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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Nancy Cooper ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Cooper, Nancy
LAST NAME: Cooper FIRST NAME: Nancy MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Wann AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 26 Jan 1813 DIED: 30 May 1891 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Wayne Co., Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1850 MO CENSUS - Nancy Cooper (37y, b Kentucky) enumerated with   E.E. (39y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer), William H. (16y, b Tennessee), Daniel J. (15y, b Tennessee), Elizabeth (12y, b Tennessee), James S. (9y, b Missouri), Jacob C. (6y, b Missouri), Sarah J. (4y, b Missouri) and Riley D. (1y, b Missouri)

1860 MO CENSUS - Nancy Cooper (47y, b Kentucky) enumerated with  E.E. (48y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer),  Jacob C. (15y, b Missouri), Sarah J. (12y, b Missouri), Riley D. (11y, b Missouri), John H. (8y, b Missouri), Elbert W. (8y, b Missouri) and Nancy P. (5y, b Missouri)

1870 OR CENSUS - Nancy Cooper (57y, b Kentucky) enumerated with  Elbertson (58y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer),  Elbert (18y, b Missouri) and Nancy (15y, b Missouri) 

1880 OR CENSUS - Nancy Cooper, age 67, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with E. Elbert, age 68, he has rheumatism), occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, along with daughter Patience, age 25, single, occupation teaching school, b. Missouri, and granddaughter Ann Mann, age 1, b. Oregon.

[Some of her grandchildren - children of daughter Sarah Jane Cooper and her husband John Glidow are buried at Zena]

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 

Grandma Cooper died at Independence last Friday evening, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at this place Monday afternoon. She was the wife of Elder E. E. Cooper, who preceded her to the other shore several years. They came here at the close of the war and bought the place which Prof. W. J. Crawford now owns, where they lived for a number of years. The boys scattering out into different parts of the state to hew their own fortunes, the old people finally moved to Salem, then to the Furgeson place in West Salem, and from there to Independence, where she died, aged 78 years of age.
Evening Capital Journal 3 Jun 1891 1:6

Mrs. Nancy Cooper, daughter of W.M. Wann, was born in Wayne county, Kentucky, Jan 26, 1813; died in Independence, Oregon, May 30, 1891, aged 78 years, 4 months and 4 days. 
When she was seven years of age her parents moved with their family to East Tennessee, where she was united in marriage to Mr. E.E. Cooper, Aug 8, 1833. 
In 1838 Mr. Cooper moved with his little family to Missouri where they continued to reside until 1863, when they crossed the plains to Oregon, and made a home in Spring Valley in Polk county for 12 years, from thence they moved to Salem in 1876, and in 1880 the husband died, leaving the wife who had journeyed with him for 48 years, sharing with him in his prosperity and adversity, his joys and his sorrows, always bearing more than the portion of responsibilities that usually fall to the wife. 
Her husband being a minister and zealous in his work, and active in the discharge of his duties in his profession, he was much from home, leaving the cares and the responsibilities of a growing and large family to the wife and mother, and her faithfulness in the discharge of those duties none would question. 
In 1881 Sister Cooper moved to Independence, where she continually resided until a few months since, she desired a rural home, and with her son and daughter and granddaughter moved to this farm, which she found a source of great pleasure and comfort in her declining months. 
Sister Cooper made a profession of religion in 1831 or ’32, and united with what is known as Primitive of Predestinarian Baptist, never severing her connection from that relation, and at the time of her death her membership was with the church at Oak View, in this county, known as Luckiamute church, and it seemed that her godly living was a daily comment on her profession. 
She was the mother of 12 children, two of whom died in their infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Mann, died about 12 years since, leaving a husband and six children. The nine children who survive the mother are W.H. Cooper of Stayton in Marion county; D.J. Cooper, The Dalles; J.S. Cooper, Independence; J.C. Cooper, McMinnville; Mrs. Sarah Gildon [Glidow], Silverton; Riley D. Cooper, J.E. Cooper, E.W. Cooper and Miss Patie Cooper of Independence. 
In addition to the nine children she leaves 42 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, all but four of whom reside in Oregon. She often prayed that her death might be (if it was God’s will) peaceful and quiet, not preceded by long painful, suffering. She had been living in expectation of death for many years. In 1861 she had a severe stroke of paralysis from which she never fully recovered, and often during the last 30 years symptoms of that disease, which so often does its work quickly, made their appearance and during the last month, were quite threatening. The morning previous to her death she was quite cheerful, and felt unusually well for her, and walked about the premises picking strawberries. The afternoon she spent largely in reading until time to retire in the evening, about which time she felt some unpleasantness in her chest and arms, but principally arranged herself for bed, but so far as was known she rested until she called her daughter at 11:45, when she was found to be suffering very much, but it was of very short duration, for at 12:45 Saturday morning the soul took its final leave of the mortal remains of the one who had been a loving and devoted wife, an affectionate mother, and grandmother, a consistent Christian, a good neighbor, and one of whom the apostle Paul would say, a widow indeed. 
Independence West Side, Friday, June 5, 1891, 2:4

INSCRIPTION: 

Mother
Nancy Cooper
Born
Jan. 26, 1813
Died
May 30, 1891
[shares marker with E. E.]
Died In The Belief That God Doeth All
Things After The Course Of His Own Will

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

1850 MO CENSUS (Lawrence Co, Dist 47, FA#137)

1860 MO CENSUS (Lawrence Co, Mt Pleasant, FA#364)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, FA#341) 
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Eola, ED 104, pg 461C) 
ECJ 3 Jun 1891 1:6
IWS 5 Jun 1891 2:4

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