Roderick Byanton Cooper 1838–1889

Catalog ID p.621 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/621/

Roderick Byanton Cooper was born in 1838 in Allamuchy, Warren Co. NJ, the son of John Cooper and Anna (Antrim) Cooper. He married Rosetta C. Sickles (1862). He probably died on 1 Mar 1889 in Allamuchy, Warren Co., New Jersey and was buried at Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co. NJ. Nine children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	1838	Allamuchy, Warren Co. NJ	certain	L.132, G.197
residence	Aug 1850	Independence Township, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	D.4
residence	1860	Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	D.470
residence	1870	Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	D.565
residence	1880	Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	D.392
residence	26 Aug 1881	Great Meadows drainage district, Independence/Allamuchy, Warren Co., New Jersey	probable	J.582
residence	1885	Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	E.35
occupation	1870	Day labourer	certain	D.565
death	1 Mar 1889	Allamuchy, Warren Co., New Jersey	probable	L.132, G.197, New Jersey State Archives, Death Records June 1878 - December 1900, index citation 1888-89. 95 - C4 (as 'Cooper, Biamgton', 48y, M)
burial		Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co. NJ	certain	G.197, Find A Grave #14794772

Family

Parents

Father John Cooper 1786–1867
Mother Anna (Antrim) Cooper 1795

Spouses

Rosetta C. (Sickles) Cooper 1844
married 5 Apr 1862, Allamuchy, Warren Co., New Jersey
C.62, L.132

Siblings

Joseph Cooper 1817–1893
Sarah J. (Cooper) Seidner 1829–1846
Levi H. Cooper 1831–1909
Samuel Cooper 1832–1888

Children

Grover C. Cooper 1885 probable E.36
Warren Edgar Cooper 1874–1938
Alfred L. Cooper 1877–1905
Albert Alvin Cooper 1878–1949
Calvin Cooper
Ida Elizabeth (Cooper) Masters 1862–1940 probable G.691, D.565, D.392
Sarah Matilda (Cooper) Kinney 1865–1944 probable G.692, D.565, D.392
James W. Cooper 1868–1889 probable D.565, D.392, G.512
Margaret Luella (Cooper) Kinney 1870–1935 probable D.392, G.512

