George Monroe Cooper 1830–1913

Catalog ID p.162 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/162/

George Monroe Cooper was born on 9 Feb 1830 in Independence, Warren County, New Jersey, the child of Joseph Cooper and Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper. George married twice: Martha Elizabeth Stackhouse (1859) and Rachel Nancy Janes (1875). George died on 12 Dec 1913 in New York Mills, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota. Six children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	9 Feb 1830	Independence, Warren County, New Jersey	certain	L.90, G.153, D.4, D.18
residence	1880	Antrim Twp, Watonwan Co., Minnesota	certain	D.659
residence	1900	Leaf Lake Twp, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota	certain	D.288
residence	1905	Homestead Twp, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota	certain	E.18
death	12 Dec 1913	New York Mills, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota	certain	F.317, J.391, G.153, L.90, F.378
burial			certain	G.153

Family

Parents

Father Joseph Cooper 1785–1852
Mother Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper 1800–1860 F.317, D.4, D.469, F.378, F.139

Spouses

Martha Elizabeth (Stackhouse) Cooper 1838
married 20 Dec 1859, Hope Twp, Warren Co., NJ
C.148, C.149, L.90
Rachel Nancy (Janes) Cooper 1855–1920
married 18 Jan 1875, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., MN
L.90, J.391

Siblings

Lewis Sanford Cooper 1825–1905
Margaret Elisabeth (Cooper) Johnson 1832–1896
Caleb Swayze Cooper 1834–1913
Calvin Chandler Cooper 1836–1919
Robert Marshall Cooper 1838–1913

Children

Anna M. (Cooper) Walters 1866–1940 possible G.676, D.789, D.790
Mary L. (Cooper) Hissem 1859–1916 F.365, L.90
Sarah Cooper about Jan 1860 possible L.90, D.661
Laura Elbertine (Cooper) Brill 1876–1937 L.90, J.391, D.659, G.664
Belle Florilla (Cooper) Imsande 1878–1960 L.90, J.391, D.659, G.665
George Melville Cooper 1885–1962

Family tree

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

In the documents

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

Date	Document	Role	What it records
9 Jun 1854	A.211 probate receipts Warren Co., N.J. Surrogate — Receipts and Discharges 1825-1867 vol. 1-3, book pages 140-143 and 449-452: seven receipts to Edward Chandler, administrator of Jos…	distributee as "George M. Cooper"
1855	G.634 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 65182138, 'Rachel Nancy Janes Cooper' (1855-1920), Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, Otter Tail County, Minnesota	spouse as "George Cooper (1830-1913)"
1859	C.148 marriage register New Jersey return of marriages, Township of Hope, Warren Co., 1 June 1859 - 1 June 1860, register vol. AH page 171, entry for George M Cooper and Martha E Stack…	groom as "George M Cooper"	marriage: 20 Dec 1859, Hope Twp, Warren Co., NJ
3 Dec 1859	C.149 marriage return Warren County, New Jersey, county register of marriage returns ("Warren. Marriage Records 1854-1895"), book page 38 - the return of Gabriel Woolverton, Justice …	groom as "George M Cooper"
5 Jun 1880	D.659 census population 1880 1880 U.S. census, Antrim Township, Watonwan Co., Minnesota, ED 266, page 6 (stamped 406B), lines 36-41 (dwelling 52) — NARA T9 roll 637	son-in-law as "Cooper George"	residence: 1880, Antrim Twp, Watonwan Co., Minnesota occupation: 1880, Farmer
2 Jun 1900	D.288 census population 1900 1900 U.S. census, Leaf Lake Township, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 7, ED 178, sheet 1B, lines 51-53 (dwelling 6) and 58-60 (dwelling 8) - NA…	head as "Cooper George, 70, farmer"	residence: 1900, Leaf Lake Twp, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota occupation: Farmer
13 Jun 1905	E.18 state census 1905 Minnesota state census, population schedule, Town of Homestead, Otter Tail Co., ED 54, schedule sheet 6 (stamped 470), lines 15-22 — FamilySearch DGS 00452…	listed as "Cooper George"	residence: 1905, Homestead Twp, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota occupation: 1905, Farmer
1910	D.289 census population 1910 1910 U.S. census, Newton Township (New York Mills Village), Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 9, ED 167, sheet 2A, lines 28-36 (dwelling 26, fami…	father-in-law as "Cooper George, father in law, 80, own income"	residence: 1910, Newton Twp (New York Mills Village), Otter Tail Co., Minnesota occupation: Own income
13 Dec 1913	F.317 death certificate index Minnesota death certificate no. 9827, George Cooper, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., 13 Dec 1913 — FamilySearch "Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001" index record on…	deceased as "George Cooper"	death: 13 Dec 1913, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., Minnesota birth: 1831, Warren Co., New Jersey
1913-12	F.378 death certificate State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death no. 9827 - George Cooper, Otter Tail County, village of New York, filed 16 December 1913 …	deceased as "George Cooper"	death: 13 Dec 1913, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., Minnesota burial: Greenwood Cemetery occupation: Farmer; carpenter residence: 1913, Village of New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., Minnesota
1913	G.153 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 65182123 - George Cooper, Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, Otter Tail County, Minnesota	deceased as "George Cooper"	birth: 9 Jan 1830 death: 12 Dec 1913 burial: Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
18 Dec 1913	J.391 death notice (local column) Wadena Pioneer Journal (Wadena, Minn.), Thursday 18 December 1913, page 6, "New York Mills" column; newspapers.com image 1220853034.	deceased as "George M. Cooper"	death: 12 Dec 1913 burial: Greenwood cemetery
18 May 1916	F.365 death certificate Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, file no. 54698, Northampton Co., Upper Mt. Bethel Twp, registration district 757, primary district 3149, regi…	father as "George Cooper"
2026	B.108 military service and pension file NARA compiled military service record (21 pp.), invalid pension file certificate 34380 (67 pp.) and medical file (1 p.) for Levi H. Cooper, Private, Company B, …	witness as "George M Cooper"

