Cooper, Arvazena A., 1845-1929.

Born in Kentucky, Arvazena A. Cooper (1845-1929) spent her formative years in southwestern Missouri. At sixteen, she married Daniel Jackson Cooper. In 1863, Cooper, her husband, father-in-law, and infant set out by wagon for the state of Oregon and settled in the Willamette Valley. Cooper settled near Corvallis, Oregon, and performed the duties expected of mid-nineteenth-century wives and mothers. She bore thirteen children in Oregon (and one en route). Cooper's commitment to child rearing extended beyond her own family. Cooper contributed to the building of Farm Home, a Corvallis receiving home for orphans.

From the description of Arvazena A. Cooper papers [microform], 1845-1900. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 229669062

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