Thomas COOPER^[1]

1822 - 1899  (77 years)

• Name	Thomas COOPER
  Born	1822	Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3FD93F2EDFE131459036CC91BFB712056BC6
  Died	23 Nov 1899	Cloverdale, Sonoma, California, United States
  Person ID	I585	SteveParker
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Lewry L. GRIGSBY,   b. 2 Aug 1827, Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States ,   d. 17 Jun 1852, on the plains, United States  (Age 24 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1852	Missouri, United States
  _UID	C3F326A742B84A4DB8F3A3ACC635D8A88937
  Children	1. Sam COOPER   2. Rachael COOPER
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Tilitha YATES,   b. 1833, Tennessee, United States
  Married	24 Oct 1852	, Napa, California, United States
  _UID	C40B5F60B6A3CF4CA77A6F65C61401C4967D
  Children	1. Jennie COOPER,   b. Abt 1857, California, United States   2. Thomas J. COOPER,   b. Abt 1860, California, United States   3. Delia COOPER,   b. Abt 1869, California, United States   4. Lillie M. COOPER,   b. Abt 1872, California, United States
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When his wife, Lewry Grigsby, died on the trip west, a young orphaned girl with the wagon train moved into the Cooper wagon to care for the children. She was Tilithy Yates who was born in Tennessee, in 1833. She was the sister of Isabel Yates who had also been with the train and is said to have had two children by Captain John Grigsby. Tilithy and Thomas Cooper were married in Napa County, CA, Oct 24, 1852. 1880 United States Federal Census Thomas Cooper Name: Thomas Cooper Home in 1880: Sanel, Mendocino, California Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 BirthPlace: Pennsylvania Relation to head-of-household: Self Spouses's Name: Delitha Father's birthplace: PA Mother's birthplace: PA Occupation: Farmer Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Thomas Cooper 57 Delitha Cooper 48 Jennie Cooper 22 Thomas J. Cooper 20 Delia Cooper 11 Lillie M Cooper 8 William Arnold 25 California, Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953 Name: Thomas Cooper Probate Date: 29 Dec 1899 Probate Place: Mendocino, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1899 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Case Number: 1219 Item Description: Case Files, No. 1219-1234, 1899-1901

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Bible of Samuel Harrison Grigsby in possession of Barbara Bickford.