{"id":1383,"date":"2021-08-20T22:42:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:45:16","slug":"cooper-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/cooper-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Cooper Family of Overton County<\/h2>\n<p>This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead.&nbsp; However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010409194817\/http:\/\/userzweb.lightspeed.net\/~richardm\/coo1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Descendants of Nathaniel Cooper<\/h2>\n<p><em>This information is from a Bell Family Web site containing descendancy details on multiple surnames.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Heartland\/Prairie\/8712\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to view the site via the Internet Archive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cooper-Greene Co.,Tn.&gt;Overton\/Jackson\/White Co., Tn.&gt;Hamilton Co., Ill.&gt;Mo., Ark.&gt;Tex.&gt;Wash.<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Cooper b. abt 1765<br \/>\nm.<br \/>\n(1) unknown<br \/>\n(2) Christiana Hughes 1 Aug 1791 in Greene Co., Tn.<br \/>\n(3) Sally Montgomery 13 Oct 1846 in White Co., Tn.<\/p>\n<p>Child of first marriage:<br \/>\na. William Cooper m. Sarah Borden<\/p>\n<p>Children of second marriage:<br \/>\nb. David Cooper m. Parthena __________<br \/>\nc. Kennedy Cooper m. Susannah Keesie<br \/>\nd. Sarah Cooper m. William Poteet<br \/>\ne. Keziah Cooper m. Wilson Wilmoth<br \/>\nf. Thomas Cooper m. Catherine Rogers<br \/>\ng. James Cooper m. Susanna Travis<\/p>\n<p>Notes on this family:<br \/>\nThe Coopers left Greene County, Tennessee about 1814 and settled in Overton County, Tennessee. A large number of descendants still live there today. Most were farmers while others became wheelwrights, blacksmiths and Baptist Ministers.<br \/>\nMore information on this family can be found at [old link with Bible transcriptions, now dead except via Internet Archive. See next section.]<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Bible of John Cannady Cooper<\/h2>\n<p>Marriage:<\/p>\n<p>John C. Cooper and Rhoda Patton&#8211;Apr. 17, 1834 by Richard F. Cook, Esq., Jackson County, Tennessee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Births:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Cannady Cooper b. Dec. 17, 1814, Overton Co., Tn.<br \/>\nRhoda Patton b. Sep. 17, 1816<br \/>\nJames Monroe Cooper b. July 19, 1835, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nSarah Emeliza Cooper b. Jan. 27, 1837, Overton Co., Tn.<br \/>\nWilliam Thomas Cooper b. July 4, 1839, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nMary Jane Cooper b. Mar. 28, 1841, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nDavid Franklin Cooper b. Aug. 21, 1845, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nMartha Ann Cooper b. Apr. 11, 1849, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nSmith Webb Cooper b. July 24, 1851, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nAlexander Smith Cooper b. Apr. 28, 1853, Jackson Co., Tn.<br \/>\nSusan Priscilla Cooper b. Feb. 17, 1855, Jackson Co., Tn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith Webb Cooper d. Aug. 8, 1851, buried in Col. Smith&#8217;s family burying ground.<br \/>\nJohn C. Cooper d. Mar. 24, 1865<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Bible of Madison Lafayette Cooper<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Marriages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madison L. Cooper md. Hettie Hatfield on Aug. 3, 1862<br \/>\nMadison L. Cooper md. Amanda M. Hatfield on Apr. 17, 1892<br \/>\nJohn N. Abbott md. Sarah Tennessee Cooper on Oct. 22, 1893<\/p>\n<p><strong>Births:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madison L. Cooper b. May 21, 1844<br \/>\nHettie Cooper b. Feb. 18, 1844<br \/>\nAmanda M. Cooper b. Sept. 15, 1858<br \/>\nC.W. Cooper b. Oct. 30, 1810<br \/>\nElizabeth Cooper b. Dec. 25, 1822<br \/>\nRoena E. Cooper b. May 27, 1863<br \/>\nMartha A. Cooper b. June 29, 1865<br \/>\nLouisa A. Cooper b. May 1, 1868<br \/>\nNancy J. Cooper b. Feb. 10, 1871<br \/>\nInfant b. dead Apr. 15, 1872<br \/>\nLouis W. Cooper b. Apr. 11, 1873<br \/>\nSarah T. Cooper b. Jan. 14, 1877<br \/>\nArthur T. Cooper b. Aug. 1, 1879<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hettie Cooper d. Sep. 10, 1882<br \/>\nNancy J. Cooper d. Feb. 13, 1871<br \/>\nArthur T. Cooper d. Jan. 13, 1880<br \/>\nC.W. Cooper d. July 6, 1887<br \/>\nMartha A. Bell d. Mar. 20, 1890<br \/>\nElizabeth Cooper d. Apr. 11, 1910<br \/>\nLouis Cooper d. Jan. 2, 1915<br \/>\nAmanda M. Cooper d. Feb. 27, 1917<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Bible of Louis Dice Cooper<\/h2>\n<p>(one page missing)<\/p>\n<p>William Cooper b. May 19, 