Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameMary Elizabeth Cooper 
Birth19 May 1834, Dry Fork, Randolph Co., (W) Virginia
Death20 Jan 1863, Randolph Co., (W) Virginia
FatherJonas Cooper (1794-1848)
MotherMary [Maria] Elizabeth Rohrbaugh (1807-1878)
Spouses
Birth31 Oct 1834, Harman Hills, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Death28 Jun 1902, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Death Memod. of fever
BurialHarman Church Of The Brethren Cemetery, Harman, West Virginia
OccupationTravelling German Baptist Preacher
FatherSr. Solomon E. Harman (1807-1893)
MotherElizabeth "Betsy" Harman (~1811-)
Marriage10 Aug 1856, Randolph Co., (W) Virginia
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Cooper
(Upon her deathbed, [Mary] Elizabeth asked her husband, Asa, to marry her sister, Barbara.)
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In a letter from Judy A. Harman dated March, 2009:
... My Cooper is Barbara, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rohrbaugh Cooper. Her brother Elijah is your great-grandmother's (Mary Elizabeth's) father. She was obviously named for Elijah's sister Mary Elizabeth who was the first wife of my great-grandfather Asa on the Harman side. She died young in childb[irth] of the measles. So did the child. She is supposed to have asked Asa to marry her sister Barbara who would then help raise her children. They married and had a number of children, one being my grandfather Simon Peter Harman.
The poignant detail of that story my aunt told me is that Asa, a minister, had been visiting the families of the sick. Measles were going around, and he knew they were dangerous, so when he came home, he didn't even go into the house without bathing, and he either burned or boiled his clothes outside, too. But, she said sadly, he forgot to wash his hair....
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In a letter from Judy A. Harman dated March, 2009:
... My Cooper is Barbara, daughter of Jonas and Mary Rohrbaugh Cooper. Her brother Elijah is your great-grandmother's (Mary Elizabeth's) father. She was obviously named for Elijah's sister Mary Elizabeth who was the first wife of my great-grandfather Asa on the Harman side. She died young in childb[irth] of the measles. So did the child. She is supposed to have asked Asa to marry her sister Barbara who would then help raise her children. They married and had a number of children, one being my grandfather Simon Peter Harman.
The poignant detail of that story my aunt told me is that Asa, a minister, had been visiting the families of the sick. Measles were going around, and he knew they were dangerous, so when he came home, he didn't even go into the house without bathing, and he either burned or boiled his clothes outside, too. But, she said sadly, he forgot to wash his hair....
Notes for Asa (Spouse 1)
61Reverend Asa Harman, the son of Solomon Harman, was a traveling German Baptist preacher. He went from place to place and would hold services wherever he could. There wre no churches at first, but he would visit in the homes and have services there. There the Harman Church of the Brethren was organized by him in 1859, in the home of Mrs. Jonas Cooper. Her husband had been killed in the war.
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352Asa Harman was educated in the common schools; became a farmer and also was one of the most prominent German Baptist ministers in his state. He resided on a farm at what is now known as the town of Harman, Randolph County, WV., the town being named in his honor. He was one of the most prominent men in his section of the state, but mety with financial reverses in the later years of his life, greatly interfering with the education of some of his children whom he had attending the university of his state. He died in 1902. He married [1] Elizabeth Cooper and [2] Barbara Cooper, sisters.
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Rev. Asa Harman
Birth:
Oct. 31, 1834
Death:
Jun. 28, 1902
Asa Harman
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.
ancestry.com/~coopmac/brethrencem.htm
Family links:
Spouse:
Barbara A Cooper Harman (1838 - 1914)*
Children:
Mary Elizabeth Harman Clatterbuck (1865 - 1952)*
Daniel Berlin Harman (1867 - 1946)*
Simon Peter Harman (1875 - 1956)*
Asa Harman (1879 - 1962)*
Burial:
Harman Church of the Brethren Cemetery
Harman
Randolph County
West Virginia, USA
Created by: Bill and Marty
Record added: Apr 22, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51491030
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352Asa Harman was educated in the common schools; became a farmer and also was one of the most prominent German Baptist ministers in his state. He resided on a farm at what is now known as the town of Harman, Randolph County, WV., the town being named in his honor. He was one of the most prominent men in his section of the state, but mety with financial reverses in the later years of his life, greatly interfering with the education of some of his children whom he had attending the university of his state. He died in 1902. He married [1] Elizabeth Cooper and [2] Barbara Cooper, sisters.
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Rev. Asa Harman
Birth:
Oct. 31, 1834
Death:
Jun. 28, 1902
Asa Harman
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.
ancestry.com/~coopmac/brethrencem.htm
Family links:
Spouse:
Barbara A Cooper Harman (1838 - 1914)*
Children:
Mary Elizabeth Harman Clatterbuck (1865 - 1952)*
Daniel Berlin Harman (1867 - 1946)*
Simon Peter Harman (1875 - 1956)*
Asa Harman (1879 - 1962)*
Burial:
Harman Church of the Brethren Cemetery
Harman
Randolph County
West Virginia, USA
Created by: Bill and Marty
Record added: Apr 22, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51491030