Samuel Jones Cooper 1869–1951

Catalog ID p.175 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/175/

Samuel Jones Cooper was born on 20 Mar 1869 in Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, USA, the son of Calvin Chandler Cooper and Rachel (Jones) Cooper. He married Lulu Beers. He died on 14 Feb 1951 in Rural Upper Mt. Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania and was buried on 17 Feb 1951 at Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. Four children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	20 Mar 1869	Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, USA	certain	F.362, G.160
residence	24 Aug 1870	Washington Township, Warren Co., New Jersey (post office Hackettstown)	certain	D.377
residence	11 Jun 1880	Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	D.378
residence	1900	Oxford Twp, Warren Co., NJ	certain	D.665
residence	1910	Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA	certain	D.666
residence	1930	Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA	certain	D.667
residence	16 May 1940	Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania	certain	D.383
residence	1950	Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA - serial 19, a farm, on the road 'West on 709 to Turkey Ridge'	certain	D.822
religion		Portland Presbyterian church	certain	J.395
occupation	16 May 1940	farm operator (own account)	certain	D.383
occupation	1951	Retired Farmer	certain	F.369
death	14 Feb 1951	Rural Upper Mt. Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania	certain	F.369, G.160, J.395
burial	17 Feb 1951	Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA	certain	F.369, G.160

Family

Parents

Father Calvin Chandler Cooper 1836–1919 F.369, D.665
Mother Rachel (Jones) Cooper 1836–1918 F.369, D.665

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In the documents

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

Date	Document	Role	What it records
13 Aug 1869	F.362 birth register New Jersey return of births, Township of Washington, Warren Co., 1 May 1868 - 1 May 1869, page 479, entry 53	child as "Samuel J"	birth: 20 Mar 1869, Oxford, Warren Co., NJ (Washington Twp return)
24 Aug 1870	D.377 federal census 1870 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 Inhabitants - Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey; page 27 (stamped 409); post office Hackettstown; enumerated 24 …	child as "Saml J."	residence: 24 Aug 1870, Washington Township, Warren Co., New Jersey (post office Hackettstown)
11 Jun 1880	D.378 federal census 1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 Inhabitants - Oxford, Warren County, New Jersey; S.D. 1, E.D. 205, page 48 (stamped 0785); enumerated 11 June 1880 by W. S. C…	child as "Samuel J"	residence: 11 Jun 1880, Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey
30 Sep 1895	F.380 birth register New Jersey state return of births, register vol. 51 p. 344, line 141 - an unnamed Cooper child born 9/30, father Cooper Sam'l 28 book keeper, mother Beers Lulu …	head as "Cooper Saml"	occupation: 30 Sep 1895, Book keeper
1898/1899	F.379 birth register New Jersey state return of births, register page 351, line 24 - an unnamed Cooper child born 2/13 at "O.", father Cooper Sam'l 28 clerk, mother Beere[s] Lula 27…	head as "Cooper Sam'l"	occupation: 1898/1899, Clerk residence: 1898/1899, "O." - read as Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey
1 Jun 1900	D.665 census population 1900 1900 U.S. census, Oxford Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, ED 195, sheet 1A, lines 36-45 (dwellings 9 and 10) — NARA T623	head as "Cooper Samuel J"	residence: 1900, Oxford Twp, Warren Co., NJ birth: Mar 1869, New Jersey occupation: 1900, Bookkeeper
20 Apr 1910	D.666 census population 1910 1910 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township (part of), Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 124, sheet 4B, lines 70-75 (dwelling 90, family 90) — NARA T624	head as "Cooper Samuel J."	residence: 1910, Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA occupation: 1910, Farmer, general farm
12 Sep 1918	B.113 draft registration World War I draft registration card, Lewis Cooper, Local Board for Division No. 1, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania (Bangor), serial 2623, order 2584, registered 1…	nearest relative as "Samuel J. Cooper"
1919	G.154 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 97071077 - Calvin C Cooper, East Bangor Cemetery, East Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania	child as "Samuel Jones Cooper"
5 Jan 1920	D.290 census population 1920 1920 U.S. census, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 57-62 (dwelling 36, family 37) and 94-97 (dwelling 47, famil…	head as "Cooper, Samuel J"	residence: 1920, Centennial Road, Upper Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania occupation: 1920, Farmer, own farm
17 Apr 1930	D.667 census population 1930 1930 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 48-93, sheet 4A line 50 and sheet 4B lines 51-52 (dwelling 96, family 101) — NA…	head as "Cooper, Samuel"	residence: 1930, Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA occupation: 1930, Farmer
16 May 1940	D.383 federal census 1940 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; S.D. 21, E.D. 48-124, sheet 16A; enumerated 16 May …	head as "Cooper, Samuel J"	residence: 16 May 1940, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania occupation: 16 May 1940, farm operator (own account)

