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     Ruthann Estella Cooper is the daughter of Lewis Francis Cooper and Mamie Estella Stanly.

     Ryan Bay Cooper is the daughter of Matthew Jason Cooper and Jamie Penton.

     Salley Cooper was born on 26-Mar-1775. She was the daughter of Cader Cooper Jr. and Anney Critcheitt.

     Sally Cooper married (?) Nix. Sally Cooper was born in 1815 at South Carolina. She was the daughter of Sion Cooper and Mary Brantley.

     Samuel Cooper was the son of William Cooper and Lydia Clark.

     Samuel Cooper was born on 27-Aug-1801. He was the son of Cader Cooper Sr. and Nancy Jurnakin. Samuel Cooper died on 26-Oct-1806 at age 5.

     Samuel Dillard Cooper was born on 17-Aug-1861 at Kyle, Hays County, Texas. He was the son of Albert Newton Cooper. Samuel Dillard Cooper married May Johnson on 22-Aug-1887 at Hays County, Texas. Samuel Dillard Cooper died on 18-Apr-1922 at Stanton, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, at age 60.

     Samuel Fondren Cooper is the son of William Jasper Cooper.

     Sandy Cooper was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Cooper and Duella Davis.

     Sarah Cooper was born on 18-May-1836. She was the daughter of Cader Cooper and Sarah Byars.
     The 1850 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Sarah Cooper's household; Sarah Cooper, 48, born North Carolina; Sylvester 20, farmer; Joseph, 16; Sarah, 14; Martha, 12; George, 9; all born Alabama.

     Sarah Cooper was the daughter of John (Cotton) Cooper and Nancy Arnold. Sarah Cooper married John Morgan.

     Sarah Cooper was the daughter of Rufus Landrum Cooper and Lucinda Fagan/Figgins.

     Sarah Cooper is the daughter of Clifford Burton Cooper and Mary Hendricks.

     Sarah A. Cooper was born in 1871. She was the daughter of James D. Cooper and Adalissa Tindall.

     Sarah Ann Cooper was born on 28-Sep-1802 at Trigg County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of David Lee Cooper and Elizabeth Wadlington.

     Sarelda Cooper was born circa 1833 at Indiana. She was the daughter of Asa Cooper and Nancy Dodson.

     Scott Snow Cooper is the son of Robie Arnold Cooper and Sue Carol Snow.

     Serapeta Cooper was the daughter of Isaac Cooper and Mary Valentine.

     Serralda Cooper was born on 25-May-1846 at Indiana. She was the daughter of John Wilkerson Cooper Sr. and Martha L. Downey. Serralda Cooper died on 18-Nov-1848 at Indiana at age 2.

     Shawna Allyson Cooper is the daughter of James Marshall Cooper and Danielle Elizabeth Owens.

     Sherry Sharlot Cooper is the daughter of Eldridge Lanear Cooper and Francis June Tullos.

     Sherwood Cooper was born in 1779. He was the son of William Cooper and Frances (?).

     Sherwood Lon Cooper died on 12-Nov-1935. He was born on 12-Nov-1935 at DeWitt County, Texas. He was buried at Hebron Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas. He was the son of Newel Willie Cooper and Lu Dell Duncan.

     Shirley Cooper was the daughter of Wallace Leroy Cooper and Lizzie Martin. Shirley Cooper married (?) Whitehead.

     Sion Cooper was born in 1760. He was the son of David Cooper and Elizabeth Wilder. Sion Cooper married Mary Brantley in 1777 at Virginia. Sion Cooper died on 6-Mar-1831 at Pickens County, South Carolina.
     Sion Cooper served during Revolutionary War.

     Stacy Cooper died at Union District, South Carolina. He married Tabitha Pearson. Stacy Cooper married Elizabeth Townsend. Stacy Cooper was born in 1757 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of William Cooper and Lydia Clark.

     Steven Dale Cooper is the son of Lewis Francis Cooper and Mamie Estella Stanly.

