William Shafer Cooper 1825–1904
Catalog ID p.1775 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/1775/
William Shafer Cooper was probably the son of Robert Cooper and Sophia (Sheffer) Cooper. He married Catherine R Dennis (1851). He probably died on 9 Feb 1904 in Allamuchy, Warren Co., NJ and was buried at Tranquility cemetery [Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ]. Eight children are recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | about 1825 | New Jersey | possible | D.546, C.83, J.430 |
| residence | 1850 | Green Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | D.546 |
| residence | 1856 | Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ (Tranquillity) | certain | F.270 |
| residence | 1860 | Green Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | D.226 |
| residence | 1870 | Green Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | D.546 |
| occupation | 1856 | Laborer | certain | F.270 |
| death | 9 Feb 1904 | Allamuchy, Warren Co., NJ | probable | J.430, J.431 |
| burial | Tranquility cemetery [Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ] | certain | J.431 |
Family
Parents
- Father Robert Cooper 1783–1863
- Mother Sophia (Sheffer) Cooper 1792 probable C.115, C.116, C.83
Spouses
- Catherine R (Dennis) Cooper 1834married 19 Dec 1851, Independence Twp, Warren Co., New JerseyC.83
Siblings
- Elsy Cooper 1829–1868
Children
- Sarah A. (Cooper) Stanton 1852–1933 probable J.431, D.226, F.340
- Emma E. Cooper 1854–1863
- Andrew J. Cooper 1855–1911
- Anna M. Cooper 1858–1863
- Abram David Cooper 1869–1954
- William Cooper 1870–1947
- Harry Cooper 1873
- Edward Cooper 1875–1914
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 William Shafer Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 1850 | C.83 marriage register NJ return of marriages, Township of Independence, Warren Co., 1 June 185[1] - 1 June 1852, Vol. AH page 49, entry 2 |
groom as "Wm Shafer Cooper" |
residence: 1850, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ occupation: Farmer |
| 1859 | F.270 civil birth return Returns of Births, Sussex Co. vol. AF — pages 140, ~156/157 and 169, DGS 4108975. |
father as "Shafer[?] Cooper" |
occupation: 1856, Laborer residence: 1856, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ |
| 1863 | F.281 death return New Jersey, Return of Deaths in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, 1 May 1862 – 1 May 1863, Vol. AH printed page 514 — lines 1 and 2, Emma E. Coope… |
father as "Wm S Cooper" |
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| 30 Jul 1869 | F.336 birth register New Jersey return of births, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 20 August 1868 - 20 August 1869, page 370, entry 4 |
father as "Wm S Cooper" |
occupation: Farmer residence: 1869, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ |
| 21 Jun 1871 | F.337 birth register New Jersey return of births, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 20 August 1870 - 20 August 1871, page 331, entry 9 |
father as "Wm S Cooper" |
occupation: Laborer |
| 1873 | F.338 birth register New Jersey return of births, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., 1 September 1872 - 1 September 1873, page 465, entries 7-9 |
father as "Wm. S. Cooper" |
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| 23 Jun 1875 | C.86 marriage return NJ Return of Marriages, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 1 June 1874 – 1 June 1875, page 303, entry 4 — Andrew J. Cooper × Angaline S. Kishpaugh, married at Newto… |
father as "Wm S Cooper" |
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| 1880 | D.601 federal census FamilySearch index sweep, 1870–1950 — the sons of William S. Cooper and Catherine (Dennis) Cooper of Green Twp, Sussex and Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., NJ: Abram … |
head as "William S. Cooper" |
residence: 1880, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., NJ occupation: 1880, Laborer |
| 1904 | J.430 newspaper death notice New Jersey Herald (Newton, NJ), Thu 18 Feb 1904, p. 7, 'Died' column (Newspapers.com image 1352449596) |
deceased as "Shafer Cooper" |
death: 9 Feb 1904, Allamuchy [Warren Co., NJ] |
| 1904 | J.431 newspaper obituary New Jersey Herald (Newton, NJ), Thu 18 Feb 1904, p. 4, article headed 'Dropped Dead at Allamuchy' (Newspapers.com image 1352449577) |
deceased as "Shafer Cooper" |
death: 9 Feb 1904, Allamuchy [Warren Co., NJ], on his front stoop burial: Tranquility cemetery residence: 1904, Allamuchy, opposite the hotel; lived there 30 years, from Settlement near Tranquility |
| G.539 cemetery memorial group Find a Grave, Yellow Frame Church Cemetery, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey - the Cooper surname listing and memorials 293171317, 293171353, 1… |
deceased as "William Cooper" |
birth: unknown death: unknown burial: Yellow Frame Church Cemetery, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey |
1 further document not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-08 · Ancestry coll. 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878), births: surname Cooper with mother Catherine / Catharine; father...
