Latest Update: 16 January 2009 
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| Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper |
Sarah
Isabella (Sarah Belle) Bailey Cooper (1847-1910) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of
Mary Ann Marshall (1804-1895) and Elisha Hope Bailey (1805-1883). She was born in Prospect, Butler County, Pennsylvania, on 22 April
1847. On 2 October, 1867, she married John Thomas Cooper, an Irish-born oil producer
who was making his fortune in the area which soon would be named Parker Parker City, Pennsylvania. Cooper,
an elder in the Presbyterian Church, traveled extensively on business (including a trip to Denver). He died of tuberculosis
at the young age of 46. Sarah Belle was left with the oversight of his several business ventures and the care of their
eight children, who ranged in age from 15 (Albert) to an unborn child who would arrive in December 1883 (Katherine) .
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information.
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| Sarah Belle's Calling Card |
CHILDREN OF SARAH BELLE BAILEY
AND JOHN THOMAS COOPER
Albert
B. Cooper (1868-1924)
Mary
Elizabeth Cooper Ottinger Wightman
(1869-1947)
Thomas Cooper (1871-1918)
Margaret Bailey Cooper Harrington (1872-1955)
Charles Cooper (1874-1936)
Hope Bailey Cooper (1876-1951)
Kenneth Cooper (1880-1948)
Katherine Cooper Sloan (1883-1968)
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| John Thomas Cooper (1837-1883) |
For an 1891 biographical sketch of John Thomas Cooper, click here.
For an 1891 biographical sketch of Cooper's brother, George Cooper, click here. George Cooper's wife was the sister of the
wife of Elisha R. Marshall, a full cousin of Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper.
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| George Cooper, brother of John Thomas Cooper |
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| The Family of Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper, after her husband's untimely death |
(Standing, from the left)
Margaret Cooper Harrington, Charles Cooper, Thomas Cooper, Hope Bailey Cooper,
Beth Bailey Ottinger Wightman
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(Seated)
Albert B. Cooper, Kenneth Cooper, Kate Cooper Sloan, and their mother,
Sarah Isabella Bailey Cooper
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A hearty, deep-felt thanks to Sue Neubert, a great-granddaughter
of Sarah Bailey Cooper, for generously sharing the many family treasures she has kept from the Bailey
and Cooper Families of Parker, Pennsylvania. Sue's mother, Sarah Cooper Avey, was an avid family historian--click on her name for more about her genealogical gifts to
our extended family. Sue, who is a writer, has contributed several family pieces to our occasional newsletter
and to this website. See a photo of Sue and Dale with theri grandchildren at the shore in 2006--go all the way to the bottom of the page! And click here for a photo of their entire family on the same family vacation, also near the bottom of
the page. See below, right, for a photo of Sue and Dale with their grandchildren.
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| Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper |
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN OF THIS FAMILY
Click on each image to enlarge it.
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| Albert Bailey Cooper (1868-1924) |
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| Mary Elizabeth Cooper Ottinger Wightman (1869-1947) |
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| Thomas Cooper. Jr. (1871-1918) |
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| Margaret Bailey Cooper Harrington (1872-1955) |
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| Charles Cooper (1874-1936) |
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| Hope Bailey Cooper (1876-1951); photo taken 1898 in San Francisco during the Spanish-American War |
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| Kenneth Cooper (1880-1948) |
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| Kate Cooper Sloan (1883-1968) |
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| The Cooper Mansion, Parker City, Pennsylvania |
A photograph of the home of J. Thomas and Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper, in oil-rich Parker City,
Pennsylvania. This house was one of the finest in the oil regions. Notice the family scene: some
members are on the porch; two boys are riding bicycles; and to the right, others are playing croquet.
After Thomas Cooper's death, the family "downsized" and moved elsewhere in Parker. This
building became the Parker High School, with several generations of local young people going about their learning tasks in
it. The school was destoyed by fire in 1959. Our cousin Sam Turk of Emlenton, who grew up in Parker and graduated
from this high school, recalls the structure well.
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| Cooper Home in Parker City, after the family sold the Mansion House and downsized |
An 1882 Letter from Tom Cooper (aged 11) to his Mamma
(Apparently at School in Randolph, New York)
Click on each page to enlarge
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| 1882 Letter from Tom Cooper to his Mother, Sarah Belle Cooper [page 1] |
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| 882 Letter from Tom Cooper to his Mother, Sarah Belle Cooper [page 2] |
PHOTO CREDITS THIS PAGE
All photographs and document scans on this page are from the collection of Sue Cooper
Van Winkle Neubert of Dormont, Pennsylvania. These family pictures came from the Bailey Family of Parker,
Pennsylvania, through Sarah Belle Bailey Cooper's family. Many thanks to Sue for sharing them with our larger family.
"It is amazing
how much family
is out there!
Who knew?!?"
Cousin Jeff Olson
of the State of Washington
Jeff is a sixth-generation descendant
of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
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