Kinfolks
by Evelyn Flood

I sent this story to the Newton County, Arkansas Times Newspaper
It was printed in the Times on 26 August 1999

JAMES C. COOPER was son of Isaac and Narcissa Jane Ritchey Cooper.
He was born 28 March l840 in DeKalb Co. Alabama.
On 28 September 1859, James was married to TELITHA ANN DOOLIN in
Newton County, Arkansas by Rev. Stephen Rowland in Limestone Valley.
The birth dates of their children are from James' Civil War Pension
records.

James Cooper served in Co. C, lst Arkansas Infantry and Co. D, Second
Arkansas Cavalry(Union) during Civil War. I have his Civil War
Pension record.
James drew Civil War Pension Record No. 679066,
while Telitha drew Widow's Pension Record No. 881,357.

James Cooper died 21 March l9l9 in Harrison, Arkansas of cancer, per
his Death Certificate.
He was in the real estate business in Boone County, Arkansas.
He is buried in the Rosehill Cemetery (Boone County).
James and Telitha Doolin Cooper lived in Watkins(Boone Co.) in l898;
in Western Grove,Ark. l899; in Bellefonte in Boone Co.Ark in l904; in
Harrison (Boone County)l9l2 to l929.
Telitha Doolin Cooper died in 1929 at Harrison, Arkansas.She is also
buried in Rosehill Cemetery.

TELITHA ANN DOOLIN was born about 1837\1840 in Arkansas.
Their COOPER children were:
1.Narcissa Jane Cooper, born 4 July 1860. Nothing further
known.I don't believe she married.
2.Mary Ann Cooper, born 11 April 1862. Died before 1870.
3.Loucinda Elizabeth Cooper, born 11 Jan 1863.Died before 1880?

4.John Henry Cooper, born 15 July 1868.
He married LULER WHEELER on 5 Sept 1886 in Newton Co. AR.
Their children as shown on l900 Newton Co.Ark. Census, Prairie
Township were:
i: Sherman Cooper born l887
ii: James Cooper born l889
iii: Thomas Cooper born l892
iv: Bessee Cooper born l893
v: Harms Cooper born l896
vi: Rebecca Cooper born l897
vii: Josie Cooper born l900

(James & Telitha Doolin Cooper children continued)

5.Cresia Levina Cooper, born 6 July 1870.
She married W. E.WASSO on 8 June 1890 in Boone Co. AR.

6. Nancy Devina Cooper, born 3 July 1874.
She married P.M. WILSON on 8 June 1890 in Boone Co. AR.

7.William Harmon "Flipp" Cooper, born 31 August 1876.
He married SHABIE JANE McMAHAN on 3 June 1894 in Boone Co. AR.
William Harmon Cooper died in 1906 in Whitehall, Montana.
I have more information on his family. Also have pictures.
Shabie Jane MacMahan Cooper died in 1939 at Bozeman, Montana.
At the time of her death she still had sisters living in
Arkansas.
I just received this information about William Harmon Cooper Family.
William Harmon and Shabie Jane MacMahan Cooper's children were:
i:Benjamin Coy Cooper born 1895 at Harrison,Arkansas;
ii:Bonnie Pearl Cooper
iii:Elnora Cooper
iv:Covey Ann Cooper.
If anyone has anything to add to this Cooper Family, please write me.

The 1850 Johnson County,Arkansas census states Telitha Doolin was
born in Arkansas.
Her father was Michael Doolin born 1808 in Logan County,Kentucky.
Michael Doolin's parents were John Doolin and CATHY "CREATY"ROWE.

Michael Doolin's land in Johnson County, Arkansas was as follows:
Section 28, Township 12North, Range 21West (40 acres) February 1860
Section 18, Township 12North, Range 21West (40 Acres) October 1860

Michael was a juror in Johnson County, Arkansas in 1846 and 1848.
The family lived in the Piney Township of Johnson County in 1850,
and the Pilot Rock Township of Johnson County in 1860.
Michael Doolin died in Johnson County, Arkansas in 1865.
Michael married twice.
He first married MARY STEPHENS in 1829 in Butler County,Kentucky.
(Mary was born about 1810 in Butler County, Kentucky.)
Mary Stephens Doolin died between 1848 and 1856 in Johnson County,
Arkansas.
The Michael Doolin children were:
(1)Margaret Doolin born 1830 in Madison County, Missouri and
married JOHN T COOKSEY, Jr.about 1846 in Johnson County, Arkansas.
(2)Barton Doolin born 1832 in Madison County, Missouri married
ELIZABETH SELF?
He is said to have moved to Texas.
I have record of six children for Barton Doolin:
Marion; Andrew; Mariah;Jasper; George and Sterling Doolin.

