Person:Elizabeth Moore (254)

Personal History

"William taught school as a young man. His mother, Elizabeth Moore Cooper, was a Quaker. When the Civil War broke out Elizabeth paid $800 to another person to take his place. He and Jennie (as his wife was known) went to Atlanta, Missouri, (about 1869) but did not stay. They made the trip in a large prairie schooner or Conestoga wagon. Their first child was born in the wagon on the trail. When they came back, they lived in Clinton County where Uncle Mont and Aunt Ellen were born. Aunt Julia was born in Delaware County, Della was born in Boone County and Uncle Grant was born in Morgan County. He was born in a storeroom at the town of Salem where Grandma Ford lived. Uncle Perle was born in Hendricks County, Aunt Nora in Boone County. William Henry died of a kidney infection and left Jennie with small children. She had a very hard time. She made rugs of rags for other people, kept a few cows and chickens, sold he butter and eggs at the store in Lewisville (Indiana), walking and carrying them the two miles. She was a proud, hard working woman, took care of her mother in her last illness, and acquired the old house at Salem (Indiana)." - Written by Iva Dell Eudaly Craver, granddaughter of William and Jennie

"Margaret Cooper, the wife of Jacob Smith, was born and reared in Marion county, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Moore) Cooper. Samuel Cooper and his wife came to Marion county from Ohio, making the overland trip on horseback and carrying one small child with them. Samuel Cooper became one of the first settlers of Marion county. For some years after settling there they were greatly annoyed by thieving of the Indians. One day Mr. Cooper took his gun and threatened to shoot the first Indian he saw around his house, and the result was that there was no more thieving on his property." - page 787, History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions By John Vestal Hadley

"Samuel Cooper, of Perry County, Ohio, a carpenter by trade, came to this township in 1830, and entered eighty acres of land in the northwest corner of the township on the Lafayette road. Fishback Creek runs through the land he entered. In 1831 he, with his wife (Elizabeth Moore, to whom he was married in December, 1827) and two children, moved to his land, where a cabin was soon erected, and they were at home in the woods. They raised eleven children who lived to maturity, seven sons and four daughters. Aunt Betsey, as she is called, still lives, at seventy- five years of age, on the farm they entered. Mr. Cooper died April 1, 1864." - page 109, History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana by Berry Robinson Sulgrove

“Samuel and Elizabeth were of the earliest settlers in Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana. They rode horseback on the overland trail from Ohio, carrying their oldest child, to 80 acres Samuel had purchased at $1.25 per acre. He built a log cabin on Fishback Creek. They had trouble for many years with thieving Indians. One day Samuel took his gun and threatened to shoot any Indian on his place. Thereafter - no more Indians. Elizabeth was known as Aunt Betsy and was a midwife.” - Iva Dell Eudaly Craver

1. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZG8-P6P), Samuel Cooper and Elizabeth Moore, 06 Dec 1827; citing Perry, Ohio, United States, reference bk 1 p 90; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 910,669.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States Census, 1850.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJR-Y5Z), Elisabeth Cooper in household of Samuel Cooper, Pike, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing family 1421, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States Census, 1860.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FY-5FF), Elizabeth Cooper in entry for Samuel Cooper, 1860.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} United States Census, 1870.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFC-JSW), Elizabeth Cooper, Indiana, United States; citing p. 38, family 304, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,836.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Find A Grave Index.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVT-Z7TK), Elizabeth Cooper, 1895; Burial, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States of America, Pleasant Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 25904710, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

6. ↑ Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011.

   Elizabeth Moore in entry for Jacob Cooper, 24 Apr 1913; Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.

7. ↑ Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8F-YF4), Libby Moore in entry for Perry Anderson and Ellen White, 29 Dec 1914; citing reference p345; FHL microfilm 499,405.