Mary H. COOPER^{[1, 2, 3]}

1808 - 1870  (61 years)

• Name	Mary H. COOPER
  Nickname	Polly
  Born	15 Mar 1808	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  _UID	1ED82794D5E2D347A4F5D4B41C4FB138F7E3
  Died	7 Jan 1870
  Buried	Stone Family Cem., Tannery, Lewis Co., Kentucky   [4]
  Person ID	I17787	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Johnathan COOPER,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth KNIGHTON,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Dec 1800	Stokes Co., North Carolina
  Family ID	F27831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BEGLEY,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Hiram Begley COOPER,   b. 1823, Perry Co., Kentucky ,   d. Lewis Co., Kentucky   2. Cyrus Begley COOPER,   b. 26 Nov 1824,   d. 6 Jan 1892, Lewis Co., Kentucky  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F27832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Washington PATTON,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Nov 1825	Floyd Co. (Now Johnson Co.), Kentucky
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F22801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	JACOBS,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Malinda Lynn COOPER,   b. 18 Oct 1829, Lewis Co., Kentucky ,   d. 28 Jun 1900, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Kentucky  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F27833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	James B. STAFFORD,   b. 4 Jul 1780, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1859, Lewis Co., Kentucky  (Age 78 years)  [1]
  Married	13 Sep 1835	Carter Co., Kentucky   [5]
  Children	1. Pvt. Sylvester Patton STAFFORD,   b. 1833, Carter, Carter Co., Kentucky ,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Age ~ 31 years)   2. Rebecca STAFFORD,   b. 25 Aug 1835, Buffalo Creek, Carter Co., Kentucky ,   d. 24 Jan 1926, Lewis Co., Kentucky  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F6791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Her parents appear to be Jonathan & Elizabeth (Knighton) Cooper per some family trees online & a NC Marriage Record. Jonathan b. June 1, 1785 Sampson Co., NC & d. Oct. 27, 1841 GA. (this could be wrong). He married Elizabeth on Dec. 18, 1800 in Stokes Co.(now Forsythe Co.), NC. Polly had at least 1 brother, Wyatt Cooper 1805-1850 buried in Cooper Cem., Olive Hill, Carter Co.,KY. Mary, or "Polly" as she was called, appears to have had quite a life. From what I can piece together from different family trees online & death certificates of later children, it looks like she had 2 children out of wedlock by a Hiram K. Begley, because they took the Cooper name: Hiram Begley Cooper 1823-1895 & Cyrus Begley Cooper 1825-1892, both buried in Cooper Cem.,Carter Co.,KY. Next came Malinda Cooper Oct. 18, 1829-June 28, 1900 (who married Ezekiel Stone Jr. & buried in Stone Cem., Lewis Co.,KY). Our family lore had always been that she was born out of wedlock & that her father was a "Jacobs". The Jacob name is also found in "Public Member Documents" of Knighten, Cooper, Bryant Family Histories on Ancestry when I put in name Jonathan Cooper. However, there is a Kentucky Marriage Record for Polly Cooper & Washington Patton for Nov. 9, 1825 in Floyd Co.,KY. So, if Malinda was born in 1829, was her father a Jacobs or Patton? I believe Jacobs, because she kept the Cooper name. Next came Sylvester Patton Stafford 1833-1864 (who married Rebecca Lewis 1852 & died in Civil War). I believe his father was the Patton (because of middle name), but took Stafford name after his mother married James Stafford in 1835 (he would have been 2 yrs. old). Next came Rebecca Stafford Aug. 25, 1835 - Jan. 24, 1926 (who 1st married Commodore Perry Gooden & 2nd James Liles). She could have been James Stafford's daughter even though James & Polly didn't marry until Dec. 27, 1835 per Northern Kentucky Marriages online. Mary was a spry, petite woman. Loved to dance. Lived in an old 2-story house. She would dance up and down the stairway. Mary was crippled when older.

  
  

• Sources

  [S283] Price, Carolyn Stafford (1989). [S202] John Stafford by Woodward. [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60. [S210] Stafford, William W. (1987). [S335] Stafford, Larry A. (7 Nov. 1998).