"WILLIAM COOPER was born in Ireland in 1777. He came to this country in 1804. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Oswego. He died in 1843. He married Sarah Craig, who was born in Washington county in 1783, and died in 1871. They were the parents of seven children."
~ History of Cayuga County, New York by Elliot G. Storke, Assisted by: Jos H. Smith (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1879) at p. 267.
"William, . . . grew up on the Washington county [New York] farm, and also learned stone masonry, at which he afterward worked in Weedsport. He also cleared a farm there for himself as an early pioneer in 1806, and there spent his later years, dying at the age of sixty-five. The wife of William Cooper, Sarah Craig, was a native of Hebron, Washington County, where they were married. They reared seven children. The mother [Sarah Craig] died at the ripe age of eighty-seven. She, as also her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian church."
~ Biographical Review -- Sketches of leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York (Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1894) at p. 724 (on son John Craig Cooper).
~ History of Cayuga County, New York by Elliot G. Storke, Assisted by: Jos H. Smith (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1879) at p. 267.
"William, . . . grew up on the Washington county [New York] farm, and also learned stone masonry, at which he afterward worked in Weedsport. He also cleared a farm there for himself as an early pioneer in 1806, and there spent his later years, dying at the age of sixty-five. The wife of William Cooper, Sarah Craig, was a native of Hebron, Washington County, where they were married. They reared seven children. The mother [Sarah Craig] died at the ripe age of eighty-seven. She, as also her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian church."
~ Biographical Review -- Sketches of leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York (Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1894) at p. 724 (on son John Craig Cooper).
"WILLIAM COOPER was born in Ireland in 1777. He came to this country in 1804. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Oswego. He died in 1843. He married Sarah Craig, who was born in Washington county in 1783, and died in 1871. They were the parents of seven children."
~ History of Cayuga County, New York by Elliot G. Storke, Assisted by: Jos H. Smith (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1879) at p. 267.
"William, . . . grew up on the Washington county [New York] farm, and also learned stone masonry, at which he afterward worked in Weedsport. He also cleared a farm there for himself as an early pioneer in 1806, and there spent his later years, dying at the age of sixty-five. The wife of William Cooper, Sarah Craig, was a native of Hebron, Washington County, where they were married. They reared seven children. The mother [Sarah Craig] died at the ripe age of eighty-seven. She, as also her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian church."
~ Biographical Review -- Sketches of leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York (Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1894) at p. 724 (on son John Craig Cooper).
~ History of Cayuga County, New York by Elliot G. Storke, Assisted by: Jos H. Smith (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1879) at p. 267.
"William, . . . grew up on the Washington county [New York] farm, and also learned stone masonry, at which he afterward worked in Weedsport. He also cleared a farm there for himself as an early pioneer in 1806, and there spent his later years, dying at the age of sixty-five. The wife of William Cooper, Sarah Craig, was a native of Hebron, Washington County, where they were married. They reared seven children. The mother [Sarah Craig] died at the ripe age of eighty-seven. She, as also her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian church."
~ Biographical Review -- Sketches of leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York (Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1894) at p. 724 (on son John Craig Cooper).
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