Emma Jane Cooper1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15479, (1861 - 1935)
FatherRobert James Cooper4,5,6 (10 Dec 1822 - 23 Jun 1896)
MotherLucy Ann Ragdale4,7,6 (27 Oct 1837 - 29 Jul 1922)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Oct 1861, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky8,9,10
Marriage: 14 Oct 1889, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, Quintus Atkinson Elliott (5 Jun 1857 - 15 Jun 1940)11,12,13
Death: 27 Aug 1935, Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky6
Burial: 28 Aug 1935, Hopkinsville, Kentucky6
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

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Narrative:

     Emma Jane Cooper was born on 2 Oct 1861 in Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents, Robert James Cooper and Lucy Ann Ragdale.14 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents.5
     Emma married Quintus Atkinson Elliott, son of Thomas Herbert Elliott and Elizabeth Mariah Tuck, on 14 Oct 1889 in Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.11,12,13
     She and Quintus appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of Thomas Herbert Elliott and Elizabeth Mariah Tuck, his parents.15
     Emma and Quintus appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Apr 1910, reporting that they owned their farm, mortgage free. His father, Thomas Herbert Elliott, was listed as living with them.16
     Emma appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, on West 13th St., enumerated 15 Jan 1920. She is listed as married, but her husband is not listed with her, and has not been found elsewhere in 1920.17
     Emma and Quintus appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of his father.18
     Emma died on 27 Aug 1935 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, at age 73.6 She was buried on 28 Aug 1935 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.6

Children:
     There were no children with Quintus Atkinson Elliott

Citations

  1. [S8729] Robt. J. Cooper household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Emma J. Cooper.
  2. [S3309] Western KY History & Genealogy, online, transcription of Charles M. Meacham, A History of Christian County Kentucky, from Oxcart to Airplane (Nashville: Marshall and Bruce, 1930), Biographical Sketches, Col. Robert Emmett Cooper, shows name as Emma Jane Cooper.
  3. [S2149] Emma C. Elliott, Certificate of Death, shows name as Emma C. Elliott, and father's surname as Cooper.
  4. [S8729] Robt. J. Cooper household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S8731] Bob Cooper household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  6. [S2149] Emma C. Elliott, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S3309] Western KY History & Genealogy, online, transcription of Charles M. Meacham, A History of Christian County Kentucky, from Oxcart to Airplane (Nashville: Marshall and Bruce, 1930), Biographical Sketches, Col. Robert Emmett Cooper.
  8. [S2149] Emma C. Elliott, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, and state.
  9. [S8729] Robt. J. Cooper household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 9 and state.
  10. [S8731] Bob Cooper household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 18 and state.
  11. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for Q. A. Elliott and Emma J. Cooper, citing FHL#1942960 and pg 375, shows date, town, county, and state.
  12. [S1685] Thomas Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows married 11 years.
  13. [S1689] Quint A. Elliott household, 1910 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows married 20 years.
  14. [S8729] Robt. J. Cooper household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S1685] Thomas Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, /6.
  16. [S1685] Thomas Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S8730] Emma C. Elliott household, 1920 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S2147] Thomas H. Elliott household, 1930 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.