An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 365-366

GEORGE COOPER, one of Wasco county's popular and rising young men who has shown
marked thrift and industry in his labors, which presage a bright future for him,
resides about a mile south from The Dalles and has spent his entire life in this
section.      

He was born in The Dalles, on March 25, 1868. His father, Robert Cooper, was a
native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland and came to Canada when nineteen years of age.
After six years' residence there, he came to Douglas county, Oregon in 1860 and
two years later, removed to The Dalles and engaged in teaming. In 1870, he filed
on a homestead just south from The Dalles, where he now lives. He married a
native Scotch girl who is still living with him. The high schools of The Dalles
and a business college of Portland completed the education of our subject, then
he took up commercial work for a short time. After that, he bought forty acres
of land from the Marshall Hill estate and is devoting the same almost entirely
to orchard. He also raises melons and other vegetables and has a very beautiful
and valuable place.      

On June 15, 1898, at The Dalles, Mr. Cooper married Miss Frances E. Rowe, who
was born in that part of Wasco county which now forms Wheeler county. Her
father, Joseph K. Rowe, was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and his father, of
England. He came to the United States with his parents when an infant, and
served in the Civil War, confederate army, Fortieth Missouri Infantry, under
Captain George B. Clark. During the latter part of the war, he was engaged in
the repair shops and in 1866, came to Oregon. He settled in the John Day
country, which was then almost uninhabited, and there remained until 1881, then
moved to The Dalles and took a position in the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
shops and later, went to Portland. In June, 1903, at St. Vincent hospital,
Portland, he was called away by death. He was a member of the Congregational
church, the A.F. & A.M. and a highly respected citizen. The mother of Mrs.
Cooper was Martha V. (Dedman) Rowe, a native of Tennessee and descended from an
old and prominent southern family. Her father had extensive machine shops and
foundries at Camden, Arkansas when the Civil War broke out. They were
confiscated by the confederate army and he was pressed into service. After the
war, he secured three thousand dollars for his entire property for which he had
been offered thirty thousand dollars previously. His death occurred in Idaho, on
July 13, 1902 and he was a Mason of sixty-two years' standing. After the war, he
settled in Texas, traveling later to Oregon. Mr. Cooper has one brother, John
Cooper and three sisters, Ella Taylor, Annie, Katie and Lura. Mrs. Cooper has
one brother, Walter C., and two sisters, Nona, wife of Henry Readel, in The
Dalles, and Lulu C.      

Mr. Cooper is a member of the I.O.O.F., the Artisans and the Methodist church.
Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Congregational church. They have two children,
Helen, born May 7, 1901 and Glen R., born October 3, 1903.      

Mr. Cooper is a Republican, has attended the conventions but is not very active
in this work although stanch.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.