The Coopers of Long Hill

Amos Kennedy Cooper 1868–1940

Catalog ID p.185 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/185/

Amos Kennedy Cooper was born on 12 May 1868 in Green Township, Sussex Co., NJ, the child of Caleb Swayze Cooper and Amanda J. (Batley) Cooper. Amos married twice: Rose Anna Whyms (1887) and probably Emma O. Westbrook. Amos died on 13 Jun 1940 in Fredon, Sussex County, NJ and was buried at Newton, Sussex County, NJ. Four children are recorded.

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth 12 May 1868 Green Township, Sussex Co., NJ certain F.357, L.92, G.152
residence 26 Jun 1870 Township of Green, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.360
residence 4 Jun 1880 Greene Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.361
residence 1885 Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ certain E.19
residence 2 Jun 1900 Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.351
residence 1905 Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain E.25
residence May 1910 Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey (Greenville Road) certain D.357
residence 20 Jan 1920 Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.352
residence 1930 Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey certain D.704
residence 1935 Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.705
residence 1940 Fredon Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain D.705
occupation 2 Jun 1900 Farmer certain D.351
occupation 1905 Carting certain E.25
occupation May 1910 Farmer, General Farm certain D.357
occupation 20 Jan 1920 Farmer, general farm (employer) certain D.352
occupation 1930 Merchant, retail confectionery store certain D.704
occupation 1940 Caretaker, private estate certain D.705
death 13 Jun 1940 Fredon, Sussex County, NJ certain L.92
burial Newton, Sussex County, NJ certain L.92, G.152

Family

Parents

Spouses

Siblings

Children

  1. Clark Caleb Cooper 1888–1943
  2. Arthur Robert Cooper 1891–1979
  3. Fredrick Driscoll Cooper 1894–1954
  4. 1 unnamed child D.357

Family tree

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

Rose Anna (Whyms) CooperRose Anna (Whyms) Cooper1868–1935Emma O. (Westbrook) CooperEmma O. (Westbrook) Coo…1868–1951Amos Kennedy CooperAmos Kennedy Cooper1868–1940Caleb Swayze CooperCaleb Swayze Cooper1834–1913Joseph CooperJoseph Cooper1785–1852Elsie (Stackhouse) CooperElsie (Stackhouse) Coop…1800–1860Amanda J. (Batley) CooperAmanda J. (Batley) Coop…1838–1915Clark Caleb CooperClark Caleb Cooper1888–1943Arthur Robert CooperArthur Robert Cooper1891–1979Fredrick Driscoll CooperFredrick Driscoll Cooper1894–1954

