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MAJOR ABSALOM LOWE LANDIS , son of JOHN LOWE LANDIS and MARY POLLY LOWE , was born August 31, 1823, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, and died June 05, 1896, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.  He married NANCY TANNEHILL CARTER June 27, 1843, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, daughter of JOHN WILLIAM CARTER and KEZIAH TANNEHILL.  She was born March 20, 1826, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, and died February 06, 1901, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA. Children of MAJOR ABSALOM LOWE LANDIS and NANCY TANNEHILL CARTER are: MELISSA EMMA LANDIS , b. September 04, 1844, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; d. August 28, 1912, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. ABSALOM MELVILLE LANDIS , b. April 03, 1846, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee; d. September 23, 1847, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. HELEN NARCISSA LANDIS , b. January 01, 1848, Normandy, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; d. October 25,

MILDRED COOPER, daughter of ARGENTINE "ARGIE" SHOFNER and WILLIAM PRENTICE COOPER ,  was born September 29, 1898, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, and died October 10, 1898, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. Burial Records for MILDRED COOPER: Burial: October 1898, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, Jenkins Chapel Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202618604

ARGENTINE "ARGIE" SHOFNER , daughter of JACOB MORTON SHOFNER and MELISSA EMMA LANDIS , was born April 03, 1873, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, and died April 04, 1954, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.  She married WILLIAM PRENTICE COOPER on October 25, 1894, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, son of DR. JAMES WILLIAM COOPER and ELIZA ANN FRANCES ROYSTER.  He was born September 27, 1870, in Smith Mills, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA, and died July 03, 1961, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. Children of ARGENTINE "ARGIE" SHOFNER and WILLIAM PRENTICE COOPER are: WILLIAM PRENTICE COOPER , b. September 28, 1895, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; d. May 18, 1969, Rochester, Olmstead County, Minnesota, USA, Mayo Clinic. MILDRED COOPER , b. September 29, 1898, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; d. October 10, 1898, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. Marriage Records of WILLIAM PRENT