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     Harper Walter Cooper was born on 18-Sep-1913 at Victoria County, Texas. He resided between 1929 and 1931 at 13 Anderson, Houston, Texas; was a trimmer at Houston Textile Mills. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, renter, monthly rent 20, married, age at first marriage 28, cannot read and write, night watchman, textile mill, Mary A, wife, f/w/54, age at first marriage 24, can read and write, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Lee, son, m/w/22, born Texas, insurance agent, Jewel, daughter, f/w/20,born Texas, textile mill filler, Harper, son, m/w/17, born Texas, textile mill napper. Harper Walter Cooper married Ethel Goodson, daughter of Henry Goodson and Jeannie (?), on 22-Jun-1934. Harper Walter Cooper died on 18-Apr-1997 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 83. He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, Houston, Texas. He was a member of Lindale Baptist Church and a Mason. He was a foreman for Houston Textile Mill for 42 years and a technician at Rice University lab for 5 years.

     Edward Jerome "E. J." Cooper was a retired pipefitter, general foreman and labor steward (15 years); truck driver and oil field worker. He was a Baptist, Mason, lay preacher and Mission Association delegate. He was born on 12-Jan-1915 at Victoria County, Texas. He was about 4 years old when the family went on a trip to make harvests along the way of cotton corn, etc. They had a large travelers wagon with bunk beds and a kitchen on the back and two horses named Buttons and Bald Eagle. Sylvester, Earl and Lee rode on horses. The younger children rode in the wagon. At night they would stop at a wagon yard (like today's motel) where a shed for the wagon and two horse stalls were furnished. In back was a place to build a fire to cook on. It was up high enough so one didn't have to squat down to tend the fire. The family lived in the wagon while staying there. He was a magazine hd at Houston Textile Mills between 1929 and 1930 at Houston, Texas. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, renter, monthly rent 20, married, age at first marriage 28, cannot read and write, night watchman, textile mill, Mary A, wife, f/w/54, age at first marriage 24, can read and write, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Lee, son, m/w/22, born Texas, insurance agent, Jewel, daughter, f/w/20,born Texas, textile mill filler, Harper, son, m/w/17, born Texas, textile mill napper. Edward Jerome "E. J." Cooper married Juanita Delores Moody, daughter of Ernest Moody and Littie Moody, on 15-Jan-1938. Edward Jerome "E. J." Cooper was a Little League sponsor and manager in the state playoffs between 1968 and 1969. He died on 29-Sep-2003 at Cleveland, Texas, at age 88. He was buried at Pace-Stancil Cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.

     Effie Pearl Cooper was born on 14-Mar-1902 at DeWitt County, Texas. The 1910 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, m/w/37, married 10 years, born Texas, father and mother born Alabama, farmer, renter, Addie M., wife, f/w/34, 7 children, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Amy G., daughter, f/w/9, born Texas, Effie, f/w/8, born Texas, Sylvester, son, m/w/6, born Texas, Earl W.m/w/4, born Texas, Lee D., son, m/w/2, born Texas, Jewell, daughter, f/w/ 0/12, born Texas, Newell, son, m/w/0/12, born Texas, Amy H, mother, f/w/74, 7 children, 5 alive, born Alabama, father and mother born North Carolina. Effie Pearl Cooper resided between 1929 and 1930 at 3403 Roseland Ave. Apt 1, Houston, Texas; was a cashier for Walgreen Texas Company. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated her as head of household on 12-Apr-1930 Precinct 1, Houston, Harris County, Texas; living as lodger in household of Janie Wallace Hale at 1111 Fannin St., cashier at a shoe store. Found John P. Dodd at 1219 Providence Street, roomer, age 58, widow, age 24 at first marriage, born Texas, father born Tennessee, mother born Mississippi, Salvation Army solicitor. She married John P. Dodd in 1937. Effie Pearl Dodd and Jewel Lillie Cooper owned and operated a Baptist Book Store and day nursery on Irvington Street in Houston. Effie Pearl Dodd died on 15-Sep-1958 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 56 death certificate says she was divorced. "Mrs Effie Pearl Cooper Dodd was about 25 years old, living at home with her family and doing seamstress work, when she felt the call to preach. From then on her life was devoted to religion.
She preached the Full Gospel doctrine for the Pentecostal movement. She once had her own church at Bertram for three years. She traveled to many Texas towns as substitute preacher or evangelist.
Born in DeWitt, on the family farm, she was the second eldest of nine children; it was in helping to rear them that she learned to ply her needle so artfully.
A large woman, about six feet tall, with a kind, friendly face, she had nimble fingers that could sew the most delicate of stitches or twist colored paper into lovely flowers. Some of her work was for gifts, some for sale for funds for the church.
She was 35 when she married a Spanish-American War veteran 21 years ago. Mrs Dodd came to Houston in 1926. Ill for seven years, she lived with a sister, Miss Jewell Cooper, at 3917 Irvington Blvd.
Baptized at Irvington Pentecostal Church, she was a state worker with young people for the Pentecostal movement, and many pastors throughout the state first got their start under her leadership. 'Often she'd put some of the more timid ones on the young people's program to help them get confidence,' Miss Cooper said.
Mrs Mary Bowen, Irvington Pentecostal pastor, said Mrs Dodd 'blessed the lives of others and felt she was prepared to meet the Lord.'
All 35 members of her church choir took time off from their jobs today to sing at services for her in the church this morning." She was buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County.

