Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 243.
 
DANIEL J. COOPER

     Daniel J. Cooper is now living practically retired at The Dalles but for
many years was most extensively identified with farming interests in this
section of the state. He has also been a well known figure in republican circles
and has again and again served as a delegate to the conventions of his party.
Mr. Cooper is a native son of Tennessee, his birth having occurred in Bradley
county, that state, in 1836, his parents being Elbert E. and Nancy (Wann)
Cooper. His father was a native of Kentucky, as were his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Frederick Cooper. The great-grandfather was of German parentage and
during the days of the Revolutionary war was so intensely an American that he
dropped the name of George because it was the name of the reigning sovereign of
England and became Frederick Cooper. He fought bravely with the American troops,
thus aiding in winning national independence, and he married Dorothy Call, a
representative of another family of North Carolina represented in the
Revolutionary war. The Wann family likewise comes of Revolutionary stock and was
established in Virginia in colonial days. The grandmother of Daniel J. Cooper
was a daughter of Clayton Stockton, who served with
distinction in the War of 1812.
     Daniel J. Cooper was educated In Missouri and when twenty years of age
crossed the plains with ox team and wagon to California, where he spent three
years. In 1861 he returned east and served gallantly in the Civil war. In 1863
he became a resident of Polk county, Oregon, where he took up the occupation of
farming and stock raising, which he there followed successfully for fourteen
years. For three years he was also engaged in merchandising and afterward
removed to Silverton Mills, where he again established and successfully
conducted a mill for two years. In 1878 he became a resident of Wasco county and
here purchased a farm of twenty-nine hundred acres, of which sixteen hundred
acres is tillable. For many years he was one of the leading agriculturists of
Wasco county but is now practically living retired and has sold all of his lands
save one hundred and seventy-three acres.
     In 1861 Mr. Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Arveneza Spillman, a
daughter of Nathan Spillman of Kentucky, and they have the following children:
Charles C., a business man of Dufur, Oregon; Elbert N., who is a stock raiser of
Billings, Montana; Cyrus, filling the office of county assessor of Wasco county;
Daniel J., a farmer of Wyoming; Avery J., a colonel in the United States army;
James A., who Is engaged in the automobile business at The Dalles; Kenneth L..
of the United States vocational training service; Dr. Belle Ferguson, who is a
widow and lives in Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Mary Thompson of Lewiston, Idaho: Mrs.
Nancy Thomas of Troutdale, Oregon; Mrs. Prudence Bailey of The Dalles; Mrs. Ruth
Pish of Los Angeles, California; Bingilia, the wife of H. E. Northrup of
Portland; and Mildred. the wife of Francis W. Galloway, who is district attorney
for Wasco and Hood River counties.
     Mr. Cooper has long figured prominently in the public life of his community
and is a consistent republican, who many times has served as a delegate to the
political conventions, being so honored in 1920, when he was made a delegate to
the republican national convention in Chicago. His popularity was shown by the
fact that he ran ahead of his ticket when elected a delegate. He is a member of
the Sons of the American Revolution and also of the Grand Army of the Republic
and has long been an active and consistent member of the Congregational church.
For the past few years he has lived at The Dalles, where he is uniformly
esteemed and respected. He is a firm believer in the future of this community
and has labored earnestly for the betterment of all local conditions as a matter
of patriotism and devotion to the district. Throughout his entire life he has
displayed the same spirit of loyalty which caused him to go to the defense of
the Union and follow the nation's starry banner on the battle fields of the
south.
 
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.