Unknown County MI Archives Biographies.....Cooper, James 1846 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JAMES COOPER was born in 1846, in Grandville County, Canada, and is the son of
Robert and Mary Cooper, of Nottinghamshire, England, where Robert Cooper was
born in 1812. The father of our subject left home at the age of twenty-one, and
after his marriage, about that date, he began work for himself. In 1837 he
crossed the ocean and made his home in Canada, bringing his family there and
settling in the county of Leeds. After remaining there for a short time, he went
to Grandville County, where he purchased one hundred and sixty-two acres of land
and there farmed until his death, which occurred in 1888.

  By his marriage with Mary Wright, an Englishwoman, Robert Cooper became the
father of eleven children, namely: Anna, Robert, John, Mary, William, James,
Martha, Lou V., Samuel, Joseph and David, the two last having died. The mother
of these children was called from earth in 1853 and their father was again
married, in 1854, to Ann Mahafee, to whom were born the following children:
David, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and four who died in infancy. The parents of this
family were earnest and conscientious members of the Episcopal Church.

  He of whom we write began life at the age of thirteen, by undertaking to do
work upon neighboring farms and at this time he also learned the blacksmith's
trade, which he followed for two years. It was in 1877 when he came to Michigan,
and he then located upon his present farm of two hundred acres, which is now
mostly improved, but at that time was what may well be called, wild land, for he
not only had to clear his property of trees and stones, but also had to make his
own roads from point to point.

  The married life of our subject began July 5, 1871, when he was united in
marriage with Miss Eliza Kinch, a daughter of William and Rachael (Shatford)
Kinch, both of whom were natives of Canada. To this happy home have been born
six children, whose names are Ernest E., Malin L., Rebecca M., Curtis W., Alice
L., and three who died in infancy. The parents of these children are highly
esteemed in the community where they reside, not only for their pleasant social
qualities, but also for their integrity of character.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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