Marcellus Eugene Cooper

Notes:

On Jim Cooper's "Trails to Texas" blog http://www.trailstotexas.com/
Shown as Marcellus Eugene Cooper (1873-1967). Married Ada Eudora McElroy (1877-1905). They had 5 sons. After her death, married her identical twin sister, Ida Victoria McElroy (1877-1952). They had 3 daughters and 1 son.

A post to Rootsweb by Jim Cooper about the makeup of this family can also be found here:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCELROY/2000-12/0978230334

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a resident of Pineland, and listed his occupation as farner. He was of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and dark hair.

He was a Mason.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3SP-KHM
name: Marcelus Eugene Cooper
event: Death
event date: 13 Sep 1967
event place: Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
occupation farmer
gender: Male
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 15 Jun 1873
birthplace: Sabine, Texas
father's name: James A Cooper
mother's name: Amelia Jax
cemetery Jacks Cemetery Pineland Texas
Informant S. O. Cooper, son
certificate number: 60502
film number: 2138740
digital folder number: 005145121
image number: 02315
Collection: Marcelus Eugene Cooper, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3, District 70
Sheet 10B
176-177
Cooper, Eugene Head M W Jun 1873 27 m3 Tx Miss La Farmer
Cooper, Ada Wf W F Feb 1877 23 m 3 2/1 Tx Mo La
Cooper, Icy Dau (sic) W F (sic) Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 3
Enumerated 16 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 17B
367-372
Cooper, Eugene Head M W 35 m2 1 Tx Miss Tx Proprietor Lumber Mill
Cooper, Ida Wf F W 33 m1 1 1/0 Tx Mo La
Cooper, Icy Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Oscar Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Armon Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Everette Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
not located

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 16 Apr 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 43
66-75
Cooper, Amelia Head F W 83 Wd la La Miss
---76
Cooper, Eugene M Son M W 56 m 28 Tx Miss La Farmer
Cooper, Lela v Wf F W 53 m 21 Tx Mo Tx
---77
Cooper, Louis W Head M W 54 m 24 Tx Miss La Farmer
Cooper, Huelan Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Hollie L Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

Marcellus married Ada Eudora McElroy on 3 Aug 1896 in Sabine County, Texas. Ada (daughter of William W. McElroy and Adeline Estes) was born on 19 Feb 1877 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Sep 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcellus married Ida Victoria McElroy about 1909 in Texas. Ida (daughter of William W. McElroy and Adeline Estes) was born on 19 Feb 1877 in Texas; died on 16 Jan 1952 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFZ8-4HY
name: Icy Cooper
death date: 07 Oct 1918
death place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 19 years 11 months 20 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 17 Oct 1898
birthplace: Pineland, Tex.
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: M. E. Cooper
father's birthplace: Pineland, Tex.
mother's name: Ada Mcelroy
mother's birthplace: Pineland, Tex.
occupation: Farmer
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place: Pineland, Tex.
burial date: 08 Oct 1918
additional relatives:
film number: 2073350
digital film number: 4167680
image number: 440
reference number: cn 44870
Collection: Icy Cooper, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a resident of Pineland, and listed his occupation as carpenter, construction. He was of medium heighth and build, with brown eyes and black hair.

Notes:

Said to have married Laura Josephine Francis.

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he listed his occupation as ship yard worker in Orange, with his permanent residence as Pineland. He was tall and slender, with grey eyes and brown hair.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCELROY/2000-12/0978230334

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN7X-86R
name: Samuel Oscar Cooper
death date: 03 May 1972
death place: Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 71 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 28 Jul 1900
birthplace: Sabine County Texas
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: M E Cooper
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Ada Mcelroy
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
informant Mrs. Laura J Cooper
Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Runnels Tx
film number: 2223831
digital film number: 4005479
image number: 00143
reference number: 38232
Collection: Samuel Oscar Cooper, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

Said to have married first Faye Ursula MORGAN and second Jewel JACKSON.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCELROY/2000-12/0978230334

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS1J-X5S
name: Armon S Cooper
event: Death
event date: 24 Jul 1966
event place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
gender: Male
occupation restaurant food industry
Veteran? Yes WW II
marital status: Married
birth date: 29 Mar 1902
birthplace: Pineland, Texas
father's name: Marcellus E Cooper
mother's name: Ada Mcelroy
Informant Mrs. A. S. Cooper
Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Ballinger Tx
certificate number: 48312
film number: 2118371
digital folder number: 005144882
image number: 02084
Collection: Armon S Cooper, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"

Family/Spouse: Faye Morgan. Faye was born on 17 Mar 1915; died on 25 Mar 1996; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Lillian Boucher MINTER.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCELROY/2000-12/0978230334

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6LW-946
name: Everette James Cooper
death date: 02 Mar 1963
death place: Weslaco, Hildago, Texas
gender: Male
race:
death age: 58 years
estimated birth date: 1905
birth date: 14 apr 1904
birthplace: pineland texas
marital status: married
spouse's name:
father's name: Mardellus Eugene Cooper
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Ada E Mcelroy
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
informant Mrs. Lillian Cooper
Cemetery Highland Memorial Park Weslaco
film number: 2117179
digital film number: 4005456
image number: 425
reference number: cn 18081
Collection: Everette James Cooper, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDVK-9Y1
name: Aselee Cooper
death date: 14 Apr 1910
death place: Near Brookland, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 10 months 10 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 14 Jun 1909
birthplace:
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Eugine Cooper
father's birthplace: Texas
mother's name: Ida Mcelroy
mother's birthplace: So. Texas
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2050199
digital film number: 4165821
image number: 39
reference number: cn 4533
Collection: Aselee Cooper, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

She was said to have married Bobby Carl MILLER of Runnels County on 15 Jun 1935.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2B9-HXS
name: Amilia Adeline Cooper
event: Birth
event date:
event place: , Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
father: M E Cooper
mother: Dela Mcelroy
certificate number: 3981
digital folder number: 004112377
image number: 00230
Collection: Amilia Adeline Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

United States Obituary Collection

Name of Deceased Dollie C. Miller
Age at Death 93
Death Date 4 Aug 2004
Obituary Date 7 Aug 2004
Newspaper Title Brownwood Bulletin
Newspaper Location Brownwood, TX, US
Birth Date 19 Jan 1911
Locations Mentioned in Obituary Pineland, TX
Midland
Ballinger
Brownwood
Brownwood
Odessa
Other Persons Mentioned in Obituary
Mike Sr Miller
M. E.
Bobby Miller Carl
Margie
L. Cooper M.
Ida Cooper

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X21Y-T4R
name: Cooper
event: Birth
event date: 08 Jul 1913
event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
father: Jimie Cooper
mother: Ida V Mcelroy
certificate number: 23499
digital folder number: 004141758
image number: 00341
Collection: Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

Notes:

Said to have married Loudella MORGAN.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2V3-2V2
name: Cooper
event: Birth
event date: 30 Jun 1917
event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: M E Cooper
mother: Ida Mcelroy
certificate number: 24081
digital folder number: 004492132
image number: 00431
Collection: Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"