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William Wallace Cooper

William Wallace Cooper
b. 5 January 1854, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, to William W. and Angeline (McKibben) Cooper
d. 15 February 1939, Abilene, Alberta, Canada

m. 24 December 1874, Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois
Hannah “Hattie” Folk/Foulke
b. 26 February 1855, Ohio, to Samuel and Mary Ann (Landon) Folk/Foulke
d. 17 February 1936, Abilene, Alberta, Canada

Children with Hannah Folk/Foulke:

  • Mary Elizabeth (1876–1955) married Asa Adam Seibert
  • Rosie Maud (1877–1961) married Morris Seaver Crane
  • William Elmer (1879–1960) married Maggie Annie Wenonah Hart
  • Arthur Seth (1883–1886)
  • Earley Vernon (1886–1967) married Lilla Alva Garland
  • Lola Edith (1891–1981) married Godfrey Alister McCullough
  • Claude Wallace (1894–1978) married Jean Lillian Burgess

William moved to Gridley, McLean County, Illinois, about 1862. He farmed in Iowa, Missouri, and North Dakota before filing for a homestead in Alberta, Canada, in 1907.

Submitted by:
Dr. Jeanne R. Cooper
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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