Searched for: Ancestry coll. 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878), births: surname Cooper with mother Catherine / Catharine; father Wm, William S, Shafer, Shaffer; and by name: Edward Cooper b. 1875 +/-1, Emma Cooper b. 1853 +/-2, Sarah Cooper b. 1852 +/-2.
Result: Found and read on the images: Anna Mary 1856 (father 'Shafer') [F.270], Abram 1869 [F.336], Wm 1870 [F.337], Harry 1873 [F.338]. NOT found: Edward (b. Sep 1875), Emma E. (b. ~1853, Warren), Sarah A. (b. ~1852), and Andrew J. (b. ~1855). Ruled out: Sarah L. 1852 Wantage (Isaac & Sylvia), Frances 1859 Green (John W & Catherine), unnamed 1860 Newton (John H & Catherine Hagg), 1851 and 1854 Sussex births to William & Eliza Cooper, Edward 1876 (Thomas & Nora).
newspapers com 2026-10-08 · SIGNED IN. Keyword Cooper Allamuchy, region us-nj, 11 Feb - 31 Mar 1904.
Searched for: SIGNED IN. Keyword Cooper Allamuchy, region us-nj, 11 Feb - 31 Mar 1904.
Result: 4 hits, all New Jersey Herald: 18 Feb 1904 p.7 - death notice ([J.430]); 18 Feb p.4 - obituary 'Dropped Dead at Allamuchy' ([J.431]); 25 Feb p.5 - not him (the vendue of Watson C. Cooper at Newton, and a Staples death at Allamuchy); 31 Mar p.1 - not him (First of April removals: Amos Cooper from Green township, Watson C. Cooper to Andover; an Allamuchy church item). All four hits now read.
familysearch records 2026-10-08 · Addie Stanton b. 1850-1868, born New Jersey; Addie Cooper with spouse surname Stanton; Stanton with spouse Addie, Philadelphia...
Searched for: Addie Stanton b. 1850-1868, born New Jersey; Addie Cooper with spouse surname Stanton; Stanton with spouse Addie, Philadelphia 1895-1915; Edward Stanton with spouse Addie; Alberta Stanton b. 1872-1880.
Result: LEAD, index rows only, nothing opened: an Edward Stanton (b. ~1852 NJ) and Addie Stanton (b. ~1852 NJ) in Newark in 1880 with Alberta and Frankie; an Addie Stanton b. Sep 1855 NJ in Hope Twp, Warren Co. in the 1915 NJ census with Edward Stanton and Elmyra, Edward and Alberta Murdock. No Philadelphia record for an Addie Stanton found. Nothing yet ties either to her.
ancestry all 2026-10-09 · Ancestry 1880 census (coll. 6742): Addie Stanton with spouse Edward; Ancestry coll. 62483: Edward Stanton with a Cooper spouse, Cooper...
Searched for: Ancestry 1880 census (coll. 6742): Addie Stanton with spouse Edward; Ancestry coll. 62483: Edward Stanton with a Cooper spouse, Cooper with spouse Edward Stanton, Stanton births with mother Addie or father Edward 1871-1881; FamilySearch: Stanton with father's surname Cooper b. 1848-1858, Addie Stanton deaths 1904-1945, Alberta Stanton / Alberta Murdock b. 1874-1880.