Barton Doolin had Cash Entry for land on 1 July 1859 in Johnson County,
Arkansas in Section 28, Township 12 North, Range 21 West, consisting
of 40 acres.
They were on the 1860 and 1870 Johnson County, Arkansas
Census at Pilot Rock Township.

(3)Melinda B Doolin b l834 in Madison County, Missouri.
It is said she married Mr. ROBINSON about 1851 and they were the
parents of Narcissus Jane Robinson who married SQUIRE ESSEX.

Melinda Doolin Robinson then married (2)Mr. WOODWARD and they had a
daughter Mary Ann Woodward.
Melinda then married (3)DANIEL E HAMM about May 1856.
They are on the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Newton County,Arkansas Census
records.
Daniel E Hamm had been married previously to (1)POLLY ANN DANIELS
and (2)ELIZABETH HARRISON .
He had children Nancy; William Jasper and Mary A Hamm.

I show Malinda Doolin's children to be:
1.Narcissus Jane Robinson who married SQUIRE ESSEX in 1868.
2.Mary Ann Woodward (nothing further known).
3.Sarah E Ham who married JOSEPH H SPARKS(SLAPE?)? in 1873.
4.Martha Emeline Ham who married WILLIAM F GILLIAN(GILLIAM?) in 1877.
5.Sterling Price Ham who died in 1875, drowning as he rode across
Piney Creek to round up cattle.
6.Ulysses G Hamm who married (1)WINNIE CASEY and (2)PEARL BREEDLOVE.
7.Ellender Frances Ham who married(1)AUSTIN CASEY and (2)ATLAS SMITH.

Melinda Doolin Ham died in 1896(1892?) and is buried in Lone Hill
Cemetery, Newton County,Arkansas.
(4)Telitha Ann Doolin married JAMES COOPER as mentioned earlier.
(5)Jemima Doolin born 1840 in Johnson County,Arkansas.
She Married WILLIAM H PRUETT in 1859 in Johnson Co.Ark.
(6)John Doolin born 1845 in Arkansas(no further information)
(7) Mary M Doolin born 1848 in Arkansas.
She supposedly married MORRIS ADKINS in 1867 in Newton County but
I found no marriage record.

The father Michael Doolin then married (2)ARTEMISA BELLER on
17 January 1856 in Johnson County, Arkansas(per marriage record).
His known children by second wife were:
(8) William "Bill"Doolin born 1858 in Johnson County,Arkansas
Bill married EDITH ELLSWORTH on 14 March 1893 in Kingfisher,
Oklahoma Territory.
Bill Doolin rode briefly with the Dalton Gang but later formed his
own Doolin gang which operated mostly in Oklahoma but did range up
into Arkansas and Kansas.
The Doolin Gang was notorious for robbery, killings and horse
thieving

Marshall Bill Tilghman arrested Bill Doolin when Bill went to
Eureka Springs, Arkansas to seek the healing treatment of the hot
springs there to ease the pain of his rheumatism. Bill was returned
to the Guthrie, Oklahoma jail.

Bill Doolin and several others escaped from the jail.
He planned on taking his wife and son and starting a new life.
On 24 Aug 1896 Bill Doolin was shot and killed by Deputy Marshal
Heck Thomas in Lawson(Lawton?),Oklahoma Territory as he attempted
to leave with his family.
Doolin had married EDITH ELLSWORTH in March of 1893 in Kingfisher,
Oklahoma Territory.
They had one son, Jay Doolin.
Edith Ellsworth Doolin later remarried to SAMUEL MEEK and son
Jay assumed his stepfather's name, living in Ponca City,
Oklahoma.

(9) Tennessee Doolin born 1859 in Johnson County,Arkansas
(no further information).

In his book "New Ozark Cousins" ,Bud Phillips speaks of the Doolin
family.
He tells about the father of Mary Stephens Doolin
(Jackey Bowman Stephens)who lived in what was then Cape Girardeau
County, but later Madison County, Missouri.

On 13 Dec 1920, Mr. Stephens, his wife Elizabeth Taylor Stephens,and
two small sons were murdered by a man named John Duncan. Duncan was
later hanged for the crime.
Daughters Mary and Bethsadi Stephens were left orphans by this murder.
It is said that Bethsadi Stephens married ALEXANDER HAMPTON.
The land inherited by these two orphan girls was sold when they left
the county.
Evelyn Flood
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25 Sept 2016