The Coopers of Long Hill

Samuel Cooper 1832–1888

Catalog ID p.1609 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/1609/

Samuel Cooper was born about 1832 in NJ, the child of John Cooper and Anna (Antrim) Cooper. Samuel died on 26 Dec 1888 in Allamuchy, Warren Co. NJ and was probably buried at Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co. NJ.

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth about 1832 NJ certain D.4, L.132
residence 1850 Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable D.4
residence 30 Jun 1870 Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable D.565
residence Jun 1880 Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable D.873, D.392
residence 1885 Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable E.35
death 26 Dec 1888 Allamuchy, Warren Co. NJ certain L.132, G.197, New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 - Ancestry collection 2540, record 520555326; FHL film 589314
burial Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co. NJ probable G.197

Family

Parents

Spouses

None recorded.

Siblings

Children

None recorded.

Family tree

Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)

Samuel CooperSamuel Cooper1832–1888John CooperJohn Cooper1786–1867Israel Cooper1750Anna (Antrim) CooperAnna (Antrim) Cooper1795

In the documents

Every published document that names Samuel Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
16 Jan 1867 A.107 will register copy
Will of John Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., N.J. — Warren Book of Wills p. 185; made 16 January 1867, proved 19 February 1867. The whole estate goes t…
 child
as "Samuel Cooper"
1870 D.565 federal census
1870 US Federal Census, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ, page 36[?] - the RODERICK COOPER household (dwelling 287 / family 302): Roderick 31 day labourer, Rose…
 brother
as "Cooper Samuel"
residence: 1870, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ
1878/1900 F.401 death index
New Jersey State Archives, Death Records June 1878 - December 1900 - the complete COOPER rows for ALL TWENTY-ONE COUNTIES, 734 rows, each with its archival cita…
 deceased
as "Cooper, Samuel"
death: 26 Dec 1888, Allamuchy, Warren County, New Jersey
12 Jun 1880 D.392 census population
1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 (inhabitants), Allamuchy Township, Warren County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 189, page 8; enum…
 other
as "Samuel Cooper"
residence: 12 Jun 1880, Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable
occupation: 12 Jun 1880, Laborer probable
1880-06 D.873 census nonpopulation ddd
1880 US Federal Census, Supplemental Schedule No. 2 (Deaf-Mutes) and No. 3 (Blind), Warren County, New Jersey, archival Sheet 1 (NARA A3469)
 subject
as "Samuel Cooper"
residence: 1880, Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey probable
1885 E.35 census state nj 1885
1885 New Jersey state census, County of Warren, Township of Allamuchy, enumeration made by Jno. W. H[ibler?] - the two-page opening carrying dwelling 14 / famil…
 household member
as "Samuel Cooper"
residence: 1885, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey probable
1889 G.512 find a grave memorial
Find a Grave memorial 14794772 - Roderick Byanton Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
 sibling
as "Samuel"
2026 G.197 index sweep
Find a Grave search, surname Cooper, Sussex County, New Jersey: saved result listing of 28 May 2026 (19 pages, 132 memorials)
 deceased
as "Samuel Cooper"