Result: 1880 census, read on the index page only: Newark, Essex, Aqueduct Place no. 12, dwelling 126 - Edward Stanton 28, Addie Stanton 28 wife, b. NJ, both her parents b. NJ, housekeeper; Alberta 3, Frankie 1. No marriage of a Cooper to an Edward Stanton 1848-1878, no birth naming Addie as mother, no Addie Stanton death naming a father. Nothing ties this Addie to the Coopers; the Philadelphia Addie of 1904 not found. Lead stays open.
Documents
- C.83 NJ return of marriages, Township of Independence, Warren Co., 1 June 185[1] - 1 June 1852, Vol. AH page 49, entry 2
- D.226 1860 US Federal Census, Green Twp., Sussex Co., NJ - three adjacent Cooper households (dwellings 95 / 98 / 99): a 'Shaver'[?] Cooper household, John W. Cooper, and Aaron Cooper Jr.
- D.546 FamilySearch 1850 census index sweep — every MALE Cooper born 1808–1828 resident in Warren or Sussex Co., NJ (collection 1401638). 26 index rows; 4 not previously in the catalog. Run for [pr.100] route 3 — Aaron Sr's three unaccounted-for sons, born ~1811–1825 per [D.330]'s brackets.
- D.348 1840 US Federal Census, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ — three Cooper households (Joseph, Robert, and John Cooper), each enumerated by head name + free-white age/sex bracket counts.
- 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.40 1830 US Federal Census, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ (page 23 of 26) — three Cooper households (John, Robert, and Joseph Cooper), each enumerated by head name + age/sex bracket counts.
- D.553 1880 US Federal Census, Green Twp., Sussex Co., NJ, ED 177 page 1, dwelling/family 6 — the ANDREW J. COOPER household: Andrew J. 25, wife Angie, daughters Sadie B. and Della, and son ULYSSES G., aged 1 — the man the Sussex Estate Index records as 'Cooper, U Grant', d. 2 Feb 1953, Green Twp ([A.128]).
- F.281 New Jersey, Return of Deaths in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, 1 May 1862 – 1 May 1863, Vol. AH printed page 514 — lines 1 and 2, Emma E. Cooper and Anna M. Cooper. Ancestry collection 62483, image group 004210793, image 547 of 623.
- D.601 FamilySearch index sweep, 1870–1950 — the sons of William S. Cooper and Catherine (Dennis) Cooper of Green Twp, Sussex and Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., NJ: Abram D., William, Harry and Edward
- C.115 Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of the Reverend John Boyd, six couples married 22 August – 24 November 1812, signed by him. FamilySearch New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541257 ("Sussex. Marriage Records 1809–1827"), image 326 of 1,634.
- C.116 Sussex County, New Jersey, marriage register page 107 — the county clerk's entry of the Reverend John Boyd return of 1812: six couples, among them Robert Cooper to Sophia Sheffer. FamilySearch New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541238, item 2 ("Marriages, Sussex county, v. A — Sussex. Marriage Records 1795–1853"), image 42 of 104. Same film as [C.84] and [C.113].
- F.336 New Jersey return of births, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 20 August 1868 - 20 August 1869, page 370, entry 4
- F.337 New Jersey return of births, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 20 August 1870 - 20 August 1871, page 331, entry 9
- F.338 New Jersey return of births, Township of Allamuchy, Warren Co., 1 September 1872 - 1 September 1873, page 465, entries 7-9
- F.270 Returns of Births, Sussex Co. vol. AF — pages 140, ~156/157 and 169, DGS 4108975.
- J.430 New Jersey Herald (Newton, NJ), Thu 18 Feb 1904, p. 7, 'Died' column (Newspapers.com image 1352449596)
- J.431 New Jersey Herald (Newton, NJ), Thu 18 Feb 1904, p. 4, article headed 'Dropped Dead at Allamuchy' (Newspapers.com image 1352449577)
- D.566 New Jersey State Census 1855 (Ancestry collection 61553) - index sweep on surname Cooper. Complete statewide set, 205 rows over five pages: Warren County 12, Sussex County 35. First captured 22 August 2026 from a place-filtered search; re-captured unfiltered and in full 31 October 2026.
- G.539 Find a Grave, Yellow Frame Church Cemetery, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey - the Cooper surname listing and memorials 293171317, 293171353, 16582376, 16582373, 16582371 and 16582380