Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameArthur Newton Cooper
Birth3 Sep 1886, Cadiz, Trigg Co, KY
Census12 Jan 1920, LaFont Twp, New Madrid Co, MO
Memoroll#937, pg 6
Death4 May 1943, Belleville, St Clair Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Son of Newton Cooper and Emily Choate
Spouses
BirthNov 1898, Kentucky
DeathAug 1979, Marissa, St Clair Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Listed as Amy Wolf on the 1900 census as the only child of Berry (29, TN) and Ivy Lee (24, KY) Wolf.
Listed as Amy Wolfe on daughter Lorene’s SSN registration.
Married Arthur Newton Cooper (1886-1943) just prior to the 1920 census, when she is listed as Ami Coopper (21, KY) with her two Wolf sisters, Inas (12, KY) and Olina (6, MO) along with brother Kelly Wolf (2yr 6mo, MO) listed with them.
As Ammie Cooper (31, KY) in the 1930 St Clair Co, IL census her husband (41, KY) a road & bridge inspector, and 3 daughters; twins Pauline & Loraine (9, MO) and Bernice (3, MO). It says she was first married at age 19, and he at 29. Her parents were born in Tennessee and Kentucky.
She was Mrs. Amy Cooper when she was remarried to Ernest Armstrong in 1960, and 3 of her Cooper children are listed in Ernest’s obituary.