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Cooper, W. R

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1839 to 1841.

Cooper, William

congressman, was born in New Jersey. He removed to Otsego county, New York, and became the founder of Cooperstown. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1795 to 1797, and again from 1799 to 1801. He was the father of the eminent author, James Fenimore Cooper.

Cooper, William

clergyman, author, was born in 1694 in Boston, Mass. He was a famous congregational minister of Boston, and the author of Tract Defending Inoculation for the Small Pox; and The Doctrine of Predestination unto Life. He died Dec. 13, 1743, in Boston, Mass.

Cooper, William

patriot, was born in 1720 in Boston, Mass. He was distinguished for his patriotic services during the revolutionary war, and for fortynine years was town clerk of Boston. He died Nov. 28, 1809.

Cooper, William B

governor, was born in Delaware. He was governor of the state from 1840 to 1844. He died April 27, 1849.

Cooper, William R

lawyer, was born Feb. 13, 1847, in Campbell county, Tenn. He is a noted lawyer of Knoxville, Tenn., and a charter member of the Peace commandery and other orders. He has been supreme keeper of records of United Order of the Golden Cross since 1879; and has contributed extensively to current literature.

Coote, Richard

colonial governor, was born in 1636 in Ireland. He became governor of the provinces of New York and New Jersey in 1698, and a year later went to Boston and succeeded to the governorship of Massachusetts. He died March 5, 1701, in New York.

Cooter, James Thomas

clergyman, educator, college president, was born Dec. 2, 1858, in Monticello, Mo. He attended the Monticello seminary; graduated in 1884 from the Wabash college; and studied theology for two years at the Princeton college, New Jersey, and one year at the McCormick's seminary of Chicago.

He filled a pastorate in the Presbyterian church at Baxter Springs, Kan., during 1887-90, and since 1891 has been president of Washington college, Tennessee.

Cooter, John Patten

farmer, educator, was born March 12, 1838, in Green county, Tenn. He has attained prominence in educational work; has written extensively for the periodical press, and many of his poems have been given a place in standard works.

Cope, Caleb Frederick

merchant, financier, was born July 18, 1797, in Greensburg, Pa. In 1864 he became president of The Philadelphia Savings.

Fund Society, of which he had been a director since 1841, and gave to this institution the last twenty-four years of his life. He died May 12, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Cope, Edward Drinker

naturalist, author, was born July 28, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a noted Philadelphia naturalist, and the author of Origin of Genera; Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America; Primary Groups of Batrachia Anura; Systematic Relations of the Fishes; Vertebrate Palæontology of New Mexico; Tertiary Vertebrata of the West; and The Origin of the Fittest. He died in 1897.

Cope, Gilbert

genealogist, author, was born in 1840 in Pennsylvania. He is a genealogist of Pennsylvania, and the author of Record of the Cope Family; The Browns of Nottingham; Genealogy of the Dutton Family; Genealogy of the Sharpless Family; and History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.