Cooper, William, 1802-

William Cooper was a planter of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala., and Magnolia Plantation, Coahoma County, Miss. He travelled frequently between his home at Tuscumbia, Ala., and his plantation in Coahoma County, Miss.

From the description of William Cooper diaries, 1862; 1865; 1872; 1886. WorldCat record id: 24438991

From the guide to the William Cooper Diaries, 1862-1886, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

William Cooper, lawyer, was born January 11, 1802, in Brunswick County, Virginia, and died 16 August 1887, in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama. He practiced law in Alabama and lived at Tuscumbia, Alabama, and at Magnolia Plantation, near Friar's Point, Cahoma County, Mississippi. His sons, James Parke Cooper and John William Cooper, were Confederate soldiers who served with the "Franklin Blues," (2nd Alabama Infantry, Company E). His daughters were Jane, Susan, Sarah, Mollie, and Julia.

From the description of William Cooper diaries, 1859-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123402141

William Cooper, lawyer, of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, was born January 11, 1802, in Brunswick County, Virginia. His family moved to Nashville from Virginia in 1807 and later to Alabama. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and practiced first at Russellville. In 1828 he moved to Tuscumbia. He represented the Choctaws in negotiating the Treaty of Pontotoc with the Federal government, served as bank commissioner from 1845-1847, and was a member of the Alabama Secession Convention. He married, first, on November 12, 1824, Susan Henderson McCullock (died 1834). They had three children: Langston, died young; James Parks; and Jane Foster (married James Pettit). He and his second wife, Elizabeth Blocker, whom he married in 1836, had five children: John William; Susan Henderson (married W. A. Nelson); Sarah A. (married John Goodwin); Mollie R.(married Ben Winter); and Julie Francis (married E. R. Rather). Cooper married his third wife, Mrs. Julia Plummber Blocker, December 27, 1869. They had no children. William Cooper died August 16, 1887 in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

From the guide to the William Cooper Diaries and Photograph MSS. 0357., 1864-1887, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama)