Alpha Olivia Martin

1887 - 1970  (83 years)

• Name	Alpha Olivia Martin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	23 Apr 1887	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Dec 1970	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas   [4, 6, 8]
  Burial	21 Dec 1970	Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [4, 6, 8]
  Notes	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K363-317 name: Alpha Olivia Cooper event: Death event date: 21 Dec 1970 event place: Jasper Nursing Center, Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States gender: Female marital status: Widowed birth date: 24 Apr 1887 birthplace: , Texas father's name: Benjamin (sic) Franklin Martin mother's name: Mary Elizabeth Jordan informant R L Cooper, son Cemetery Jacks certificate number: 89433 film number: 2218970 digital folder number: 005145888 image number: 02697 Collection: Alpha Olivia Cooper, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976" Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas March 5, 1964 [Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights] Mrs. Alpha Martin Cooper, who soon will be 77 years old, is in feeble health and has had a peck of trouble, but still has spunk and feels she also had a bushel of blessings. The daughter of William Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Jordan Martin, she was born in a log cabin which was soon replaced by a huge double-penned, hand hewn log dwelling with wide hall and front and back porches, which was within two miles of where she has lived all her life, except for a brief scurry into West Texas in search of greener pastures. With seven boys and six girls, the Martins, who were trying to wrest a living from the reluctant land, needed every hand....As soon as she was old enough, Mrs. Cooper was picking cotton alongside her older brothers and sisters... Her parents were born in the area in which they lived, but their parents had come from Mississippi. Her grandparents were Thomas Jefferson Martin and Rebecca Richardson on her fathers side, and Lewis Jordan and Josephine Letney on her mothers side...(she was schooled) in a one-room log building, called Pleasant Grove located near Pineland, which is still standing. Her teachers included Lena Williams, a sister of the late Sim Williams, Tom Sutton and a Mr. McLanahan. James Scott Cooper, whom she married on 28 May 1905, attended the same school.
  Person ID	I41740	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Franklin "Frank" Martin,   b. Jul 1847, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Jan 1921, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Elizabeth Jordan,   b. 15 May 1855, Angelina County, Texas d. 23 Feb 1921, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1873  [9]
  Family ID	F13004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Scott Cooper,   b. 12 Jan 1883, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 11 Apr 1963, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1905	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 3, 8, 10]
  	Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas March 5, 1964 Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights [Alpha had hinted to her mother that she might soon be wed]...but her mother said she'd never give consent, so Mrs. Cooper said she had no choice but to slip off...she managed a brand new white leghorn hat.....also wrangled a brand new white dotted Swiss dresss, at 12 cents a yard.....[but didn't getting new white shoes, after her sister pointed out to her 'you haven't had the black ones long, if anyone gets new shoes, it should be me.'] [On the day they eloped]...Miss Martin kited over an 8-rail high back fence, and scooted down the road by the creek...Scott came driving up in his surrey, we went to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Will Bradshaw in Brookeland, where a J.P., Will Berryman, was waiting to perform the ceremony. "We set up housekeeping nearby, but about 20 years later rumors of $18 a day lured us to West Texas to pick cotton...we just stayed for two years. Wages were high all right, but so was living."
  Children	1. Jewel Carmen Cooper,   b. 12 Dec 1906, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 10 Sep 1973, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 66 years)   2. Joy Ada Cooper,   b. 18 Apr 1909, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Jun 1910, Texas (Age 1 year)   3. Adrian Cooper,   b. 28 Jan 1910, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Otis J. Cooper,   b. Abt 1912, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ruby Lee Cooper,   b. 7 Jan 1913, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 13 Jun 2007, Vidor, Orange County, Texas (Age 94 years)   6. Elton O. Cooper,   b. Abt 1915, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   7. Laverne Lucille Cooper,   b. 29 Mar 1917, Texas d. 16 Jun 1918, Texas (Age 1 year)   8. Floy Mae Cooper,   b. Abt 1918, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   9. Macil La'v Cooper,   b. 28 Oct 1920, Texas d. 13 Feb 1990, Sabine County, Texas (Age 69 years)   10. Elmore Eugene Cooper,   b. 6 Dec 1922, Texas d. 19 Dec 1922, Texas (Age 0 years)   11. Living   12. Marvin Dwain Cooper,   b. 30 May 1927, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. 19 Jul 1994, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 67 years)   13. Orville Doyle Cooper,   b. 31 Jan 1929, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Apr 1887 - Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 29 May 1905 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 21 Dec 1970 - Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Burial - 21 Dec 1970 - Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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