     Newel Willie Cooper was a Baptist. He was a dairyman, textile mill machine operator and farmer. He was born on 25-Mar-1910. The 1910 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, m/w/37, married 10 years, born Texas, father and mother born Alabama, farmer, renter, Addie M., wife, f/w/34, 7 children, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Amy G., daughter, f/w/9, born Texas, Effie, f/w/8, born Texas, Sylvester, son, m/w/6, born Texas, Earl W.m/w/4, born Texas, Lee D., son, m/w/2, born Texas, Jewell, daughter, f/w/ 0/12, born Texas, Newell, son, m/w/0/12, born Texas, Amy H, mother, f/w/74, 7 children, 5 alive, born Alabama, father and mother born North Carolina. Newel Willie Cooper married Lu Dell Duncan. Newel Willie Cooper died on 19-Sep-1984 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at age 74. He was buried at Hebron Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas.

     Jewel Lillie Cooper was a machine operator for Shell Oil Company, also worked for Houston Box Company and a textile mill. She was born on 25-Mar-1910. The 1910 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, m/w/37, married 10 years, born Texas, father and mother born Alabama, farmer, renter, Addie M., wife, f/w/34, 7 children, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Amy G., daughter, f/w/9, born Texas, Effie, f/w/8, born Texas, Sylvester, son, m/w/6, born Texas, Earl W.m/w/4, born Texas, Lee D., son, m/w/2, born Texas, Jewell, daughter, f/w/ 0/12, born Texas, Newell, son, m/w/0/12, born Texas, Amy H, mother, f/w/74, 7 children, 5 alive, born Alabama, father and mother born North Carolina. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, renter, monthly rent 20, married, age at first marriage 28, cannot read and write, night watchman, textile mill, Mary A, wife, f/w/54, age at first marriage 24, can read and write, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Lee, son, m/w/22, born Texas, insurance agent, Jewel, daughter, f/w/20,born Texas, textile mill filler, Harper, son, m/w/17, born Texas, textile mill napper. Jewel Lillie Cooper and Effie Pearl Dodd owned and operated a Baptist Book Store and day nursery on Irvington Street in Houston. Jewel Lillie Cooper died on 2-Mar-1993 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at age 82. She was buried at Hebron Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas.

     James Silas Elkins was born on 30-Mar-1901 at Austin, Travis County, Texas. He married Amy Gertrude Cooper, daughter of Marshall Jerone Cooper and Mary Adeline "Addie" Rice. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household in 1930 Harris County, Texas; head, renter, 27 per month, m/w/29, married, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, grocery store cashier, Amy, wife, f/w/29, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Ervin, m/w/6, born Texas, Virgil, m/w/5, born Texas, Beryl, m/w/2, born Texas, John T. Huffman, roomer, m/w/40, Rose Huffman, f/w/36, roomer, both washers at a laundry. James Silas Elkins died on 13-Jan-1986 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 84. He was buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas.

