Lorenzo Dow Cooper

[MatthewFlavel]

Hello, can anyone please help me find any information on my 4th great grandfather Lorenzo Dow Cooper. The information I have comes from his tombstone that reads "Co A 3rd La Cav CSA"? Thank you for your help.

 

[lupaglupa]

There's a record for L. D. Cooper at Fold3. He enlisted as a private June 30, 1862 (Not filled in but I assume it's 1862) at Covington. He was paid a bounty of $50. He is marked present on the muster roll dated May 13, 1862 to (again, not filled in). The date on the roll is October 1, 1862. A second undated muster roll notes he was discharged.

It looks like Lorenzo actually enlisted in the 9th battalion Louisiana Partisan Rangers, which then became the 3rd Cavalry.

 

[lupaglupa]

I checked the Louisianan Confederate pensions and he is not there. Do you know if his wife survived him and if so, what her name was?

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Believe he died in 1867 and his wife survived him. His wife's name was Mary Ann Alexander Cooper (1821-1890). Apparently they were married in 1835. (Believe that the minimum age of consent for marriage by girls in LA at the time was 12 years).

 

[MatthewFlavel]

Thank you for finding this!

His wife was Mary Ann Alexander (b.1822 - d.1897)

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Thank you for finding this!

His wife was Mary Ann Alexander (b.1822 - d.1897)

You're welcome.

Her details are shown on the 'Find-a-Grave' listing below:-

Mary Ann Alexander Cooper (1822-1897) - Find a...

Find a Grave memorial for Mary Ann Alexander Cooper born 11 Nov 1822 and died 1897. Buried at Cooper Cemetery, Sun, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

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Although the description states her year of death as 1897, a closer look at the grave-stone photograph included with this listing seems to show her year of death as 1890 (but it's not entirely legible).

Whichever year it was (1890 or 1897), unfortunately she would have not have been eligible to receive any LA widow's pension for Lorenzo, because the state of Louisiana did not start granting pensions to veterans or their widows until 1898.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Here's a little info on this unit:

LA - 9th Battalion, 3rd Cavalry (Wingfield’s Partisan Rangers) | Regimental Histories

Does anyone else here have ancestors who fought in this battalion? Neale S. Brown had an excellent web-page called 'The Third Louisiana Cavalry' that contained information to be included in a book which I assume he is still working on. I haven't talked with Neale in 7-8 years, and now his...

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[Allyn]

I assume he was named for Lorenzo Dow, a well-known, very popular itinerant preacher who traveled all over the country, holding revivals, camp meetings, etc., in the early 1800's. He was also a fierce abolitionist, which makes it curious that a Southerner would carry the name.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I assume he was named for Lorenzo Dow, a well-known, very popular itinerant preacher who traveled all over the country, holding revivals, camp meetings, etc., in the early 1800's.

That was my first thought as well.

The original Lorenzo Dow was a colorful character to say the least.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Apparently, the colorful original Lorenzo Dow was an itinerant preacher (travelling widely) who was described as eccentric and his chosen methods for delivering religion were considered unconventional for the time.

It appears that he was popular and influential too. It's noted in 'Historical Collections of Ohio', Vol. 1, by Henry Howe (first published in 1847) that contained a section on the history of Clermont County, there was the following passage about Lorenzo Dow (at page 412):-

..."So great a factor was he in the religious history of Ohio and the 'new countries' generally that the pioneers about the year 1830 largely named their boy babes 'Lorenzo Dow,.....Those then named, the 'Lorenzo Dows'.....are now, when living old men."...

 

[Mike Serpa]

I think this is him

Edwards Family File : Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Edwards Family File

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[Stryker65]

So, this would be James Wingfield's battalion of Partisan Rangers. Part of the battalion was captured at Port Hudson, but Lorenzo Dow Cooper's name does not appear on the Port Hudson parole rolls, so he most likely escaped. That would mean he would serve until mid-1864 with Colonel John L. Logan's brigade, and then afterward with Colonel John S. Scott's brigade. His unit stayed the entire war in the eastern Louisiana region.

 

[Story]

As far as Red Herrings go, a popular name for troopers in 7th Cavalrys.

Lorenzo Dow Cooper (1842-1921) - Find a Grave...

7th Iowa Cavalry Residence Dahlonega IA; 20 years old. Enlisted on 4/6/1863 as a Private. On 4/6/1863 he mustered into D Co. IA 7th Cavalry He was Mustered Out on 5/17/1866 at Fort Leavenworth, KS EXCERPT FROM OBITUARY: Lorenzo D. COOPER a veteran of Civil War died at his home in Dahlonega...

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[7th Mississippi Infantry]

His unit stayed the entire war in the eastern Louisiana region.

Yep, the remaining men of this unit were still causing headaches for the Union in eastern Louisiana
and as far north as Jackson, Mississippi during 1864.

I forget the exact details, but they were especially active on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain ... (greater New Orleans area) ... until the end of the War.