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John Lindsey Cooper, Jr

Male 1923 - 1995  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Lindsey Cooper, Jr was born 16 Aug 1923, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of John Lindsey Cooper and Ruby Elizabeth Shepard); died 6 Apr 1995, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 10 Jun 1995, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplotype J2b1a : found in western Europe and Russia
    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 428
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 71

    John married Evangeline Ward 13 Dec 1963, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Evangeline (daughter of Robert Ward and Mary E Rose) was born 24 Dec 1936, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA; died 6 Jun 2019. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Donald Allen Cooper was born 14 Oct 1963, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Jul 1984, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 25 Jul 1984, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. R. Cooper
    3. J.R. Cooper
    4. K. Ward

    John married Mildred E. Simpson 23 Jun 1948, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Mildred (daughter of Stephen Willard Simpson and Enid Ideal Harris) was born 9 Jan 1932, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 16 Jun 2018; was buried 23 Jun 2018, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. J.B. Cooper
    2. Gregory Eugene Cooper was born 21 Mar 1949, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 8 Oct 1967, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 11 Oct 1967, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Lindsey Cooper was born 11 Apr 1894, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of John Cooper and Ida M. Jackson); died 17 Jan 1985, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 21 Jan 1985, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Occupation: Laborer
    • Reference Number: 101
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1920, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 90

    John married Ruby Elizabeth Shepard 21 Feb 1922, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Ruby (daughter of Charles Frederic Shepard and Luetta M. Roberts) was born 19 Apr 1904, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 30 Apr 1999, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 4 May 1999, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ruby Elizabeth Shepard was born 19 Apr 1904, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Charles Frederic Shepard and Luetta M. Roberts); died 30 Apr 1999, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 4 May 1999, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplotype J2b1a : found in western Europe and Russia
    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 102
    • Residence: 1910, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 1. John Lindsey Cooper, Jr was born 16 Aug 1923, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Apr 1995, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 10 Jun 1995, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Richard Theron Cooper was born 3 Dec 1924, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Mar 1992, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Edith Cooper was born 1930, Indiana, USA.
    4. Olga Bonnie Cooper was born 8 Oct 1931, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1 Jul 2021, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried 9 Jul 2021, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Theodore 'Pete' Cooper was born 25 Apr 1921, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 1963, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 22 May 1963, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Idleleen May Cooper was born 18 Jul 1922, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 4 Feb 1956, Brazil, Clay, Indiana, USA; was buried , Brazil, Clay, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Cooper was born 10 Jun 1843, Maryland, USA (son of William Cooper and Malinda Hill); died 10 Aug 1918, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Aug 1918, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Black
    • Reference Number: 1366
    • Residence: 1870, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Clinton; Age: 24
    • Residence: 1880, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana, USA; Age: 35; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 70; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 75

    John married Ida M. Jackson 8 Oct 1887, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Ida was born 12 Mar 1866, Illinois, USA; died 18 Jun 1948; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ida M. Jackson was born 12 Mar 1866, Illinois, USA; died 18 Jun 1948; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1365
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Charles Cooper was born 17 Aug 1891, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana, USA; died 29 Oct 1958, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. 2. John Lindsey Cooper was born 11 Apr 1894, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Jan 1985, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 21 Jan 1985, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Harry Cooper was born 25 Mar 1905, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 26 Dec 1905, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Thelma Irene Cooper was born 6 Oct 1899, Indiana, USA; died 27 Apr 1919, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 28 Apr 1919, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  3. 6.  Charles Frederic ShepardCharles Frederic Shepard was born 6 Aug 1879, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Franklin Shepard and Elizabeth Bass); died 6 Sep 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Sep 1948, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Eye Color: Blue
    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 711
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1920, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA; Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

    Charles married Luetta M. Roberts Not Married. Luetta (daughter of James Albert Roberts and Nancy Ida Alexander) was born 21 Apr 1883, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 27 Aug 1951, Fontanet, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Luetta M. RobertsLuetta M. Roberts was born 21 Apr 1883, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of James Albert Roberts and Nancy Ida Alexander); died 27 Aug 1951, Fontanet, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplotype J2b1a : found in western Europe and Russia
    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1352
    • Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 68

