Robert Marshall Cooper 1838–1913
Catalog ID p.165 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/165/
Robert Marshall Cooper was born on 18 Apr 1838 in Vienna, Warren County, New Jersey, the son of Joseph Cooper and Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper. He married Phoebe A. Schenck (1864). He died on 4 Oct 1913 in Hope, Warren County, New Jersey and was buried at Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey. Eight children are recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 18 Apr 1838 | Vienna, Warren County, New Jersey | certain | L.90, G.151, D.4 |
| residence | Aug 1850 | Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | D.4 |
| residence | 21 Jun 1860 | Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | D.469 |
| residence | 22 Jun 1870 | Washington Twp, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania | certain | D.295 |
| residence | between Sep 1872 and Sep 1873 | Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | probable | F.338, N.63 |
| residence | 15-21 Jun 1880 | Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | D.296 |
| residence | 1885 | Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | E.27 |
| residence | 1895 | Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | E.28 |
| residence | 13 Jun 1900 | Hope Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | D.297 |
| residence | 1905 | Frelinghuysen Twp, Warren Co., NJ | certain | E.22 |
| residence | 1910 | Hope Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | D.298 |
| occupation | 21 Jun 1860 | Farm Laborer | certain | D.469 |
| occupation | 10 Jun 1905 | Farmer | certain | E.22 |
| death | 4 Oct 1913 | Hope, Warren County, New Jersey | certain | L.90, G.151 |
| burial | Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey | certain | G.151 |
Family
Parents
- Father Joseph Cooper 1785–1852
- Mother Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper 1800–1860 C.28
Spouses
- Phoebe A. (Schenck) Cooper 1841–1932married 1864G.151, C.28
Siblings
- Lewis Sanford Cooper 1825–1905
- George Monroe Cooper 1830–1913
- Margaret Elisabeth (Cooper) Johnson 1832–1896
- Caleb Swayze Cooper 1834–1913
- Calvin Chandler Cooper 1836–1919
Children
- Hector A Cooper 1867–1923
- Agatha V Cooper 1870–1894
- Albert P Cooper 1875–1913
- Samuel E Cooper 1861–1947
- Addie M Cooper 1865–1887
- Minnie M Cooper 1872–1902
- Elizabeth W. (Cooper) Hartung 1879–1964
- Sadie S. (Cooper) Pierce 1881–1964
Family tree
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In the documents
Every published document that names Robert Marshall 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 "Robert M. Cooper" |
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| 1865 | G.666 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 33947876, 'Addie M Cooper' (1865-1887), Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
parent as "Robert M Cooper (1838-1913)" |
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| 1872 | G.667 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948280, 'Minnie M Cooper' (1872-1902), Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
parent as "Robert M Cooper (1838-1913)" |
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| 1885 | E.27 census state nj 1885 1885 New Jersey state census, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., page 7, lines 1-9 (dwelling 1, family 1) |
head as "Robert Cooper" |
residence: 1885, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey |
| 1895 | E.28 census state nj 1895 1895 New Jersey state census, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., page 1, lines 1-7 (dwelling 1, family 1) |
head as "Robert Cooper" |
residence: 1895, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey |
| 1895 | G.164 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33947865 - Agatha V Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
parent as "Robert M Cooper" |
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| 10 Jun 1905 | E.22 state census 1905 New Jersey state census, Schedule No. 1, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren Co., sheet 4A, lines 46-50 (dwelling 91, family 93) |
head as "Cooper Robert M" |
residence: 1905, Frelinghuysen Twp, Warren Co., NJ birth: 18 Apr 1838, New Jersey occupation: 1905, Farmer |
| 1913 | G.151 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948360 - Robert M Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
deceased as "Robert M Cooper" |
birth: 1838 death: 1913 burial: Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
| 1913 | G.156 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948318 - Albert P “Bertie” Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
parent as "Robert M Cooper" |
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| 17 Apr 1913 | J.392 obituary and death notice New Jersey Herald -- Supplement (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 17 April 1913, page 9, Andover Borough column (obituary) and DIED column; newspapers.com image 13524986… |
sibling as "Robert" |
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| 16 Oct 1913 | J.393 death notice (local column) New Jersey Herald (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 16 October 1913, page 7, Stillwater column; newspapers.com image 1352500647. |
deceased as "Robert Cooper" |
death: burial: the family plot at Johnsonburg |
| 1923 | G.157 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948372 - Hector A Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
parent as "Robert M Cooper" |
9 further documents not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-18 · HIS 1860 CENSUS AND THE SUGGESTED-RECORDS SWEEP OFF IT — the leg this file had never carried. The 1860 enumeration was held as [D.469]...
Searched for: HIS 1860 CENSUS AND THE SUGGESTED-RECORDS SWEEP OFF IT — the leg this file had never carried. The 1860 enumeration was held as [D.469] since 2026-09-08 but appeared in no
searches: row and no residence: entry, so the gap report could not see it and neither could an export. Ancestry collection 7667 (1860 federal census), name Robert_Cooper, place filter residence=_warren-new+jersey-usa_3036&residence_x=1-0-0_1-0 (Warren Co., N.J.), 50 per page. Slug read back out of the URL unchanged, per the place-recipe check. 3 results, all read.Result: FOUND, and it is [D.469]:
Robt Cooper, 22, b. abt 1838 N.J., Independence Twp, dwelling 335 / family 111, PO Danville, farm laborer, in a household of three with Else Cooper, 60 (Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper) and Geo Cooper, 29 (George Monroe Cooper). He is unmarried and at home in June 1860 — which is what bounds the M2 first marriage to 1860×1864 (see the body). AND A LOOK-ALIKE WORTH KNOWING ABOUT: the SECOND of the three is NOT him — Robert Cooper, 22, b. abt 1838 N.J., Hardwick Twp, Warren Co., dwelling 387 / family 387, laborer, personal estate $100, enumerated entirely alone, roll M653_711 page 545. Same county, same census, same birth year, same given name, and Hardwick adjoins the Johnsonburg neighbourhood where ours is buried — so any future "Robert Cooper b. 1838 Warren Co." search will return both. Indexed at [name.710] so the next search does not have to re-derive it. The third result is Robt Cooper, b. abt 1789 — the older Robert Cooper of dwelling 336.genealogybank 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Robert Cooper, New Jersey papers, 4 Oct - 31 Dec 1913 (6 results).
Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Robert Cooper, New Jersey papers, 4 Oct - 31 Dec 1913 (6 results).
Result: NULL for him: Trenton Evening Times (an evangelist 'Mrs. Robert Cooper', pulpit notices), Perth Amboy Evening News - no Warren/Sussex title.
newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. "Robert Cooper" OR "Robert M. Cooper", New Jersey, 4 Oct - 31 Dec 1913 (11 matches).
Searched for: SIGNED IN. "Robert Cooper" OR "Robert M. Cooper", New Jersey, 4 Oct - 31 Dec 1913 (11 matches).
Result: FOUND: New Jersey Herald 16 Oct 1913 p. 7 (Stillwater column) - his death notice [J.393], downloaded. ALSO: Belvidere Apollo 13 Nov 1913 p. 5 - snippet '[...] Pierce and son, Robert, are spending a week [with] her [mother], Mrs. Robert Cooper' (a visiting item about his widow; not downloaded). The rest are a Trenton evangelist Mrs. Robert Cooper and Monmouth/Perth Amboy items.
ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Robert Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1913 Warren Co., NJ (13 results).
Searched for: Robert Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1913 Warren Co., NJ (13 results).
Result: Only the Find a Grave index row (= [G.151]); the rest English look-alikes.
familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Opened 99ZS-2RV from the parents' profile G5G8-KQ2.
Searched for: Opened 99ZS-2RV from the parents' profile G5G8-KQ2. (link)
Result: Robert Marshall Cooper, 18 Apr 1838 Vienna - 4 Oct 1913 Hope; burial Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery; 21 sources, 1 memory. Its residences mix two men: 1870 Washington Twp, Wyoming Co. PA, 1880 Independence, 1900 Hope Twp, 1905 Warren, 1910 Hope (consistent with this file) AND 1870 Harlan and 1880 Lincoln, Shelby Co., Iowa, and 1900 Long Pine, Brown Co., Nebraska (a different Robert - a merge to flag, not to use).
findagrave 2026-10-04 · Robert Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 2, d. 1913 +/- 1, New Jersey (1 result).
Searched for: Robert Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 2, d. 1913 +/- 1, New Jersey (1 result).
Result: Memorial 33948360, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery = [G.151]. Nothing new.
Documents
- 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).
- G.151 Find a Grave memorial 33948360 - Robert M Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
- G.156 Find a Grave memorial 33948318 - Albert P “Bertie” Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
- G.157 Find a Grave memorial 33948372 - Hector A Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
- A.53 Inventory of Joseph Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., made 5 November 1852 — Warren Surrogate Inventories Vol. 6 p. 87. A substantial farmer's goods; no family named.
- C.28 NJ Warren County Marriage Return 1864 — Robert M Cooper × Phebe Ann Schenck (Independence Twp); NAMES OF PARENTS col = 'Joseph & Elsy Cooper' | 'John & Eliz Schenck'. Now verbatim (2026-07-08).
- 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]
- D.295 1870 US Federal Census, Washington Twp., Wyoming Co., PENNSYLVANIA (dwelling 148/148) - the Robert Cooper household (NJ-born family resident in PA in 1870).
- D.296 1880 US Federal Census, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ (dwelling 111/119) - the Robert Cooper household (9 persons: Robert + Phebe + 7 children).
- D.297 1900 US Federal Census, Hope Twp., Warren Co., NJ; Supervisor's Dist. 3, ED 189, sheet 8B, lines 59-65 (dwelling 176 / family 180) - the Robert M. Cooper household, 7 persons; NARA T623 roll 998.
- D.298 1910 US Federal Census, Hope Twp., Warren Co., NJ (dwelling 174/191) - the Robert M. Cooper household; both Robert AND Phebe marked 'M2' (second marriage for both).
- F.155 NJ Return of Births, 1870, entry #27 — Vivia A Cooper, female, b. 2 May 1870, Wyoming Co., Pa.; parents Robt. M & Phebe Cooper; residence 'Settlement Quaker'.
- G.164 Find a Grave memorial 33947865 - Agatha V Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
- 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.392 New Jersey Herald -- Supplement (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 17 April 1913, page 9, Andover Borough column (obituary) and DIED column; newspapers.com image 1352498607.
- J.393 New Jersey Herald (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 16 October 1913, page 7, Stillwater column; newspapers.com image 1352500647.
- E.22 1905 New Jersey state census, Schedule No. 1, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren Co., sheet 4A, lines 46-50 (dwelling 91, family 93)
- E.27 1885 New Jersey state census, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., page 7, lines 1-9 (dwelling 1, family 1)
- E.28 1895 New Jersey state census, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., page 1, lines 1-7 (dwelling 1, family 1)
- 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.338 New Jersey return of births, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., 1 September 1872 - 1 September 1873, page 465, entries 7-9