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David Alva Cooper

Male 1891 - 1963  (72 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Alva Cooper was born on 4 Jun 1891 in Sabine County, Texas (son of John Daniel Cooper, M. D. and Martha Katherine Lambert); died on 19 Sep 1963 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7D9-6KN
    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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Daniel Cooper, M. D. was born on 26 Jun 1861 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Jonathan Henry "J. H." Cooper and Obediance "Obediah" ???); died on 10 Dec 1939 in Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.

    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.

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNNX-WJS
    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]


  2. 3.  Martha Katherine Lambert 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.

    Notes:

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNXN-DKM
    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

    Children:
    1. Jonathan "Johnnie" Elisha Cooper was born on 22 Jan 1881 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jul 1976 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Ava Cooper was born in Jan 1883 in Texas; and died.
    3. James Lewis Cooper was born on 14 Jul 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jan 1954 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Robert Manley Cooper was born on 5 Sep 1888 in Texas; died on 24 Oct 1967 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
    5. 1. David Alva Cooper was born on 4 Jun 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Sep 1963 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Bertice Alford Cooper was born on 4 Jan 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Sep 1970 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
    7. Mertis Mae Cooper was born on 3 Oct 1908 in Texas; died on 15 May 1909 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan Henry "J. H." Cooper was born on 22 Aug 1818 in Mississippi (son of William Gill Cooper and Dempsey Donaho); died on 17 Feb 1897 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    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]


  2. 5.  Obediance "Obediah" ??? 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.

    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.

    Children:
    1. Martha Cooper was born about 1840 in Mississippi; died about 1862 in Texas.
    2. Eliza Adeline Cooper was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died about 1867; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. James Amberson Cooper was born on 12 Nov 1843 in Hinds County, Mississippi; died on 5 Jan 1927 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Lucy B. Cooper was born about 1845 in Hinds County, Mississippi; and died.
    5. Jonathan Henry Cooper, Jr. was born about 1846 in Hinds County, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Lewis Ansel Cooper was born about 1850 in Hinds County, Mississippi; and died.
    7. Elizabeth Alice Cooper was born on 19 Dec 1852 in Mississippi; and died.
    8. Robert Hamilton Cooper was born on 11 Feb 1856 in Texas; died on 15 Dec 1912 in Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    9. Julia Ann Cooper was born about 1858 in Texas; and died.
    10. 2. John Daniel Cooper, M. D. was born on 26 Jun 1861 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 1939 in Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Gill Cooper was born on 25 Mar 1777 in South Carolina; died on 24 Jan 1849 in Rankin County, Mississippi; was buried in Cooper-Smith Cemetery, Florence, Rankin County, Mississippi.

    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]


  2. 9.  Dempsey Donaho 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.

    Notes:

    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

    Children:
    1. 4. Jonathan Henry "J. H." Cooper was born on 22 Aug 1818 in Mississippi; died on 17 Feb 1897 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Daniel Matthew Cooper, M. D. was born about 1827 in Mississippi; and died.