In the documents

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

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
8 Jul 1868 F.357 birth register
New Jersey return of births, Township of Green, Sussex Co., 20 August 1867 - 20 August 1868, page 967, entry 7
 child
as "Amos K. Cooper"
birth: 12 May 1868, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ
1870 D.360 federal census
1870 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 (inhabitants), Township of Green, Sussex County, New Jersey, page 18; enumerated 26 June 1870 by Joseph H[?]ice, Ass't Marsha…
 child
as "—, Amos K"
residence: 26 Jun 1870, Township of Green, Sussex Co., New Jersey
4 Jun 1880 D.361 federal census
1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 Inhabitants - Greene Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; S.D. 1, E.D. 177, page 4; enumerated 4 June 1880 by Hudson Roe.
 child
as "Anson K"
residence: 4 Jun 1880, Greene Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey
1884 G.222 find a grave memorial
Find a Grave memorial 14838415 - Malinda A. Cooper VanRiper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
 sibling
as "Amos K. Cooper"
1885 E.19 state census
1885 New Jersey state census, Green Township, Sussex Co., page 14 lines 24-30 and page 15 line 1 (dwelling 6, family 6) — FHL microfilm 888639
 listed
as "Amos K. Cooper"
residence: 1885, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ
2 Jun 1900 D.351 federal census
1900 US Federal Census, Schedule No. 1 Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; S.D. 3, E.D. 165, sheet 2 (stamped 56 A); enumerated 2 June 1900 …
 head
as "Cooper Amos K."
residence: 2 Jun 1900, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey
occupation: 2 Jun 1900, Farmer
10 Jun 1905 E.25 census state nj 1905
1905 New Jersey state census, Town of Newton, Sussex Co., First Enumeration District, sheet 10A, lines 34-38 (house 85, dwelling 221, family 229)
 head
as "Cooper Amos K."
residence: 1905, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey
occupation: 1905, Carting
1910-05 D.357 federal census
1910 US Federal Census, Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; E.D. 171, sheet [?]B (stamped 4697); enumerated 18-19 May 1910 by Laura[?] M. Wa…
 head
as "Cooper Amos"
residence: May 1910, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey (Greenville Road)
occupation: May 1910, Farmer, General Farm
1913 G.152 find a grave memorial
Find a Grave memorial 14967123 - Caleb S. Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
 child
as "Amos K. Cooper"
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…
 child
as "Amos K."
1915 G.223 find a grave memorial
Find a Grave memorial 14967125 - Amanda J. Batley Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
 child
as "Amos K. Cooper"
25 Nov 1915 J.415 obituary
The New Jersey Herald (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 25 November 1915, page 5, "Obituary: Amanda J. Cooper" (Andover dateline); newspapers.com image 1352415982.
 child
as "Amos, of near Swartswood"
5 Jun 1917 B.114 draft registration
World War I draft registration card, Clark C. Cooper, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, serial 946 [overwritten], no. 41, registered 5 June 1917 — FamilyS…
 employer
as "Amos K. Cooper"
1920 D.352 federal census
1920 US Federal Census (NARA T625), Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 184, sheet 8B; enumerated 20 Januar…
 head
as "Cooper, Amos K."
residence: 20 Jan 1920, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey
occupation: 20 Jan 1920, Farmer, general farm (employer)
24 Apr 1930 D.704 census population 1930
1930 U.S. census, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, ED 21-6, sheet 6A, lines 8-11 (dwelling 139, family 150) — NARA T626
 head
as "Cooper, Amos"
residence: 1930, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey
occupation: 1930, Merchant, retail confectionery store
17 Apr 1940 D.705 census population 1940
1940 U.S. census, Fredon Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-10, sheet 2A, lines 2-3 (household 26) — NARA T627
 head
as "Cooper, Amos K."
residence: 1940, Fredon Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey
occupation: 1940, Caretaker, private estate

