Dorcas (Ashford) Lamar (1815 - 1893)

Born 12 Mar 1815 in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Washington Cooper — married 7 Mar 1839 in Pope County, Illinois, United States

Wife of Thomas Lamar — married before 1870 in Hardin County, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1893 at age 78 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Dorcas Ashford was born on 12 March 1815 in Carroll, Tennessee, to Jane King, age 31, and John B. Ashford, age 36. She married George Washington Cooper on March 7, 1839, when she was 24 years old.^[1] They had eight children together during their marriage. Her husband, George Washington Cooper died about 1854 when Dorcas was 33 years old. She married Thomas Lamar sometime between 1860 and 1870 probably in Hardin County, Illinois. She died on December 3, 1893, in Paducah, Kentucky, when she was 72 years old, and she was buried at Soward Cemetery in Hardin County, Illinois.

Children

Children of George Washington Cooper and Dorcas Ashford:

1. William Harrison Cooper (abt. 1840 - bef. 1870)
2. Mahala (Cooper) Hamelton (abt. 1841)
3. Carrol Cooper (1845 - 1912)
4. John Langdon Cooper (1847 - 1910)
5. Mary A. Cooper (abt. 1849)
6. George W. Cooper (abt. 1851)
7. Noah Lenard Cooper (1852 - 1913)
8. Zorada (Cooper) Powell (1860 - 1915)

Residence

1855 • Township 12 South, Range 8 East, Hardin, Illinois, United States

On July 3rd, Dorcas Cooper, widow, has 2 free white males, age 0-10 and 2 free white males, age 10-20, and 1 free white female, age 0-10, and 1 free white female, age 10-20, and 1 free white female, age 30-40, and 1 free white female, age 50-60. She had $150 value of livestock and 20 lbs. of wool. One person was in militia.^[2]

1860 • Township 12 Range 8, Hardin, Illinois, United States

On August 16th, Dorcas Cooper, age 50, widow, was enumerated as the head of household with 50 dollars in value of personal estate. Also in her household were Carrol Cooper, age 15, Langdon Cooper, age 13, Mary A Cooper, age 11, Geo W Cooper, age 9, and Noah L Cooper, age 7.^[3]

1870 • Rosiclare, Hardin, Illinois, United States

On June 3rd, Dorcas Lamar, age 48, born in Virginia, was enumerated in household of Thomas Lemar, age 52, farmer laborer born in Indiana. Also in home were Noah Lamar, age 14, farm laborer, born in Illinois, and Rada Lamar, age 10, born in Illinois.^[4]

1880 • Rosiclare, Hardin, Illinois, United States

On June 29th, Dorcas Lamar, age 52, born in Virginia, was enumerated in the household of her husband, Thomas Lamar, age 62, farmer, born in Indiana. Also in home were her daughter, Zorada Cooper, age 19, born in Illinois, and Joseph Cockrum, age 15, farm worker, born in Kentucky.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. Illinois State Archives. <www.ilso.gov>, n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. Groom: George Cooper; Bride: Dorcas Ashford; Marriage date: March 7, 1807; Volume: 00A; Page: 0306; Pope County.
2. ↑ Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1855; Archive Collection Number: 103.008; Roll Number: 2196A; Line: 23.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHM-C1K : 12 April 2016), Dorcas A Cooper, Township 12 Range 8, Hardin, Illinois, United States; citing p. 1311, family 625, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M653 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 185.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M647-MZ5 : 17 October 2014), Dorcas Lemar in household of Thomas Lemar, Rosiclare, Hardin, Illinois, United States; citing p. 7, family 46, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228, Family History Library microfilm 545,727.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJG-BTT : 14 July 2016), Dorcas A Lamar in household of Thomas Lamar, Roseclair, Hardin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 33, sheet 435D, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0211; Family History Library microfilm 1,254,211.