     William Laverne Elkins was born on 4-Jun-1922 at Edna, Texas. He died on 16-Sep-1922 at Edna, Texas.

     James Ervin Elkins was an optician at Swearingen Optical Co. He was a Baptist. He was born on 27-Jun-1923 at Austin, Travis County, Texas. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of James Silas Elkins's household; head, renter, 27 per month, m/w/29, married, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, grocery store cashier, Amy, wife, f/w/29, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Ervin, m/w/6, born Texas, Virgil, m/w/5, born Texas, Beryl, m/w/2, born Texas, John T. Huffman, roomer, m/w/40, Rose Huffman, f/w/36, roomer, both washers at a laundry. James Ervin Elkins served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He married Doris Margaret Bolman. James Ervin Elkins died on 30-Aug-1975 at Shreveport, Louisiana, at age 52.

     Virgil Sanders "Bud" Elkins also went by the name of Bud. He was born on 18-Dec-1925 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of James Silas Elkins's household; head, renter, 27 per month, m/w/29, married, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, grocery store cashier, Amy, wife, f/w/29, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Ervin, m/w/6, born Texas, Virgil, m/w/5, born Texas, Beryl, m/w/2, born Texas, John T. Huffman, roomer, m/w/40, Rose Huffman, f/w/36, roomer, both washers at a laundry. Virgil Sanders "Bud" Elkins served in the U. S. Navy between 1941 and 1961 was in military action in all wars since 1941, including World War II convoys to Murmanks, Russia; invasion of Sicily, Salerno, and Normandy; Korean War service on USS Iowa; Vietnam War service on USS King, Belknap and Mahan. He received 14 ribbons and medals. He married Ruth Lois Hunt. Virgil Sanders "Bud" Elkins died on 8-Mar-1998 at Redding, California, at age 72 of a stroke. His life partner, Pat Moore, was with him.

     Beryl Marshall Elkins was an aluminum siding and auto glass installer. He was born on 2-Sep-1927 at Gonzales, Texas. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as a member of James Silas Elkins's household; head, renter, 27 per month, m/w/29, married, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, grocery store cashier, Amy, wife, f/w/29, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Ervin, m/w/6, born Texas, Virgil, m/w/5, born Texas, Beryl, m/w/2, born Texas, John T. Huffman, roomer, m/w/40, Rose Huffman, f/w/36, roomer, both washers at a laundry. Beryl Marshall Elkins served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He married Ruby Lee Clifton in 1951. Beryl Marshall Elkins married Delia Blevins on 6-Aug-1982. Beryl Marshall Elkins died on 3-Feb-1991 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 63. He was buried at Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas.

     Doris Margaret Bolman was born on 7-Dec-1925 at Toledo, Ohio. She married James Ervin Elkins, son of James Silas Elkins and Amy Gertrude Cooper.

     Ruth Lois Hunt was born on 14-Sep-1925 at Toledo, Ohio. She married Virgil Sanders "Bud" Elkins, son of James Silas Elkins and Amy Gertrude Cooper. Ruth Lois Hunt died on 3-Aug-1985 at Anderson, California, at age 59.

     Peggy Lois Elkins was born on 18-Jul-1944 at Houston, Harris County, Texas. She graduated from Waukeegan High School, Waukeegan, Illinois. She married Wayne Webb. Peggy Lois Webb died on 8-Dec-1973 at Ventura, Ventura County, California, at age 29.

     Wayne Webb married Peggy Lois Elkins, daughter of Virgil Sanders "Bud" Elkins and Ruth Lois Hunt.