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

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-18 · HIS MARRIAGE TO Lulu (Beers) Cooper LULU BEERS, ASKED IN THE OTHER STATE. Every search before this one - including 2026-10-17's complete...

Searched for: HIS MARRIAGE TO Lulu (Beers) Cooper LULU BEERS, ASKED IN THE OTHER STATE. Every search before this one - including 2026-10-17's complete double-sided read of NJ coll. 61376 - assumed NEW JERSEY. THE RATIONALE: they lived at Oxford Twp on the Delaware, directly across from Northampton Co., PENNSYLVANIA, and by 1910 they had moved there ([D.724], [D.725]); Pennsylvania counties have kept marriage-licence dockets since 1885, and the marriage is about 1892 from [D.665]'s "years married = 8". A cross-river marriage is the ordinary thing in that corner of the state. (a) All collections: ?name=Lul*_Beers&marriage=1892_pennsylvania-usa&marriage_x=1-0-0&count=50 - 35 rows, all read. (b) Then the collection that surfaced, "Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963" (Ancestry coll. 61324), from BOTH SIDES and read complete: ?name=Lul*_Beers&count=50 - 7 rows; ?name=Samuel_Cooper&name_x=1_1&count=50 (exact both halves) - 9 rows.

Result: NULL - BUT IT IS A COVERAGE NULL AGAIN, AND THE COUNTY DISTRIBUTION IS WHAT SHOWS IT. (a) returned no Beers at all; the wildcard fuzzed the surname to Bair / Baird / Beard / Bowers / Byers, which is itself worth knowing - "Beers" fuzzes badly, so a wildcard given name plus a fuzzy surname is a poor search for this family. (b) IS THE INFORMATIVE ONE. Of the 7 Lul and 9 Samuel rows, every dated row but two is ALLEGHENY COUNTY - Pittsburgh, the far end of the state - the exceptions being one Clarion Co. and one "Hamsburg". ⇒ Coll. 61324 is effectively an ALLEGHENY COUNTY collection despite its statewide title. A Northampton Co. marriage of 1892 could not appear in it whether or not it exists. ⇒ THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE IS NOT CLOSED - IT IS UNTESTED. No online collection in hand covers Northampton Co. marriages for 1892. That is a different and more useful statement than the New Jersey null of 2026-10-17, which WAS a true complete-index null on a collection that demonstrably reaches this family ([C.84] was its control). NEXT: Northampton Co. marriage-licence dockets from 1885 - the Register of Wills / Clerk of Orphans' Court at EASTON, and whatever FamilySearch has filmed for the county (give the reel a films/film.<DGS>.yaml when it is used). Then the Warren Co. Clerk at Belvidere, which the earlier row already names. A TREE-TIER LEAD PICKED UP IN PASSING, recorded as a lead only: an Ancestry tree gives Lulu (Beers) Cooper's mother as "Elizabeth Ann Pittenger" and her father as Peter Beers. The catalog has only "Elizabeth" from the NJ births index. Pittenger* is a surname the catalog does not hold for her; it is NOT asserted and belongs to Lulu (Beers) Cooper.

ancestry all 2026-10-17 · HIS MARRIAGE TO Lulu (Beers) Cooper LULU BEERS - the gap report's only unsearched gap on this file, and it had never been searched at...

