[or-roots] Julia Ann Cooper

[Marsha Bradley-Luthy]

MATNEY FAMILY RESEARCHER:
Walter Jefferson MATNEY (1817-1874): m1. 1847 Martha Jane [maiden name 
unknown]; m2. 1853 Julia Ann COOPER, ; s/o Broadwater and Sarah 
(McCully/McCullough) Matney; Walter died in Modoc County, CA; was father of 
10 children; also see MATNEY FAMILY by Dan Matney
"Walter was twenty-six years old in 1843 when he signed on to drive one of 
the wagons of Alexander Zachary, who Matney would indelibly learn was the 
cruelest man in the 1843 immigration.  As Zachary's provisions began to 
diminish, he informed Matney that  he would have to provide his own 
provisions thereafter.  When Matney protested, Zachary fired him and left 
him without resources in the wilderness. Perhaps it was after this that 
Matney rode the very small jackass that Edward Lennox spoke of in his 
recollection."We had a great deal of fun also with a man by the name of 
Mataney [sic].  Mataney was about six and a half feet tall, and when he was 
on his donkey, his feet nearly touched the ground.  To him the boys would 
say, "Get off that rabbit and carry him!"  "Presently J.W. Nesmith bought 
the jack for five hundred dollars, mounted him, and rode off without paying 
for him, so Mataney sued Nesmith.  The company appointed Burnett as judge. 
A trial was held at night.  Nesmith pleaded non-jurisdiction and won the 
case.  The next day Nesmith rode the jack, and Mataney walked and knew not 
what to do, but along toward night, Nesmith having had his fill of the fun, 
got off, saying, 'Here Mataney, take this rabbit, I wouldn't have such a 
thing.' Mataney mounted the creature and was happy once more." Matney 
married his first wife in 1847.  Apparently she died and he married Julia 
Ann Cooper in 1853.  Matney settled on a Donation Land Claim in Polk County, 
where he died in 1874" [ Information provided by Don Rivara; in addition to 
this web site his sources include [1] Our Proud Past, by Gail I. McCormick, 
self-published, p. 17 [James Nesmith's Diary of 1843, extracted from the 
Oregon Historical Quarterly, December 1906]; [2] Overland to Oregon, by 
Edward Lenox, pp.56]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan M" <mygenrw2 at gmail.com>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Julia Ann Cooper


>
> Julia MATNEY living per the 1900 Polk Co., OR census.......
> ..... Julia and Walter divorced in 1873 Polk Co. OR.....
> .....  Per the 1900 Census..... Julia Ann MATNEY was born November 1830, 
> age 69
> Dan M
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marsha Bradley-Luthy" <pmml at meritel.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Julia Ann Cooper
>
>
>> look for spouce of julia cooper  married mattney
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Marsha Bradley-Luthy" <pmml at meritel.net>
>> To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Julia Ann Cooper
>>
>>
>>> do you have a birthdate for here
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "DanM." <mygen2 at d-matney.com>
>>> To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 7:14 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Julia Ann Cooper
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am looking for the death info for
>>>> Julia Ann Cooper > Matney > Rowe
>>>> Unknown if she went by Matney after Rowe
>>>> Unknown if there was a divorce from Rowe
>>>> She was seen on a 1900 census
>>>> Also was listed as selling a land I dont know the date just off hand.
>>>>
>>>> I dont know what year she died, I know it was around Independence 
>>>> Oregon.
>>>>
>>>> This is a brick wall I dont know just where to look.
>>>> If any one crosses Walter J Matney in indexs or Julia Ann some place it 
>>>> would be a big help.
>>>> I do know where Rowe was buried and I have his death cert.
>>>>
>>>> I was in hopes that one of the tombstone projects might have found her.
>>>> Or Walter some place.
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