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Subject: [JAMES-L] Mrs. W.R. James, MO.1908-coopers and stevensons
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:50:50 EST

This woman was wife of William R. JAMES and she was sister-in-law to
Nathaniel Cooper( b. january 18, 1829 in VA.) and his wife, Emma Jane James
Cooper of Gentry co. MO. and Custer City, Okla.

Emma Jane James(born feb 09, 1838 in Tennessee) was sister to William R.
JAMES. Emma Jane Cooper named a son WIlliam R. Cooper and he was born in
1864.

A list of children of Emma Jane James Cooper and Nathaniel Cooper are:
Martha Ann Cooper, born august 13, 1874 in Gentry co. MO, NANCY ELIZABETH
COOPER STEVENSON, born feb 1, 1859, Gentry co. MO,: ?William R.Cooper about
1854: Francis Marion Cooper born about 1869 inMO. (Nancy Elizabeth Cooper
Stevenson was buried in Custer City, Okla. Independance cemetery, 1935) Her
husband John W. Stevenson was killed in 1902 when he slipped on ice and a
wagon he was driving accidentally rode over his body, killing him. A child of
John W. Stevenson and Emma Jane James Stevenson was: Emily Jane Stevenson
GRIMES born 1878 Stanberry, Gentry co. MO. Emily Jane Stevenson Grimes and
her husband James Pinkston (jim r. grimes) Grimes are buried in Pawhuska city
cem. Pawhuska, Okla. Osage co. Okla.

Siblings of Nathaniel Cooper are: Samuel Cooper born aboaut 1826, Julia
Cooper born about 1827 and she married a Evans man. Mary Cooper born abt
1833: Charlotte Cooper born about 1836 and Thomas Cooper born about 1837

It is believed and not proven that the parent of Nathaniel Cooper was John
Cooper born abt. 1798 VA. any data concerning this core family is much
appreciated.

------------------------------------------- below newspaper account of birth
day of Nathaniels sister-in-law--------
Taken from the The Albany Ledger, newspaper, albany, gentry co. Mo. dated
Friday, March 20, 1908

As follows:
PASSES 95TH MILESTONE OF LIFE- march 1908----not an obit

As far as it is known, Gentry countys' oldest citizen is Mrs. W.R. JAMES who
lives nine miles west of Albany. On thursday of last week, March 12th, she
passed the 95th milestone of life and from appearances may live to celeberate
others.

This worthy old lady has been blessed with dutiful children and is now
spending her declining days with her son, R.B. JAMES in Huggins Township. She
has lived to see her descendants increase unto the fourth generation and her
children and grand children surely "rise and call her blessed".

Grandmother JAMES was born in Cannon Co. Tennessee, March 12, 1813. She was
married to W.R. JAMES on February 13, 1834. They came to MO. in 1848 and
settled in Gentry co. She was the mother of eleven children, six of whom are
still living. They are R.B. JAMES of Stanberry, MO.: Mrs. Strange of St.
Joseph, MO. : Mrs Brown of Kingfisher, Okla. Mrs. White and JOAB of Joliet,
Montana and W.R. JAMES of Worth County. She has 45 grandchildren., 101 great
grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren living.
Mr. JAMES died May 20, 1900 and since then Mrs. JAMES has made her home with
her eldest son.

Although, Mrs. JAMES does not take much interest in happenings of today or of
late years, she remembers very distinctly events happening 80 or 85 years
back. She loves to talk of olden times when she was young, and thinks people
in those days enjoyed themselves more than they do today. She has been a
cripple for 34 years, having been thrown from a horse and dislocated her hip.
Otherwise she enjoys good health. She wears no glasses and can see fairly
well. She has smoked for almost 50 years and wears a bonnet all the time. She
has never been on a train in her life and was never more than 12 miles from
home until after her marriage, when she came to Gentry co. from Tennessee.
They came with wagons pulled by Oxen teams in April of 1843, and arrived in
Gentry co. in June. She has now lived in this county for 63 years.

She was converted and joined the Baptist Church when 18 years old, but
afterward united with the Christian Church. May she live many years more is
the wish of her family and many friends.
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data compiled - thanks to Kari Montagriff and posted this day by Judy Hugg
Grimes (yorba linda ca).

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