Searched for: HIS MARRIAGE TO Lulu (Beers) Cooper LULU BEERS - the gap report's only unsearched gap on this file, and it had never been searched at all. FIRST, THE BOUND THE CATALOG ALREADY OWNED: [D.665], the 1 June 1900 Oxford Twp household, gives BOTH of them "years married = 8", which puts the marriage at about 1892, and their eldest child Ruth was born Mar 1893. Nobody had written that down as a marriage bound. ⇒ Then "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" (Ancestry coll. 61376 - the New Jersey State Archives county marriage returns), searched from BOTH SIDES AND READ COMPLETE, 50 per page, no year filter, because Ancestry fuzzes a given name to its initial and a year bound would have thrown away the variants: (a) ?name=Lulu_Beers&count=50 - 61 rows, BOTH PAGES READ; (b) ?name=Samuel_Cooper&count=50 - 198 rows, ALL FOUR PAGES READ.

Result: A COMPLETE-INDEX NULL FROM BOTH SIDES. There is no marriage of a Samuel Cooper to a Lulu Beers anywhere in Ancestry's New Jersey marriage returns, 1670-1965. THE SEARCH IS TRUSTWORTHY BECAUSE THE INDEX PASSED A CONTROL: the 198-row groom list contains "Samuel Cooper, 15 Sep 1821, Sussex, Sarah Balden" - which is Samuel Cooper's marriage, already held as [C.84]. The collection does reach this family's own Warren/Sussex returns when they exist; it simply does not hold this one. WHAT THE NULL DOES AND DOES NOT MEAN. The collection is county returns, and New Jersey's coverage for the 1880s and 1890s is patchy by county. ⇒ It means the Warren Co. return was never filmed, never indexed, or was never made - not that they did not marry in New Jersey. WHAT IS LEFT: the Warren Co. Clerk's own marriage books at the county seat (Belvidere); the New Jersey State Archives' own index, which is not the same index as Ancestry's; or a church register - he was buried from the Portland Presbyterian church and his wife's family was at Oxford.

familysearch records 2026-10-17 · THE SAME MARRIAGE, FROM THE CHILDREN. After the NJ marriage index came back empty from both sides, the question was turned round: a...

Searched for: THE SAME MARRIAGE, FROM THE CHILDREN. After the NJ marriage index came back empty from both sides, the question was turned round: a couple leaves a trail of BIRTH returns even when their own marriage return is missing. FamilySearch historical records, q.surname=Cooper + q.motherGivenName=Lul* + q.motherSurname=Beers, no place and no year - a wildcard on the given name because this woman is "Lulu", "Lula" and "Lulu A" across her own records. 43 rows, ALL READ (one page).

Result: NO MARRIAGE RECORD - BUT FIVE RECORDS OF THIS FAMILY THE CATALOG DID NOT HOLD, three of them primary returns that place Samuel and Lulu together as husband and wife in Warren Co. before 1900, which is corroboration of the marriage even though it is not its date. 1 NJ STATE RETURN OF BIRTHS, v 51 p 344 (ark 1:1:FZ9Z-RXR): an UNNAMED FEMALE Cooper born 30 Sep 1895, "O., Warren, New Jersey"; father "Sam'l. Cooper" 28, mother "Lulu Beers" 25. ⇒ This is Margery (Cooper) Snyder Margery, whose month and year are on [D.665]; her file now carries the exact day, graded probable. The father's age 28 is two years high for a man born 20 Mar 1869. 2 and 3 NJ STATE RETURN OF BIRTHS, p 351 - TWO index entries, ark 1:1:Q2SZ-L839 and ark 1:1:Q2SZ-LC82, both MALE, both Warren County, both noted "Year is 1898 or 1899", both with the same parents. THEY ARE ONE RETURN INDEXED TWICE, not two children: one entry carries the child's name as "Samuel Cooper" and the other as "Not Shown Cooper", which is what happens when the return leaves the child unnamed and an indexer falls back on the father's name. ⇒ It is Lewis Cooper Lewis, born Mar 1899 per [D.665]. NOT ASSERTED AS A FIFTH CHILD, and here is the arithmetic that forbids it: [D.665] gives Lulu "4 children born, 4 living" on 1 June 1900, and names exactly four - Ruth 1893, Margery 1895, Elsie 1897, Lewis 1899. There is no room for a son Samuel. 4 NUMIDENT (Social Security application extract): "Ruth Cooper, b. 24 March 1893, Oxford Warre, New Jersey, d. 7 Sep 1989, parents Lulu A Beers and Samuel J Cooper" - the exact day for Ruth C. (Cooper) Williams, whose file had only "MAR 1893". 5 GenealogyBank Obituaries index*: "Lewis Cooper, obituary 21 April 1985 Allentown; b. 1899 Oxford NJ; d. 21 Apr 1985 Forks; parents Samuel J Cooper and Lulu Beers Cooper; spouse Nellie Cruver Cooper; children Lois A, Shirley J, Carl L, Leroy S, Joan; sibling Mrs Ruth Williams." NOTHING NEW - this is the index behind [J.396], which the catalog downloaded on 2026-10-04, and Lewis Cooper already carries the wife and all five children. Recorded as a CONFIRMATION, which is worth as much as a find when it means a lead need not be chased twice. NO IMAGE FOR ANY OF THE THREE BIRTH RETURNS, AND THE REASON IS STRUCTURAL, NOT A LAPSE. See the row below.

