Minerva (Bird) Cooper
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Minerva Elizabeth (Bird) Cooper (1854 - 1904)

Minerva Elizabeth Cooper formerly Bird
Born in Wythe, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 1877 [location unknown]
Died at age 49 in Newport District, Warwick, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Minerva Elizabeth Bird was born on August 1, 1854 in Wythe, Virginia, United States, daughter of Benjamin Taylor Bird (1812–1879) and Irene Marina Oxley (1814–1874).[1]

In 1860, Minerva lived in Elizabeth City, Wythe, Virginia, United States with her parent and siblings,[2] and Plymouth Magisterial District, Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1870.[3]

She married William Columbus Cooper on 26 February 1876, in Mercer, West Virginia, United States.[4]

They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters:

Nannie Boyd Cooper-1877–1951
William B Cooper-1878–1879
William T Cooper-1879–1900
Robert Lee Cooper-1882–1948
Bertha J. Cooper-1883–1883
Elizabeth May Cooper-1884–1978
Maude Bea Cooper-1889–1980
Lillian Irene Cooper-1891–1981
Carlyle B. Cooper-1894–1894

She lived in Hardy, Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1880[5] and Newport News, Warwick, Virginia, United States in 1900.[6]

She died on 1 March 1904, in Newport District, Warwick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:62QM-9HXJ : Wed Nov 15 09:12:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Minerva E Bird and Benjamin T, 1 Aug 1854.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMW-SGW : Thu Oct 05 15:29:11 UTC 2023), Entry for B T Bird and Irena Bird, 1860.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ45-P4K : Wed Oct 04 12:51:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin T Byrd and Irene M Byrd, 1870.
  4. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MH-G3P : 11 February 2018), William C Cooper and Minerva E Bird, 1876; citing Mercer, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 800,736.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R1-RWB : Fri Oct 06 02:00:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm. C. Cooper and Manurvy E. Cooper, 1880.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJK-6YB : Fri Oct 06 19:00:49 UTC 2023), Entry for William C Cooper and Minerva E Cooper, 1900.
  7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #19791979




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