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 SECOND MARRIAGE, in the collection that 2026-10-17's row named as the next step: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016"...
Searched for: HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, in the collection that 2026-10-17's row named as the next step: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016" (Ancestry coll. 61253), name=Amos_Cooper with BOTH name halves marked exact (&name_x=1_1), 50 per page, no year bound. Then the same collection from the bride's side as Emma_Auble exact - she would have been a bride under her first married name. A first, un-exact run of name=Amos_Cooper is recorded here too and is NOT a search: it returned 711 ranked rows headed by JAMES Cooper, i.e. the engine had fuzzed the given name away entirely, which is why the exact form was used.
Result: DOUBLE NULL, AND THESE ARE HARD NULLS. Zero rows for Amos Cooper and zero for Emma Auble - Ancestry answers an exact search that matches nothing with "no results exactly matched the information you marked as Exact", so the engine confirms it applied the constraint. There is no Amos Cooper of ANY year in the New Jersey Marriage Index 1901-2016. WHAT IT MEANS TOGETHER WITH THE 2026-10-17 ROW BELOW: his 1935-1940 second marriage is now absent from BOTH New Jersey marriage indexes - coll. 61376 (1670-1965) and coll. 61253 (1901-2016). One silent index is a coverage question; two is more likely to mean the marriage was never returned to a New Jersey clerk at all. Not asserted - a second marriage of two widowed people in their sixties, performed by a minister and unreturned, is a common shape, but so is an index gap. THE RECORD THAT CAN STILL SETTLE IT is his wife's death certificate - New Jersey state file 48802, December 1951, the number newly in hand from [F.370] - which names the surviving spouse. See Emma O. (Westbrook) Cooper.
findagrave 2026-10-17 · HIS OWN MEMORIAL, PARSED - scripts/fetch_findagrave.ps1 -Memorial 43184764 (the id was already on this file as [G.213]). Run to see...
Searched for: HIS OWN MEMORIAL, PARSED - scripts/fetch_findagrave.ps1 -Memorial 43184764 (the id was already on this file as [G.213]). Run to see whether the family panel named his SECOND wife, which the catalog knew only as "Emma O." from [D.705].
Result: NULL FOR THE SECOND WIFE. The panel names parents Caleb S. Caleb Swayze Cooper (14967123) and Amanda J. Batley Amanda J. (Batley) Cooper (14967125), spouse Rose Anna Whyms Rose Anna (Whyms) Cooper, siblings George Armstrong (14967085) and Lizzie A. (1878-1878, 14967128), and children Clark C. (43184853) and Arthur Robert (74603174). The bio reads "Husband of Rose Anna Whyms" and names a third child "Frederick D. (Tranquility Cem)". NO EMMA ANYWHERE - which is ordinary; a contributor's panel records the marriage that produced the children. AND EVERY NAME ON IT IS ALREADY IN THE CATALOG - p.163, p.171, p.2250, p.187, p.193 (Clark Caleb), p.194 (Arthur Robert), p.195 (Fredrick Driscoll). The panel added nobody, which is a good sign about this branch's coverage and is recorded so the parse is not repeated. Cemetery: Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex Co.; plot "92 Map 1918, on South Drive in new section; Section J". Memorial gives 12 May 1867, against the 1868 settled by [F.357]. ancestry_records carries five links (Geneanet, 1870, 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses) - all census years this file already holds entries for; no new todo raised.
ancestry all 2026-10-17 · HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, from his side: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" (coll. 61376), name=Amos_Cooper, no year bound, 50...
Searched for: HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, from his side: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" (coll. 61376), name=Amos_Cooper, no year bound, 50 per page. 223 ranked; the Amos rows are exhausted within the first twenty before the set drifts to James Cooper.
Result: NULL for a second marriage - the only Amos K. Cooper in the collection is his FIRST, "Amos K. Cooper x Rosa A. Whims, 15 Dec 1887, Stillwater, Sussex", already held on this file. RECORDED AS A COVERAGE QUESTION, NOT A NULL: the collection is titled 1670-1965 but New Jersey marriage returns of the 1930s are frequently closed or thinly indexed. Next: the New Jersey Marriage Index 1901-2016, and the bride searched as an AUBLE - see Emma O. (Westbrook) Cooper, where the second wife was identified the same day by working backwards from her burial.
newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. "Amos Cooper" OR "Amos K. Cooper", New Jersey, 13 Jun - 31 Jul 1940.
Searched for: SIGNED IN. "Amos Cooper" OR "Amos K. Cooper", New Jersey, 13 Jun - 31 Jul 1940.
Result: NULL - no Sussex/Warren item.
familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Amos Cooper, b. 1866-1869, d. 1940.
Searched for: Amos Cooper, b. 1866-1869, d. 1940. (link)
Result: 9HZJ-85B Amos Kennedy Cooper, b. 12 May 1868 Green Twp, m. 15 Dec 1887 Stillwater Twp, d. 13 Jun 1940 Fredon Twp; parents Caleb Swayze Cooper and Amanda Jane Batley; spouse Rosannah A Whim L48X-FT7 (1868-1935). Leads only.
findagrave 2026-10-04 · Not re-run; memorial already in [G.213].
Searched for: Not re-run; memorial already in [G.213].
Result: Not run.
ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
genealogybank 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
familysearch records 2026-10-05 · Amos Cooper, b. 1866-1870, any place New Jersey (11,394; first 16 read); full-text q.groupName=4208989, "Cooper" (no results - an...
Searched for: Amos Cooper, b. 1866-1870, any place New Jersey (11,394; first 16 read); full-text q.groupName=4208989, "Cooper" (no results - an extraction batch, not an image film).
Result: FOUND: 1905 NJ state census [E.25], 1930 [D.704], 1940 [D.705]; NJ birth index 12 May 1868 Green Twp, parents Caleb and Amanda (index only); NJ marriage index 15 Dec 1887 Stillwater x Rosa A. Whims (index only). NULL: the original 1868 birth return and 1887 marriage return (no image linked); NJ death certificate 1940 (not online).
ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Amos Kennedy Cooper, birth 1868 +/-1 (name...
Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Amos Kennedy Cooper, birth 1868 +/-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.
ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Amos K Cooper', keyword 'Newton' (rows kept where given name, initial,...
Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Amos K Cooper', keyword 'Newton' (rows kept where given name, initial, surname and town match).
Result: FOUND (index rows only): 'Amos K Cooper', Newton, NJ, 1904, 1933, 1935; 1933 spouse 'Rosie A Cooper'. Not reconciled with the 1940 census wife Emma O. ([D.705]) - recorded, not resolved.

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