Person:Samuel Cooper (46)

Personal History

"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

"The first building for Salem Church was placed on the shoulder of a knoll that dipped down to the banks of our nearby stream, Fishback Creek, which gave “freshness to the land, recreation for the boys, and refreshment to bird and beast and man”. Over the valley to the little hills in every direction, one had the ability to look at fertile farmlands, well-tended abundant crops and large droves of grazing cattle. Orchards, here and there, bore their fruit and golden grains were in the fields as far as the eye can see. There is an interesting record, probably by Jonathan L. Hall, of the donations of time and labor made toward the building. From it we find that one day’s work rated from 25 cents to 50 cents, depending on whether the worker was a man or a boy. Samuel Cooper was the builder, and Hiram Harmon put on the rafters. Hiram was paid $1.00. There is no record that Mr. Cooper was paid, or if so, how much." - http://www.salemumczionsville.org/church-history-1834---1884

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 United States Census, 1840.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBK-6MK), Samuel Cooper, Pike Township, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing p. 254, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 88; FHL microfilm 7,727.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} United States Census, 1850.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJR-Y5F), William 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.).

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} United States Census, 1860.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FY-5FX), Samuel Cooper, 1860.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Find a Grave.

   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25904731/samuel-cooper), memorial page for Samuel Cooper (8 Sep 1799–2 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25904731, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Marc Doty (contributor 46843703) .

6. ↑ Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. , in Son Jacob Cooper's Certificate of Death.

   Samuel Cooper 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-YFW), Saml Cooper in entry for Perry Anderson and Ellen White, 29 Dec 1914; citing reference p345; FHL microfilm 499,405.