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Archibald Calloway COOPER
Birth:14 JUN 1849 in Breathitt Co. KY
Death:23 JUN 1930 in Seitz, Magoffin Co. KY
Sex:M
Father:Thomas COOPER
Mother:Rebecca COPE b. 1813 in Floyd Co KY
  
Burial: A. C. Cooper Cemetery, Middle Fork, Magoffin Co. KY

Spouses & Children
Providence Sarah BACK (Wife) b. 29 JUN 1852 in Phillips Creek, Flat Gap, VA
Marriage: 6 SEP 1873 in Wolfe Co. KY
Children: 
  1. William Sanford COOPER b. 14 JUL 1874 in Magoffin Co. KY
  2. DescendantsLillie Jane COOPER b. 1877
  3. Martha Alice COOPER b. 1878
  4. DescendantsLula Ellen COOPER b. 1880 in 6 Feb 1880
  5. Simon Kenton COOPER b. 1883
  6. DescendantsLola Florence COOPER b. 1884 in Magoffin Co. KY
  7. DescendantsLaura Minnie COOPER b. 1887 in Magoffin Co. KY
  8. DescendantsVan Buren COOPER b. 18 SEP 1889 in Magoffin Co. KY
  9. DescendantsAlexander Morgan COOPER b. 20 SEP 1892 in Magoffin Co. KY
  10. DescendantsCosby Anne COOPER b. 1897
 

Notes
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Archibald served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Heenlisted September 20, 1862 at Jackson, Breathitt Co. KY. Hewas a private in Co. D, 5th Kentucky Infantry. He fought atLookout Mountain and Chattanooga. He surrendered May 6, 1865 atWashington, Wilkes Co. GA with Captain Callaway Cope and ColonelHawkins.
After the war he became a school teacher, a Baptist preacher anda farmer and moved to Matoffin Co. KY where he raised a largefamily. According to his granddaughter Sara Cooper Graham, A.C.told his sons that there was no future on Middle Fork and thatthey should get an education and go elsewhere.

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