Dooly County GaArchives Biographies.....Cooper, Joseph Jackson 1869 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 770-771

   JOSEPH JACKSON COOPER, one of the best-known merchants of Vienna, Georgia, is
successfully carrying on the business established and conducted by him in 1897.
Born in Dooly county on January 16, 1869, he is the son of John C. and Mary
(Moring) Cooper. The father was born and reared in Baldwin county, Georgia,
while the mother is a native of Dooly county. John C. Cooper served the South
during the Civil war, fighting with the Baldwin Blues, Fourth Georgia 'Regiment,
and was captured just before the close of the war. He was a prisoner of war at
Governor's island, New York, and participated in many of the hottest engagements
of the struggle. After the close of the war he returned to his farm in Dooly
county and there passed the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were the
parents of four children: Lizzie, married to J. W. Bozemore, a farmer in Dooly
county; J. B., also a farmer in Dooly county; Annie, the wife of J. B. Foreham,
and the subject, Joseph Jackson.

   The early life of Joseph Jackson Cooper was passed as a helper on the farm of
his father and an attendant of the schools of the community wherein he was
reared. He also attended the high school in Snow Springs. When he was twenty-two
years of age he entered the service of the F. H. Bland Company, dealers in
dry-goods, and after some time went from that firm to Pine Hurst, Georgia, with
the firm of the Fullington-Barfield Company. He advanced rapidly with that firm
and the last three years of his connection with them was as secretary and
treasurer of the concern. In January, 1897, the young man decided to launch out
into business on his own responsibility, and he accordingly located in Vienna,
opening up an establishment as dealer in dry-goods, house furnishings, etc. He
is the sole owner of the business, and in the years that have elapsed since its
establishment, it has grown apace, expanding and reaching out into hitherto
untapped channels of trade. The store occupies a two-story brick building at the
corner of Union and Third streets, the property being owned by Mr. Cooper, who
is also the owner of a handsome residence erected since his location in Vienna.
Mr. Cooper has been able to give some of his time to civic matters, despite his
necessarily busy life, and has served as a member of the city council, of the
board of health, and is now a member of the school board. His presence on
anything of a like nature is proof of honest effort being expended in the
interests of the community, and Mr. Cooper has proved himself a citizen of a
high order in the years of his residence in Vienna.

   On October 2, 1896, Mr. Cooper was united in marriage with Miss Ella Lytle,
the daughter of Thomas T. Lytle and M. T. (Smith) Lytle. One child has been born
to them, Lillian, now eight years of age. All members of the family are
affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church of Vienna.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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