Oscar Haud (Ovid) Cooper

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Crowley, Greene Co,Arkansas
• Census: 1920, Crowley, Greene Co, Arkansas

Notes:

Census:
1900 Crowley, Greene Co, Arkansas
Floid B Wood 36
Sarah E Wood 33
Henry T Wood 13
Harve W Wood 11
Clarance A Wood 7
Nancy A Wood 5
James Craig 27 Arkansas hired hand
Earnest Denny 21 hired hand
William H Willson 28 hired hand
Osker H Cooper 19 hired hand



Census:
1920 Crowley Greene Co Arkansas
residence 142
Oscar H Cooper 38
Zelmer Cooper 27
Inez Cooper 16
Tuly Cooper 13
Sadie Cooper 11
Jewel Williams 11 step-dau
Ewell Williams 9 step-dau
Eunice Williams 7 step-dau

residence 145
William P. Breckenridge 31 1889 mail carrier Ark Ark Tenn
Amanda 36 1885 Ark Tenn Missouri
Buela 16 1904 Arkansas
Clara 12 1908 Arkansas
Perdie Branch niece 15 1905
Deliah Whitlock mother-in-law 76 1844 widow MO VA MO

Oscar married Temp Nancy "Tempie" Stallcup in 1903. Temp was born in Mar 1879 in Tennessee; died in 1910 in Paragould, Greene Co, Arkansas; was buried in Beech Grove Cem, Beech Grove, Greene Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Inez Cooper was born in 1903 in Tennessee; died after 1910 in of, Breckenridge, Greene Co, Arkansas.
2. Truly Cooper was born in 1906 in Tennessee; died after 1910 in of, Breckenridge, Greene Co, Arkansas.
3. Sadie Cooper was born in 1908 in Tennessee; died after 1910 in of, Breckenridge, Greene Co, Arkansas.

Oscar married Mrs. Zelmer (..) Williams-Cooper in 1915 in Greene Co, Arkansas. Zelmer was born in 1893 in Arkansas; died on 11 Mar 1927 in Paragould, Greene Co, Arkansas; was buried in Beech Grove Cem, Beech Grove, Greene Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Rosie Spain in 1928 in Greene Co, Arkansas. Rosie was born between 1880 and 1908; died after 1930 in of, Greene Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE .

W.H. COOPER

THE FAMILIAR FACE OF W.H. COOPER WILL BE SEEN NO MORE IN HIS USUAL CIRCLE AROUD THE VILLAGE OF BEECH GROVE . ON FRIDAY , JANUARY 9TH , 1920 , GOD BECKONED AND UNCLE WILL ,AS HE WAS LOVINGLY CALLED , WENT HOME . HE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1845 , AND REMOVED FROM KENTUCKY , THE STATE OF NATIVITY , TO ARKANSAS , AND SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEECH GROVE IN 1881 , AND LIVED WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF WHERE HE SETTLED TILL THE CLOSE OF HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. .

HE SPRANG FROM A LARGE FAMILY AND TRUE TO HIS BLOOD , HIMSELF REARED A FAMILY CONSISTING OF SEVEN CHILDREN , MRS. W.F. GROOMS OF PARAGOULD , WIFE OF OUR REAL ESTATE AGENT , BEING ONE OF THEM. ALL OF WHOM SURVIVE THE DECEASED. HE WAS 74 YEARS OLD AT HIS LAST BIRTHDAY . WHEN THE UNPLEASANT STRUGGLE OCCURRED MR. COOPER , BELIEVING THAT THE UNION SHOULD BE PRESERVED AT AT HAZARDS CAST HIS LOT UPON THAT SIDE AND THERE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN WAR , AS HE ALWAYS DID IN PEACE , LOVINGLY , HONESTLY AND TRUE. DURING THE YEARS THAT HE WENT AMONGST US HE WAS THE VERY SOUL OF HONOR AND OF GREAT CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE. HIS LIFE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WITH WHOM HE CAME IN CONTACT. .

HE SERVED HIS COUNTY AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR CROWLEY TOWNSHIP FOR SIX YEARS , DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF THEAT OFFICE WITH PERFECT JUSTICE . .

AS HE LIVED HE PASSED AWAY WITHOUT A MURMER , FAREWELL , UNCLE WILL AND MAY THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS TAKE YOU TO YOUR WELL DESERVED HOME . THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU IN YOUR DAILY WALKS . FAREWELL ! FAREWELL ! .

A FRIEND
(ancestry)

William married Barbara Ellen Hewitt about 1870 in Knox Co, Indiana. Barbara was born in 1847 in Indiana; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]