2 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Burial not yet found. 1 search recorded:

findagrave 2026-10-04 · George Cooper, b. 1830 +/- 2, d. 1913 +/- 1, Minnesota (1 result).

Searched for: George Cooper, b. 1830 +/- 2, d. 1913 +/- 1, Minnesota (1 result).

Result: Memorial 65182123, 9 Jan 1830 - 12 Dec 1913, Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills = [G.153]. Nothing new.

Other searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-15 · SIGNED IN. For daughter Sarah (the [L.90] 'Sarah'; possibly the 'Sarah L', [6?] months, with Martha E Cooper in 1860 [D.661]): 1870...

Searched for: SIGNED IN. For daughter Sarah (the [L.90] 'Sarah'; possibly the 'Sarah L', [6?] months, with Martha E Cooper in 1860 [D.661]): 1870 census (coll. 7163), Sarah Cooper (exact), b. 1860 +/-1 NJ, residence Sussex Co. and adjacent counties (23 rows).

Result: NULL - the only Sussex/Warren/Morris row is Sarah J Cooper, daughter of Casper and Catharine, Oxford, Warren (another family). Her mother Martha E. was in Green Twp in 1870 with only 'Anna May', 4 [D.789] - see Martha Elizabeth (Stackhouse) Cooper.

ancestry all 2026-10-14 · NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878 (62483): (a) Martha Stackhouse, marriage 1859 +/-2 -> his marriage return (read ->...

Searched for: NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878 (62483): (a) Martha Stackhouse, marriage 1859 +/-2 -> his marriage return (read -> [C.148]); (b) for daughter Mary L.: surname Cooper, b. 20 Sep 1859 (exact, any name); surname Stackhouse, b. 1859 +/-1; (c) surname Cooper, father George Cooper, mother Martha Cooper (any date).

Result: (a) FOUND -> [C.148]. (b) NULL - no Warren birth return for Mary L. under Cooper or Stackhouse (only Burlington/Essex/Gloucester rows). (c) Only Passaic/Essex births of 1872-77 - other families.

genealogybank 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). George Cooper, Minnesota papers, 12 Dec 1913 - 28 Feb 1914 (16 results).

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). George Cooper, Minnesota papers, 12 Dec 1913 - 28 Feb 1914 (16 results).

Result: NULL for him: Duluth News-Tribune (bail, divorce items) and Grand Rapids Herald-Review only - no Otter Tail or Wadena County title. Not opened.

newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. (a) Cooper, Minnesota, 12 Dec 1913 - 31 Jan 1914 (408 matches - too broad); (b) Cooper "New York Mills", same range (3 matches).

Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) Cooper, Minnesota, 12 Dec 1913 - 31 Jan 1914 (408 matches - too broad); (b) Cooper "New York Mills", same range (3 matches).

Result: FOUND: Wadena Pioneer Journal 18 Dec 1913 p. 6, New York Mills column - his death notice [J.391], downloaded. Names wife 'Reahael N. James' (m. 18 Jan 1875) and three children: Mrs. Laura Brill, Ile Cooper, Mrs. Florilla Imsande of Deer Creek. Wadena Pioneer Journal 1 Jan 1914 p. 3 and Little Falls Herald 12 Dec 1913 p. 3 not opened.

ancestry all 2026-10-04 · George Cooper, b. 1830 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1913 Otter Tail Co., Minnesota (17 results).

Searched for: George Cooper, b. 1830 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1913 Otter Tail Co., Minnesota (17 results).

Result: Only the Find a Grave index row (9 Jan 1830 - 12 Dec 1913 = [G.153]) and member trees (9 Feb 1830 - 12 Dec 1913); the rest English look-alikes.

familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Opened 99ZS-2PG from the parents' profile G5G8-KQ2.

