Elizabeth Cooper

Elizabeth Beams was born 19 Nov 1810 to James Beams and Nancy Lay in Whitley County, Kentucky, on the Cumberland River near Williamsburg. Her parents were early settlers to the area having arrived in Kentucky from North Carolina.

Elizabeth married William Lloyd Cooper, son of Amos Cooper and Hannah Lloyd Cooper on 10 May 1831 in Crawford County, Illinois They had eight children, one of whom died. They are:

Ann (married Daniel Thompson and then Andrew Hardy) Hannah (married Valentine Haas) George (died at age 18 in 1840) James (married Corinda Evans) Mary (married Sgt Jonathan Smull) Henry (married Sarah Jane Rauch) Eliza (married Charles Hennich) Elizabeth (married Franklin Boyd)

The Coopers left Crawford County for Will County near Joliet for one year then came west to Stephenson County in 1841 where they ultimately purchased land from the government and cultivated the untouched prairie. They farmed for about 12 years before selling the farm and moving into the town of Rock Grove. Mr Cooper died in 1886. Mrs Cooper moved to Iowa and at the end of her life resided with her daughter Mary Smull in Plainfield. Her funeral took place in Stephenson County, Illinois, where it is presumed she was put to rest.