Son of Howell Coopoer, Sr., and Holanberry Cooper. Their family moved to Jasper County, Georgia, by 1806. Howell Cooper, Jr. married there Clarissa Boyd on May 12, 1816. Two children were born to them: Frances M. Cooper (called Fell) was born in 1818 and a daughter in 1820.
At age thirty-five, Howell married his second wife: Mary Yarb(o)ough, daughter of Jeptha Yarborough, on October 1, 1827. She was about twenty-one years his junior. Their first child, Julius D. Cooper, was born in Jasper County, Georgia, in 1828.
By 1830, when their second child, Alexander Howell, was born, Howell and Mary Cooper were living in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Six additional children were born in Tennessee.
Howell Cooper moved his family to Hot Springs County, Arkansas, before his son George Washington was born there February 17, 1842. Howell was a ginwright and a farmer. In 1850 he obtained a Patent for the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 and the SE-NE of Section 9 in Hot Springs County. Hiram Clift had taken the first Land Grant from Section 9 in the 1830s and had built a mill on Ten Mile Creek. Hiram sold some of his property to George Ebbs in 1852, but when the 1850 census was taken, the only residents living in Section 9 were Hiram Clift and Howell Cooper and his three sons, Alexander, Julius, and William Jasper.
"During the 1860s, three of Howell Cooper's sons died (Jasper, Julius, and Richmond) as did his wife Mary Yarborough Cooper. It is believed that they were buried on the Cooper land in Section 9. Family tradition has it that the Coopers started the Fairplay Cemetery, and they were probably the first family buried on the land that later became the Fairplay Cemetery. George Ebbs was also buried on a corner of his land, and in 1866 Hiram G. Clift was buried in the grove of cedar trees on his. By 1862, Howell Cooper had sold his land in Section 9 to the Davenport family and had purchased property in the Clear Creek Community. There he lived until his death on the 14th of January 1863." (By Mike & June Everheart, and Frances House-Greiss.)
At age thirty-five, Howell married his second wife: Mary Yarb(o)ough, daughter of Jeptha Yarborough, on October 1, 1827. She was about twenty-one years his junior. Their first child, Julius D. Cooper, was born in Jasper County, Georgia, in 1828.
By 1830, when their second child, Alexander Howell, was born, Howell and Mary Cooper were living in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Six additional children were born in Tennessee.
Howell Cooper moved his family to Hot Springs County, Arkansas, before his son George Washington was born there February 17, 1842. Howell was a ginwright and a farmer. In 1850 he obtained a Patent for the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 and the SE-NE of Section 9 in Hot Springs County. Hiram Clift had taken the first Land Grant from Section 9 in the 1830s and had built a mill on Ten Mile Creek. Hiram sold some of his property to George Ebbs in 1852, but when the 1850 census was taken, the only residents living in Section 9 were Hiram Clift and Howell Cooper and his three sons, Alexander, Julius, and William Jasper.
"During the 1860s, three of Howell Cooper's sons died (Jasper, Julius, and Richmond) as did his wife Mary Yarborough Cooper. It is believed that they were buried on the Cooper land in Section 9. Family tradition has it that the Coopers started the Fairplay Cemetery, and they were probably the first family buried on the land that later became the Fairplay Cemetery. George Ebbs was also buried on a corner of his land, and in 1866 Hiram G. Clift was buried in the grove of cedar trees on his. By 1862, Howell Cooper had sold his land in Section 9 to the Davenport family and had purchased property in the Clear Creek Community. There he lived until his death on the 14th of January 1863." (By Mike & June Everheart, and Frances House-Greiss.)
Son of Howell Coopoer, Sr., and Holanberry Cooper. Their family moved to Jasper County, Georgia, by 1806. Howell Cooper, Jr. married there Clarissa Boyd on May 12, 1816. Two children were born to them: Frances M. Cooper (called Fell) was born in 1818 and a daughter in 1820.
At age thirty-five, Howell married his second wife: Mary Yarb(o)ough, daughter of Jeptha Yarborough, on October 1, 1827. She was about twenty-one years his junior. Their first child, Julius D. Cooper, was born in Jasper County, Georgia, in 1828.
By 1830, when their second child, Alexander Howell, was born, Howell and Mary Cooper were living in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Six additional children were born in Tennessee.
Howell Cooper moved his family to Hot Springs County, Arkansas, before his son George Washington was born there February 17, 1842. Howell was a ginwright and a farmer. In 1850 he obtained a Patent for the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 and the SE-NE of Section 9 in Hot Springs County. Hiram Clift had taken the first Land Grant from Section 9 in the 1830s and had built a mill on Ten Mile Creek. Hiram sold some of his property to George Ebbs in 1852, but when the 1850 census was taken, the only residents living in Section 9 were Hiram Clift and Howell Cooper and his three sons, Alexander, Julius, and William Jasper.
"During the 1860s, three of Howell Cooper's sons died (Jasper, Julius, and Richmond) as did his wife Mary Yarborough Cooper. It is believed that they were buried on the Cooper land in Section 9. Family tradition has it that the Coopers started the Fairplay Cemetery, and they were probably the first family buried on the land that later became the Fairplay Cemetery. George Ebbs was also buried on a corner of his land, and in 1866 Hiram G. Clift was buried in the grove of cedar trees on his. By 1862, Howell Cooper had sold his land in Section 9 to the Davenport family and had purchased property in the Clear Creek Community. There he lived until his death on the 14th of January 1863." (By Mike & June Everheart, and Frances House-Greiss.)
At age thirty-five, Howell married his second wife: Mary Yarb(o)ough, daughter of Jeptha Yarborough, on October 1, 1827. She was about twenty-one years his junior. Their first child, Julius D. Cooper, was born in Jasper County, Georgia, in 1828.
By 1830, when their second child, Alexander Howell, was born, Howell and Mary Cooper were living in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Six additional children were born in Tennessee.
Howell Cooper moved his family to Hot Springs County, Arkansas, before his son George Washington was born there February 17, 1842. Howell was a ginwright and a farmer. In 1850 he obtained a Patent for the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 and the SE-NE of Section 9 in Hot Springs County. Hiram Clift had taken the first Land Grant from Section 9 in the 1830s and had built a mill on Ten Mile Creek. Hiram sold some of his property to George Ebbs in 1852, but when the 1850 census was taken, the only residents living in Section 9 were Hiram Clift and Howell Cooper and his three sons, Alexander, Julius, and William Jasper.
"During the 1860s, three of Howell Cooper's sons died (Jasper, Julius, and Richmond) as did his wife Mary Yarborough Cooper. It is believed that they were buried on the Cooper land in Section 9. Family tradition has it that the Coopers started the Fairplay Cemetery, and they were probably the first family buried on the land that later became the Fairplay Cemetery. George Ebbs was also buried on a corner of his land, and in 1866 Hiram G. Clift was buried in the grove of cedar trees on his. By 1862, Howell Cooper had sold his land in Section 9 to the Davenport family and had purchased property in the Clear Creek Community. There he lived until his death on the 14th of January 1863." (By Mike & June Everheart, and Frances House-Greiss.)
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