County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 359-360.

JAMES O. COOPER, son of James and Eliza (Jones) Cooper, was born in 
Christian County, Ky., July 9, 1838.  His father was born and grew to 
manhood in the State of Virginia, but in early life came to Kentucky, 
settling ten miles south of the city of Hopkinsville, on the place still 
known as the Cooper farm.  He was married in Christian County, to Eliza, 
daughter of James and Leah Jones, who came from the State of Virginia, 
where Eliza was born.  James Cooper died at his homstead in this county, 
in August, 1838, leaving two children:  Thomas H. and James O. Cooper, 
the former now a resident of Graves County, Ky.  The mother was 
afterward married to Thomas Torian, by whom she had eight children, of 
whom seven are now living in the county.  She died August 5, 1883.  
James O. Cooper was educated in the schools of Christian County, and in 
the Cadiz school of Trigg County, Ky.  In 1870 he went to Cadiz, and 
there engagaged in hotel and livery business until 1876, when he removed 
to Hopkinsville, and opened the Cooper House, which burned in 1882. In 
December of 1878 he became proprietor of the Phenix Hotel, which he ably 
managed until retiring in January, 1884, when his son, W. T. Cooper, 
succeeded him.  Mr. Cooper was married in this county, May 9, 1860, to 
Miss Hattie Summers, daughter of William and Harriet A. (Anthony) 
Summers.  She was born in this (Christian) county, September 30, 1841.  
They had had four children, viz.: William T., Ida S., Ella B. (deceased) 
and James E. Cooper.  The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.  Mr Cooper is a member of the Hopkinsville Lodge, No. 37, A. F. 
& A. M., Oriental Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M., Commandery No. 6, and Royal 
Arcanum, also of the Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor.

Cooper Jones Torian Summers Anthony 
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VA Graves-KY Trigg-KY

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