1786<br \/>\nd. Sept. 20, 1856<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Cooper b. Aug. 18, 1785<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Witt Cooper b. Oct. 31, 1810<br \/>\nm. #1&#8211;on Oct. 5, 1831 to Nancy Cooper b. Oct. 28, 1811<\/p>\n<p>Ch. 1. Sarah C. Cooper b. Aug. 4, 1832<br \/>\nCh. 2. Sintha S. Cooper b. May 12, 1834<br \/>\nCh. 3. Pirlina J. Cooper b. Apr. 21, 1836<br \/>\nCh. 4. Thomas R. Cooper b. Apr. 27, 1838<br \/>\nCh. 5. James A. Cooper b. Sept. 20, 1840<\/p>\n<p>m. #2&#8211;on March 24, 1842 to Elizabeth Cooper b. December 25, 1822<\/p>\n<p>Ch. 1. Madison L. Cooper b. May 21, 1844<br \/>\nCh. 2. Louisa S. Cooper b. Sept. 27, 1846<br \/>\nCh. 3. Calvin C. Cooper b. June 19, 1850<br \/>\nCh. 4. Louis Dice Cooper b. June 11, 1853<br \/>\nCh. 5. Marion S. Cooper b. Aug. 21, 1854<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Cooper d. Sept. 22, 1841<br \/>\nMarion Cooper d. Nov. 4, 1857<br \/>\nJane _______? d. Oct. 18, 1885<br \/>\nThomas Cooper d. Oct. 30, 1885<br \/>\nCaleb W. Cooper d. July 6, 1887<br \/>\nLouis D. Cooper d. Feb. 21, 1931<br \/>\nHettie Cooper d. Sept. 10, 1882<br \/>\nMary _____ d. Feb. 19, 1888 killed in cyclone&#8211;baby not hurt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other births and deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>__________ Cooper b. May 21, 1893 d. May 27, 1894<br \/>\nMinnie Cooper b. Apr. 7, 1894<br \/>\nAda (Lorene) Cooper b. Dec. 2, 1895<br \/>\nMary Bell Yarbrough b. July 4, 1877 d. Apr. 29, 1958<br \/>\nFlossie Bell Cooper b. Sept. 23, 1900 d. July 10, 1982<br \/>\nLola May Cooper b. Apr. 20, 1903 d. Mar. 17, 1988<br \/>\nNola Fay Cooper b. Apr. 20, 1903 d. June 23, 1914<br \/>\nGeorge Ray Cooper b. Sept. 3, 1907 d. Feb. 1942<br \/>\nDaisy Myrtle Cooper b. Feb. 10, 1909<br \/>\nHattie Cooper b. Sept. 7, 1912 d. June 15, 1914<br \/>\nOpal Doris Cooper b. Mar. 30, 1917<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Bible of Thomas Wit Cooper, son of James Anderson Cooper<\/h2>\n<p>William Cooper b. May 19, 1786<br \/>\nSarah Cooper b. July 18, 1785<br \/>\nCaleb Wit Cooper b. Oct. 31, 1810<br \/>\nNancy C. Mathews b. Oct. 28, 1812<br \/>\nElizabeth West b. Dec. 25, 1822<br \/>\nJames Anderson Cooper b. Sep. 20, 1840 d. Nov. 20, 1900<br \/>\nHarriet Hatfield b. Sept. 28, 1842 d. Oct. 16, 1930<br \/>\nThomas Wit Cooper b. at Liberty, Casey, Ky. on Feb. 9, 1867 married Martha Jane Edwards on Dec. 3, 1885 at Keighley, Kans.<br \/>\nHarry Ulyssus Cooper b. at Leon, Kans. on Sept. 29, 1886 d. at Enterprise, Ore. on Jan. 1, 1919 md. Mabel E. Haverland at Eltopa, Wash. on Apr. 18, 1909<br \/>\nMaudie May Cooper b. at Leon, Kans. on Apr. 9, 1889 md. Clinton Chapman on July 12, 1906<br \/>\nLena Agnes Cooper b. at Daisy, Wash. on May 22, 1891 md. Ira Compton at Baker, Ore. on Feb. 13, 1911<br \/>\nCharles Anderson Cooper b. at Daisy, Wash. on May 9, 1896 md. Olive Herrick at Daisy, Wash. on Jan. 1, 1915<br \/>\nJoseph Wit Cooper b. at Daisy, Wash. on Apr. 10, 1898 md. Ferne Unabel Duthie at Dinuba, Calif. on Mar. 21, 1920<br \/>\nMary Marie Cooper b. at Daisy, Wash. on Dec. 5, 1900 md. Ivan Burkett at Reedly, Calif. on Oct. 11, 1920<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Bible of Carl Cooper<\/h2>\n<p>Carl Cooper born Jan. 22, 1898 at Taylorville, Ill.<br \/>\nMerrill Eugene Cooper born Nov. 27, 1900 at Bloomington, Ill.<br \/>\nAulcie Wilburn Cooper born Nov. 27, 1900 at Bloomington, Ill.<br \/>\nAlice Louise Cooper born Jan. 10, 1904 at Riverton, Ill.<br \/>\nJames H. Cooper born Feb. 12, 1903 died July 2, 1903<br \/>\nAlicia Louise Cooper was born on Friday, Nov. 9, 1928<br \/>\nMary Elizabeth Cooper was born on Monday, Jan. 11, 1932<br \/>\nJerry Gene Cooper born Monday, May 20th 1940 at McLeansboro, Hamilton County<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Migration to\/from Overton County<\/h2>\n<p>Contributed by Virginia Marie Flowers<\/p>\n<p>Eng to USA 1700&#8217;s &#8211; NY early 1700&#8217;s PA, mid -late 1700&#8217;s KY, early 1800&#8217;s TN mid 1800&#8217;s to mid 1900&#8217;s &nbsp;GA mid 1900&#8217;s NC late 1900&#8217;s to pres time &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are only two adult males and one teenage boy and young lad from this direct Cooper line to continue &#8211; one young lady and a grandgirl.<\/p>\n<p>This family is also related to some of the SMITH family HAMBY, COX on the maternal side. We are linked in with the YORKs, MITCHEL and have a long research dating way back over seas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cooper Family of Overton County This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead.&nbsp; However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages.&nbsp; Click here. 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