JOHN COOPER FAMILY CEMETERY, Greenville County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 22-Oct-04 Text File: A998.TXT Image Folder: A998 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2004 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Oct-2004 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Oct-2004 RECORDING ...... : Lowry Wilson at sclowry@hotmail.com in Dec-2000 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ LATITUDE: N 34 degrees 47.63 minutes LONGITUDE: W 082 degrees 27.48 minutes Rocky Acre Tr. near end of Boling Road off Staunton Bridge Road Greenville County, SC. CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ > TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife There is evidence that many more old graves are there, but are marked by a depression in the ground and many with just field stones. William T. COOPER, born 8 FEB 1845, died 22 SEP 1882 Lucinda Ann COOPER, born 14 JULY 1837, died 29 JUNE 1858, daughter of John & Mahala Cooper A. Thompson COOPER, born 25 APRIL 1850, died 1 SEP 1865, son of John & Mahala Cooper John COOPER, born 5 JAN 1802, died 25 NOV 1872 (tombstone is out of place - standing sideways in Thompson Cooper's grave) James Canada COOPER, born 9 APRIL 1832, died 12 JULY 1865, son of John & Mahala Cooper Noah C. COOPER, born 28 DEC 1835, died 22 JULY 1862, son of John & Mahala Cooper P.H.A., initials with no dates, the "A" could be a "M" Mahala COOPER, Probably wife of John Cooper, No readable dates Mahala COOPER, born 2 FEB 1841, died 24 JAN 1901 E.J. SMITH, Eliza Jane Cooper, born 30 MAY 1834, died 26 NOV 1905 Obits show two additional ladies are buried here: Elizabeth & Mary COOPER Greenville News - Friday, January 25, 1901 Miss Mahalla Cooper, daughter of the late Jack Cooper died yesterday at her home in the Gantt Township, near Salem Church, after a long illness from a cancer. She was sixty years old. Two sisters, who were living with her and a brother in Texas survive her. Miss Cooper was well known in the city and in her section of the county. She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church and will be buried in the family graveyard. Greenville News - Tuesday, November 11, 1908 Miss Elizabeth Cooper Daughter of the Late Jack Cooper dies at her home near Dunham's Bridge Miss Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of the late Jack Cooper died at the family home near Dunham's Bridge on Monday Night, at an advanced age. Miss Cooper was well known in the city. For years she was a regular visitor here with the product of her farm, which she sold. One sister, Miss Mary Cooper and several nephews and nieces are her surviving relatives. The funeral services were held at the residence yesterday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. P. Attaway, pastor of Salem Church, of which the deceased was a member for many years. The interment was in the family graveyard. The Greenville News -- Saturday, November 11, 1922 Miss Mary Cooper dies after short Illness Miss Mary Cooper, 75 years of age, died at her home in the Welcome Church section, about 5 miles from Greenville on Friday morning at an early hour, after a short illness. Miss Cooper was one of the oldest residents of this section and a daughter of the late Jack Cooper, who was prominent in that section. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the home. Interment is in the family cemetery, Cooper's Graveyard.