Marriage register — John W. Cooper [p.911] × Kate (Caltha) Evans [p.1595], 6 Sep 1859, Fayette Co., KY (+ Cooper Collection abstract naming her father Joseph Evans)

Transcription and notes

Two sources for the same marriage:

(a) Fayette Co., KY marriage register [verbatim]

Source: (image held in the family archive) — Fayette Co. Marriages register, pp. 87–88 (ref "H 415"), first entry. | Field | Groom | Bride | |---|---|---| | Date of marriage | Sept 6, 1859 | — | | Name | John W. Cooper | Kate Evans | | Residence | Fayette Co. Ky | Fayette Co. Ky | | Age | 23 | 18 yrs | | Condition | S(ingle) | S(ingle) | | Place of birth | Fayette Co. Ky | Fayette Co. Ky |

(b) Published abstract — "The Cooper Collection" [verbatim]

Source: The Cooper Collection (Tomball, TX), Vol. 4 No. 3 (July 1980), p. 53, comp. Charlotte Magee Tucker; "Extracted from Marriage Notices, 1787–1865, The Register of the KY Historical Society." (U.S., Family History Books.)

"John W. Cooper to Miss Kate Evens, eldest d/o Joseph Evens, all of Fayette Co. Married 6 Sep 1859 (KY Statesman, 6 Sep 1859)."

Notes

• Primary-source lock: = [p.911 John Wallace Cooper] (b. Nov 1835, age 23 , b. Fayette Co.) × [p.1595 Caltha "Kate" Ann Evans] (age 18 ⇒ b. ~1841, b. Fayette Co.). Upgrades the marriage from L.4-tree/1860-census ([D.440]) to the county register + a published abstract. The abstract names the bride's father Joseph Evans = the "Joseph Evans (49, fam 341)" enumerated next to Reuben Cooper in the 1860 census ([D.440]) ⇒ the Cooper sons married the neighbor Evans family's daughters.
• Other Fayette-Co. Coopers on the same abstract page (potential future disambiguation, NOT our line): the Spencer Cooper family (dau. George Ann m. 1833, Virginia W. m. Daniel C. Wickliffe 1844, Helen J. m. 1860), Capt. William Cooper (dau. Sarah M. m. Francis Dittoe 1850), Arthur Cooper / Nathaniel Cooper (1797–99), Col. Wickliffe Cooper (4th KY Cav.), Ephraim E. Cooper, A. M. Cooper of Louisville. Several distinct Bluegrass Cooper families — recorded here as a lead, not credited to our line.

Cross-references

• p.911 John Wallace Cooper · p.1595 Caltha Ann Evans Cooper · D.440 (the Evans neighbors) · p.844 Reuben Houghton Cooper