Oscar Samual Jack Cooper (1902 - 1970)

Born 22 May 1902 in Twlevemile, Madison, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Iva Irene (Tripp) Cooper — married 27 Oct 1923 in Millcreek, Madison, Missouri, United States

Died 2 Sep 1970 at age 68 in Frederickstown, Madison, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Oscar Samual Jack Cooper was born on 22 May 1902 in Twlevemile, Madison, Missouri, USA, son of John Burgess Cooper (1859 - 1927) and Sarah Ellen (Fryman) Cooper (1862 - 1921). ^[1]

His siblings were:

1. Mollie Malinda (Cooper) Lowe (1880 - 1900)
2. Nellie Cooper (1884 - 1909)
3. Willie A. Cooper (1884 - 1888)
4. Charles Edward Cooper (1886 - 1975)
5. Anna Mae (Cooper) Anderson (1890 - 1982)
6. Loah Cooper (1893 - 1893)
7. Noah Cooper (1893 - 1893)
8. Ethel Cooper (1895 - <1900)
9. Rose Cooper (~1897 - <1900)
10. Ollie E Cooper (1900 - 1901)
11. Clarence Dubb Cooper (1905 - 1946)
12. Myrtle V Cooper (1923 - 1968)

In 1910, Oscar (age 8) was living on a farm with his parents in Central, Madison, Missouri, USA. His father was a farmer and they owned their farm but there was a mortgage on it. Oscar had two brothers and a sister-in-law living there also. They were Clarence (age 4), Charlie (age 24) and Charlie's wife Effie (age 22). ^[1].

In 1920, Oscar's (age 17) parents still owned the farm that they lived on and it still had a morgage against it. Oscar and his brother Clarence (age 14) helped their dad with the farm. Neither son had been in school since September 1919. ^[2]

On the 27 October 1923 Oscar married Iva Irene Tripp at Millcreek, Madison, Missouri, United States. ^[3]

After Oscar's parents died in the 1920's, his brother Clarence came to live with him and his family in Central, Madison, Missouri, United States. During the 1930 census, Oscar worked as a laborer in a sawmill and with those wages, he rented a house for $10 a month. ^[4]

Times were tough during the 1940 census. Oscar had to leave his family in Fredericktown ^[5]and was working and living in Dexter, Liberty Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States. He lived in a boarding home run by George W Lemay. His employment information was not filled out, but it showed that he did earn $800 in the previous year. ^[6]

Oscar died on 2 Sep 1970 in Frederickstown, Madison, Missouri aged 68, and was buried in the Marcus Memorial Cemetery, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri, USA. ^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BQ-THP : accessed 28 March 2022), Oscar Cooffer in household of John B Cooffer, Central, Madison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 166, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 797; FHL microfilm 1,374,810.
2. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8H3-MWF : 2 February 2021), Oscar Cooper in entry for John B Cooper, 1920.
3. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFB-RKG : accessed 28 March 2022), Oscar Cooper, Central, Madison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 18, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1210; FHL microfilm 2,340,945.
4. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFB-RKG : accessed 28 March 2022), Oscar Cooper, Central, Madison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 18, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1210; FHL microfilm 2,340,945.
5. ↑ Iva Cooper 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K774-FKF : 18 December 2019), Iva Cooper, St. Michael Township, Madison, Madison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-12, sheet 7B, line 58, family 137, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2127.
6. ↑ Oscar Cooper 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7W2-34J : 7 December 2019), Oscar S Cooper in household of George W Lemay, Dexter, Liberty Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104-13, sheet 81A, line 23, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2159.
7. ↑ Death & Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13689951/oscar-samuel-cooper : accessed 27 March 2022), memorial page for Oscar Samuel Cooper (22 May 1902–2 Sep 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13689951, citing Marcus Memorial Cemetery, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Del Huggins (contributor 46823179) .
8. ↑ US SSDI: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLPL-4YZ : 10 January 2021), Oscar Cooper, Sep 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).