Rosa Caroline (Leonard) Cooper 1877–1918
Catalog ID p.2417 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2417/
Rosa Caroline (Leonard) Cooper was born on 16 Oct 1877 in Texas, the daughter of Samuel Thomas Leonard and Mattie (Graves) Leonard. She married William G Cooper (1900). She died on 19 Feb 1918 in Eulogy, Bosque Co., Texas and was buried in Feb 1918 at Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., Texas. One child is recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 16 Oct 1877 | Texas | certain | F.368 |
| residence | 1 Jun 1880 | Precinct No. 6, Williamson Co., Texas | certain | D.812 |
| residence | 1 Jun 1900 | Justice Precinct No. 3, Bosque Co., Texas | certain | D.811 |
| residence | Feb 1918 | Eulogy, Bosque Co., Texas | certain | F.368 |
| occupation | Feb 1918 | Agricultural | certain | F.368 |
| death | 19 Feb 1918 | Eulogy, Bosque Co., Texas | certain | A.214, F.368 |
| burial | Feb 1918 | Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., Texas | certain | F.368 |
Family
Spouses
- William G Cooper 1875–1925married 20 Sep 1900, Bosque County, TexasC.153, A.214, J.402
Children
Family tree
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In the documents
Every published document that names Rosa Caroline (Leonard) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | F.368 death certificate Texas State Board of Health standard certificate of death, Bosque County, registered no. 63, state file no. 6039, B.O.V.S. Form D, filed 5 March 1918 - Mrs Caro… |
deceased as "Mrs Caroline Cooper" |
birth: Oct. 16, 1877, Texas death: [BLANK ON THE FORM - see reading_notes], Eulogy, Bosque Co., Texas burial: Feb 2[0?] 1918, Walnut Springs [Bosque Co., Texas] |
| 1900 | C.153 marriage index Texas county marriage index, Bosque County, 20 September 1900 - G W Cooper and Rosa Leonard (FHL film 989188) - INDEX ONLY, no image |
bride as "Rosa Leonard" |
Still unknown, and where we have looked
Searches recorded
findagrave 2026-10-16 · HER BURIAL, run as soon as [F.368] supplied the town: surname Cooper, death 1918 +/-1, location BOSQUE COUNTY, TEXAS (the county filter,...
Searched for: HER BURIAL, run as soon as [F.368] supplied the town: surname Cooper, death 1918 +/-1, location BOSQUE COUNTY, TEXAS (the county filter, since 'Walnut Springs' is the burial place on the certificate and lies in that county). Then a cemetery search for 'Oak Grove' in Bosque Co., the cemetery her son Joe B. was buried in there in 1951 [F.345].
Result: NULL, and the first one is clean: FIND A GRAVE HOLDS NO COOPER AT ALL WITH A DEATH IN 1917-1919 IN BOSQUE COUNTY - 'No matches found', not a list to filter. Recorded as 'no memorial located', NOT as 'not buried there': the certificate is explicit that she was buried at Walnut Springs. THE CEMETERY SEARCH DID NOT WORK AS ASKED - Find a Grave ignored the Bosque County constraint and returned an Oak Grove Cemetery in THROCKMORTON County instead, so whether 'Oak Grove Cemetery, Walnut Springs' exists on the site under that name is NOT established and is not recorded as a null. NEXT: browse Bosque Co. cemeteries on Find a Grave by hand for Walnut Springs, and check whether her son Joe B. Joseph B. Cooper has a memorial there - if he does, the contributor may know the family plot.
ancestry all 2026-10-16 · SIGNED IN. THE FIRST SEARCH EVER RUN ON HER OWN NAME, and it was the one her own todo named an hour earlier: 'Texas, U.S., Death...
Searched for: SIGNED IN. THE FIRST SEARCH EVER RUN ON HER OWN NAME, and it was the one her own todo named an hour earlier: 'Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982' (coll. 2272), Rosa Cooper, death year 1918 EXACT, no place. 5 rows, all read.
Result: FOUND -> [F.368], image downloaded and filed. 'Rosa Caroline Cooper [Rosa Caroline Leonard]', b. 16 Oct 1877 Texas, d. Feb 1918 at Eulogy, Bosque Co., aged 40, of pneumonia. IT NAMES HER PARENTS, WHO WERE WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO THE CATALOG: father SAMUEL THOMAS LEONARD (b. Tennessee) -> Samuel Thomas Leonard, mother MATTIE GRAVES (b. Arkansas) -> Mattie (Graves) Leonard. And her place of burial: WALNUT SPRINGS - where her son Joe B. was buried in 1951 [F.345]. The informant is her husband 'G. W. Cooper' of 'Glenrose, R. 1', the same address as his draft card seven months later [B.130] - an independent corroboration of that reading, in a second hand. AND IT DOES NOT GIVE A DATE OF DEATH: item 16 is blank. See [F.368]'s reading notes. ⇒ Her birth moves from a census-age estimate (abt 1878, probable) to 16 October 1877 (certain), and her death place from 'Bosque County' to the town of Eulogy.
Documents
- A.214 Bosque Co., Texas, County Court probate minutes 1917-1923 (vol. U-V), pp. 240-241: Estate of Mrs Rosa Cooper, No. 1420, application for community letters, order appointing appraisers and bond, 9 September 1918
- J.402 Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, Calif.), Friday 17 April 1925, page 7 (Second Section), "Second Death In Upland Well"; newspapers.com image 994549384.
- C.153 Texas county marriage index, Bosque County, 20 September 1900 - G W Cooper and Rosa Leonard (FHL film 989188) - INDEX ONLY, no image
- D.676 1910 U.S. census, Precinct No. 3 (part of), Bosque Co., Texas, ED 8, sheet 2B, lines 52-56 (dwelling 29) — NARA T624
- D.784 1920 U.S. census, Justice Precinct #3, Bosque Co., Texas (outside Walnut Springs city limits), E.D. 38, sheet 1A, lines 1-4
- F.368 Texas State Board of Health standard certificate of death, Bosque County, registered no. 63, state file no. 6039, B.O.V.S. Form D, filed 5 March 1918 - Mrs Caroline Cooper of Eulogy
- D.811 1900 US Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 3, Bosque Co., Texas, S.D. 6, ED 5, sheet 5 B, lines 94-100, enumerated 16 June 1900 by P. T. Hickman (NARA T623, roll 1613)
- D.812 1880 US Federal Census, Precinct No. 6, Williamson Co., Texas, S.D. 5, ED 161, page 531 A, lines 36-42, enumerated 1 June 1880 by Geo. W. Logan (NARA T9, roll 1333)