ancestry all 2026-10-17 · METHOD, NOT A PERSON - WHY THE 1895 AND 1899 NEW JERSEY BIRTH RETURNS CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED, checked so that this is not re-attempted for...

Searched for: METHOD, NOT A PERSON - WHY THE 1895 AND 1899 NEW JERSEY BIRTH RETURNS CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED, checked so that this is not re-attempted for every Warren Co. child born in these years. (a) FamilySearch's own "Check Image Availability" on ark 1:1:Q2SZ-LC82 returns "Image Available - to view these images, access the site at a FamilySearch center or affiliate library, or visit one of our partner's sites or the legal record custodian (fees may apply)" - i.e. the film is restricted and cannot be viewed from home. (b) Ancestry's card catalog was then searched for the partner copy, keyword "New Jersey births", 51 collections, page 1 of 3 read.

Result: ANCESTRY HAS NO NEW JERSEY BIRTH IMAGES FOR 1879-1900, AND THE GAP IS VISIBLE IN THE COLLECTION TITLES THEMSELVES. The two state-wide sets are "New Jersey, U.S., Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878" (4,025,743 records - this is coll. 62483, the one that supplied [F.356], Lulu's own 1869 birth return) and "New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index, 1848-1878, 1901-1929" (2,904,115). Read those two date ranges together: 1879 to 1900 is in neither. The only other candidate, "New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931", is an INDEX extraction with no images - it is the same body of data as the FamilySearch index above. ⇒ THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THIS CATALOG: every New Jersey birth between 1879 and 1900 is reachable at INDEX TIER ONLY from home, whichever of the two services is used, and RULE ZERO-C cannot be satisfied for it by downloading - there is nothing to download. That is a property of the holdings, not a shortcut, and it should be written into the search row of every such birth. THE ROUTE THAT REMAINS is a FamilySearch center or affiliate library, or the New Jersey State Archives direct. One visit would settle the plates for Margery (v 51 p 344), Lewis (p 351) and whatever Elsie's and Ruth's returns say - four returns on what may be one or two films.

ancestry all 2026-10-17 · HIS 1950 CENSUS - THE COMPLETE UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TWP. COOPER LIST. 1950 US Federal Census (Ancestry coll. 62308), surname COOPER, NO...

Searched for: HIS 1950 CENSUS - THE COMPLETE UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TWP. COOPER LIST. 1950 US Federal Census (Ancestry coll. 62308), surname COOPER, NO given name, NO birth year, residence Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania held EXACT (place id 15044, residence_x=1-0-0_1-0). 5 rows, the whole list, one page.

