Consolidated Military Officer's File of Joseph A Cooper, Tennessee, 1864

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Consolidated Military Officer's File of Joseph A Cooper, Tennessee, 1864

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SNAC Resource ID: 11659439

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Cooper, Joseph Alexander, 1823-1910

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Cooper was born on a farm in Whitley County, Kentucky, near Cumberland Falls, on November 25, 1823. He was the son of John Cooper, a War of 1812 veteran, and Hester (Sage) Cooper. He and his parents moved to Campbell County, Tennessee, the following year, where they settled on a farm along Cove Creek, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Jacksboro. Growing up in Campbell County, Cooper became a deacon in the Longfield Baptist Church in 1839, and married Mary J. Hutson in April 1846. During the Mexican–A...