Cooper Line

William Cooper

from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah pg 820

William Cooper is married to Mary Ann Samworth Cooper

William is Merthan Glenn Ellis’ great great grandfather

Son of John Cooper, born 1785, and Elizabeth Row, born 1787, both at Houghton, Huntingdon, England; married 1810. He was born Dec 25, 1812, at parents’ birthplace. Came to Utah 1861. Capt. Brown company.
Married Mary Ann Samworth (daughter of John and Mary Ann Samworth, married 1817). Who was born 1818 and died at Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Their children: Frederick Alfred b. Dec 19, 1837 m Hannah Turpin Jan 27, 1861; William b Dec 21, 1838, d. 1839; Henry b Aug 31, 1839, d. Sept 18, 1839; William b. Aug 18, 1840 m Ann Jackson; Emma b March 17, 1842 (d. 1888), m William Mayne; Henry b. Jan 13, 1844, d. March, 1811; Julia b. Feb 22, 1845, m. Henry Wildman Leeds; Matilda b. Jan 2 1847, m. John Wood; Mary Maria b. Dec. 24, 1848, m. John Wood; Hyrum Smith b. April 6, 1850, m. Mary Green; Lorenzo b. March 25, 1852, d. Aril 8, 1853; Alma b. Feb 20, 1854, d. May 24, 1856; Franklin b. Dec 23, 1855, d. March 15, 1859; Eliza b. Nov. 15, 1857, m. Len Glenn; Charles Heber b. Jan 19, 1860, d. 1861. Family resided Godmanchester and Leeds, England.
Married Sarah Peeling Mayne 1863, at West Jordan, who was born 1821, at Cosmin, Lancashire, Engl. Only child: Sarah Ann.
Married Sarah Bannfield 1883, at West Jordan, Utah (daughter of Thomas and Ann Bannfield) who was born Aug 28, 1810, Gloucester, Eng.
Merchant and miller in England. High priest.

Ann Cook & William Panter & Descendants

Ann Cook and William Panter raised Mary Ann Cooper Turpin

Mary Ann is Merthan Glenn Ellis’ grandmother

No formal adoption record was found

Ann Cook, third child of John Cook II and Ann Denley was born 30 September 1841 in Turkdean, Gloucestershire, England. Compton LDS Church Branch records indicate Ann and three of her brothers and sisters were baptized by William Panter, Sr., on 23 July 1853. William Panter, Sr., born 4 May 1821 joined the LDS Church 3 January 1846.
The obituary of Ann Cook states she was married in England on 23 May 1863 to William Panter, Jr., son of William, Sr., who baptized Ann. The obituary further states that the newly-wed couple left for Utah two weeks later. It is noted that Ann's name appears on the passenger list of the Ship "CYNOSURE" sailing from Liverpool, England 30 May 1863, as does the name of her older brother Thomas Cook. However the name of William Panter cannot be located on the list and Ann is listed as a 21 year-old Spinster. Thomas and Ann Cook joined the Thomas E. Ricks wagon train company in Florence, Nebraska and arrived in Salt Lake Valley 13 October 1863.
Ann took out her endowments 10 May 1866 in the Salt Lake Endowment House and was sealed to William Panter, Jr, the same day. Records indicate that William Panter, Jr., was born 9 July 1841 in Compton-Abdale, Gloucestershire, England. One year after arriving in Utah, Ann and William Panter moved to Taylorsville, UT. They had no children of their own and supposedly adopted Mary Ann Cooper who was born 25 April 1877. A search of the court records has not revealed any record of a legal adoption but Ann and William raised Mary Ann. Little Ann was born under the covenant to the Cooper family, so there isn't a record of a sealing with the Panter family.
Later, William Panter, Jr., married two sisters from Sheffield, England. They were Mary Elizabeth Edison, who died in 1875 shortly after the marriage, and her sister Ellen Edison. A search of church records does not show that sealings were performed, so it is possible these were only civil marriages.
A William Panter was counselor in the Taylorsville ward Bishopric with Bishop Samuel Bennion in 1884 and again with Bishop Heber Bennion in 1890. This was probably William Panter, Jr., as the senior Panter would have been quite elderly at that time. At the funeral of Ann Denley Cook in 1901, William Panter spoke and it is concluded that this was the junior Panter because William Panter, Sr. died 9 September 1900,the year before Ann Denley's death. William Panter, Jr., died in 1909 and it was thought that he was buried in the Taylorsville Cemetery but his name is not found in the cemetery records. The Cook and Panter families, it appears, remained close as they had both come from the same area of England; William, Sr., had baptized Ann and a number of her children, and also, the intermarriage of daughter Ann to William, Jr., cemented the relationship.
Mary Ann, daughter of Ann and William Panter, Jr., married Leo John Turpin 18 March 1901 and sometime in 1911, after their six children were born, the Turpins moved to Thomas,
Idaho, a farming community west of Blackfoot. Mary Ann Panter Turpin died there on 5 March 1912 not long after their arrival but was buried in South Cottonwood, Utah near where she was raised.
Ann Cook Panter outlived her daughter by eight years and died 8 January 1920 in Taylorsville and was buried in the Taylorsville Cemetery. Nettie May Turpin Ellis was fifteen years old when her grandmother, Ann Cook Panter, died and remembers staying with her grandmother on many occasions. Mabel Cook Swenson remembers her mother, Mary Mantle Cook, driving a horse and buggy to visit Ann Cook Panter on several occasions when they lived in Taylorsville. Ann Cook Panter is remembered as a very gentle person, very devout to her religion and always encouraged her grandchildren to attend church and Primary.

