Biography of Fred V. Cooper - Mercer Co. WV

The History of West Virginia, Old and New 
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. 
Chicago and New York, Volume II 
pg. 155

FRED V. COOPER has proved his business progressiveness and efficiency in
his effective service as cashier of the Bank of Athens at Athens, Mercer
County, and is one of the popular and representative young business men of
his native County. He was born at Bluefield, Mercer County, on the 17th of
July, 1895, and is a son of Elijah F. and Irene E. (Vermillion) Cooper, the
former a native of Virginia and the latter of West Virginia. The father was
long a successful Contractor and builder and is now a resident of Beckley,
Raleigh County. The Vermillion family was founded in Virginia in the
Colonial period of our national history and numerous representatives of the
same have been successful physicians and surgeons.

Mr. Cooper gained his early education in the public schools at Athens,
where he thereafter continued his studies in the Concord State Normal
School, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1915. He then
entered the University of West Virginia, but after pursuing a course in
electrical engineering for one year impaired health compelled him to leave
the university. Upon recovering his physical health he became, in 1917,
assistant cashier of the Bank of Athens, and in 1919 he was advanced to his
present executive office, that of cashier of this substantial and well
ordered institution. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, is a
member of the Mercer County Country Club, through the medium of which he
finds opportunity for indulgence in his favorite recreation, that of lawn
tennis, and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.

In 1917, at Athens, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cooper and Miss
Pearl Preston, whose father, S. V. Preston, is now a successful coal
operator at Harland, Kentucky. The attractive home of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
is brightened by the presence of their two children, Irene E. and Harry Fred.


Submitted by Chris & Kerry <cmac4330@chesapeake.net>

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