Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameElijah Jonas Cooper 
Birth15 Dec 1842, Dry Fork, Randolph Co., (W) Virginia
Death10 May 1918, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia
BurialCooper Cemetery, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Alias/AKAElijah J. Cooper
FatherJonas Cooper (1794-1848)
MotherMary [Maria] Elizabeth Rohrbaugh (1807-1878)
Spouses
Birth12 Oct 1848, Mouth of Seneca, (W) Virginia44
Birth Memoanother source says b. 13 Aug 1851
Death14 Mar 1928, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia44
Death Memoheart failure from effects of influenza
BurialCooper Cemetery, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia44
FatherJames W. Bible (1815-1892)
MotherSusannah "Polly" Miller (1821-1894)
Marriage9 Oct 1873, Mouth of Seneca, Pendleton Co., West Virginia
Marr Memomarr. near Mouth of Seneca
ChildrenJacob Smith (1875-1950)
Benjamin Yost (1877-1956)
Hayes (1879-1934)
Mary Elizabeth (1881-1926)
Hattie Susan (1882-1963)
Cora E. (1883-1960)
Wilbur Blaine (1885-1940)
Myrtle (1887-1968)
Harris Wilmoth (1889-1956)
Floyd Mason (1893-1950)
Notes for Elijah Jonas Cooper
45Enrolled as “Private” on the muster roll of Capt. Sampson Snyder’s Independent Company of Scouts during the Civil War, with the following note to the side:
“Those has Been Standing in Selfe Defense for 2 years, more or less. They had to do it or be robed By the Rebs & Taken off & imprisoned.”
46Civil War Service
County: Randolph
Unit: Randolph Co. Independent Scouts
Last Name: Cooper
First Name: Elijah
Rank: Private
Company:
Age: 20
Roll Dated: Aug. 21 1864
When Enrolled: Feby 29 1864
Where Enrolled: Randolph Co. W. Va.
Length of Service: 1 year
Mustered In: Feb. 29 1864
Mustered Out: Dry Fork, W. Va.
“Those has Been Standing in Selfe Defense for 2 years, more or less. They had to do it or be robed By the Rebs & Taken off & imprisoned.”
46Civil War Service
County: Randolph
Unit: Randolph Co. Independent Scouts
Last Name: Cooper
First Name: Elijah
Rank: Private
Company:
Age: 20
Roll Dated: Aug. 21 1864
When Enrolled: Feby 29 1864
Where Enrolled: Randolph Co. W. Va.
Length of Service: 1 year
Mustered In: Feb. 29 1864
Mustered Out: Dry Fork, W. Va.
Notes for Hannah Susan (Spouse 1)
another source: Hannah Susan Bible b: 11 OCT 1849 in , Pendleton, WV