     Hoffman Peterson was born on 6-Apr-1863 at Skee, Haraldsted, Denmark; birth place per Marie Lønberg Peterson in 1942, on Helen Marie Peterson's birth certificate. His baptism name was Jorgen Hoffman Pedersen. He appeared on the census of 1-Feb-1870 at Denmark age 6, father died Aug 14, 1870. He left at Copenhagen, Denmark, on 8-Mar-1880 at age 17, occupation listed as a baker on the Emigration Register. Contract number 7400, destination Racine, Wisconsin. He arrived on 7-Apr-1880 at New York City, New York, aboard the S. S. Harald. Hoffman located in Racine, Wisconsin when he first came to America but soon went to Minneapolis and later to Fargo. Hoffman and his brother, Hans, had a wholesale bakery in Fargo. After they sold the bakery, Hoffman moved his family to Houston, about 1916 when Helen was 1 1/2 years old. They lived with the Keurolff's in the Kress building while their house was being built on 80 acres at Iowa Colony. They later had a barn, windmill and fence. May was born here. Hoffman got a 40 year loan from the Federal Land Bank to buy the 80 acres at Iowa Colony. Hoffman took care of a fig orchard, worked for Catholic nuns, an old folks home and the St. Anthony dairy. He owned a bicycle and a horse, but never owned an automobile. He was a member of the Danish Brotherhood Lodge of America #243. He appeared on the census of 8-Jun-1880 at Mt Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin, as John H. Peterson, age 17, farm laborer in household of Walker, age 73, with son age 49, daughter-in-law age 42, two grandsons and one granddaugher age 11, 7 and 3. He appeared on the census of 20-Jun-1885 at Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, in household of Jorgen Christiansen. He was naturalized on 25-Nov-1893 at Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin; witnessed by James Frank and Peter Jensen. He appeared on the census of 11-May-1910 at Fargo, North Dakota, age 38, born Denmark, trade or profession as teamster, general industry as bakery was listed as a roomer with the household of the Rentschaler family. He married Marie Emilie Lønberg, daughter of Mogens Peter Lønberg and Karen Marie Christensdatter, on 11-Aug-1910 at Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota; Witnesses were Andrea M. Jensen of Moorhead, Minnesota and Fred J. Krogh of Fargo, North Dakota; ceremony performed by Rev. N. J. Peterson, an ordained Minister, Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Marie was 26, Hoffman was 47 yrs old. Hoffman Peterson and Marie Emilie Peterson appeared on the census of 31-Jan-1920 at Harris County, Texas, Hoffman Peterson, age 56, emigrated 1880, naturalized 1890, can read and write, born Denmark; wife Marie, age 36, emigrated 1910, alien, can read and write, born Denmark; Esther, age 6, born North Dakota, Helen, age 4, born North Dakota, May, age 2, born Texas. Hoffman Peterson and Marie Emilie Peterson separated when Helen was 11 or 12 years old. in 1927. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household on on 1-Jun-1930 HH # 3 on Pure Milk Drive, Precinct # 2, Houston, Harris County, Texas; Peterson, Herman - head, m/w/64/married, born Denmark, parents born Denmark, language Danish, a miller at a dairy, land owner, valued at $1600. "Mrs. James Frank, 1649 Washington Avenue, has as her guests her two brothers, former residents of Racine, making their first visit here in 20 years. The Rev. N. J. Peterson, former pastor of the Baptist church at Berkeley, Calif., is on a lecture tour, arriving here from Kalamazoo, Mich. He will leave on Saturday for Madison, en route to Fargo, N.D., and he expects to be at home with his family in California by Thanksgiving. Hoffman Peterson's home is at Houston, Tex., where he has been engaged in farming for several years. Both visitors attended the fifth ward school here before attending the University of Chicago." (from a newspaper article in Racine, Wisconsin) on 12-Apr-1936. Hoffman Peterson died on 3-Apr-1948 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 84. He was buried at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Texas.

     Ruby Lee Clifton was born on 17-Jun-1929 at Houston, Harris County, Texas. She married Beryl Marshall Elkins, son of James Silas Elkins and Amy Gertrude Cooper, in 1951. Ruby Lee Clifton died on 12-Sep-1988 at Houston, Texas, at age 59.