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     Franklin Cooper was born on 16-Feb-1828 at Kentucky. He married Mary Ann Neale on 1-Nov-1860. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated him as head of household on on 16-Aug-1870 Post Oak Twp, Johnson County, Missouri; age 43, born Kentucky, farmer having real estate valued at $24,000 and personal wealth at $3,500. Father-in-law Thomas Neal is living next door. Franklin Cooper died on 11-Jun-1875 at age 47 age 47 yrs, 3 mos and 24 days. He was buried at Cooper Cemetery, Johnson County, Missouri.

     Charles Vincent Cooper was born on 10-Feb-1871. He married Charlotte Elliott on 6-Jan-1897. Charles Vincent Cooper died on 8-Jan-1949 at Windsor, Missouri, at age 77 at daughter, Minnie Reneau's home. He was buried at Laurel Oak Cemetery, Windsor, Missouri. He , my great-grandfather, died when I was only 4. I do remember him coming n his horse quite often during the winter and sitting behind the old pot bellied stove in the kitchen, chair kicked back against the wall and feet extended toward the stove to get the warm after his ride to our house. When he came to visit, he always had something in his pocket for me and my brother, Gary. It might be a rabbit's foot or an orange or maybe a piece of hard candy, but always something. I really wish that he would have lived longer so I could have really known him. My mother said he was the grandest fellow on earth. That was quite a compliment from her. I understand now that my Grandfather lived on the so called Uncle Will's place and we lived in the original Franklin Cooper house. The distance between was probably a couple of miles cross country, a little further if you took the road. Myrna Cooper Shirey.