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Rachel S Woodington

Female 1828 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Rachel S Woodington 
    Born Dec 1828  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I29662  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2006 

    Family William W Cooper,   b. Abt 1823, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 31 Aug 1896  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 11 Jan 1845  Philadelphia Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
      Name: William W Cooper
      Event Type: Marriage
      Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1845
      Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
      Spouse Name: Rachel S Woodington
      Organization Name: Trinity Church, Oxford

      1850 Bristol, Philadelphia, PA
      William Cooper 26 Spring Maker RE value $750 PA
      Rachel 21 PA
      Vincent H 4 PA
      Rebecca 2 PA
      Sarah 1 PA

      1860 Jackson, VA # 699-655
      Cooper, Wm W 36 Farm Labor PA
      Rachel 30 PA
      Rebe. 13 Oh
      Sarah 11 OH
      Eliza 9 Oh
      Wm 5 twin Oh
      Martha 5 twin Oh
      Vincent 14 VA
      Julia 8/12 VA

      1870 Gilmore Dist, Jackson, WV # 9
      Cooper, William W 47 PA
      Rachel S 41 PA
      Martha 13 VA
      Charles 1 Jackson Co

      1890 Veterans' Schedule, Jackson, WV
      William W Cooper, Union Dist, Private, Co K, 11th WVa Inf Aug 31, 1862- Sept 15, 1864, PO - Ravenswood, Disability - St Anthony's Desise
      Saint Anthony’s disease An obsolete term for:
      (1) Sydenham's chorea; a postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence.
      (2) Ergot poisoning.a syndrome brought on by the consumption of bread (notably rye) contaminated by the ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea (rye smut), the source of numerous ergot alkaloids. The effects observed include peripheral vascular constriction leading to gangrene, partial paralysis with numbing, tingling, and burning in the limbs, feeble pulse, restlessness, stupor, or delirium; can be fatal.

      1900 Ravenswood Dist, Jackson, WV
      l/w Charles
      Rachel S mother 12/1828 71 Wd 7-4 PA PA PA

      U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
      Name: William W Cooper
      State Filed: West Virginia
      Widow: Rachel Cooper
      Roll Number: T288_96
      Com. Sgt, 11th WVa Inf
      K 11th WVa Inf
      Claim filed 12/28/1886 by Invalid
      8/31/1896 by widow

      I don't know if this is their son or if there was another Wm who had a son with the same name:
      Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
      Name: Vincent Henry Cooper
      Birth Date: 23 Mar 1846
      Event Type: Baptism
      Baptism Date: 16 Jun 1850
      Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
      Baptism Age: 4
      Father Name: Wm W Cooper
      Mother Name: Mary Cooper
      Denomination: Methodist
      Organization Name: Rehoboth Methodist Episcopal Church
      Source Citation
      Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 944
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
      Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
      Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.
    Children 
     1. Vincent H Cooper,   b. 23 Mar 1846, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1889, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     2. Rebecca Cooper,   b. 26 Jul 1847, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sarah Cooper,   b. Abt 1849, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ann Eliza Cooper,   b. 11 Apr 1850, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1925, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. William Warren Cooper,   b. 21 Aug 1854, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Martha Emma Cooper,   b. 21 Aug 1854, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Julia Cooper,   b. 14 Sep 1859, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Charles Jennings Cooper,   b. Oct 1867, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F9015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S1062] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985.