Family: James Scott Cooper / Alpha Olivia Martin (F12534)

• Father | Male James Scott Cooper

  
  

  Born	12 Jan 1883	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	11 Apr 1963	Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	29 May 1905  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Sabine County, Texas  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	James Amberson Cooper | F12533 Group Sheet
  Mother	Amelia Elizabeth Jacks | F12533 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Alpha Olivia Martin

  
  

  Born	23 Apr 1887	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	21 Dec 1970	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
  Buried	21 Dec 1970	Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	William Franklin "Frank" Martin | F13004 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Ann Elizabeth Jordan | F13004 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Jewel Carmen Cooper

  
  

  Born	12 Dec 1906	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	10 Sep 1973	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Buried		Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas
  Spouse	Thomas Lee Nerren | F12559
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Joy Ada Cooper

  
  

  Born	18 Apr 1909	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	1 Jun 1910	Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Adrian Cooper

  
  

  Born	28 Jan 1910	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Otis J. Cooper

  
  

  Born	Abt 1912	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Ruby Lee Cooper

  
  

  Born	7 Jan 1913	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	13 Jun 2007	Vidor, Orange County, Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Elton O. Cooper

  
  

  Born	Abt 1915	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Laverne Lucille Cooper

  
  

  Born	29 Mar 1917	Texas
  Died	16 Jun 1918	Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Floy Mae Cooper

  
  

  Born	Abt 1918	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Macil La'v Cooper

  
  

  Born	28 Oct 1920	Texas
  Died	13 Feb 1990	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 10 | Male Elmore Eugene Cooper

  
  

  Born	6 Dec 1922	Texas
  Died	19 Dec 1922	Texas
  Buried		Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 11 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 12 | Male Marvin Dwain Cooper

  
  

  Born	30 May 1927	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	19 Jul 1994	Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried

  
  

  Child 13 | Male Orville Doyle Cooper

  
  

  Born	31 Jan 1929	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas March 5, 1964 Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights [Alpha had hinted to her mother that she might soon be wed]...but her mother said she'd never give consent, so Mrs. Cooper said she had no choice but to slip off...she managed a brand new white leghorn hat.....also wrangled a brand new white dotted Swiss dresss, at 12 cents a yard.....[but didn't getting new white shoes, after her sister pointed out to her 'you haven't had the black ones long, if anyone gets new shoes, it should be me.'] [On the day they eloped]...Miss Martin kited over an 8-rail high back fence, and scooted down the road by the creek...Scott came driving up in his surrey, we went to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Will Bradshaw in Brookeland, where a J.P., Will Berryman, was waiting to perform the ceremony. "We set up housekeeping nearby, but about 20 years later rumors of $18 a day lured us to West Texas to pick cotton...we just stayed for two years. Wages were high all right, but so was living."

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!). [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 46, instead shows 28 May 1905 (Reliability: 3). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 3 Enumerated 29 Apr 1910 SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 17B 325-330 (Reliability: 3). [S1203] McCary, Kay P. "John Smith Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.