Daughter and youngest child (of three) of Edwin Johnson and Alice Rosena (Ferguson) Cooper.

Her sister Anna Mariah (b. 1878) died at age 6 in Feb. 1885.

In Nov. 1889, when she was eight years old, her father, who suffered years of verbal and physical abuse from his brother Peter, shot and killed her Uncle Peter on the family farm. Her father was sentenced to prison in March 1890.

Her mother divorced her father in 1891 when he was incarcerated. When she was 13 (Oct 1894), her mother remarried to William Wieselman and lived in Muskego, WI. She had two half-sisters; Lillian, b. 1896 (d. 1913) and Florence, b. 1899.

Laura married John George Acker Jr at age 20 in 1901 in Muskego. They had four children but only three survived infancy: Elroy John (b. Mar 1902, d. Dec 1902), Frances Catherine (b. Oct 1903), Marie Lorraine (b. Feb 1906), and Harold Edwin (b. Jan 1917). The middle name of her only surviving son was for her father Edwin, who died in 1913.

The family lived in Raymond in Racine County until about 1907; then they moved to Norway in Racine County. The family moved to Waukesha County around 1914 and that's where their youngest child was born. Finally, the family settled in West Allis, Milwaukee County around 1918.

Her brother Richard "Lee" (b. 1880), unmarried, died in 1931 and was buried next to their father. Her mother died in Jan. 1939 at age 85.

Laura and John celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1951.

Widowed in 1953, Laura Acker then moved to Oregon in 1963 where her daughter Marie and her second husband Edward Abbey lived. Laura lived to age 91 and died in 1973 in Forest Grove, Oregon. Survived by her two daughters (who were widowed) and her son Harold (Fern). Also survived by four grandchildren (Glen Verick, Darrell Woodward, Cherie Woodward and Lorilee Woodward). Laura also had six known great-grandchildren. She was also survived by her half-sister Mrs. Florence Molkentin.

Laura's body was returned to Wisconsin and buried with her husband in their Greenfield, Wisconsin cemetery plot.