Notes
Note for: William Rex COOPER, 11 JUL 1931 - 20 FEB 1982 Index
Occupation:
Place: Electrician
Burial:
Date: 23 FEB 1982
Place: Whitewater Cemetery, Whitewater, Kansas
Notes
Note for: William Gray COOPER, 1 SEP 1882 - 5 MAR 1935 Index
Occupation:
Date: 1910
Place: Farmer
Burial:
Date: 7 MAR 1935
Place: [Greenwood Cemetery?], Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas
Note: [From Interview of Mildred Cooper Waltman, August 24, 2001:]
William's middle name "Gray" was the maiden name of his grandmother
Sarah. He wanted to be a Baptist minister. John N. Cooper -- William's
father -- owned a farm in Clifton Hill, Randolph County, Missouri. He
worked it until he died. His son William Gray Cooper lived on and worked
the farm with his father until John died. After John died, William's
older sister Josie (who had married Daniel Milam) wanted the whole place;
she was older than William and had the money to pay off the siblings.
So, she ended up with the entire farm and paid William for his share.
William used those proceeds to buy land in Chaonia, Wayne County,
Missouri sight unseen. He moved his family there in the 1920s; he
eventually lost that farm (they had pigs, cows and lots of livestock;
family tradition states that the land in Missouri was left for taxes; the
family had tried to expand and perhaps took too many risks.) After this,
his son Lawrance found him a job in Kansas.
Josephine, Mildred, and Marge were all born in Chaonia. Raymond and the
other older children were born in Clifton Hill, Randolph County,
Missouri. This is the place where William's family lived.
In about 1929 (when Mildred was 3 years old), William moved his family to
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. His son Lawrence had procured a job
for him there. Gene was in high school at the time. William became ill
while in Kansas and could no longer feed the cattle on his ranch there.
So, Gene quit school to do the work; the school begged him to come back
because he was such a good football player. William's health continued
to deteriorate, so the family left the farm at the edge of town in Eureka
and moved in town to a place on North Main Street. William ultimately
died about four years after moving to Greenwood County of prostate
problems [probably prostate cancer]. [Mildred remembers she was 7 years
old when he died.] He also apparently had had type 2 diabetes that was
unknown at the time; that is probably why he got so ill. He had also had
tuberculosis during his life which weakened him. Both William's brother
Luther and his daughter Nina had died of tuberculosis. The diabetes and
prior tuberculosis probably weakened him enough so that he could not deal
with the prostate problem when it arose, and that is what killed him it
is believed.
[McNutt5.FTW]
[From Interview of Mildred Cooper Waltman, August 24, 2001:]
William's middle name "Gray" was the maiden name of his grandmother
Sarah. He wanted to be a Baptist minister. John N. Cooper -- William's
father -- owned a farm in Clifton Hill, Randolph County, Missouri. He
worked it until he died. His son William Gray Cooper lived on and worked
the farm with his father until John died. After John died, William's
older sister Josie (who had married Daniel Milam) wanted the whole place;
she was older than William and had the money to pay off the siblings.
So, she ended up with the entire farm and paid William for his share.
William used those proceeds to buy land in Chaonia, Wayne County,
Missouri sight unseen. He moved his family there in the 1920s; he
eventually lost that farm (they had pigs, cows and lots of livestock;
family tradition states that the land in Missouri was left for taxes; the
family had tried to expand and perhaps took too many risks.) After this,
his son Lawrance found him a job in Kansas.
Josephine, Mildred, and Marge were all born in Chaonia. Raymond and the
other older children were born in Clifton Hill, Randolph County,
Missouri. This is the place where William's family lived.
In about 1929 (when Mildred was 3 years old), William moved his family to
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. His son Lawrence had procured a job
for him there. Gene was in high school at the time. William became ill
while in Kansas and could no longer feed the cattle on his ranch there.
So, Gene quit school to do the work; the school begged him to come back
because he was such a good football player. William's health continued
to deteriorate, so the family left the farm at the edge of town in Eureka
and moved in town to a place on North Main Street. William ultimately
died about four years after moving to Greenwood County of prostate
problems [probably prostate cancer]. [Mildred remembers she was 7 years
old when he died.] He also apparently had had type 2 diabetes that was
unknown at the time; that is probably why he got so ill. He had also had
tuberculosis during his life which weakened him. Both William's brother
Luther and his daughter Nina had died of tuberculosis. The diabetes and
prior tuberculosis probably weakened him enough so that he could not deal
with the prostate problem when it arose, and that is what killed him it
is believed.
