BESSIE ELIZABETH  COOPER
MAY 3, 1891 - SEP. 23, 1970

Daughter of: James Fountain Cooper and Lucyann Missouri Levins

husband: Matthew Cornelius Wilson

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1891

Bessie Elizabeth Cooper was born May 3, 1891 in Harold, Florida. She was the sixth child, second daughter of eleven children born of James Fountain Cooper and Lucyann Missouri Levins Cooper.

1907

On October 20, 1907, at the age of 16, Bessie married a 25 year old man from Holt, Florida by the name of Matthew Cornelius Wilson. Matt was the third born of eight children to James Roswell Wilson and Louraine (Lurany) Andrews.

1910

Bessie and Matt had their first child, Pearlie Lorraine Wilson on January 11, 1910.

1942

Matt dies in Holt, Florida at the age of 60 on February 20, 1942.

1970

Bessie dies in Holt, Florida at the age of 79 on September 23, 1970.

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Bessie had fair hair and blue eyes like her mother, Lucyann.

During their 35 years of marriage Bessie and Matt had 10 children. After Matt died in 1970, Bessie lived another 28 years and then died in 1970 at the age of 79.  Bessie and Matt's final resting place is in the old Holt Cemetery.

Bessie's husband Matt had a sister named Katie Frances Wilson born in 1893, that married one of Bessie's older brothers, John Jordan Cooper in 1908.

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