Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[Source: Linda Mullen]

Cooper, George Lee
By G.L. DeBorde
Freestone County History Book, Vol 2, page 194

George Lee Cooper was born August 16, 1861, the son of George Cooper and Jane 
Burleson Cooper.

The first record of his appearance in Freestone County was the purchase of 160 
acres of land near Donie on November 24, 1882.  About the same time, he married 
Callie Lookingbill of Buffalo.  In 1890, he sold the land at Donie to K. J. 
Mayberry.  Elizabeth, John, and Charlie Mayberry were his half-sister and 
brothers.  George had a brother, J.H. who died at an early age.  Another 
brother, Nathan, died in 1933.

In 1901, he purchased land about 10 miles east of Fairfield.  In 1940, he 
divided the land between his three remaining children.  Floyd and Trania Teague 
purchased Emery’s portion which gave them two-thirds of the place.  The land 
was later sold to the DeFrances, who now live there.

George and Callie had two sons and two daughters.  Harvey passed away in 1931, 
never having married.  George Emery Cooper passed away in 1975, having been 
married twice and leaving a daughter and two sons.  Susie was born on December 
28, 1887, and married Al DeBorde in 1909.  They had eleven children, ten boys 
and one girl.  Trania Mae was born on March 18, 1892 and married Floyd Teague 
on January 16, 1924.  They had one son, J. D. Teague, who now serves as City 
Administrator of the City of Fairfield.

Callie died in 1927 after a long illness.  George died on July 8, 1941.  Both 
are buried in Antioch Cemetery at Turlington.