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1865-67 he was a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1867 he was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. Cooper, Edward, manufacturer, was bom

Sweet Genevieve; Mother Kissed Me in My Dream; Must We then Meet as Strangers; and While the Days Are Going By. He is the author of The Chaplet, and Gospel Melodies, two volumes of hymns.

Oct. 36, 1834, in New York Gty. The success of the Trenton iron-worlcs and of the New Jersey iron and steel works is largely due to his painstaking and careful study of the subject. He was an active member of the committee of seventy, through whose efforts

Cooper, George B., state legislator, congressman, was born June 6, 1808, in Long Hill, N.J. He served in the two houses of the Michigan state legislature; and served two terms as state treasuer of Michigan. In 1859-61 he was a representative from Michi-

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ring was overthrown. In national he has served as a delegate to the Charleston convention of 1860, and to the St. Louis convention of 1876. He was mayor of New York in 1879-81. He died in 1905 in

the

polities

New York Cooper,

City.

EUwood,

horticulturist,

author,

was born May 24, 1829, in Lancaster county. Pa. He was educated at Harmony, Pa., and at the public schools of Lancaster county.

For ten years he was engaged in business at Port au Prince, Hayti; for five years in New York; and since 1870

has

been engaged in fruit culture at Santa Barbara, Cal. He was the first to engage in the manufacture of olive oil in the United States and invented machines for that industry. For three years he was principal of Santa Barbara college. In 1885-90 he studied parasitology, and developed the fact that every insect that disturbed plants or their fruits had a, parasite

to keep them in check, and this principle has been demonstrated in California beyond the power of dispute. In 1885-1903 he was president of the California state board of agriculture, and since that time has been state horticultural commissioner. He is the author of Treatise on Olive Culture; Forest Culture; and Eucalyptus Trees.

was born Feb. Md. In 1792-93 he was presiding elder of the Boston district, after which he was successively in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Wilmington. In 1798 he became chairman of the Book concern; and in 1799-1803 was stationed in Philadelphia as editor and genCooper, Ezekiel, clergyman,

23, 1763, in Caroline county,

to the thirty-sixth congress. He died in 1866 in Shark River, N.J. Cooper, George Henry, naval officer, was born June 27, 1831, in New York. He commanded the Pensacola navy yard; and in 1878-80 was president of the board of inspection. In 1880 he took command of the navy yard at Brooklyn, and was promoted rear-admiral. He was commander-in-chief of the Atlantic squadron until his retirement in 1884. He died Nov. 17, 1891, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cooper, George William, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born May 21, 1851, in Bartholomew county, Ind. He has been mayor and prosecuting attorney of Columbus, Ind. In 1889-95 he was a representative to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. He died Nov. 37, 1899, in Chicago, 111.

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Cooper, Henry, lawyer, jurist. United Statwas born Aug. 33, 1827, in Columbia, Tenn. He received a thorough education in the public and private schools of Tennessee. He was elected to the state es senator,

legislature

in

and 1857; and

1853

in 1862-"

66 was judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Tennessee. In 186667 he was professor in the law school at Lebanon, Tenn. He was elected to the state senate in 1869-70; and in 1871-77 he was United States senator. Cooper, Henry Allen, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Walworth county, Wis. He was district attorney of Racine county in 1880-86. He was a delegate to the national republican convention in 1884; a member of the board of education of the city of Racine in 1886-87; and was a member of state senate 1887-89. In 1893-1901 he was a. representative to the

eral agent of that establishment. He died Feb. 21, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. Cooper, Frederick -Taber, educator, author, was born May 27, 1864, in New York City. He is literary editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser. He is the author of History of the Nineteenth Century in Cari-

fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, flftysixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a re-

cature.

publican.

Cooper, George, poet, composer, was born May 14, 1840, in New York City. He studied law in the office of Chester A. Arthur. He is the author of the words of many popular ballads, such as Beautiful Isle of the Sea;

Cooper,

ment

Henry M., manufacturer, governwas bom May 13, 1841, in

ofificial,

Chester, N.J. Since 1871 he has resided in Rock, Ark.; was receiver of public moneys; and was collector of internal rev-

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