     Susan Christine Cooper is the daughter of Lewis Joseph Cooper and Susan Francis Simmons.

     Susannah Cooper was born in 1806 at Pulaski County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Edward Cooper and Susannah Cole.

     Sylvester Cooper was born on 2-Sep-1830 at Jefferson County, Alabama. He was the son of Cader Cooper and Sarah Byars. Sylvester Cooper married Amy Harriet Marshall, daughter of William Marshall and Nancy Wortham, on 2-Feb-1852 at Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Sylvester Cooper died on 15-May-1883 at DeWitt County, Texas, at age 52. He was buried at Hebron Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas.
     The 1850 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of Sarah Cooper's household; Sarah Cooper, 48, born North Carolina; Sylvester 20, farmer; Joseph, 16; Sarah, 14; Martha, 12; George, 9; all born Alabama. Buena Vista, Chickasaw County, Mississippi was settled in 1836, when a family by the name of Pulliam, from Georgia bought 900 acres of land from an Indian and made the first settlement. A post office was established on May 26, 1847 and named Monterey, with Uriah S. Williams as postmaster. On June 3, 1847 the name was changed to Buena Vista in commemoration of a battle fought on February 23 of that year in the Mexican War. Sylvester Cooper enlisted on February 24, 1863 in the Company A (Buena Vista Rifles), Seventeenth Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, Confederate States of America for 3 years. Sylvester probably participated in the Battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamuga, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cedar Creek. On March 16, 1863, he wrote the following letter from Frederiksburg, Virginia (spelling edited):
"Dear Harriet and little children,
I have got to my company. I got here on the 14th, ten days travel. We had a very good time on the road. Nothing wrong happened to us. It cost me 27 dollars to get here. Everything is very high on the road and also at this place. I have no news to write. It is reported here this morning that the Yankees are across above this place, but maybe it is so or not, I don't know. The boys seem to doubt it but they are a plenty. Just across the river at this place I found all the boys on foot and able to eat their allowance. They are all in good spirits. If there should be a fight at this place the boys think they will gain the victory.
Harriet, I hardly know what to say to you. You can only do the best you can. I have no more idea when I will get home than you do. Some of the boys seem to think that there will be peace sometime this summer, but I fear there will be no such luck. Harriet, do the best you can and I will come home just as soon as I can. I want you to write just as soon as you get this and write often. I will close. Kiss the children for me. Give my best etcs to all of the connections and keep the home yourself.
Yours with great respect, S. Cooper"
He fought along with his two brothers, George W. and Joseph T. Cooper. Sylvester was wounded and captured at Cedar Creek (Belle Grove) on October 19, 1864, probably the result of Union General George E. Custer's cavalry charge. Sylvester's right leg was amputated on the battlefield. On October 20, 1864, the next day after he was captured, Sylvester was transferred to the U.S.A. Depot Field Hospital in Winchester, Virginia. On December 21, he was admitted to the U.S.A. General Hospital, Wests Building, Baltimore, Maryland. On the edge of death, he was fed broth and was restored to health by a Spanish speaking nurse. On May 9, 1865, Sylvester was transferred to Fort McHenry, Maryland. In this fort where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, Sylvester took the oath of allegiance to the United States on June 12, 1865 and he was set free. Traveling muleback in the care of a black friend, Sylvester returned to his home and family in Mississippi. Overcoming the younger children's initial fear (they hid under the bed) of this peg-legged "stranger," Sylvester and Harriet restored the close family ties. Sylvester Cooper was 34 as of 19-Oct-1864. He sold 60 acres of land for $160 to John B. Parker; recorded in Deed Book BB, pages 424 & 425 on July 29, 1874 on 29-Oct-1866 at Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Could not find Sylvester Cooper listed between 1870 and 1872 Bastrop County, Texas. The 1880 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household on 21-Jun-1880 DeWitt County, Texas; Cooper, Sylvester, head, w/m/49, farmer, maimed-yes, born Alabama, father born North Carolina, mother born Alabama.