Clark Caleb Cooper 1888–1943

Catalog ID p.193 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/193/

Clark Caleb Cooper was born on 24 Dec 1888 in Green, Sussex County, NJ, the son of Amos Kennedy Cooper. He married twice: probably Laura M. Ackerson (1906) and Nellie M Washer. He died on 23 Mar 1943 in Middletown, Orange County, New York and was buried in 2026. Four children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	24 Dec 1888	Green, Sussex County, NJ	certain	L.92, G.215
residence	2 Jun 1900	Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey	certain	D.351
residence	May 1910	Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey (Greenville Road)	certain	D.357
residence	1917	Newton R.D. #1, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ	certain	B.114
residence	20 Jan 1920	Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey	certain	D.352
occupation	20 Jan 1920	Laborer, general farm	certain	D.352
death	23 Mar 1943	Middletown, Orange County, New York	certain	G.215
burial	2026		certain	G.215

Family

Parents

Father Amos Kennedy Cooper 1868–1940

Spouses

Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper 1886–1918 probable
married 1906, New Jersey
C.155
Nellie M (Washer) Cooper 1902–2000

Siblings

Arthur Robert Cooper 1891–1979
Fredrick Driscoll Cooper 1894–1954

Children

Harry Clark Cooper 1906–1974
Robert A Cooper 1917–1938
Dorothy (Cooper) Dowling 1925–2009
Charles G Cooper 1926–2006

Family tree

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In the documents

Every published document that names Clark Caleb Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
2 Jun 1900	D.351 federal census 1900 US Federal Census, Schedule No. 1 Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; S.D. 3, E.D. 165, sheet 2 (stamped 56 A); enumerated 2 June 1900 …	child as "Clark C."	residence: 2 Jun 1900, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey
10 Jun 1905	E.25 census state nj 1905 1905 New Jersey state census, Town of Newton, Sussex Co., First Enumeration District, sheet 10A, lines 34-38 (house 85, dwelling 221, family 229)	child as "Cooper Clark C., 16"
1906	C.155 marriage index New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Indexes, Bride Index 1904-1909, surname range A-C, the page running ACKERMAN IDA to ACKLAND MARGARET - a statewide typescrip…	groom as "COOPER CLARK"	marriage: 1906, New Jersey
1910-05	D.357 federal census 1910 US Federal Census, Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; E.D. 171, sheet [?]B (stamped 4697); enumerated 18-19 May 1910 by Laura[?] M. Wa…	child as "Clark"	residence: May 1910, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey (Greenville Road)
5 Jun 1917	B.114 draft registration World War I draft registration card, Clark C. Cooper, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, serial 946 [overwritten], no. 41, registered 5 June 1917 — FamilyS…	registrant as "Clark C Cooper"	birth: 24 Dec 1888, Andover, New Jersey residence: 1917, Newton R.D. #1, Green Twp, Sussex Co., NJ occupation: 1917, Farm labor, for Amos K. Cooper, Wolfe's Corner N.J.
1920	D.352 federal census 1920 US Federal Census (NARA T625), Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 184, sheet 8B; enumerated 20 Januar…	child as "Cooper, Clark C."	residence: 20 Jan 1920, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey occupation: 20 Jan 1920, Laborer, general farm
18 Nov 1921	A.163 orphans court minute Sussex Orphans' Court, 18 November 1921 — decree of distribution in the estate of Effie M. Cooper of Green Twp., administrator Amos Cooper. Names her only next …	spouse as "Clark [?]. Cooper"
1925	G.623 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 63697508, 'Dorothy C. Dowling' (1925-), Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, with a photograph of the Clark C. Cooper famil…	parent as "Clark C. Cooper (1888-1943)"
5 Apr 1930	D.353 federal census 1930 US Federal Census (Fifteenth Census), Population Schedule - Andover Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey; Enumeration District 19-2, sheet 2A; enumerated 5 Apr…	head as "Cooper, Clark"	residence: 5 Apr 1930, Andover Twp, Sussex Co., NJ occupation: 5 Apr 1930, Truckdriver, County truck
29 Apr 1940	D.354 federal census 1940 US Federal Census (Sixteenth Census), Population Schedule - Andover Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey; Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 19-2, s…	head as "Cooper, Clark"	residence: 29 Apr 1940, Andover Twp, Sussex Co., NJ
	A.130 probate index Sussex Co., N.J. PROCEEDINGS INDEX, vols. 4–5 — the three Cooper blocks the [A.128] Estate Index pointed at: Clark C. (file 13756), Clarence (15323) and a third…	deceased as "Cooper, Clark C."

