1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Chester Spicer; age 14; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Helen L. Spicer; age 12; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Helen L. Spicer; age 21; born in NC; single; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Edith K. Spicer; age 10; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Edith K. Spicer; age 19; born in NC; single; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Stephen W. Spicer; age 3; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Stephen W. Spicer; age 12; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.
1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Tate Spicer; age 25; born in NC; married; in household of husband, John C. Spicer.
1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Randall Spicer; age 8 yrs, 9 mons; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Lovette Spicer; age 6 yrs, 5 mons; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Charles B. Spicer; age 23; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Walter C. Spicer; age 21; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Ellis Preston Cooper; age 20; born Paynesville, WV; single; living at Bradshaw, WV; married on 6
Sep 1944 at Jolo, WV; Lady Lou Vance; age 18; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; single; with
consent of Mathias Vance, father of Lady Lou Vance.
2. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Ellis Cooper; born on 10 Sep 1925; died in Dec 1985; living at Jolo, McDowell Co, WV at death.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Polly Fry Hagerman; 12 Oct 2009.
" Ellis Preston “Jim” Cooper
Birth 9 Sep 1925
Panther, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 Dec 1985 (aged 60)
Jolo, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Cooper Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 43007996"Additional Information Posted:
"Father: Clark Cooper
Mother: Elsie Spurlock"Marriage 1 Lady Lou Vance
"*Married: 1944 in McDowell County, West Virginia
"Marriage 2 Maudie CAroline Mitchell
"*Married: 9 JUL 1965
"Father of: Thomas Ferrell, Mary Margaret, Frances, Mose, Elsie, Carrie, Cecil(Clell) and Johnny. Father of Joanne Rowe."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 15 Apr 1930, Page 261B, Family #262.
Listed as Lady Vance, age 2 yrs, born in WV, in household of father, Mathias Vance.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Ellis Preston Cooper; age 20; born Paynesville, WV; single; living at Bradshaw, WV; married on 6 Sep
1944 at Jolo, WV; Lady Lou Vance; age 18; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; single; with consent of
Mathias Vance, father of Lady Lou Vance.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1963); Sandy River District; WV Archives Web Site.
Lady Lou Cooper; age 35; born on 14 Apr 1928 in WV; married; living at Jolo, WV; daughter of Mathias
and Louise (Kennedy) Vance; died on 17 Nov 1963 from a bullet wound of skull; buried on 20 Nov
1963 in Cooper Cemetery, Paynesville, WV; informant, Louise Vance, Bradshaw, WV
4. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Tom and Eva Jewell"; Article; Page 201; submitted by Geneva Steele;
HC 61; Box 37B; Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1953); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Frances E. Cooper; age 1 yr, 1 day; daughter of Ellis and Lady Lou (Vance) Cooper; died on 26 Jan
1953 from pneumonia.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1960); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Thomas Ferrell Cooper; born on 7 mar 1960 at Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch, McDowell Co, WV;
son of Ellis Preston and Lady Lou (Vance) Cooper; died on 7 Mar 1960 at Welch, WV; stillborn; buried
on 8 Mar 1960 in Cooper Cemetery, Paynesville, WV.
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #70 015348; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Edsel Eugene Tolliver; age 27; born 12 May 1943 in WV; single; this was his first marriage;
2 yrs HS education; living at Box 2-A; Glen Rogers, WV; son of Eouch Johnson and Mary Lee
(Faw) Tolliver; married on 26 May 1970 at Big Rock, VA; Patricia Ann Cook; age 17; born 8 Mar
1953 in WV; single; this was her first marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at Roderfield, WV;
daughter of Fran and Margaret Esthel (Collins) Cook.