Household #28: Cooper, Frank
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In the 1900 Barney census, Frank Cooper headed a 5-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.
Household Snapshot
Frank Cooper headed a 5-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner, 1 child, and 2 extended-family members.
Frank Cooper's listed occupation was Laborer Saw Mill.
All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.
1900 Census Household
| Name | Relation | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cooper | Head | 25 | Georgia | Laborer Saw Mill |
| Eliza Cooper | Wife | 16 | Georgia | Laborer Saw Mill |
| Carrie Cooper | Daughter | 4/12 | Georgia | — |
| Francis Sapp | Mother-in-law | 40 | Georgia | — |
| Ancil Sapp | Brother-in-law | 17 | Georgia | — |
Children and Later Trails
This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.
Family Narrative
- Census Page: 3 | Lines: 19-23
- Head: William Franklin "Frank" Cooper (age 25 in 1900, Georgia, saw mill laborer) — born August 1874; died 28 October 1949
- FindAGrave memorial 97464728, Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Berlin, Colquitt County, Georgia
- Spouse: Nancy Elizabeth "Eliza" Sapp Cooper (age 16 in 1900, Georgia) — born October 1883; died 18 February 1943
- FindAGrave memorial 97464729, Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Berlin, Colquitt County, Georgia
- Child in 1900 household: Carrie Lee Cooper, age 4 months, born January 1900
- Other 1900 household members: Frances "Fannie" Pope Sapp, mother-in-law, age 40; Ansel Turner "Ancil" Sapp, brother-in-law, age 17
Household reconstruction - The 1900 census places Frank Cooper and Eliza Cooper in Barney, Brooks County, with infant daughter Carrie Lee Cooper, Eliza's mother Frances Sapp, and Eliza's brother Ansel Sapp. - The name pattern in the preserved entry tradition treats Frank Cooper, William Franklin Cooper, and later W. F. or W. T. Cooper references as the same man. The FindAGrave memorial for William Franklin Cooper fits that identification. - The same entry tradition treats Eliza Cooper as Nancy Elizabeth Sapp Cooper. The memorial evidence and census placement support that reading, though not every later-life step has been independently documented.
Sapp and Pope connection - The 1900 household ties Eliza Cooper to Frances "Fannie" Pope Sapp and Ansel Turner Sapp. - The preserved source trail also links Frances Sapp to George Washington Sapp and to John A. Pope. - The collected records attribute John A. Pope's death to Civil War service and identify Frances as his daughter. That claim is supported here by the listed military indexes rather than by a local service file.
Later household trail - The preserved entry states that the Cooper family appears again in Colquitt County in 1910 and 1920. - The 1910 household is summarized as showing four children born, two living. - The 1920 household is summarized as showing the family in or near Moultrie, Colquitt County, with additional surviving children. - Those later census placements appear consistent with the memorial dates for William Franklin Cooper and Nancy Elizabeth Sapp Cooper, but the original census records should be checked before treating the connection as settled.
Related lines noted in the present record set - Frances "Fannie" Pope Sapp is linked to FindAGrave memorial 90447093. - George Washington Sapp is linked to FindAGrave memorial 90447094. - Ansel Turner "Ancil" Sapp is described in the current entry as later marrying Susan Rosenia Rosa Meredith in Worth County, Georgia, serving in World War I draft or service records tied to Dade County, Florida, and later living in Florida. Those details appear to come from the documented marriage, military, and tree materials named below, but not all of those extracts are preserved locally in this pass.
Military Service
The household's military-service lead is Ansel Turner "Ancil" Sapp, listed in 1900 as Frank Cooper's brother-in-law. The current entry ties him to World War I draft or service records associated with Dade County, Florida, but it also notes that not all extracts are preserved locally. Treat this as a service lead for a household member until the underlying military record is checked.
Open Research Questions
- Parentage audit: confirm both parents of the household head for HH#28 through direct or near-direct records where possible; mark derivative-only parent links as unresolved until supported.
- Child census audit: confirm every child named in the 1900 household against later census, marriage, death, obituary, cemetery, probate, or draft records; separate proven child links from same-name candidates.
- Other household member audit: verify boarders, servants, in-laws, stepchildren, grandchildren, and unrelated residents in HH#28; document the exact relationship instead of assuming kinship.
- Spouse and marriage audit: locate marriage records, death records, divorce records, or later census records for spouses or absent spouses tied to this household.
- Direct image review: re-check the 1900 census image and any cited index-only sources before treating ages, relationships, birthplaces, or name spellings as final.
Research Status
- Status: Well-supported household reconstruction from surviving materials, but not yet fully source-exhausted. The Cooper household, the Sapp relationship, and the basic later identification of Frank and Eliza are supported. Broader multi-generation narrative claims should be treated as documented tradition until each step is re-extracted locally.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, HH#28; 1910 U.S. census, Colquitt County, Georgia, as summarized in the preserved entry; 1920 U.S. census, Colquitt County, Georgia, as summarized in the preserved entry; FindAGrave memorial 97464728 for William Franklin Cooper; FindAGrave memorial 97464729 for Nancy Elizabeth Sapp Cooper; FindAGrave memorial 90447093 for Frances "Fannie" Pope Sapp; FindAGrave memorial 90447094 for George Washington Sapp; Georgia marriage records cited in the preserved entry; U.S. Civil War Pension Index; Confederate Soldiers Service Records; Confederate Officers Card Index; World War I draft or service material for Ansel Turner Sapp cited in the preserved entry; Ancestry.com family-tree material preserved through the existing entry tradition.
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