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

state index 2026-10-28 · THE NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES' OWN DEATH INDEX, SEARCHED DIRECTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME -...
Searched for: THE NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES' OWN DEATH INDEX, SEARCHED DIRECTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME - wwwdnet-dos.nj.gov/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/DeathIndex.aspx, the Death Records, June 1878 - December 1900 database (628,584 records, and the site states "Data entry is complete"). Surname Cooper, no given name, years 1888 to 1889, county Warren. 5 records, all five read off the result grid's own cells (HTML text, not a page image). (link)
Result: HIM, WITH THE ARCHIVAL CITATION THE ORDER NEEDS: Cooper, Samuel | 55y | M | Warren County : Allamuchy | 26 Dec 1888 | **1888-89. 95 - C3**. Age, place and date all agree with the Ancestry index row already in death: - this adds the NJSA shelf citation, which is what turns John Cooper t-njsa from a $10 blind staff search into a direct $10 copy order. AND HIS BROTHER IS ON THE SAME PAGE OF RESULTS - see Roderick Byanton Cooper; Cooper, Biamgton | 48y | M | Allamuchy | 1 Mar 1889 | 1888-89. 95 - C4 is Roderick, whose death this catalog had recorded as having no index row at all. The other three are not ours as far as anything here shows: Cooper, Henry 73y, Greenwich, 4 Jan 1888 (1887-88. 95 - C114); Cooper, James W. 21y, Allamuchy, 4 Aug 1889 (1889-90. 95 - C30); Cooper, Mary E. 34y 4m, Belvidere, 6 Oct 1888 (1888-89. 95 - C7). James W. is worth a second look - 21 years old, dying at Allamuchy eight months after Roderick, in the township where this man and Roderick both lived. No file exists for him. The index gives no parents - name, age, sex, place, date and citation are the whole of it, so it locates the certificate without saying anything about the John Cooper link.
ancestry all 2026-10-26 · HIS 1860 CENSUS, the last reported gap in his arc, and the death index entry his todo t1 had asked for since 3 October. Three searches....
Searched for: HIS 1860 CENSUS, the last reported gap in his arc, and the death index entry his todo t1 had asked for since 3 October. Three searches. (a) Collection 7667 (1860 US census): given name Samuel, surname Cooper, born 1832 +/- 4, residence Warren Co., New Jersey - the place token warren-new+jersey-usa_3036, which is on the verified allow-list, and the returned URL did not rewrite the slug. 32 results, page 1 read. (b) The same collection, surname only, born 1832 +/- 6, male, Warren Co. - 3,708 results, Warren County hits ranked first, first page read. (c) All collections: Samuel Cooper, death 1888 exact, birth 1832 +/- 6, keyword Allamuchy - 46 results, page 1 read. (link)
Result: CORRECTION, same day: the place filter was sent in the WRONG FORM, and that is documented. Search (b) used residence_x=1-0-0, and the results came back spread across Massachusetts, Missouri and Nebraska, which was read at the time as "Ancestry treats the place as a ranking hint". It does not. [[feedback_ancestry_place_recipe_when_names_are_garbled]] records the exact token: residence_x=1-0-0_1-0 — with the _1-0 tail; plain 1-0-0 is accepted and does not bind. ⇒ These searches are RANKED, not scoped. Warren County still sorts to the top, so the reading below stands, but it stands on the ranking rather than on a filter, and a re-run should use the documented token. 1860: NOT FOUND, AND THE NULL IS WEAK ON THE CATALOG'S OWN EVIDENCE. No Samuel Cooper of that age is indexed in Warren County in 1860; the nearest New Jersey Samuels are at Stockton, Camden Co. and Chester, Morris Co. The Warren Coopers of his generation that the index does hold are Caleb (Frelinghuysen, abt 1834), Jeremah (Belvidere, abt 1835, b. PA), Geo (Independence, abt 1831), Levi (Independence, abt 1837 - our Levi H. Cooper, [D.470]), Robt (Independence, abt 1838) and Robert (Hardwick, abt 1838). Why that is a weak null rather than an absence: [D.470] already records that Ancestry's 1860 index OMITS John Seiner Cooper, 14, from this exact household - five of its six members are indexed and the sixth is not. An index that demonstrably drops a member of this family, in this county, in this census, cannot carry a name-null about another member of it. => read the pages. Todo t2. THE DEATH INDEX ENTRY WAS OPENED, which closes t1 - Ancestry collection 2540, record 520555326: age at death 55 years, Allamuchy, Marital Status SINGLE, parents' birthplaces "United States" with no names, FHL film 589314. His death moves from probable to certain; the parentage gains nothing. See the death: note. AND A TREE GIVES HIM A WIFE, WHICH THE INDEX CONTRADICTS. The "John Cooper Family Tree" has this Samuel with his parents right (John Cooper, Ann Antrim) and a spouse Elizabeth Gabbert. The index says Single, and the record evidence is a man returned disabled in 1870 and 1880 and living in his brother's house 1870-1885. Not adopted; marriages: stays absent, and the absence is now positively supported rather than merely unrecorded. Todo t3.
