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Martin McClain "Mort" Cooper

12 Aug 1861 – 1 Jan 1933

Birth	12 Aug 1861
Death	1 Jan 1933
Cemetery	McClain Cemetery Hohenwald , Lewis County , Tennessee , USA
Added by	Mary Bob McClain on 18 Jan 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6775096

Bio

son of Thomas Simpson and Lavonia McClain Cooper; Member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1883. Husband of Eliza Jane "Dink" Beckum; father of Seth Cooper. Obit: Mart Cooper Mt. Pleasant Tennessee Jan. 3 Mart Cooper 71, died Monday morning at his home at Sandy Hook of pneumonia. He was a farmer. Mr. Cooper was a member of a prominent family and was the son of the late Thomas S. and Lavonia McClain Cooper. He was born and spent most of his life in the Mt. Joy Community. He was a life long member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bessie Goodman Cooper; a son Seth Cooper of Mt. Pleasant; a stepson, Lehman Goodman of Maury County; a brother, Knox Cooper of Mt. Pleasant, and the following sister, Misses lavonia, Florence and Cora Cooper and Mrs. Nettie Pollock all of Maury County. Furner services were held at the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Albert Holt and burial was in the McClain Cemetery.

Inscription

"MARTIN COOPER" "AUG. 12, 1861 - JAN. 1, 1933"

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Family

Parents

• Thomas Simpson Cooper 1834–1923
• Livonia McClain Cooper 1844–1863

Spouse

• Elizabeth Jane "Dink" Beckum Cooper 1861–1903 FaG
• Bessie Elkin Goodman Cooper 1889–1973 FaG

Siblings

• Lavonia Nancy Cooper 1868–1953
• Finnetta "Nettie" Cooper Pollock 1869–1938
• Florence Cooper 1871–1937
• Cora Cooper 1873–1958
• Knox Cooper 1878–1960

Children

• Oatie Cooper 1884–1884 FaG
• Seth R. Cooper 1894–1979 FaG

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