Elizabeth Beams

1810 - 1897  (86 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Beams
  Born	19 Nov 1810	Whitley Co, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Jun 1897	Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Buried	6 Jun 1897
  Person ID	I4614	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	James Beams,   b. 1767,   d. 1861  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Lay,   b. 1768,   d. 1860  (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Lloyd Cooper,   b. 11 Apr 1807, Delaware, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1886, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	10 May 1831	Crawford Co, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Beams Cooper,   b. 3 Aug 1849, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1939  (Age 90 years)  [natural]   2. Henry Wesley Cooper,   b. 1844, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1913, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   3. Ann Cooper,   b. 1832,   d. 1916  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   4. Hannah Cooper,   b. 1832,   d. 1925  (Age 93 years)  [natural]   5. George W. Cooper,   b. Oct 1837, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1856, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA  (Age 18 years)  [natural]   6. James A. Cooper,   b. 1847,   d. 1932  (Age 85 years)  [natural]   7. Mary Jane Cooper,   b. 1842,   d. 1905  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   8. Eliza Cooper,   b. 1846,   d. 1937  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F1610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Beams was born 19 Nov 1810 to James Beams and Nancy Lay in Whitley County, Kentucky, on the Cumberland River near Williamsburg. Her parents were early settlers to the area having arrived in Kentucky from North Carolina. Elizabeth married William Lloyd Cooper, son of Amos Cooper and Hannah Lloyd Cooper on 10 May 1831 in Crawford County, Illinois They had eight children, one of whom died. They are: Ann (married Daniel Thompson and then Andrew Hardy) Hannah (married Valentine Haas) George (died at age 18 in 1840) James (married Corinda Evans) Mary (married Sgt Jonathan Smull) Henry (married Sarah Jane Rauch) Eliza (married Charles Hennich) Elizabeth (married Franklin Boyd) The Coopers left Crawford County for Will County near Joliet for one year then came west to Stephenson County in 1841 where they ultimately purchased land from the government and cultivated the untouched prairie. They farmed for about 12 years before selling the farm and moving into the town of Rock Grove. Mr Cooper died in 1886. Mrs Cooper moved to Iowa and at the end of her life resided with her daughter Mary Smull in Plainfield. Her funeral took place in Stephenson County, Illinois, where it is presumed she was put to rest.

  
  

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