Marriage — WILLIAM B. GAINES × ELIZABETH COOPER, Scott Co., KY, 24 Feb 1853 (at the residence of George Downing; witnesses incl. John Cooper). Corroborates [p.850] + ties her to the Daniel-III Scott-Co. family cluster. [verbatim]

Transcription and notes

Source: Scott County, Kentucky marriage register (maintainer image 2026-07-07, (image held in the family archive)). Entry no. 1318 (bottom-right of the page opening).

Data from the record [verbatim]

• Register no.: 1318
• Groom: William B. Gaines · Bride: Elizabeth Cooper
• Officiant's return (closely transcribed): "Feby 24th 1853 — I do hereby certify that on the 24th day of Feby 1853 at the residence of George Downing in Scott Co. [KY] I united in marriage Wm B. Gaines and Elizabeth Cooper … in presence of John Cooper, Edward Gaines[,] Wm B. Coombs, minister of the Baptist Church."
• Married: 24 Feb 1853, at the residence of George Downing, Scott Co., Kentucky.
• Officiant: Wm. B. Coombs, minister of the Baptist Church.
• Witnesses named: John Cooper, Edward Gaines.

Significance (interpretation — flagged)

• Corroborates [p.850 Elizabeth (Cooper) Gaines] — previously L.4-tree-only ("m. Wm B. Gaines"). Now a primary marriage record, Scott Co., KY, 24 Feb 1853.
• Ties Elizabeth into the Daniel-III Scott-Co. family cluster: the marriage took place at the residence of George Downing — i.e. George W. Downing, husband of Elizabeth's sister Rachel A. Cooper [p.846] (m. Scott Co. 1846, [her marriage record]). A John Cooper witnessed. Elizabeth married from her Cooper brother-in-law's house, among Coopers — consilient with her L.4 placement as Daniel III's daughter. (Neither the record nor the officiant names her parents; the parentage link rests on the venue + witnesses + her own will's "land I inherited from my father," [A.106].)

Cross-references

• p.850 Elizabeth Cooper Gaines (bride) · p.846 Rachel A. Cooper Downing (sister; wedding held at her husband Geo. W. Downing's residence) · p.737 Daniel Cooper III (father) · A.106 (her will) · pr.14