General Washington "Press" Roop^{[1, 2]}

1881 - 1960  (78 years)

• Name	General Washington "Press" Roop
  Born	27 Jul 1881	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	District 4, Anderson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1910	District 4, Anderson County, Tennessee   [4]
  Census	1930	District 6, Anderson County, Tennessee   [5]
  Died	28 Feb 1960
  Buried	Bookwalter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I244996	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	General Coffee Roop,   b. 23 Mar 1850, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Oct 1920  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Eliza Unica A. Cooper,   b. 6 Aug 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Aug 1928, Anderson County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1870	Anderson County, Tennessee   [7]
  Family ID	F120328	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Bertha C. York,   b. 23 Oct 1887, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Apr 1968  (Age 80 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1904	Anderson County, Tennessee   [8]
  Children	1. Delmer Roop,   b. 5 May 1905, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Aug 2011  (Age < 106 years) + 2. Olgie I. Roop,   b. 17 Jun 1908, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Aug 2011, Shannondale Healthcare Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 103 years) + 3. Maud Ethel Roop,   b. 26 Oct 1915, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Sep 2001, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio  (Age 85 years)   4. General Gaines "Doc" Roop,   b. Abt 1911, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Aug 2011  (Age ~ 100 years)   5. William Merl Roop,   b. Abt 1913, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Aug 2011  (Age ~ 98 years)   6. Edith M. Roop,   b. Abt 1917, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Aug 2011  (Age ~ 94 years) + 7. Hazel B. Roop,   b. 18 Nov 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Apr 1966  (Age 46 years)   8. Mildred I. Roop,   b. Abt 1928, Tennessee  (Age ~ 96 years)
  Family ID	F94182	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Jul 1881 - Tennessee Married - 18 Jun 1904 - Anderson County, Tennessee Buried - - Bookwalter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 3 Oct 2001. M. Ethel Roop obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 8 Aug 2011. Olvie I. Roop Davis obituary [S112] Census, 1900. Name: General W Roop Titles: Residence: Civil District 4, Anderson, Tennessee Birth Date: Aug 1881 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head-of-Household: Son Spouse Name: Spouse Titles: Spouse Birth Place: Father Name: General Roop Father Titles: Father Birthplace: Tennessee Mother Name: Eliza A Roop Mother Titles: Mother Birthplace: Tennessee Race or Color (expanded): White Head-of-household Name: General Roop Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Years Married: Estimated Marriage Year: Mother How Many Children: Number Living Children: Immigration Year: Enumeration District: 0004 Sheet Number and Letter: 13B Household ID: 249 Reference Number: 72 GSU Film Number: 1241557 Image Number: 00100 Household Gender Age Parent General Roop M Parent Eliza A Roop F John W Roop M General W Roop M James L Roop M Robert D Roop M Lucy M Roop F Jessie E Roop F Mary Ferguson F [S112] Census, 1910. Name: General W Roop Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Self Residence: Civil District 4, Anderson, Tennessee Marital Status: Married Race : White Gender: Male Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Family Number: 109 Page Number: 7 Household Gender Age General W Roop M 28y Spouse Bertha Roop F 22y Child Delmer Roop M 3y Child Olgie Roop F 2y [S112] Census, 1930. Name: General W Roop Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 06, Knox, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 49 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1881 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0076 Family Number: 118 Sheet Number and Letter: 6A Line Number: 25 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2259 Film Number: 2341993 Digital Folder Number: 4548173 Image Number: 00997 Household Gender Age General W Roop M 49 Spouse Bertha C Roop F 44 Child General G Roop M 19 Child William M Roop M 17 Child Maud E Roop F 15 Child Edith M Roop F 13 Child Hazel B Roop F 11 Child Mildred I Roop F 2 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 26965840). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Groom's Name: G C Roup Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Eliza Cooper Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 06 Oct 1870 Marriage Place: Anderson, Tennessee Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M71000-1 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy Source Film Number: 979315 Reference Number: 61 [S58] Marriage Certificate. Groom's Name: G.W. Roop Groom's Birth Date: 1882 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 22 Bride's Name: Bertha York Bride's Birth Date: 1884 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 20 Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1904 Marriage Place: Anderson, Tennessee Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00266-6 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy Source Film Number: 979321 Reference Number: 211