Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 696-698 [Caldwell]

     S. M. COOPER, M. D., a practicing of Fredonia, Kentucky, was
born in Livingston county, Kentucky, November 17, 1848, a son of
Andrew and a grandson of Robert Sleeper.  The last named was born in
South Carolina, where he was also reared, and by occupation was a
farmer and also a jeweler or goldsmith.  In his native state he was
married to Miss Neal, and they became the parents of seven children,
four sons and three daughters -- Thomas, Andrew, Eliza, Mrs.
Johnson, Robert, Katherine and John, all of whom with the exception
of the two eldest were born and reared in Kentucky and all are now
deceased.
     Andrew Cooper was born near Charleston, South Carolina, and was
but four years of age when he came with his father to Livingston
county, Kentucky, where he was reared and educated.  Remaining at
home until reaching mature years, he then purchased and located upon
a farm of four hundred acres, which he cleared and improved, and
there remained until his death, which occurred in 1864.  Before
removing to this farm he had married Elizabeth Gibben, a native of
Hopkins county, Kentucky, born in 1803, and there she was also
reared.  Unto this union were born twelve children, seven sons and
five daughters, namely: Marcus L., Thomas A., Sarah J., Eli G.,
Eliza, John, Robert, Katherine, Martha, Andrew, Emily and S. M., all
of whom were born and reared in Livingston county, but only two are
now living, Eli G. and S. M.  The father was a Whig in his political
affiliations, being an active worker in the party ranks, and was a
member of the Presbyterian church.
     S. M. Cooper was about eighteen years of age when he left home
and went to school.  His father had died when he was sixteen years
old, and thereafter he worked during the summer months and attended
school in the winters, having made his own way in the world from his
sixteenth year.  Completing the grammar school at the age of twenty
years, he then worked for others during the following three years,
after which he went to Ohio and for a similar period was a student
in the Miami Medical College, graduating therein in 1873.  Returning
thence to Livingston county, Dr. Cooper was engaged in the practice
of his profession for one year, and for the following thirteen years
was a resident of Dalton, where he built up a large and lucrative
practice.  In 1886, in Livingston county, Dr. Cooper was united in
marriage to Millie Dooley, who was born and reared in that county
and is a daughter of T. R. Dooley, a prominent early settler of
Livingston.  Unto this union have been born five children -- E.
Claude, Henry T., Frank H., Ada L. and Walter A., all of whom were
born in Hopkins county, Kentucky.  Dr. Cooper is a Democrat in his
political affiliations, fraternally is a Mason and is a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Cooper Sleeper Neal Gibben Dooley
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Livingston-KY SC Hopkins-KY

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