Mary Ann Cooper (Panter) Turpin

Mary Ann married Leo John Turpin

Mary Ann is Merthan Glenn Ellis’ grandmother

(from a book on the Cook/Panter family)

Mary Ann Panter, only child of Ann Cook and William Panter, Jr., was born 25 April 1877 probably in South Cottonwood, Utah. She was born into a Cooper family but was presumedly adopted by Ann and William Panter. Mary Ann Panter married Leo John Turpin 18 March 1901 and they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple 13 November 1901. They spent their earlier married life in the South Cottonwood and Holladay area of Salt Lake Valley. As was mentioned previously, Mary Ann and Leo moved to Idaho in 1911 to a farming community west of Blackfoot designated as Thomas. Mary Ann died 5 March 1912 not long after they moved to Idaho but she was buried in South Cottonwood. Leo John Turpin married Mabel Ann Moore 1 September 1913 and lived at Thomas, Idaho until his death 13 June 1952.
Mary Ann Panter and Leo John Turpin had six children:
I. CLIFFORD LEO TURPIN born 19 January 1902 in South Cottonwood, Utah. Married Lois Tucker 6 March 1926. He was baptized 26 February 1910, Died 10 February 1971
II. MIRIAM ANN TURPIN born 26 June 1903 in South Cottonwood, Utah. Married Richard Olsen 11 October 1922. She was baptized 2 July 1911 and took out her endowments 15 November 1922. She died on 21 October 1937. Miriam and Richard had one child: 1. Leo R Olsen md. Betty Hosephine Coldwell. Their children:
Diana Lyn Olsen Kimberly Ann Richard Kirk Olsen Tamara Sue
III. NETTIE MAE TURPIN born 3 June 1905 in Holladay, Utah. She was baptized 2 August 1914 and took out her endowments 11 October 1922 and was married the same day to Glenn Ellis in the Salt Lake Temple. At present she lives with her daughter Ruth in Hemet, California. Nettie Mae and Glenn had four children:
1. Miriam Ruth Ellis md LaMar Elison. Parents of five children:
Gloria Jean Elison Layne Elison
Blake LaMar Elison Richie Glenn Elison
Brent Elison
2. Merthan Glenn Ellis and Vonnie Mae Elison. Parents of seven children:
Randy Merthan Ellis Margo Ellis
Kevin Ellis Lanett Ellis
Kim Elison Ellis Garrin H Ellis Merilee Ellis
3. Marilyn Kay Ellis md Darwin Jay Wright. Parents of six children:
Tamara Wright Heather Wright
Paula Wright Tim Wright
Tyler Wright Tina Wright
4. Gerry Lee Ellis md Kathleen Simmons. Parents of four children:
Todd Gerry Ellis Roger Ellis
Sue Ann Ellis Glenn Clarence Ellis
IV. ALLEN COOPER TURPIN born 26 August 1907 in Holladay, Utah. He
was baptized 1 August 1915. Married Elizabeth Ann Kump 5 December 1932 and died 14 December 1978. Allen and Elizabeth had one child:
1. Marion Kump Webster (Deceased) No children.
V. THELMA HORTENSE TURPIN born 27 March 1909 in Holladay, Utah. She was baptized 7 July 1918. Married (l) Noel J. Gabauer 12 December 1929 (2) George Berndgen 7 April 1936 (3) Joseph Leslie Moesser. Children:
1.
Jay Gabauer
2.
Deanna Berndgen md Waldo Robello and lives in Italy. They have two children:
John Robert Kenny David
3. Robert Berndgen (Deceased) Buried in Winder Cemetery, Murray, Utah
VI. ARTHUR TURPIN born 13 January 1911 in Holladay, Utah. Died 11 February 1911. Buried in City Cemetery near his mother.