil Pitts and they are the parents of:
g. Anna Marie Cooper was born July 13, 1936 and on September 11, 1958 she married David Canon and I have no information if there were any children or not. She resides in Adrian Georgia.
h. William (Bill) Miles Cooper was born March 22, 1939 in Fountain Co. and married Reba Clift. This marriage ended in divorce and Reba married Jim Page and they reside in Hillsboro. "Bill" passed away January 31, 1995 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. They were the parents of:
i. Shawn Miles Cooper, married Belinda LeJune and they are the parents of:

10. Mary May Cooper was born February 1, 1898 in Fountain Co. She was a missionary in Africa for many years for the Nazarene Church. She retired and made her home in Muncie for some time, never married and passed away May 9, 1995 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery.

11. Dorothy Cooper was born September 11, 1900 and passed away August 31, 1939 and was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery.

This completes the information that I have on the family of Miles Cooper and I would like to thank everyone who supplied information.

1.   Author Unknown. Our Cooper Family. (Genealogy, Unpublished).