Result: FOUND, AND THE SURNAME IS WHY IT HAD NOT BEEN. The household is entered 'COPPER, Samuel J.', 81, head, with 'Low A.' (= Lulu) 80 and 'Snider, Margaret' 54, widowed - his daughter Margery (Cooper) Snyder Margery (Cooper) Snyder, widowed 1940 and living with her parents. -> [D.822], image downloaded and filed. At 4x the plate itself reads COPPER: the ENUMERATOR wrote it, so this is not a mis-index to be corrected. The place recipe reached it only because Ancestry folds Copper into Cooper - a name search on this family had no reason to try the other spelling. Worth setting beside [D.807], where Elden Cooper Elden's 1950 household is also entered COPPER. Two different branches, two different states, the same corruption in the same census.

familysearch tree 2026-10-15 · Profile GZD6-Z12 (Samuel Jones Cooper 1869-1951) - children compared with the catalog.

Searched for: Profile GZD6-Z12 (Samuel Jones Cooper 1869-1951) - children compared with the catalog.

Result: The tree gives FIVE children with Lulu Beer: Ruth 1893-1989, Margery 1895-1984, Elsie 1897-1951, Lewis 1899-1985 - all on file - and 'Samuel Cooper', about 1900 (GPHG-DV7), sourced only to a 'New Jersey, Births and Christenings' row. NOT ACCEPTED: in 1910 Lulu reports 4 children born, 4 living, with exactly those four in the household [D.666]; no birth record for a Samuel with these parents was found (FamilySearch: Samuel Cooper, b. 1899-1901, father Samuel, mother Lulu; surname Cooper, b. 1898-1902 in Warren, father Samuel). Probably another family's child attached to the profile.

genealogybank 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Samuel Cooper, Pennsylvania papers, 13 Feb - 31 Mar 1951 (0 results).

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Samuel Cooper, Pennsylvania papers, 13 Feb - 31 Mar 1951 (0 results).

Result: NULL.

newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. "Samuel J. Cooper", Pennsylvania, 14 Feb - 15 Mar 1951 (2 matches).

Searched for: SIGNED IN. "Samuel J. Cooper", Pennsylvania, 14 Feb - 15 Mar 1951 (2 matches).

Result: FOUND: The Morning Call (Allentown) 16 Feb 1951 p. 11 obituary [J.395], downloaded - names his parents Calvin C. and Rachel Jones Cooper. Philadelphia Inquirer 16 Feb 1951 p. 20 (AP item 'EASTON, Pa., Feb. 15.--Samuel J. Cooper, former head of the Farmers Home Administration in Northampton county, died last night at his home at Portland', snippet only) not downloaded. ([J.170], the Courier-News funeral notice, was already held.)

ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Samuel Cooper, b. 1869 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1951 Pennsylvania (37 results).

Searched for: Samuel Cooper, b. 1869 +/- 1 New Jersey, d. 1951 Pennsylvania (37 results).

Result: Newspapers.com Obituary Index: Samuel J. Cooper, parents Calvin C. Cooper and Rachel Jones Cooper, relative Lewis, d. 15 Feb 1951, residence Easton (index, pointing at an Easton paper not found on newspapers.com); 'Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972': Samuel J Cooper, b. 20 Mar 1869 NJ, d. 14 Feb 1951 Rural M[t] Bethel (index row; certificate not opened - see todo); Find a Grave index (= [G.160]).

familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Records search Samuel Cooper, b. 1868-1870, d. 1950-1952, Pennsylvania (11,552; page 1 read).

Searched for: Records search Samuel Cooper, b. 1868-1870, d. 1950-1952, Pennsylvania (11,552; page 1 read).

Result: Only the Find a Grave index row (= [G.160]) for him on page 1; the tree profile was not located from the records page. Not counted as a tree search - re-run from the parents' profile MRQ8-JD2 when convenient.

findagrave 2026-10-04 · Samuel Cooper, b. 1869 +/- 1, d. 1951 +/- 1, all locations (8 results).

Searched for: Samuel Cooper, b. 1869 +/- 1, d. 1951 +/- 1, all locations (8 results).

Result: Memorial 120257677 Samuel Jones Cooper, 20 Mar 1869 - 1951, Riverview Cemetery, Portland = [G.160].

ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Samuel Jones Cooper, birth 1869 +/-1 (name...

Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Samuel Jones Cooper, birth 1869 +/-1 (name search; up to 12 candidate records opened and filtered on given name and birth year).

Result: NULL - no record matching name and birth year among the candidates.

Documents

F.362 New Jersey return of births, Township of Washington, Warren Co., 1 May 1868 - 1 May 1869, page 479, entry 53
F.139 PA Death Certificate File No. 95246 — Calvin C. Cooper, b. 31 Mar 1836 NJ, d. 7 Sept 1919 Northampton Co. PA, age 83y 6m 7d, Laborer, Widower. Parents given as Joseph Cooper (b. NJ) and Elsie Stackhouse (b. NJ); informant his son Samuel S. [Jones] Cooper of Portland PA. [verbatim]
G.154 Find a Grave memorial 97071077 - Calvin C Cooper, East Bangor Cemetery, East Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
D.290 1920 U.S. census, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 57-62 (dwelling 36, family 37) and 94-97 (dwelling 47, family 48) - NARA T625
D.377 1870 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 Inhabitants - Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey; page 27 (stamped 409); post office Hackettstown; enumerated 24 August 1870 by J. S. Labar, Ass't Marshal.
D.378 1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 Inhabitants - Oxford, Warren County, New Jersey; S.D. 1, E.D. 205, page 48 (stamped 0785); enumerated 11 June 1880 by W. S. Cooke.
D.383 1940 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; S.D. 21, E.D. 48-124, sheet 16A; enumerated 16 May 1940 by LeRoy B. DePuy.
A.92 Warren Co. Surrogate's Court — Letters of Administration, Vol 2 p.175: administration of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of AARON COOPER, who died intestate, granted 27 Oct 1859 to John Moore by Surrogate Philip H. Hann. Office index citation 'Letters of Admin 4/422'. The page carries three consecutive grants; this is the first.
D.384 1940 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; S.D. 21, E.D. 48-1[?]5, sheet 16B; enumerated 6 June 1940.
D.385 1930 US Federal Census, Upper Mt Bethel Twp, Northampton Co. PA (Sheet 10B) — LeRoy W. Cruver household (dwelling/family 280): LeRoy W. 36 (b. PA, m. at 26) + wife ELSIE C. 33 (m. at 23, b. NEW JERSEY, father NJ, mother NJ) + sons MILTON C. 6, Martin Luther 3, Victor L. 2. CENSUS-LOCKS Milton Cooper Cruver as LeRoy × Elsie's son + STRONGLY SUPPORTS Elsie-née-Cooper (NJ-born of NJ-born parents = exact Samuel J. Cooper × Lulu Beers profile)
D.665 1900 U.S. census, Oxford Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, ED 195, sheet 1A, lines 36-45 (dwellings 9 and 10) — NARA T623
D.666 1910 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township (part of), Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 124, sheet 4B, lines 70-75 (dwelling 90, family 90) — NARA T624
D.667 1930 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 48-93, sheet 4A line 50 and sheet 4B lines 51-52 (dwelling 96, family 101) — NARA T626
B.113 World War I draft registration card, Lewis Cooper, Local Board for Division No. 1, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania (Bangor), serial 2623, order 2584, registered 12 Sep 1918 — FamilySearch image 3:1:33S7-81JP-75Z
D.822 1950 US Federal Census, Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., PA; ED 48-143, sheet 2, lines 8-10 (serial 19, a farm) - the household entered 'Copper, Samuel J.', 3 persons; sheet started 3 April 1950, enumerator Otto Hochrein; NARA roll 2408.
F.379 New Jersey state return of births, register page 351, line 24 - an unnamed Cooper child born 2/13 at "O.", father Cooper Sam'l 28 clerk, mother Beere[s] Lula 27. DGS 4209861, THE SAME PAGE at images 374 and 383.
F.380 New Jersey state return of births, register vol. 51 p. 344, line 141 - an unnamed Cooper child born 9/30, father Cooper Sam'l 28 book keeper, mother Beers Lulu 25. DGS 4209196 image 362.