Born in Williamson County, but resided most of his life in Bedford
and is buried in Shelbyville.
Transcribed by Buddy ManuelCOOPER, Edmund, (brother of Henry Cooper), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., September 11, 1821; was graduated from Jackson (Tenn.) College in 1839; studied law at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., in 1841; member of the State house of representatives in 1849; presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860; Union delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1861; again elected to the State house of representatives but in 1865 resigned; upon the readmission of the State of Tennessee to representation was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from July 24, 1866, to March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fortieth Congress; appointed by President Johnson Assistant Secretary of the Treasury November 20, 1867, and served until March 20, 1869; resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville and died there July 21, 1911; interment in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Page 1 – Deaths

John Hobart Stephens, youngest child of Daniel and Margaret Stephens, and brother of Mrs. Mary E. Stephens came to his death whilst bathing in Duck River near Shelbyville, May 22, 1857. Aged 17 years, 10 months, & 4 days.

Sarah F. Cooper, wife of Ernest B. Cooper, died Oct 1, 1905.

Horace S. Cooper, eldest child of Edmund Cooper & Mary E. Cooper, died February 10th, 1907.

Sue W. Cooper, wife of Edmund Cooper, Jr., died April 17, 1909.

Sally Ann Cooper Hoyt died January 11th, 1925.

Mrs. Mary E. Cooper died January 21, 1863 at her home in Shelbyville – after a long and painful illness. She put her whole trust in the Lord – and died happy in the Christian faith.

Edmund Cooper died July 21st, 1911. Aged 89 years, 10 months & 10 days.

Edmund Cooper died April 24th, 1924, aged 72 years

Mrs Lucy B. Cooper died May 16th 1890 at the residence of her brother, Dr. M. H. Bonner, in Nashville, Tennessee, where she had been taken for her (illness?)! She suffered greatly; but at last, went to sleep like a child!

Rev. Thomas A. Hoyt, husband of Sally A. Hoyt died June 29th, 1925 at his residence in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Page 2 – Remarks

Edmund Cooper Hoyt, son of Thomas A. Hoyt and Sallie A. Cooper, was born in Nashville May 11th 1879.

Horace Polk Cooper, eldest child of Horace S. & Ella Polk Cooper was born neat Columbia, Tennessee before January 2nd 1887.

Margaret Cooper, eldest child fo Edmund Cooper Jr and Sue A. Cooper was born in Shelbyville, June 18th 1894.

Edmund Cooper 3rd, second child of Edmund Cooper Jr and Sue A. Cooper was born in Shelbyville, November 12th 1895

William Henry Cooper, third child of Edmund Cooper Jr and Sue A. Cooper was born in Shelbyville, May 25th 1897.

Lucy Bonner Cooper, eldest child of Ernest Bonner Cooper and Sarah Vnce Cooper was born in Shelbyville, July 19, 1895

Ernest Vance Cooper, second child of Ernest Bonner Cooper and Sarah Vance Cooper, was born in Shelbyville, December 20th, 1898

Margaret Cooper Wallheiser died Feb. 7th, 1964 at 9:45 PM in the Bedford County Hospital after a long illness which resulted from hardening of the arteries.

Margaret C. Wallheiser, daughter of Margaret and Frank Wallheiser died Oct. 12, 1939 as a result of an automobile accident.

Frank Jacob Wallheiser, husband of Margaret C. Wallheiser died after an illness of 2 weeks in Bedford Cty. Hospital with Cardiac Thrombosis April 25th, 1955.

Page 3 – Marriages

Edmund Cooper and Mary E. Stephens were married on the evening of the 22nd day of October 1844, at the residence of the Reverand Daniel Stephens in Bolivar, Tennessee.

Edmund Cooper and Lucy R. Bonner were married o the evening of the 22nd day of October 1868 – at the residence of Dr. M. H. Bonner in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Thomas A. Hoyt & Sallie A. Cooper, ^d/o Edmund Cooper, Sr., were married June 2nd, 1874, in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Horace S. Cooper & Ella Polk were married January 13th, 1881 in Maury County, Tennessee.

Ernest Bonner Cooper and Sara Vance Fogleman, were married April 27th, 1893 in Shelbyville, Tenessee.

Edmund Cooper Jr. and Sue A. Whiteside were married October 10th, 1893. – in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Edmund Cooper Hoyt and Miss Meta Ellis Richards were married on the 31st day of January 1905, at the residence of Mr Richards, 2101 Pine Street, Philadelphia.

FJ Wallheiser and Margaret Cooper were married April 12th, 1916 at Shelbyville, Tenn.

Edmund Cooper Jr and Sara Louise Armstrong married August 23rd, 1922 All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA.

W.H. Cooper & Katherine Reid Nov 22, 1933

Page 4 – Births

Edmund Cooper was born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, September 11th, 1821.

Mary E. Stephens was born in Stanton Virginia, August 6th, 1823.

Horace S. Cooper, eldest child of Edmund and Mary E. Cooper was born April 25th, 1846 in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Sally Ann Cooper, second child of Edmund and Mary E. Cooper, was born January 26, 1849 in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Edmund Cooper, third child of Edmund and Mary E. Cooper, was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee March 3rd, 1852

Lucy R. Bonner was born the 31st January 1848 in Fayetteville, Tennessee

Ernest Bonner Cooper was born December 6, 1869 at Nashville – first child of Edmund and Lucy B. Cooper.

Samuel Bertram Richards Hoyt, oldest child of Edmund Cooper & Meta Richards Hoyt was born December 10th, 1905. 2228 Pine Street, Philadelphia

Mary Wallheiser and Margaret Wallheiser, twin daughters of Frank J. Wallheiser & Margaret Cooper Wallheiser were born Feb. 19th, 1918.

Frank Jacob Wallheiser, Jr., son of Frank Jacob Wallheiser & Margaret Cooper Wallheiser was born August 24th, 1928.