History of Joseph Cooper, 1941.

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History of Joseph Cooper, 1941.

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Typed transcript, carbon, of Joseph Cooper's autobiography which was transcribed from a volume borrowed from James Neves of Wellsville, Utah, by Mrs. Mina Hardy and Orin Clawson as part of the Utah Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in 1941. In his autobiography, which was written circa 1927, Cooper describes coming to New Orleans from England with his family as a child in 1849; the family's journey from New Orleans to St. Louis and across "the plains" to Salt Lake City; living in Mormon communities including Grantsville, Springville, and Wellsville, Utah; his work as a teamster and farmer; encounters with Indians; his activities on behalf of the Mormon Church bringing immigrants from St. Louis to Salt Lake City, and establishing Mormon settlements in Arizona; and his marriage to Ruth Parker and the births of his ten children. A typed copy of a newspaper article regarding Cooper's funeral and a "Brief History of Joseph Cooper" by one of his sons follow the autobiography.

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