James Cooper

M, ( - 8 March 1830)
     James Cooper married Rebecca Updegraff, daughter of Martin Updegraff and Mary Dunn, at Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 James Cooper died on 8 March 1830 at Shelby County, Indiana.2
     He and Rebecca Updegraff moved to Rush County, Indiana about 1820, then to Shelby County, Indiana in 1830. William and Derrick Updegraff were appointed adminastrators of James' estate on 8 Mar 1830 - per Probate Order Book Shelby County, IN Court 1836 - 1842, page 56.

Rebecca is listed in the 1850 Census for Hendricks Township, Shelby County, IN as living with her son James. They had five daughters and three sons, only two are known by name at this time.

Children of James Cooper and Rebecca Updegraff

Last Edited=2 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-45.
  2. [S85] William Henry Perrin, History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois (Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1978), p. 109.