Lawrence County

F. G. Cooper
F. G. Cooper was born Aug. 8, 1892, at Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi. He is of Scotch-Welsh descent on his father's side and Scotch-Irish on his mother's side.
His great-grandfather, James Cooper, in the early part of the nineteenth century removed from North Carolina to Lawrence County, Mississippi. James Cooper's son, R. C. Cooper, was born in 1843 in Scott County. R. C. Cooper's son, A. W. Cooper, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Scott County on December 9, 1865.
F. G. Cooper's great-grandfather on his mother's side was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi, as were his son, J. H. Burkett, and granddaughter, Flora Burkett, mother of F. G. Cooper.
Source: "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society", 1913
Submitted By: Cathy Danielson