[McNutt6.FTW]
[From Interview of Mildred Cooper Waltman, August 24, 2001:]
William's middle name "Gray" was the maiden name of his grandmother
Sarah. He wanted to be a Baptist minister. John N. Cooper -- William's
father -- owned a farm in Clifton Hill, Randolph County, Missouri. He
worked it until he died. His son William Gray Cooper lived on and worked
the farm with his father until John died. After John died, William's
older sister Josie (who had married Daniel Milam) wanted the whole place;
she was older than William and had the money to pay off the siblings.
So, she ended up with the entire farm and paid William for his share.
William used those proceeds to buy land in Chaonia, Wayne County,
Missouri sight unseen. He moved his family there in the 1920s; he
eventually lost that farm (they had pigs, cows and lots of livestock;
family tradition states that the land in Missouri was left for taxes; the
family had tried to expand and perhaps took too many risks.) After this,
his son Lawrance found him a job in Kansas.
Josephine, Mildred, and Marge were all born in Chaonia. Raymond and the
other older children were born in Clifton Hill, Randolph County,
Missouri. This is the place where William's family lived.
In about 1929 (when Mildred was 3 years old), William moved his family to
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. His son Lawrence had procured a job
for him there. Gene was in high school at the time. William became ill
while in Kansas and could no longer feed the cattle on his ranch there.
So, Gene quit school to do the work; the school begged him to come back
because he was such a good football player. William's health continued
to deteriorate, so the family left the farm at the edge of town in Eureka
and moved in town to a place on North Main Street. William ultimately
died about four years after moving to Greenwood County of prostate
problems [probably prostate cancer]. [Mildred remembers she was 7 years
old when he died.] He also apparently had had type 2 diabetes that was
unknown at the time; that is probably why he got so ill. He had also had
tuberculosis during his life which weakened him. Both William's brother
Luther and his daughter Nina had died of tuberculosis. The diabetes and
prior tuberculosis probably weakened him enough so that he could not deal
with the prostate problem when it arose, and that is what killed him it
is believed.
[McNutt7.FTW]
[From Interview of Mildred Cooper Waltman, August 24, 2001:]
William's middle name "Gray" was the maiden name of his grandmother
Sarah. He wanted to be a Baptist minister. John N. Cooper -- William's
father -- owned a farm in Clifton Hill, Randolph County, Missouri. He
worked it until he died. His son William Gray Cooper lived on and worked
the farm with his father until John died. After John died, William's
older sister Josie (who had married Daniel Milam) wanted the whole place;
she was older than William and had the money to pay off the siblings.
So, she ended up with the entire farm and paid William for his share.
William used those proceeds to buy land in Chaonia, Wayne County,
Missouri sight unseen. He moved his family there in the 1920s; he
eventually lost that farm (they had pigs, cows and lots of livestock;
family tradition states that the land in Missouri was left for taxes; the
family had tried to expand and perhaps took too many risks.) After this,
his son Lawrance found him a job in Kansas.
Josephine, Mildred, and Marge were all born in Chaonia. Raymond and the
other older children were born in Clifton Hill, Randolph County,
Missouri. This is the place where William's family lived.
In about 1929 (when Mildred was 3 years old), William moved his family to
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. His son Lawrence had procured a job
for him there. Gene was in high school at the time. William became ill
while in Kansas and could no longer feed the cattle on his ranch there.
So, Gene quit school to do the work; the school begged him to come back
because he was such a good football player. William's health continued
to deteriorate, so the family left the farm at the edge of town in Eureka
and moved in town to a place on North Main Street. William ultimately
died about four years after moving to Greenwood County of prostate
problems [probably prostate cancer]. [Mildred remembers she was 7 years
old when he died.] He also apparently had had type 2 diabetes that was
unknown at the time; that is probably why he got so ill. He had also had
tuberculosis during his life which weakened him. Both William's brother
Luther and his daughter Nina had died of tuberculosis. The diabetes and
prior tuberculosis probably weakened him enough so that he could not deal
with the prostate problem when it arose, and that is what killed him it
is believed.