Carroll County, Missouri Biography - Rev.Alfred T. Cooper From page 629, Carroll Co MO, county history book, 1881 REV.ALFRED T. COOPER was born February 21, 1816, in Hancock county Georgia. He is a son of John and Sarah COOPER,, natives of Virginia. In 1836 he moved with his mother to Carroll County, Missouri. Alfred's chances for attending schools were few and he may be justly considered a self-educated man. He was married June 31, 1836, to Miss Micah GENTRY, daughter of Robert and Guly GENTRY, natives of Kentucky. Mr. COOPER's first marriage was blessed with ten children, nine of whom are living: John W., Guly A., Francis M., Sarah J., deceased; Robert G., Alfred T., Reuben B., Abbott H., Micah E. and Parthenia S. Mrs. COOPER died in July 1873, after an illness of phthisic, for many years. Mr. COOPER prepared himself for the ministry, by studying at the plow and by the light made by shellbark of hickory. He entered the ministry in 1846, and preached his first sermon at Stokes Mound. He was married the second time, August 29, 1875, to Mrs. Laura BRADEN, relict of Jeremiah BRADEN, and daughter of John and Hannah HARTHCOTT, natives of Virginia. She was the mother of eight children when Mr. COOPER married her: Elizabeth F., George W., America, Malinda, Harriet E., Walter F., Charles H. and Emily A. Mr COOPER owns seventy acres of land on which is a nice little home. It is located on section 2 of Leslie township. Mr. COOPER is a Cumberland Presbyterian, and is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity. END *************************************************************************** I have a lot of later census records of most of his children, including my g-grandmother, Micah COOPER, who married back into her Mother's family, the GENTRYs. Alfred spent most of his life in Carroll Co., and is buried beside his daughter, Parthenia S. MALLATT, in Oak Forest Cemetery, Douglas Co, about 5 miles from Norwood, Wright Co MO. He died in 1900. About 1980, I spent several days in Carroll Co, and interviewed two different COOPER descendants, neither seemed to think they were connected to Alfred's family. I have not found even one descendant of this man, except for Micah's, to this day. ****************************************************************** File transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Flesher USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. USGenWeb NOTICE: Libraries and individual researchers may download this file for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use requires written permission from the transcriber. ******************************************************************