J.B. Cooper
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History of the State of Montana, by Joaquim Miller, 1894 

J.B. Cooper, a well known and highly respected citizen of 
Billings Montana, was born in Georgia in March 1848 and was 
reared and educated in the 
South. 

In 1862 he entered the Confederate service and remained on 
duty until the close of the war, participating in numerous 
engagements. He was afterward in the regular army for three 
years, stationed at Forts Rice and Beaufort. 

In 1868 Mr Cooper came to Miles City, Montana. Later he located 
in Junction, Yellowstone County and from there came to his 
present location on the Blue Creek bottoms, near Billings 
where he is now engaged in ranching, being the owner the 
1280 acres of fine land and carrying on his operations on 
an extensive scale. 

During his early experience in Montana, Mr. Cooper had 
frequent dealings with the Indians and was on many a buffalo 
hunt. A record of all his pioneer life and exploits 
would fill a volume. 

Mr. Cooper was married in 1868 and he and his wife are the 
parents of six children, two sons and four daughters, the 
eldest being twenty-two and the youngest nine years of age. 

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