"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH8H-YRJ : 11 March 2018), Melvin Leroy Cosper, 09 Feb 1928; citing Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, certificate 12905, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,541.
"Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDG7-J5M : 1 January 2015), Melvin Leroy Cosper, 09 Feb 1928; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9KW-QN2 : accessed 3 August 2018), Melvin L Casper in household of Dempsey E Casper, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 12B, line 78, family 247, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2362; FHL microfilm 2,342,096.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4S5-CQM : accessed 3 August 2018), Melvin Leroy Cosper in household of Dempsy E Cosper, Ward 4, Orange, Justice Precinct 1, Orange, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 181-4, sheet 26A, line 26, family 595, 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 4118.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XK-PZK : 13 March 2018), Melvin Leroy Cosper, 05 Oct 1964; citing certificate number 66128, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,650.
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVY2-8XM : 5 December 2014), Melvin Leroy Cosper, Orange, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 August 2018), memorial page for Melvin Leroy Cosper (9 Feb 1928–5 Oct 1964), Find A Grave Memorial no. 108757015, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Thomas Wilson (contributor 47312998) .
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