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 Roderick Byanton Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
23 Jul 1862	C.62 marriage return New Jersey, Returns of Marriages, May 1848 - May 1878, Vol. AH p. 206 - the Independence Twp., Warren Co. return of Roderick B. Cooper and Rosetta Sickles, marr…	groom as "Roderick B. Cooper"	marriage: 5 Apr 1862, Allamuchy, Warren Co., New Jersey residence: 1862, Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey
1863-06	B.63 draft registration U.S. Civil War draft registration, Class I, June 1863 — 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey, Independence Twp., Warren Co.: Cooper, Roderick B., aged 25. T…	subject as "Cooper, Roderick B."	birth: between 2 Jul 1837 and 1 Jul 1838 residence: Jun 1863, Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey
16 Jan 1867	A.107 will register copy Will of John Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., N.J. — Warren Book of Wills p. 185; made 16 January 1867, proved 19 February 1867. The whole estate goes t…	child as "Roderick B. Cooper"
2 Mar 1867	A.108 estate inventory Inventory of John Cooper of Warren Co., N.J. — Warren Inventories vol. 9, pp. 332–333; taken 2 March 1867 by executor Roderick B. Cooper and two freeholders. $2…	executor as "Roderick B. Cooper"
1870	D.565 federal census 1870 US Federal Census, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ, page 36[?] - the RODERICK COOPER household (dwelling 287 / family 302): Roderick 31 day labourer, Rose…	head as "Cooper Roderick"	occupation: day labourer residence: 1870, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ
1875	F.389 birth return New Jersey, Return of Births in the Township of Allamuchy, County of Warren, 1 September 1874 to 1 September 1875, printed page 557 - about twenty births, inclu…	parent as "Robert B Cooper"	residence: 1874, Quaker Settlement, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey
1878/1900	F.401 death index New Jersey State Archives, Death Records June 1878 - December 1900 - the complete COOPER rows for ALL TWENTY-ONE COUNTIES, 734 rows, each with its archival cita…	deceased as "Cooper, Biamgton"	death: 1 Mar 1889, Allamuchy, Warren County, New Jersey
12 Jun 1880	D.392 census population 1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 (inhabitants), Allamuchy Township, Warren County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 189, page 8; enum…	head as "Robert B. Cooper"	residence: 12 Jun 1880, Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey occupation: 12 Jun 1880, Farming
1885	E.35 census state nj 1885 1885 New Jersey state census, County of Warren, Township of Allamuchy, enumeration made by Jno. W. H[ibler?] - the two-page opening carrying dwelling 14 / famil…	head as "Robert B. Cooper"	residence: 1885, Allamuchy Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey
1889	A.105 estate inventory Inventory and widow's set-off in the intestate estate of Roderick D. Cooper of Warren Co., N.J. — NJSA File 3463U; a farm personalty of about $180.	deceased as "Roderick D. Cooper"	residence: Warren Co., New Jersey
1889	G.343 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 14794772 - Roderick Byanton Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey	deceased as "Roderick Byanton Cooper"	birth: 1838, New Jersey death: 1 Mar 1889 burial: Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
1889	G.512 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 14794772 - Roderick Byanton Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey	deceased as "Roderick Byanton Cooper"	birth: 1838, New Jersey death: 1 Mar 1889 burial: Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
1905	G.344 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 14823699 - Alfred Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey	parent as "Roderick Byanton Cooper"
1913	A.126 probate index Aitkin's NJ State Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. prior to 1901, Vol. III (1913) — the complete Cooper blocks of the Sussex, Warren and Morris sections, read …	mentioned as "Cooper, Roerick B."
2026	G.197 index sweep Find a Grave search, surname Cooper, Sussex County, New Jersey: saved result listing of 28 May 2026 (19 pages, 132 memorials)	deceased as "Roderick Byanton Cooper"

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

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

state index 2026-10-28 · THE NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES' OWN DEATH INDEX, AND THE SEARCH THAT FOUND HIM WAS THE ONE WITH NO GIVEN NAME IN IT -...

Searched for: THE NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES' OWN DEATH INDEX, AND THE SEARCH THAT FOUND HIM WAS THE ONE WITH NO GIVEN NAME IN IT - wwwdnet-dos.nj.gov/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/DeathIndex.aspx, the Death Records, June 1878 - December 1900 database, which the site states is complete ("Data entry is complete", 628,584 records). Surname Cooper, first name left blank, years 1888 to 1889, county Warren - 5 records, all read off the grid's own cells. The same search was then re-run with county Sussex, because this file recorded the death as Sussex Co.: No Records Found. (link)

Result: Cooper, Biamgton | 48y | M | Warren County : Allamuchy | 1 Mar 1889 | 1888-89. 95 - C4. His death date to the day, in his own township, under a garbled given name. Argued in the death: note; the place has been corrected from Sussex (which was his burial county) and the field now cites this index. AND HIS BROTHER SAMUEL Samuel Cooper IS THE NEXT ROW BUT THREE - Cooper, Samuel | 55y | M | Allamuchy | 26 Dec 1888 | 1888-89. 95 - C3. The two brothers died ten weeks apart in the same township, which no source in this catalog had put together. THE LESSON, AND IT IS A GENERAL ONE: three earlier searches for this death - two FamilySearch, one Ancestry - were run on Roderick, and this man's name is never spelled that way in a record a clerk wrote. [D.4] has "R. Byngton", [D.392] and [E.35] have "Robert B.", and the NJSA index has "Biamgton". A surname-only search against a county and a two-year window returned five rows and would have found him at any time. Not a null for Sussex, either - the Sussex re-run returning nothing is evidence the death was not registered there, which is the thing that justifies correcting the field.

findagrave 2026-10-03 · Given name R*, Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 3, d. 1889 +/- 1, New Jersey (6 matches).

