David Alva Cooper

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name: Daniel Alva Cooper
event: Death
event date: 19 Sep 1963
event place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 04 Jun 1891
occupation Retired Sawmill owner
birthplace:
father's name: John D Cooper
mother's name: Katie Catherine Lambert
informant Laura Cooper
Cemetery Brookeland Cemetery
certificate number: 58306
film number: 2117294
digital folder number: 005144758
image number: 00015
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Daniel Alva Cooper, 1963

Notes:

J. D. Cooper, Brookeland, was on a list of 11 members of the Sabine County Medical Society, June 1910, in the TEXA STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, published in 1911.

From FindAGrave:

He was a physician and surgeon who made his home in Brookland, Texas, where he practiced medicine until his death. He had grown up on a farm, but became interested in medicine through Dr. Daniel Matthew Cooper, his father's brother. He studied medicine at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and began his practice in 1895. He later attended Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, Texas and received a degree there in 1908. He was the typical "country doctor" going where ever he was needed, and began his practice on foot if a horse was not available or could not get to the patient quick enough. His services grew indispensable to the many families whom he served for almost a half century. He was a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and Christian Church, and the State and County Medical Associations.

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name: John Daniel Cooper
death date: 10 Dec 1939
death place: Brookland, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
Occupation MD and Sergeon, office
race:
death age: 78 years
estimated birth date: 1861
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Martha C Cooper
father's name: Jonathan Henry Cooper
father's birthplace: Miss
mother's name: Abedia Chance
mother's birthplace: La
Informant JE Cooper
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2118413
digital film number: 4030453
image number: 3484
reference number: 72369
Collection: John Daniel Cooper, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 1B
17-17
Cooper, John Head W M Jun 1861 38 m20 Tx Miss Miss Physician
Cooper, Martha Wf W F Feb 1862 38 m20 La Ga Ga
Cooper, Ava Dau W F Jan 1883 17 S Tx La Tx
Cooper, Louis Son W M Jly 1885 14 S Tx La Tx
Cooper, Manly Son W M Spet 1888 11 S Tx La Tx
Cooper, Alva Son W M Jun 1891 S Tx La Tx
Cooper, Burtis Son W M Jan 1900 4/12 S Tx La Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 9B
171-172
Cooper, John D Head M W 49 m30 Tx Miss Miss Physician General Practice
Cooper, Martha C Wf F W 48 m1 30 7/6 Ba Ga ga
Cooper, Manley Son M W 21 S Tx Tx la Laborer Lumber Mill
Cooper, Alva Son M W 19 S Tx Tx La Laborer Lumber Mill
Cooper, Burtis Son M W 10 S Tx Tx La

John married Martha Katherine Lambert about 1880. Martha was born on 22 Feb 1862 in Louisiana; died on 13 Jun 1958 in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Martha Katherine Cooper
death date: 13 Jun 1958
death place: Brookland, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 96 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 Feb 1862
birthplace: Sanine Co., Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: No Record
father's birthplace:
mother's name: No Record
mother's birthplace:
occupation: None
place of residence: Brookland, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Brookland Cemetery
burial place: Brookland, Texas
burial date: 13 Jun 1958
Informant WH Cooper
additional relatives: X
film number: 2115550
digital film number: 4167329
image number: 1932
reference number: 41343
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Martha Katherine Cooper, 1958

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that Jonathan and Obedience "moved to Pineland, Sabine County, Texas in 1854 from Mississippi. They built their first home, a log house, a short distance from Pineland, and later build a larger house north of the present town site on the east side of Highway 87. He went into the mercantile business and owned a store and a sawmill at Yellowpine, Texas. He was also a farmer and a breeder of livestock. His hobbies were fishing and hunting and he was said to have been one of the best in his community. He was elected Commissioner of the Sabine County Board of Supervisors, and as Commissioner, he ordered the County to buy in 1870 the first iron safe for the records of the County Clerk. Later the courthouse burned and all the records were destroyed."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Hinds County
Enumerated 5 and 6 Dec 1850
Stamped 222
1618-1618
Jonathan H Cooper 32 M Farmer 300 Miss
Obedience 30 F Miss
Martha J Cooper 10 F Miss
Eliza A Cooper 9 F Miss
James A Cooper 7 M Miss
Jonathan H Cooper 4 M Miss
Lucy B Cooper 6 F Miss
Lewis Cooper 9/12 m Miss
1619-1619
John O and Lydia Cooper
1620-1620
CR and Sarah Clark

