Page 765-766 of HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY by BATES 1888
O.P. (Oliver) COOPER, merchant miller, Mapletown, Penn., was born in
Preston County, Virginia, April 25, 1836, and is a son of John G. and
Elizabeth (Kearns) Cooper, who were natives of Virginia, and of German
origin. His father who was a miller and a hatter by occupation, died in
1868, in Fayette County, Penna, where he had resided for many years. His
family consisted of eleven children of whom O.P. is the seventh. He remained
in Fayette County till he was ten years of age, then came to Greene County
and recieved his education from the common schools. Early in life Mr. Cooper
learned the millers trade, and spent most of his life in that business. His
long experience and natural mechanical ability, coupled with his universally
polite and gentemanly demeanor, eminently qualify him for his chosen
occupation. In 1885 he bought the old Minor mill in Monongahela twp, which
he has refitted and greatly improved. Mr. Cooper was married to Miss
Hildebrand, who was a native of this county, and of German descent. Their
children are: Walter L., principal of scools in Alton, Pa; John F.,
telegraph operator and agent for the B&O RR; Jefferson, in government land
office in Kansas; Lewis M., a miller; Oliver P., studying medicine; Harry E.
at home. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are prominent members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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