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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Elbert Emerson Cooper ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Cooper, Elbert Emerson
LAST NAME: Cooper FIRST NAME: Elbert MIDDLE NAME: Emerson NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: Elder
BORN: 28 Mar 1812 DIED: 12 Aug 1880 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Oregon
NOTES: 

1850 MO CENSUS - E.E. Cooper (39y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer) enumerated with Nancy (37y, b Kentucky), William H. (16y, b Tennessee), Daniel J. (15y, b Tennessee), Elizabeth (12y, b Tennessee), James S. (9y, b Missouri), Jacob C. (6y, b Missouri), Sarah J. (4y, b Missouri) and Riley D. (1y, b Missouri)

1860 MO CENSUS - E.E. Cooper (48y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer) enumerated with Nancy (47y, b Kentucky), Jacob C. (15y, b Missouri), Sarah J. (12y, b Missouri), Riley D. (11y, b Missouri), John H. (8y, b Missouri), Elbert W. (8y, b Missouri) and Nancy P. (5y, b Missouri)

1870 OR CENSUS - Elbertson Cooper (58y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer) enumerated with Nancy (57y, b Kentucky), Elbert (18y, b Missouri) and Nancy (15y, b Missouri)

1880 OR CENSUS - E. Elbert Cooper, age 68, has rheumatism, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with wife Nancy, age 67, b. Kentucky, along with daughter Patience, age 25, single, occupation teaching school, b. Missouri, and granddaughter Ann Mann, age 1, b. Oregon.

[Some of his grandchildren - children of daughter Sarah Jane Cooper and her husband John Glidow are buried at Zena]

BIOGRAPHICAL (regarding his children):
SEVEN BROTHERS DINE
Portland, April 27 - Seven brothers, hale and hearty dined together for the first time in 36 years yesterday at the Imperial hotel. They were attending the session of the Oregon Development League. Their two sisters were present at the dinner, and around the table tales of years were told, and old incidents recalled. Although the ages of "the boys" range from 71 to 53 years, they were as playful and happy as children.
The brothers represent the Coopers, one of Oregon's most prominent families. All are delegates to the Development League, from various towns in the state. W. H. Cooper is aged 71, and is srom Statyton, where he is engaged in the business of harnessmaking. D. J. hails from The Dalles. He is aged 69, and is a farmer.
J. S. Cooper, the well-known Independence banker, is aged 64, and has the distinction of being a member of the legistalture. J. C. is aged 60, and is a surveyor of McMinnville. R. D. is a hop grower at Independence, aged 55. J. E. is a stockman at Albany. He is aged 53. E. W. is J. E.'s twin, and is engaged in the mercantile business at Independence.
All of the brothers are blest with excellent [health] and are enjoying life to the fullest extent. They have lived in Oregon for from 37 to 42 years. Of five sisters born but two survive. They are Miss Patience Cooper, of Portland, and Mrs. S. J. Gildow, of Silverton. The parents are buried at Zena, Or.
Frederick Cooper, great-grandfather of the brothers and sisters who met here yesterday, fought with General Washington through five enlistments, being with the army at the surrender of Cornwallis. W. H., D. J., and J. E. served in the Union army during the rebellion. J. C. held the office of department commander of the G. A. R. of Oregon.
"We had a great time at luncheon today," said J. C. Cooper, spokesman for the brothers, after the group was photographed. "The family had not been together before for 36 years. That was a long time ago, when father and mother were alive. We met then at Salem. We have all been moderately successful in business, and none of us have ever been in the penitentiary. J. S. came the nearest to it when he was a member of the lower house in the legislature."
Daily Capital Journal 27 Apr 1905 1:2

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Father
E. E. Cooper
Born
Mar. 28, 1812
Died
Aug. 12, 1880
[shares nomument with Nancy]
Died in the Belief That God Doeth All
Things After The Counsel of His Own Will

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

1850 MO CENSUS (Lawrence Co, Dist 47, FA#137)

1860 MO CENSUS (Lawrence Co, Mt Pleasant, FA#364)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, FA#341)
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Eola, ED 104, pg 461C)
DCJ 27 Apr 1905 1:2 
 

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