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Housan Bayou Beat 3, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 22 Jun 1860
Page 64 Stamped 325
107-107
J H Cooper 41 M Farmer $--- $162 Miss
Obediance Cooper 39 F Miss
Martha Cooper 19 F Miss
Adline 18 F Miss
James Cooper 16 M Miss
Lucy Cooper 12 F Miss
Lewis Cooper 10 M Tx
Robert Cooper 4 M Tx
Julian Cooper 2 F Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 2 Aug 1870
Page 24
500-500
DM Cooper (Physician) and Grace B Cooper and family
501-501
Cooper J H 52 M W Farmer $500 Miss
Cooper Obediener 50 F W Keeping House Miss
Cooper Lucy 21 F W Miss
Cooper Robert 14 M W Tx
Cooper Julia 12 F W Tx
Cooper John 10 M W Tx

Jonathan + Obediance "Obediah" ???. Obediance was born on 6 Jul 1820 in Mississippi; died on 3 Sep 1877 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary shows her last name as CHANCE. This is supported by the Texas Death Certificate of her son, John Daniel Cooper, on which his parents are shown as Jonathan Henry Cooper and Abedia Chance. The informant was J. E. Cooper, presumably Johnnie Elisha Cooper, a grandson of Jonathan and Obediah. Other researchers, including Barbara Yancey Dore and Jim Cooper, instead list her maiden name as BRENT. She is also shown as BRENT on FindAGrave.

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Shown as a son of Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane Hamilton. His place of birth is also listed as Rankin County, Mississippi versus South Carolina.

WAR RECORD: WAR OF 1812 - PRIVATE IN CAPT. WM. SPENCER'S CO., NIXON'S REGIMENT, MISS. MILTIA, MAY 16 - OCT. 7, 1814 AND IN CAPT HARMON M. RUNNEL'S CO., NIXON'S 13TH REGIMENT, JAN. 8 - FEB. 7, 1815.

About 1843 he moved to the Spring Ridge Community southeast of Raymond in Hinds County. He bought a tract of some 240 acres and lived there until he died. His wife died shortly after he had bought the plantation; but he lived for another six years, dying the latter part of January of 1849. He and his wife are buried together in the garden near their home.

Today their graves are unmarked for later owners felt the little family plot was morbid. They tore down the iron fence; plowed over the graves and took the headstone into a field and threw it in a gully. Earl B. Cooper found the stone and removed it to his lot in the Smith-Cooper cemetery in the Monterey Community of Rankin County, Miss. Now in graves unmarked and unknown, with their son, John Oliver Cooper, they rest in everlasting peace in the soil they loved and had chosen for a home.

A copy of his estate papers were said to have been filed in Hinds County, Mississippi on 10 Sept 1859.

William married Dempsey Donaho about 1808. Dempsey was born on 5 Aug 1788 in South Carolina; died on 1 Oct 1843 in Rankin County, Mississippi; was buried in Cooper-Smith Cemetery, Florence, Rankin County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of William Donaho and Esther Daniel.

Notes:

Married:
Source Citation: Source number: 1232.162; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; .
Source Information:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

FindAGrave shows them as the parents of 15 children in total. Only the two sons that migrated to Sabine County, Texas are included in this database.

1. LEWIS A. COOPER b: 29 MAR 1809 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS

2. JOHN OLIVER COOPER b: 11 DEC 1810 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS d: 28 JUN 1850 in RANKIN CO, MS

3. GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER b: 30 JUN 1812 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS

4. POLLY ANN COOPER b: 6 JAN 1814 in HINDS CO, MS

5. Judge HAMILTON COOPER b: 15 FEB 1815 in HINDS CO, MS d: 1 JUL 1894 in NEWTON CO, MS

6. JANE MELVILLE COOPER b: 1 JAN 1817 in HINDS CO, MS

7. JONATHAN HENRY COOPER b: 22 AUG 1818 in HINDS CO, MS

8. SARAH COOPER b: 19 JAN 1820 in HINDS CO, MS

9. ROBERT ANSEL COOPER b: 15 AUG 1821 in HINDS CO, MS

10. LUCINDA COOPER b: 1 AUG 1824 in HINDS CO, MS

11. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" COOPER b: 10 OCT 1825 in HINDS CO, MS

12. WILLIAM GILL COOPER, JR. b: 14 SEP 1827 in HINDS CO, MS d: 29 FEB, 1912 in TEXAS, buried COTTONWOOD CEMETERY, DALLAS, DALLAS CO, TX.

His tombstone is inscribed:
"A Soldier of the
Mexican War 1846
A Hero of Buena Vista
under Colonel Jefferson Davis
In Co. G, First Miss. Volunteers"

"A Soldier of the Confederate States
of America 1861 in Co., G, Thirty-
nineth Miss. Volunteers
Take thy sleep, thy warfare's o'er!"

13. NANCY COOPER b: 30 APR 1829 in HINDS CO, MS

14. DANIEL MATTHEW COOPER b: 30 OCT 1830 in HINDS CO, MS

15. JAMES SIMPSON COOPER b: 26 NOV 1832 in HINDS CO, MS