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Author: Polyhedra1977
Surnames: Cooper
Classification: queries
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I am the great granddaughter of Bertha Mae Cooper. I now have the family Bible for Bertha
Mae who married James Harley White. I would love to talk to you (or anyone with
information) and share our notes! We are certainly cousins. I have been trying to find
out more about Ransom Cooper. Do you know who his parents are? I have his parents as
Lavina Jane Kesterson and Ephraim Cooper, but his death certficate says Edward Cooper and
Margaret Disney. I can't find anything else with these two names, and feel it must be
a mistake. The death certifcate also lists the year as 1924 instead of 1923, but the
gravestone has 1923.
I did not realize that Martha Cooper returned to Jellico the year before she died. I
believe she was living in Linton in 1923 when Ransom died which was always a mystery. My
great grandfather, James Harly White, was also working in the mines near Hazzard at the
time of the collapse, and so maybe he was living with them or other family members. I have
to retrace my records to see who was living where and when. Martha's mother, Amanda
Wallace Webber was also living in Linton beginning around 1910, and I think that Martha
lived with her and also my great grandmother, Bertha Mae. Any info you could give about
Ransom Moore Cooper would be so appreciated. I have many photos of the Coopers including
one of Martha that I can share!
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