    Children:
    1. 3. Ruby Elizabeth Shepard was born 19 Apr 1904, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 30 Apr 1999, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 4 May 1999, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Cooper was born Abt 1820, Maryland, USA (son of Edward Elder Cooper); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 8332

    William married Malinda Hill. Malinda was born , Maryland, USA; died , USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Malinda Hill was born , Maryland, USA; died , USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 8331

    Children:
    1. 4. John Cooper was born 10 Jun 1843, Maryland, USA; died 10 Aug 1918, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Aug 1918, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  3. 12.  Thomas Franklin ShepardThomas Franklin Shepard was born 20 Jan 1852, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Shepherd and Rebecca Dixson); died 30 May 1928, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 5049
    • Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 9
    • Residence: 1870, Smith, Greene, Indiana, USA; Thomas Mitchell
    • Occupation: 1887, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Colored Barber
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Occupation: 1907, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Saloon Owner
    • Possessions: 1907, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Saloon - 2938 N. 16th Street,
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 66; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Tom Shepherd owned and operated, a grocery store, a barber shop in Burnett, Indiana, and a saloon in a settlement north of Terre Haute, known as Highland. Tom Shepherd, as well as many other Shepherds in the area, changed the spelling of their surname to Shepard, circa 1895.

    Census data for years 1860 and 1870, show Thomas Franklin living in households with Catherine Finley. Catherine Finley's family were tenant farmers, living next to John Shepherd, in the 1850 and 1860 census. She is assumed to be his caretaker or guardian.
    There is no DNA evidence that shows any relationship between Catherine Finley and Thomas F. Shepherd, through either the 23andme, AncestryDNA, or FamilyTreeDNA testing sites.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Bass 28 Apr 1874, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael Bass and Catharine Foster) was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth BassElizabeth Bass was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Michael Bass and Catharine Foster); died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 705
    • Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 15; Census Post Office: Terre Haute
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 56; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Highland Lawn Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Luetta Catherine Shepard was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. George Franklin Shepard was born 3 Nov 1877, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 May 1952, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. 6. Charles Frederic Shepard was born 6 Aug 1879, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Sep 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Sep 1948, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Infant Shepherd was born 2 Jun 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 2 Jun 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Gertrude Elizabeth Shepard was born 7 Jun 1882, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 12 May 1920, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  5. 14.  James Albert RobertsJames Albert Roberts was born 6 Sep 1863, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Joseph Roberts and Lucy Emily Estell); died 24 Aug 1913, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1354
    • Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 50

    James married Nancy Ida Alexander 21 Mar 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Nancy (daughter of . Talmer and Susan E. Alexander) was born 23 Aug 1863, Indiana, USA; died 3 Feb 1895, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Nancy Ida AlexanderNancy Ida Alexander was born 23 Aug 1863, Indiana, USA (daughter of . Talmer and Susan E. Alexander); died 3 Feb 1895, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplotype J2b1a : found in western Europe and Russia
    • Reference Number: 1351

    Children:
    1. 7. Luetta M. Roberts was born 21 Apr 1883, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 27 Aug 1951, Fontanet, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Edgar W Roberts was born 14 Jul 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 26 Jul 1911, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
    3. Amy J Roberts was born 8 Sep 1887, Indiana, USA; died 24 Jan 1982, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Stella Belle Roberts was born 24 Nov 1888, Indiana, USA; died 21 Jan 1941, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Adam M Roberts was born 22 Jun 1886, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Dec 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Herman Roberts was born Jun 1898, Indiana, USA; died , Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Virgil L Roberts was born Dec 1899, Indiana, USA.
    8. Esther Roberts was born 31 Aug 1901, Indiana, USA; died 20 Nov 1956, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    9. Adaline Roberts was born 16 May 1903, Indiana, USA; died 23 Aug 1965, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


  

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