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Minervia L. Foster

Minervia L. Foster

Female 1855 - 1928  (72 years)

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  • Name Minervia L. Foster 
    Birth 5 Jul 1855  Boone Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Feb 1928  Coopertown, Boone Co.,WV; burial:FosterCem., DawesMountain, Boone/Kanawha Co.,WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7931  forneyclark
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Father Seth Foster,   b. 1802, Adams Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1862, Boone Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane "Polly" Asbury,   b. ABT. 1822   d. 1893, Comfort, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1844  Kanawha Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Cooper, Samantha (1893-1977) & Pearl Cooper (1891-1943) & Blackburn Edward Cooper, Sr. (1854-1928) & Minervia L. Foster (1855-1928) & Lonnie Davis Cooper (1904-1986) & Howard Cooper (1880-1963) & Reed Clem Cooper (1907-1943) & Henry Hillard Cooper (1896-1977) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Cooper, Samantha (1893-1977) & Pearl Cooper (1891-1943) & Blackburn Edward Cooper, Sr. (1854-1928) & Minervia L. Foster (1855-1928) & Lonnie Davis Cooper (1904-1986) & Howard Cooper (1880-1963) & Reed Clem Cooper (1907-1943) & Henry Hillard Cooper (1896-1977) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Group/ Residence photo was taken in front of the home of Blackburn Edward Cooper, Sr., & Minervia L. Foster Cooper at Coopertown, Boone Co., WV, about 1910. This picture came from the Toney Collection by Mae (Cooper) and Ed Long. Included (L-R) are Samantha Cooper & Pearl Cooper & Blackburn Edward Cooper, Sr. & Minervia L. Foster Cooper & Lonnie Davis Cooper & Howard Cooper & Reed Clem Cooper & Henry Hillard Cooper.

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      This individual appears in more than one place in our family tree. To avoid a confusing merge, it is necessary to make each appearance of this individual separate. (See the other listing for Minervia L. Foster (1855-1928) for the names of her husband and children.)

      Source:
      Mae (Cooper) and Ed Long:
      Descendants of John F. Toney
      Generation No. 3
      FEBRUARY 15, 2008
      8. BLACKBURN EDWARD3 COOPER, SR (JULIA 2 TONEY, JOHN F.l) was born October 22, 1854 in White Oak, Boone County, Virginia, and died December 13, 1928 in Kanawha Valley Hospital, Charleston, WV. He married MINERVIA L. FOSTER, daughter Of SETH FOSTER and MARY ASBURY. She was born July 05, 1855 in Boone County, Virginia, and died February 14, 1928 in Coopertown, Boone County, WV.
      Notes for BLACKBURN EDWARD COOPER, SR.:
      Cooper family stories and genealogy information was submitted and shared by descendants of these children; Blackburn (Little Black), Howard, Chloe, Minnie, Ivory, Louvernia, Pearl, Samantha and Henry Hillard.
      More About BLACKBURN EDWARD COOPER, SR:
      Burial: Foster Cemetery, Dawes Mountain, Boone/Kanawha County, WV
      Notes for MINERVIA L. FOSTER:
      Her Grave Marker has her name spelling as MINERVIA and that will be honored. It has been viewed with variety of spellings.
      More About MINERVIA L. FOSTER:
      Burial: Foster Cemetery, Dawes Mountain, Boone/Kanawha County, WV
      Children of BLACKBURN COOPER and MINERVIA FOSTER are:
      29. i. BLACKBURN EDWARD, COOPER, JR., b. March 1874, Boone County, West Virginia; d. Abt. 1922, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
      ii. ANDERSON COOPER, b. November 28, 1876, Boone County, West Virginia; d. Unknown.
      Notes for ANDERSON COOPER:
      It is Family Oral History that Anderson died young.
      iii. WILSON COOPER, b. December 28, 1878, Boone County, West Virginia; d. Aft. 1880.
      30. iv. HOWARD COOPER, b. July 02, 1880, Boone County, West Virginia; d. September 10, 1963, Boone County, West Virginia.
      31. v. CHLOE COOPER, b. March 05, 1882, Boone County, WV; d. July 25, 1960.
      32. vi. MINNIE COOPER, b. June 27, 1884, Boone County, West Virginia; d. October 26, 1959.
      33. vii. IVORY ELIZABETH COOPER, b. March 18, 1887, Boone County, West Virginia; d. September 30, 1974.
      34. viii. LOUVERNIA (VERNIE) COOPER, b. June 30, 1889, Boone County, West Virginia; d. May 13, 1976.
      35. ix. PEARL COOPER, b. September 28, 1891, Boone County, West Virginia; d. November 04, 1943.
      36. x. SAMANTHA COOPER, b. October 23, 1893, Boone County, West Virginia; d. July 23, 1977, Charleston, WV.
      37. xi. HENRY HILLARD COOPER, b. February 22, 1896, Boone County, West Virginia; d. July 03, 1977.

      Source:
      SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=hagerj&id=I218697
      Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
      Joel Hager:
      Descendant Register, Generation No. 1
      1. Seth Foster (Thomas Foster2, Thomas Foster1) was born Abt 1802 in Adams County, Ohio, and died 11 Sep 1862 in Comfort, Sherman Dist., Boone County, West Virginia. He married Mary 'Polly' Jane Asbury 14 Dec 1844 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia, daughter of William Asbury and Naomi Simmons. She was born Abt 1822 in Bedford County, Virginia, and died Abt 1893 in Comfort, Sherman Dist., Boone County, West Virginia.
      Children of Seth Foster and Mary 'Polly' Jane Asbury are:
      2 i. Virginia 'Jane' Minerva Foster was born Feb 1843 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia, and died Aft 1900 in Kanawha County, West Virginia. She married John Moore Eskins 22 Oct 1872, son of George C. Eskins and Eliza Morehead. He was born Jan 1850 in Coal River, Marsh Fork Dist., Raleigh County, (West) Virginia, and died 11 Oct 1911 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
      3 ii. Martha Foster was born Abt 1845 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia, and died 19 Aug 1855 in Boone County, (West) Virginia.
      + 4 iii. Noah Foster was born 5 Jan 1847 in Comfort, Kanawha County, (West) Virginia, and died 22 Aug 1913 in Lapoint, Utah.
      + 5 iv. Thomas Foster was born Abt 1851 in Comfort, Boone County, (West) Virginia.
      + 6 v. Minervia L. Foster was born 5 Jul 1855 in Boone County, (West) Virginia, and died 14 Feb 1928 in Boone County, West Virginia.
      + 7 vi. Seth Allen Foster was born Oct 1859 in Comfort, Sherman Dist., Boone County, West Virginia, and died 1 Dec 1918.


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