Rebecca McKinney Cooper

Brief Life History of Rebecca McKinney

When Rebecca McKinney Cooper was born on 30 April 1823, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Jacob Cooper, was 31 and her mother, Hannah McDaniel, was 19. She married William Lewis Lightfoot Slaughter on 7 January 1845, in Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Jefferson Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 23 May 1876, in Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Peaksville Cemetery, Sweet Home Township, Clark, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Lewis Lightfoot Slaughter
1811–1889
Rebecca McKinney Cooper
1823–1876
Marriage: 7 January 1845
Harriet Lavenia Slaughter
1845–1925
Sarah Ann Leonora Slaughter
1847–1928
William Cooper Slaughter
1849–1921
Jacob Manson Slaughter
1851–1935
Charles Timoleon Slaughter
1853–1913
Mary Hannah Slaughter
1855–1901
Amanda J Slaughter
1858–
Susan Amanda Slaughter
1859–1894

Sources (12)

  • Rebecca M Slaughter in household of Wm L L Slaughter, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Rebecca Cooper, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Rebecca McKinney Slaughter, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a maker and repairer of wooden vessels such as barrels, tubs, buckets, casks, and vats, from Middle English couper, cowper (apparently from Middle Dutch kūper, a derivative of kūp ‘tub, container’, which was borrowed independently into English as coop). The prevalence of the surname, its cognates, and equivalents bears witness to the fact that this was one of the chief specialist trades in the Middle Ages throughout Europe. In North America, the English surname has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates from other languages, for example Dutch Kuiper .

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kupfer and Kupper (see Kuper ).

Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant, Middle Dutch coper.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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