Sarah (Bedell) Cooper (1793 - 1869)

Born 22 Dec 1793 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1869 at age 75 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Birth

22 December 1793, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. ^{[1] [2]}

Parents:

Death

19 December 1869, New York, New York. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, Section 97/101, Lot 3932. ^{[1] [5]}

Inscription:

Sarah Bedell

Wife of Peter Cooper.

For fifty six years a

Faithful and beloved wife

Devoted and exemplary

As a mother;

Patient and wise in

Beneficence;

Industrious, self-denying,

And in all things charitable;

A good neighbor;

A true friend;

A bright companion;

A wise counselor,

She cheered and sustained

Her husband.

She kept the home she loved

And labored for her country;

She followed Christ.

Her children and her

Grandchildren

Call her blessed;

And her works praise her

In the gates.

Born August 22, 1793,

Married December 22, 1813,

Died December 19, 1869.

In her

Seventy-seventh year. ^[1]

Marriage

Peter Cooper, 22 December 1813, New York. ^[1]

Children:

• John Cooper - died of croup aged 5 years
• Benjamin Cooper - died after falling on his head at 3 1/2 years
• Sarah Amanda Cooper - died of a throat infection aged 4
• Peter Cooper - died of acute bronchitis at age 2
• Edward Cooper (1824-1905)
• Sarah Amelia Cooper (1830-1912) - married Abram S. Hewitt

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Find A Grave, memorial #108495358, including photos.
2. ↑ Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com. (1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18 District 2, New York, New York; Roll: M432_558; Page: 346B; Image: 344.
3. ↑ Gertrude A. Barber, compiler. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47. Ancestry.com. (New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
4. ↑ United States. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Related Indexes, 1850-1880. T655, 30 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Ancestry.com. (U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). A portion of this collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: M6; Census Year: 1869; Census Place: New York, New York, New York.
5. ↑ Burial Search. The Green-Wood Historic Fund. http://www.green-wood.com/burial_search/. Ancestry.com. (Web: Brooklyn, New York, Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

• Amos Bugbee Carpenter. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families, Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter & Morehous, 1898. Ancestry.com. (A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter family in America : Brought down from their English ancestor, Jo [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper