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Wendell Berry Cooper

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  • Name Wendell Berry Cooper 
    Born 21 Jan 1823  of, Chautauqua, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I3301  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Samuel Cooper,   b. 19 Sep 1791, Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1839, Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Wealthy Ann Wells,   b. 25 Jan 1794, Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1865, Buckeye, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1 May 1815  Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy A. Hendricks 
    Married 25 Oct 1849  , Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per Ancestry.com: database "1663942"; 13 Apr. 2002, contact .

      2. FHL book 929.273 W462C "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family," compiled by John L. Cobb, 1999, supplementing "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897. Pp. 71-72, references given as: I.G.I. NY state: Wells, as of Apr 1988 and Mar 1992, CT: Wells et al.: 'Cem. Inscrip. from Cambridge, NY,' copied by P.L. and L.B. cobb 1913; Wash Co., NY deeds: CC: 13, 30 Aug. 1830, rec. 31 Aug 1831; Asa Fitch's Notes for a Wash Co., NY Hist.: re Wells: 839; Administration: Edmund Henry Wells of Cambridge, NY: 2 Jan 1815, by wid. Hepzibah: 2: 67; 'American Genealogist'; vol. 46, July 1970: 181-2: 'The Wells Fam. of Hebron, CT, and Cambridge, NY' by John G. Hunt, 821 No. Jackson St., Arlington, VA 22201 (Capt. Wm. C. Ball, USN (ret.) of Anaheim, CA. Text: "Edmund Henry Wells, son of Edmund and Welthia Ann (Goodrich) W. of Cambridge, NY, born about 1770, probably in Hebron, CT; he married (1791), to Hepzipah Buel, daughter of Ichabod and Hepzibah (Dewey) B. of Hebron, CT, born about 1771, she received into communion of the Prot. Presby. Church of Cambridge, NY, 17 Oct. 1809; family resided in Cambridge, NY, where he died 2 Apr 1813 in 42nd year, of 'spotted fever' or 'the epidemic'; she died 15 Dec 1819 in 48th year, and both buried in the cemetery on the Turnpike, south of the village of Cambridge, Wash. Co., NY. Children all born Cambridge, Wash. Co, NY, order undetermined [9 children listed but I only list Wendell's mother - see parents for full quotation]:
      Wealthy Ann, b. 25 Jan 1794, bapt. 13 Apr 1794 Prot. Presby Church, Cambridge, rec'd into comm. there ___ 1813 by Rev. John Dunlap; she m. 1 May 1815 at Cambridge, to Samuel Cooper, s. of John and ___C. of Eagle Bridge (on Hoosic River), White Cr., NY; b. ___; fam. rem. with brother Edmund W. to Chautaugua Co., NY and later, 1848, Burton (E. of Quincy), Adams Co., IL, where he died of fever. Several children Cooper: W.B., b. ___; in 1847 at Saltillo, Mexico, having enl. 1846 in Adams Co., IL (letter: 1847 to Uncle James about Texas and Mexico)."

      3. TAG 46:180-183: "The Wells (Welles) Family of Hebron, CT. and Cambridge, N.Y.," by John G. Hunt:
      "...Edmund Henry4 Wells, born about 1771, died at Cambridge, N.Y., "of the spotted fever" in 1813; by his wife, who was also his kinswoman, Hepzibah (daughter of that Ichabod Buell named at p. 131 of cited Bradford Genealogy), he left these Wells Children...
      ii. Wealthy, m. John Cooper and was living 1848 at Burton, Ill. Their son, W. B. Cooper, was in 1847 at Saltillo, Mexico, having been enlisted in Adams County, Ill., in the preceding year. He gives his impressions of Texas and part of Mexico in a letter dated in 1847, addressed to his uncle, James5 Wells, whose descendant, Capt. William C. Ball, USN (ret.), of Anaheim, Call has made the information available..."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. The FHL book 977.344-V2m "Marriages of Adams County, IL," vol. 1, compiled by the Great River Genealogical Society, 1979, p. 45: "Wendell B. Cooper and Lucy A. Hendricks, 25 Oct 1849, by John G. Humphrey, Justice of the Peace." Marriages extracted from Adams County Courthouse in Quincy, IL.