Searched for: Given name R*, Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 3, d. 1889 +/- 1, New Jersey (6 matches). (link)

Result: Only his own memorial: Roderick Byanton Cooper, 1838 - 1 Mar 1889, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co., memorial 14794772 (already [G.512]; plot '116 Sect 1; NO GRAVESTONE'). The other five are in England, Georgia, South Carolina (2) and California. Nothing new.

familysearch tree 2026-10-03 · Roderick Cooper, b. 1836-1840, d. 1888-1890.

Searched for: Roderick Cooper, b. 1836-1840, d. 1888-1890.

Result: Profile L1YQ-HDW, Roderick Byanton Cooper 1838-1889: b. 1838 Warren NJ, d. 1 Mar 1889 Tranquility, Sussex; spouse Rosetta C. Sickles (L1YQ-4YB, b. 1846); children Ida Elizabeth 1862-1940, Sarah Matilda 1865-1944, James W 1868, Margaret Luella 1870-1935, Warren Edgar 1872-1938, Warren E. 1875, Albert Alvin 1878-1949, Alfred M. No parents attached. All children already in this file; nothing new. The other Rodericks of 1838 are in Kentucky and Maine.

ancestry all 2026-10-03 · Roderick Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 2 New Jersey, d. 1889 +/- 1, all collections (12 results).

Searched for: Roderick Cooper, b. 1838 +/- 2 New Jersey, d. 1889 +/- 1, all collections (12 results).

Result: Tree hit 'Grimm Family Tree' (Roderick Byanton Cooper, father John D Cooper, mother Anna Antrim, residence 1860 Independence). Records: the Find a Grave index entry plus member photos (public subjects: one resting place, one document/screenshot, one community/geography; four private member photos, not opened). No portrait among the public photos; no new record collection.

newspapers com 2026-10-03 · SIGNED IN. "Roderick Cooper", New Jersey papers, 1855-1890 (12 matches).

Searched for: SIGNED IN. "Roderick Cooper", New Jersey papers, 1855-1890 (12 matches). (link)

Result: No obituary or death notice. All 12 hits are New Jersey Herald (Newton), weekly 8 Mar - 17 May 1882 (p. 3, then p. 1, then p. 4) - a single repeated legal notice: the Commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court to drain the Great Meadows (Sussex and Warren counties), sale of lands for unpaid drainage assessments at the Clarendon House, Hackettstown, 26 Apr 1882. Tract 78 is listed as assessed to 'Roderick B. Cooper' (acreage and amount NOT read at zoom - first issue is image 1353350209). Not downloaded - see to-do.

genealogybank 2026-10-03 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). First name Roderick, last name Cooper, 1855-1895.

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). First name Roderick, last name Cooper, 1855-1895.

Result: NULL for him: the state facet shows New Jersey 0 (hits only in NY 6, IL 6, MA 6, DC 3 and singles elsewhere). Nothing opened.