findagrave 2026-10-03 · Samuel Cooper, b. 1832 +/- 2, d. 1888 +/- 1, New Jersey (1 match).
Searched for: Samuel Cooper, b. 1832 +/- 2, d. 1888 +/- 1, New Jersey (1 match). (link)
Result: Memorial 14794769, Samuel Cooper, 1832 - 26 Dec 1888 (aged 55-56), Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co. - already catalogued as [G.197] but filed in [name.337], not linked to this file. Re-parsed: no family panel, no bio. Attributed to him here (probable: same birth year, the death year [L.132] gives, his brother Roderick Byanton Cooper's cemetery); the name.337 bullet moved.
familysearch tree 2026-10-03 · Samuel Cooper, b. 1830-1834, father John, mother Anna.
Searched for: Samuel Cooper, b. 1830-1834, father John, mother Anna.
Result: NULL: no profile for him (colonial Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Samuels).
ancestry all 2026-10-03 · Samuel Cooper, b. 1832 +/- 2 New Jersey, d. 1888 +/- 1, father John Cooper, mother Anna Antrim, all collections (11 results).
Searched for: Samuel Cooper, b. 1832 +/- 2 New Jersey, d. 1888 +/- 1, father John Cooper, mother Anna Antrim, all collections (11 results).
Result: 'John Cooper Family Tree' (b. 1833 Allamuchy; d. 26 Dec 1888 Allamuchy; residence 1850 Independence; spouse 'Elizabeth Gabbert' - unsourced and contrary to the 1870 census and his father's will, which treat him as dependent; probably a conflation). Records: 'New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971' - Samuel Cooper, abt 1833, d. 26 Dec 1888, Allamuchy, Warren (not opened - see to-do); Find a Grave index; a private member photo.
newspapers com 2026-10-27 · SIGNED IN. The New Jersey Herald run the 2026-10-03 row left unsearched, done properly this time with a date window round his death (26...
Searched for: SIGNED IN. The New Jersey Herald run the 2026-10-03 row left unsearched, done properly this time with a date window round his death (26 Dec 1888) instead of a three-year sweep. Four searches, every hit opened: (a) Cooper Allamuchy, 26 Dec 1888 - 1 Feb 1889, worldwide (no region filter) - 1 match; (b) "Samuel Cooper", 26 Dec 1888 - 1 Apr 1889, New Jersey (region=us-nj) - 3 matches; (c) Allamuchy, 27 Dec 1888 - 12 Jan 1889, New Jersey - 6 matches, run purely to test COVERAGE of the two issues after his death; (d) Cooper, 27 Dec 1888 - 1 Feb 1889, New Jersey Herald only (city=Newton&county=Sussex) - 5 matches, ALL FIVE OPENED AND IDENTIFIED. (link)
Result: A CLEAN NULL, and this time a complete one: there is no death notice for him in the New Jersey Herald in the five weeks after he died. All five Cooper occurrences in that run are accounted for and not one is a Cooper of this family: 2 Jan p. 3 - the word "cooper shops", the trade, inside Charles Leida's obituary; 9 Jan p. 3 - "Sylvester Cooper, a brakeman on the Sussex Railroad, had his wrist fractured at Drake's Pond milk station", and, in the SOUTH SUSSEX column, "Friend Amos Cooper has hired a hand for next summer"; 16 Jan p. 4 and 23 Jan p. 3, 30 Jan p. 2 - advertisement and column matter, no death notice. Search (a) found one page worldwide carrying both Cooper and Allamuchy in that window, and it is a false hit: the 16 Jan 1889 page 4 carries "CO-OPERATIVE HOUSE PAINTERS" and, separately, Merritt P. Strader's wagon-route advertisement listing Allamuchy among its stops. Search (b) returned 3 New Jersey matches, all Camden County (Courier-Post and Camden Daily Telegram, Feb 1889) - other men. AND THE NULL IS NOT A COVERAGE GAP, which search (c) was run to establish. The issues of 2 January and 9 January 1889 are both held, each with Allamuchy content on pages 1, 2 and 4, so the paper that should have carried a Allamuchy death notice was published, digitised and indexed. ⇒ Either none was printed, or the OCR missed it. One real limit remains, and it is a county boundary. The New Jersey Herald is a SUSSEX county paper; Samuel died at Allamuchy in WARREN. The Herald demonstrably carries Warren news, but a Warren County paper would be likelier to print a local death, and the Allamuchy searches above surfaced no Warren County title at all - Sussex 24, Camden 1, Cumberland 1, Somerset 1. Whether newspapers.com holds any Warren County paper for 1888-89 has NOT been established; see the todo.
genealogybank 2026-10-03 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Samuel Cooper, New Jersey papers, keyword Warren, 1887-1889 (11 results).
Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Samuel Cooper, New Jersey papers, keyword Warren, 1887-1889 (11 results).
Result: Bridgeton, Trenton, Monmouth and Jersey City items - none Warren/Sussex; not opened.

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