Doom

Doom Lineage
Jacob Doom 1750-1798, father of Henry Doom 1781-1848, Elijah Doom 1815-1896, Henry Leonhardt Doom 1839-1921, Mary Catherine Doom 1873-1950.

Mary Catherine Doom was the mother of Boyd Williamson Cooper 1902-1961, father of Anna Louise Cooper 1934-2003, mother of Cheryl Robertson.

Doom Migration
Hamburg, Germany > Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky > Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky > Caldwell, Kentucky > Iuka, Livingston, Kentucky > Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky > Livingston County, Kentucky

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Mary Catherine Doom, Great-Grandmother
Nickname: Kate
22 February 1873 - 14 October 1950
b. Livingston County, Kentucky
d. Kentucky

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Parents:
Henry Leonhardt Doom 1839-1921
Martha Ellen Sexton 1852-1900

Maternal Lineage:

Mary E Smith 1830-1890, mother of Martha Ellen Sexton 1852-1900, mother of Mary Catherine Doom

Spouse: Ransom F Cooper 1864-1919
Married: 1890
Children: 5

1. Frankie Cooper 1900-1927
2. Edmonia Cooper 1906-1970
3. Grace Cooper 1894-1854
4. Elva Cooper 1895-1962
5. Boyd Williamson Cooper 1902-1961

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Henry Leonhardt Doom, 2nd Great-Grandfather
Nickname: Hen
October 1839 - 1921
b. Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky
d. Lyon, Kentucky

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Parents:
Elijah Doom 1815-1896
Mary Knoth 1820-1857

Maternal Lineage:
Annie M Knoth 1800-1821 mother of Mary Knoth 1820-1857, mother of Henry Leonhardt Doom

Spouse: Martha Ellen Sexton 1852-1900
Married: 21 February 1872
Children: 4

1. Mary Catherine Doom 1873-1950
2. Olive Minnie Doom 1873-1906
3. Anna Doom 1875-1881
4. Emma Lee Doom 1878-1946

Enslaved:

1. Female age 30
2. Female age 3
3. Male age 1

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Elijah H Doom, 3rd Great-Grandmother
6 December 1815 - 19 October 1896

b. Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky
d. Iuka, Livingston County, Kentucky

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Parents:
Henry Doom 1781-1848
Mary Polly Bennett 1791-1859

Maternal Lineage: 
Margaret Roysden 1742-1803, mother of Mary Polly Bennett 1791-1859, mother of Elijah H Doom

Spouse 1: Mary H Knoth 1820-1857
Married: 1 February 1837
Children: 10

1. Felix Doom 1838-1893
2. Henry Leonhardt Doom 1839-1921
3. Martha Ann Doom 1844-1875
4. Mary Ellen Doom 1844-1883
5. Stephen C Doom 1846-1906
6. Cassandra Doom 1849-1909
7. Emma Doom 1850-1873
8. Eliza Doom 1853-1900
9. John Elijah Doom 1856-1856
10. Mare Doom 1857-1857

Spouse 2: Elizabeth J Barr 1843-1912
Married: 13 October 1880
Children: 1 

1. Birdie Doom 1884-1937

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Henry Doom, 4th Great-Grandfather
1781 - 11 January 1848
b. Nelson County, Kentucky
d. Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky

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Parents:
Jacob Doom 1750-1798
Abigail Clark 1765-1827

Maternal Lineage:
Abigail Clark 1765-1827

Spouse: Mary Bennett 1791-1859
Married: 1809
Children: 10

1. Holly Doom 1810-1876
   
2. Jacob H Doom 1814-1900
3. Elijah H Doom 1815-1896
4. John Bennett Doom 1818-1871
5. Harvey L Doom 1819-1893
6. Martha Doom 1822-1899
7. Stephen Henry Doom 1825-1893
8. Mary Doom 1829-1899
9. Nancy Doom 1832-1913
10. Hopey Doom 1834-1866

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Jacob Doom, 5th Great-Grandfather
1750 - 4 September 1798
b. Hamburg, Germany
d. Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky

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 Find a Grave memorial 51119440 for his spouse Abigail includes an informative biography.

Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Abigail Clark 1755-1827
Married: 1770
Children: 10

The 10 children of Jacob Doom and Abigail Clark are named, along with their spouses, in the biography for Abigail Clark on Find a Grave memorial 51119440

The bio also says that the couple owned slaves, but they are not identified.

1. Jacob Doom Jr 1774-1837
2. John Doom 1776-1817
3. David Doom 1779-1859
4. Henry Doom 1781-1848
5. Benjamin Doom 1782-1853
6. Hannah Doom 1783-1853
7. Delilah Doom 1786-1869
8. Jesse Doom 1789-1835
9. Elizabeth Doom 1793-1854
10. Edmond Doom 1797-1848

Slaves

1. TBD

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Bibliography

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 17 October 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51119440/abigail-doom_summers: accessed October 24, 2025), memorial page for Abigail Clark Doom Summers (1755–1827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51119440, citing Hunters Cemetery, Burna, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by BMac (contributor 47234074).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130803096/elijah_h-doom: accessed October 17, 2025), memorial page for Elijah H. Doom (6 Dec 1815–19 Oct 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130803096, citing Macedonia Cemetery, Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Linda Baird (contributor 47898300).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130803672/henry_leonhardt-doom: accessed October 14, 2025), memorial page for Henry Leonhardt Doom (Oct 1839–1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130803672, citing Macedonia Cemetery, Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Linda Baird (contributor 47898300). 

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38030179/mary_catherine-cooper: accessed October 14, 2025), memorial page for Mary Catherine “Katie” Doom Cooper (22 Feb 1873–14 Oct 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38030179, citing Corinth Cemetery, Grand Rivers, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 17 October 2025.

Robertson, Marielle. "Doom." Family Research Book. ca. 2010, Marielle Robertson. 

Miscellanea
The original date of this post: 11 October 2025
Most recently updated: 24 October 2025

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