9 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-17 · HIS TWO MARRIAGES - to Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper Laura M. Ackerson and to Nellie M (Washer) Cooper Nellie M. Washer - both of which the...

Searched for: HIS TWO MARRIAGES - to Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper Laura M. Ackerson and to Nellie M (Washer) Cooper Nellie M. Washer - both of which the gap report carried as "no search recorded". THREE COLLECTIONS, read by COUNT first. (a) "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" (coll. 61376), ?name=Clark_Cooper&count=50 - 101 rows, ALL THREE PAGES READ; and ?name=Laura_Ackerson - 7 rows, all read; and ?name=Nellie_Washer - zero. (b) THEN THE CARD CATALOG, which is the step that actually worked: keyword "New Jersey marriage", which shows that 61376 is not the only New Jersey set. It surfaced "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016" (coll. 61253) - images of the State Archives' own typescript bride and groom indexes, a collection this catalog had never used. (c) In 61253: ?name=Clark_Cooper&count=50 - 236 rows, page 1 read (the collection is overwhelmingly post-1960 and the index ranks the early rows first); ?name=Nellie_Washer - 4 rows, all read; ?name=_Washer&count=50 - 312 rows, page 1 read.

Result: FOUND, IN THE COLLECTION THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED: "ACKERSON LAURA · COOPER CLARK · 6 230 · 1906" - New Jersey State Archives Bride Index 1904-1909, surname range A-C, image 46999_543868-00013. Downloaded, filed and read on native-resolution crops = [C.155]. His first marriage now has a YEAR where it had nothing. A year and no more: the index's Place and Month columns are blank on every row of the page. AND AN UNRESOLVED RIVAL, RECORDED AS ONE RATHER THAN SETTLED. The same collection holds "Clark C Cooper × EFFIE M HOOEY, 1916, New Jersey, certificate 07366" (Bride Index 1915-1919, surname range F-H; indexed twice, as "Hooey" and as "Hovey"). It was opened. IT CANNOT BE THIS MAN IF THE CATALOG'S OWN DATES ARE RIGHT: Laura died in 1918 [G.218], two years after 1916, and his second wife Nellie M. Washer was born 13 Sep 1902 Nellie M (Washer) Cooper and so was fourteen. ⇒ Either there is a second Clark C. Cooper in New Jersey, or one of those two dates is wrong. NOT ASSERTED EITHER WAY. Note that Ancestry attaches the SAME suggested- records panel to both marriages, i.e. its engine has already merged the two men - a reminder that the panel is a lead list, not an identification. NOTHING FOR THE NELLIE WASHER MARRIAGE IN EITHER COLLECTION. 61376 returns zero for her name; 61253 returns four Washers of that initial, all 1957-1982, none a Cooper. AND THE COVERAGE IS THE LIKELY REASON: the complete 312-row Washer list in 61253 begins at 1932 with a handful of 1930s rows and is otherwise 1967 onward, so the state index's own early decades are thin for this surname. His marriage to Nellie is therefore NOT shown to be outside New Jersey - but it is worth remembering that he died at Middletown, Orange Co., NEW YORK [G.215], and a New York marriage would not be in a New Jersey index at all.

genealogybank 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Clark Cooper, (a) all US papers and (b) New York papers, 23 Mar - 30 Apr 1943.

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Clark Cooper, (a) all US papers and (b) New York papers, 23 Mar - 30 Apr 1943.

Result: NULL for him: (b) = Watertown Daily Times 25 and 29 Mar 1943 (northern NY, not opened). No Orange Co. NY or Sussex Co. NJ title.

newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. (a) "Clark Cooper" OR "Clark C. Cooper", all papers, 23 Mar - 30 Apr 1943 (46, none NJ/NY-local); (b) same, New Jersey (1:...

Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) "Clark Cooper" OR "Clark C. Cooper", all papers, 23 Mar - 30 Apr 1943 (46, none NJ/NY-local); (b) same, New Jersey (1: Long Branch Daily Record 23 Apr - not opened); (c) Cooper Middletown Newton, New Jersey, 23 Mar - 15 Apr 1943 (2: Hackensack Record 6 Apr, Asbury Park Press 15 Apr - not opened).

Result: NULL. The Sussex Independent obituary cited on [G.215] is not on newspapers.com; the New Jersey Herald for March 1943 produced no hit under either form of his name.

ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Clark Cooper, b. 1888 +/- 1 Sussex Co., NJ, d. 1943 Orange Co., NY (29 results).

Searched for: Clark Cooper, b. 1888 +/- 1 Sussex Co., NJ, d. 1943 Orange Co., NY (29 results).

Result: Only the Find a Grave index row (24 Dec 1888 - 23 Mar 1943 Middletown = [G.215]); the rest are Clarence Clark Cooper of Pennsylvania/California and others.

familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Clark Cooper, b. 1887-1889, father Amos (20 results).

Searched for: Clark Cooper, b. 1887-1889, father Amos (20 results). (link)

Result: G7YV-7J9 Clark Caleb Cooper, Dec 1888 New Jersey - 1943; parents Amos Kennedy Cooper 9HZJ-85B and 'Rosannah A Whim' L48X-FT7; spouses Laura May Acerson (1886-1918) PZ4R-522 and 'Lillie Beatty' (1889-19..) - the second wife's name differs from this file's Nellie M. Washer. Lead only.

findagrave 2026-10-04 · Clark Cooper, b. 1888 +/- 1, d. 1943 +/- 1, all locations (5 results).

Searched for: Clark Cooper, b. 1888 +/- 1, d. 1943 +/- 1, all locations (5 results).

Result: Memorial 43184853 Clark C. Cooper, 24 Dec 1888 - 23 Mar 1943, Newton Cemetery plot 625 Section H = [G.215].

ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Clark C Cooper', keyword 'Newton' (rows kept where given name, initial,...

Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Clark C Cooper', keyword 'Newton' (rows kept where given name, initial, surname and town match).

Result: Index rows 'Clark Cooper', Newton, NJ, 1955 and 1957, with 'Nellie Cooper' - after his 1943 death; probably a widow's listing for Nellie M (Washer) Cooper Nellie, not adopted for him.

Documents

A.163 Sussex Orphans' Court, 18 November 1921 — decree of distribution in the estate of Effie M. Cooper of Green Twp., administrator Amos Cooper. Names her only next of kin: her husband and one son. Minutes Book R, pp. 424–425.
D.351 1900 US Federal Census, Schedule No. 1 Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; S.D. 3, E.D. 165, sheet 2 (stamped 56 A); enumerated 2 June 1900 by Elmer E. Hawk [?].
D.352 1920 US Federal Census (NARA T625), Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 184, sheet 8B; enumerated 20 January 1920 by [R?]. M. Dennis
D.353 1930 US Federal Census (Fifteenth Census), Population Schedule - Andover Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey; Enumeration District 19-2, sheet 2A; enumerated 5 April 1930 by Mrs. Mabel Wilson.
D.354 1940 US Federal Census (Sixteenth Census), Population Schedule - Andover Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey; Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 19-2, sheet 4A; enumerated 29 April 1940.
D.357 1910 US Federal Census, Population - Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; E.D. 171, sheet [?]B (stamped 4697); enumerated 18-19 May 1910 by Laura[?] M. Washer.
A.130 Sussex Co., N.J. PROCEEDINGS INDEX, vols. 4–5 — the three Cooper blocks the [A.128] Estate Index pointed at: Clark C. (file 13756), Clarence (15323) and a third, each listing every document in the probate.
B.114 World War I draft registration card, Clark C. Cooper, Green Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, serial 946 [overwritten], no. 41, registered 5 June 1917 — FamilySearch image 3:1:33SQ-GBT6-Q2
G.623 Find a Grave memorial 63697508, 'Dorothy C. Dowling' (1925-), Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, with a photograph of the Clark C. Cooper family stone
C.155 New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Indexes, Bride Index 1904-1909, surname range A-C, the page running ACKERMAN IDA to ACKLAND MARGARET - a statewide typescript index of maiden name of wife, husband's surname and given name, state file number and year; Ancestry collection 61253 image 46999_543868-00013.