Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Anoka County And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton In Hennepin County, Minnesota by Albert M. Goodrich pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis page 202-203 JAMES H. COOPER (son of JAMES COOPER) was born in Bradford Co., Pa., Aug. 1, 1847. When ten years of age his father came to Minnesota and settled in sections 29 and 32 town of Bethel, where Mr. COOPER still lives. In January, 1882, he was appointed postmaster at Bethel, which office he retained until 1893, during which time he also kept a general store. Mr. COOPER still owns the orig- inal pre-emption claim of 160 acres which his father took up in 1856, and still lives in the house which his father built in 1859 with lumber sawed by hand. Mr. COOPER was married in August, 1869, to REBECCA P. DYER, who died Feb. 18, 1883, leaving four children: LELAND J., LEVINA J. (Mrs. JOHN DAWSON, JR., Fridley), WILLIAM GUY, and STEPHEN J. Mr. COOPER was married, second, Dec. 29, 1886 to SARAH L. MITCHELL. Children: ELIZABETH R., BEATRICE L., OLIVE E., LEAH ISABEL, CHARLES H. and GORDON A. ===========================================================================