Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....COOPER, Judson D. 1857 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      JUDSON D. COOPER, of Lopez, Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, was born in
  Elmira, New York, October 20, 1857, and is the son of William L. and Hannah
  (Lathrop) Cooper, and a grandson of William Cooper, a pioneer farmer of Chenango
  County, New York. William Cooper was born in Orange county, New Jersey, in 1800,
  and remained there until he had attained his majority, when he located in
  Chenango county, New York, which at that time was an almost unbroken wilderness,
  inhabited by wild beasts and the fiercer redman. Here he spent the remainder of
  his life, clearing and cultivating his land and caring for the wants of his
  family. He married Elizabeth Longcoy, and to them were born the following
  children: William L., the father of our subject; Julia, wife of James Warren, of
  Chemung county; Charles, a farmer of Bulkhead, that county; Charlotte, deceased
  wife of Ray Warren, also of that county; Allen, a soldier in the Rebellion, and
  two terms sheriff of Chemung county, now a resident of Elmira, New York; and
  Mary Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Garrabrant, of Elmira Heights, New York. His wife
  dying, William Cooper was united in marriage to Lydia Mudd, who was born in 1800
  and lived to the extreme age of ninety-eight years. Mr. Cooper was called to his
  reward March 20, 1872.
  
      William L. Cooper, the father, was born in Chemung county, in Baldwin
  township, and was there reared to manhood. His first business venture was as
  proprietor of the hotel at Dean's Corners, where he remained several years. He
  chose for his life's partner, Hannah Lathrop, a daughter of John Lathrop, and to
  them were born three children: Judson D., our subject; John W., who died young;
  and George Franklin, a bookkeeper, thought to be living in Brooklyn. When the
  Civil war threw its dark cloud over our land, William L. Cooper was among those
  who sacrificed their lives for the national honor, enlisting, in 1862, in
  Company E, One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers, and
  contracting spotted fever, from which he died.
  
      Judson D. Cooper was thrown upon his own resources at a much earlier age
  than the average boy. From the time he was twelve years old he has been obliged
  to provide for himself, first as chore boy on the farm, and, as he became older,
  being employed in milling and carpenter work. He has since continued in the
  milling business. In 1880 he came to this county, where he and Josiah Hembury,
  his father-in-law, purchased a mill in the vicinity of Cherry Mills and for some
  five years operated it most successfully. The following six years were spent in
  a mill in Forks township, after which he came to Lopez, in 1892, to accept the
  position of head filer for Jennings Brothers - a position he still holds.
  
      He was married at Dushore, this county, to Adella E. Hembury, October 29,
  1881. She is a daughter of Josiah and Mary (McCorrel) Hembury. Their children
  were: Mary Elsie, who died at the age of one and one-half years; George
  Franklin, Cora Belle and Forest Judson. Mrs. Cooper is a member of the
  Evangelical church, and their religious faith is exemplified by their daily
  lives. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Sawmill Experts' Association, of Minnesota,
  and also belongs to the Patriotic Order Sons of America, having united with that
  body at New Albany, in 1890, and is identified with the Knights of Maccabees,
  becoming a member in 1896, at this place. Mr. Cooper also expects soon to be
  initiated in the order of Free Masons, of which he intends to be a member
  through life.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
      Extracted from: 
        
      History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
      by Thomas J. Ingham
        
      Compendium of Biography
        
      The Lewis Publishing Company
      Chicago: 1899
  
  
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