Documents

F.401 New Jersey State Archives, Death Records June 1878 - December 1900 - the complete COOPER rows for ALL TWENTY-ONE COUNTIES, 734 rows, each with its archival citation. The free NJSA searchable database at DeathIndex.aspx, 628,584 records, captured 2026-10-28.
D.470 1860 US Federal Census, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ - the John Cooper household (John 70 labourer, Ann 60, and 4 children).
A.126 Aitkin's NJ State Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. prior to 1901, Vol. III (1913) — the complete Cooper blocks of the Sussex, Warren and Morris sections, read off the page images.
G.197 Find a Grave search, surname Cooper, Sussex County, New Jersey: saved result listing of 28 May 2026 (19 pages, 132 memorials)
G.512 Find a Grave memorial 14794772 - Roderick Byanton Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
L.132 Ancestry Grimm Family Tree (tree 63528288) — Roderick Byanton Cooper (1838–1889) facts page [partial]
B.63 U.S. Civil War draft registration, Class I, June 1863 — 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey, Independence Twp., Warren Co.: Cooper, Roderick B., aged 25. The deciding source on his birth year.
B.65 WWI draft registration card of Albert Alvin Cooper, Stationary Engineer of Andover, Sussex Co., b. 17 September 1878 — registered 12 September 1918.
D.367 1920 US Census — Albert A. Cooper household, Borough of Andover, Sussex Co. NJ [verbatim]
D.368 Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Population Schedule - New Jersey, Sussex County, Andover Borough, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 19-1, sheet 2A, lines 3-12 - dwelling 29, family 29. Enumerated 15 April 1930 by Mrs Mabel Wilson.
A.40 Warren Co. N.J. Surrogate — Probate Record Index 1825–1956, A–K — the omnibus index, swept for Coopers. Found Aaron, Benjamin B., and six minors sharing one guardianship petition.
A.37 Aitkin 1912 NJ Index of Wills, Vol. 3 — Warren County (suffix U) Cooper section — only 5 entries, and no Aaron Cooper.
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.565 1870 US Federal Census, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ, page 36[?] - the RODERICK COOPER household (dwelling 287 / family 302): Roderick 31 day labourer, Rosetta C 25, and three children - plus his elder brother SAMUEL COOPER, 38, enumerated in the household and marked "Idiot" in the disability column. Roderick's age here is one of THREE independent primary sources putting his birth at ~1838, against the 1850 census's outlying "8".
D.392 1880 US Federal Census, Schedule 1 (inhabitants), Allamuchy Township, Warren County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 189, page 8; enumerated 12 June 1880
C.62 New Jersey, Returns of Marriages, May 1848 - May 1878, Vol. AH p. 206 - the Independence Twp., Warren Co. return of Roderick B. Cooper and Rosetta Sickles, married at Allamuchy 5 April 1862, record made 23 July 1862.
A.105 Inventory and widow's set-off in the intestate estate of Roderick D. Cooper of Warren Co., N.J. — NJSA File 3463U; a farm personalty of about $180.
A.107 Will of John Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., N.J. — Warren Book of Wills p. 185; made 16 January 1867, proved 19 February 1867. The whole estate goes to one son in trust to maintain another.
A.108 Inventory of John Cooper of Warren Co., N.J. — Warren Inventories vol. 9, pp. 332–333; taken 2 March 1867 by executor Roderick B. Cooper and two freeholders. $242.40.
G.343 Find a Grave memorial 14794772 - Roderick Byanton Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
J.582 New Jersey Herald (Newton, Sussex Co., N.J.), Wednesday 8 March 1882, page 3, last column - "COMMISSIONERS' SALE!", the Great Meadows drainage commissioners' advertisement of a public vendue at the Clarendon House, Hackettstown, 26 April 1882, of 128 numbered tracts in Sussex and Warren counties sold for non-payment of drainage assessments; dated 16 February 1882 and signed by Amos Hoagland, James Boyd and William L. Johnson, Commissioners.
E.35 1885 New Jersey state census, County of Warren, Township of Allamuchy, enumeration made by Jno. W. H[ibler?] - the two-page opening carrying dwelling 14 / family 15, a nine-person household running from the foot of the left page (lines 57-60) onto the facing page (lines 1-5). Ancestry collection 61556, image 48180_548637-00005; NJ State Archive film 44.
G.699 Find a Grave memorial 14794787, "Wilmer Cooper", died 5 August 1889, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey - plot "116 Sect 1; NO GRAVESTONE", sourced to the cemetery's burial record, with no birth date and no age given.
F.389 New Jersey, Return of Births in the Township of Allamuchy, County of Warren, 1 September 1874 to 1 September 1875, printed page 557 - about twenty births, including the entry for Waren Cooper of Quaker Settlement. NJSA Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878, volume CJ (Births, Hunterdon-Warren, 1875), image group 004209004, image 664 of 722.
E.36 New Jersey State Census, A.D. 1895, County of Sussex, Township of Andover, page 35, lines 1-12 - dwelling 236 / family 251 (six Coopers, persons 1021-1026) and dwelling 237 / family 252 (six McDavits, persons 1027-1032). Ancestry collection 1054, roll V227_103, image 41246_040532-00024.
G.344 Find a Grave memorial 14823699 - Alfred Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey