J. A. Cooper   

J. A. COOPER, master mechanic for the Eastern Division of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, Meadville, was born in the State of New Jersey, July 24, 1831, and is a son of Albert and Mary (Concklin) Cooper, both natives of New Jersey, of Holland descent, the father a blacksmith by trade. J. A., who is the third in a family of seven children, received a district school education in his native county. He first learned the trade of his father, at which he continued for a time. Since 1851 he has been in railroad employment of various kinds, and has filled them all satisfactorily. He was married in Meadville in 1860 to Anna, daughter of Aaron Johnson, and they have two sons—Frank and Bert. Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject has been a member of the School Board for two terms, and a resident of the city since 1863.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 722-723.   View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free Trial  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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