Searched for: Opened 99ZS-2PG from the parents' profile G5G8-KQ2. (link)

Result: George Monroe Cooper, 26 Feb 1830 Warren Co. - 13 Dec 1913 New York Mills; 20 sources incl. 1850, 1855 NJ, 1859 NJ marriage, 1870 (in Louis S Cooper's household), 1875 Minnesota marriages (two collections), 1880, 1885 MN ('George Cofer'), 1910, and three 1913 death collections. 'Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001' (ark 1:1:CY2R-FZ6Z): George Cooper, age 83, b. 1831 'Warnen Co, N Jersey', d. 13 Dec 1913, New York [Mills], Ottertail; certificate 9827; father Joseph Cooper, mother Elsie Stackhaus. INDEX ONLY - the image is restricted to FamilySearch centers, so not downloaded (see todo).

Documents

C.148 New Jersey return of marriages, Township of Hope, Warren Co., 1 June 1859 - 1 June 1860, register vol. AH page 171, entry for George M Cooper and Martha E Stackhouse
D.4 1850 US Federal Census, Independence Township, Warren Co., NJ (enumerated Aug 1850) — the four-Cooper cluster in adjacent dwellings 236-239 (the Israel, John, Joseph, and Robert Cooper households, 18 persons).
D.18 1870 US Federal Census, West Jersey Township, Stark Co., Illinois (dwelling 72/72, enumerated 6-7 Jun 1870 by Minott Silliman) — the Louis S. Cooper household of 8 (Louis 44, blind; wife Mary J; 6 children) plus his co-resident brother George M. Cooper Sr.
D.43 1850 US Federal Census, Frelinghuysen Twp., Warren Co., NJ, PAGE 488 - the Aaron Cooper household (DWELLING 170 / FAMILY 182 - corrected 2026-08-21 from 'dwelling 132') and Thomas Cooper as a boarder in the David G. Vanhorn household (dwelling 174 / family 186). The page is now SWEPT IN FULL for Coopers: dwellings 169-177 / families 181-189, and these are the ONLY two Cooper entries on it.
D.285 1860 US Federal Census, Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., OH (p.4, dwelling 24) - the L. S. Cooper household (head 33, wife Mary 33, and 5 children).
D.288 1900 U.S. census, Leaf Lake Township, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 7, ED 178, sheet 1B, lines 51-53 (dwelling 6) and 58-60 (dwelling 8) - NARA T623
D.289 1910 U.S. census, Newton Township (New York Mills Village), Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 9, ED 167, sheet 2A, lines 28-36 (dwelling 26, family 27) - NARA T624
G.153 Find a Grave memorial 65182123 - George Cooper, Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
L.90 Ancestry public tree — George Monroe COOPER (1830-1913) — Tree ID 33965336 / Person ID 18621242437 — names full sibling roster + parents Joseph Ellis Cooper × Elsie/Elcy Stackhouse + spouses (Martha E Stackhouse + Rachel Nancy Janes) + children (Mary L, Sarah, Laura Elbertine, Belle Florilla, George Ile Melvill). 11 timeline sources cited. = the keystone Ancestry-tree corroborating [F.139](../F-Church-Vital/F.139.yaml) PA death certificate primary-source-locking of Joseph Ellis Cooper × Elsie Stackhouse parentage [verbatim]
B.108 NARA compiled military service record (21 pp.), invalid pension file certificate 34380 (67 pp.) and medical file (1 p.) for Levi H. Cooper, Private, Company B, 15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry — digitized by Gopher Records, order 015339, delivered 16 Sep 2026.
D.469 1860 US Federal Census, Schedule 1, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ - Page No. 49 (stamped 687), PO Danville, enumerated 21 June 1860; 40 lines covering dwellings 331-338, incl. the Derrick Deats household (dw.334) and two Cooper households (dw.335, dw.336).
J.391 Wadena Pioneer Journal (Wadena, Minn.), Thursday 18 December 1913, page 6, "New York Mills" column; newspapers.com image 1220853034.
D.659 1880 U.S. census, Antrim Township, Watonwan Co., Minnesota, ED 266, page 6 (stamped 406B), lines 36-41 (dwelling 52) — NARA T9 roll 637
E.18 1905 Minnesota state census, population schedule, Town of Homestead, Otter Tail Co., ED 54, schedule sheet 6 (stamped 470), lines 15-22 — FamilySearch DGS 004520296, image 2 of 12
F.317 Minnesota death certificate no. 9827, George Cooper, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., 13 Dec 1913 — FamilySearch "Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001" index record only (no image)
D.661 1860 U.S. census, Township of Green, Sussex Co., New Jersey, PO Tranquility, page 12 lines 38-40 and page 13 lines 1-6 (dwelling 84, family 86) — NARA M653
A.211 Warren Co., N.J. Surrogate — Receipts and Discharges 1825-1867 vol. 1-3, book pages 140-143 and 449-452: seven receipts to Edward Chandler, administrator of Joseph Cooper, dated 9 June 1854, 15 December 1856, 6 April 1857 and 14 May 1859, with acknowledgments
F.378 State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death no. 9827 - George Cooper, Otter Tail County, village of New York, filed 16 December 1913 (DGS 4225975 image 1240 of 2330).