The Coopers of Long Hill

James Henry Cooper 1885–1958

Catalog ID p.88 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/88/

James Henry Cooper was born on 13 Sep 1885, the child of Joseph Benjamin Cooper and Sarah Harriett (Starr) Cooper. James married twice: Jennie Lee V. Rice (1908) and probably Viva Aline Carrigan (1911). James died on 14 Sep 1958 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. Five children are recorded.

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth 13 Sep 1885 certain G.130 (Find A Grave Memorial 42112931), D.273
residence 1916 Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas certain F.321
residence 1920 Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas certain D.677
residence 1930 Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas certain D.678
residence 1940 2926 Arizona [St], Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas certain D.738
death 14 Sep 1958 Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas certain G.130
burial Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas certain G.130

Family

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Children

  1. Thomas Benjamin Cooper 1912–1988 D.677, D.678, F.333, D.738
  2. Maxine Harriet Cooper 20 Jul 1916 F.321, D.677, D.678
  3. 1 unnamed child 20 Jul 1916 F.321
  4. Margaret Cooper D.677, D.678
  5. Lois Cooper D.677, D.678

Family tree

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Jennie Lee V. (Rice) CooperJennie Lee V. (Rice) Co…Viva Aline (Carrigan) CooperViva Aline (Carrigan) C…James Henry CooperJames Henry Cooper1885–1958Joseph Benjamin CooperJoseph Benjamin Cooper1852–1908Lewis Sanford CooperLewis Sanford Cooper1825–1905Mary Jane (Jones) CooperMary Jane (Jones) Cooper1827–1880Sarah Harriett (Starr) CooperSarah Harriett (Starr) …1854–1927Thomas Benjamin CooperThomas Benjamin Cooper1912–1988

In the documents

Every published document that names James Henry Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
1908 G.130 find a grave memorial
Find a Grave memorials 15136843, 42112931, 37389902 and 15136864 - Joseph Benjamin Cooper (West End Cemetery, Stephenville, Texas) and his sons James Henry, Joh…
 child
as "James Henry Cooper"
3 Jan 1920 D.677 census population 1920
1920 U.S. census, Corsicana (Ward 2), Navarro Co., Texas, ED 140, sheet 4B, lines 79-84 (dwelling 88, family 88) — NARA T625
 head
as "Cooper, Henry"
residence: 1920, Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas
occupation: 1920, Carpenter, house
14 Apr 1930 D.678 census population 1930
1930 U.S. census, Corsicana City (part of Ward 2), Navarro Co., Texas, ED 175-3, sheet 13B, lines 89-94 (dwelling 285, family 323) — NARA T626
 head
as "Cooper, J. Henry"
residence: 1930, Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas
occupation: 1930, Carpenter, house
17 Apr 1940 D.738 census population 1940
1940 U.S. census, Dallas City, Dallas Co., Texas, S.D. 5, E.D. 255-259, sheet 13A, lines 26-30
 father
as "Henry, 55"
residence: 1940, 2926 Arizona [St], Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas
occupation: 1940, Carpenter, Building Construction

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

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-16 · HIS 1910 AND 1950 CENSUS GAPS, neither of which had a search recorded. SIGNED IN. Four angles, two of them place-based because name...
Searched for: HIS 1910 AND 1950 CENSUS GAPS, neither of which had a search recorded. SIGNED IN. Four angles, two of them place-based because name searches have repeatedly failed on this family. 1950 (coll. 62308): (a) surname Cooper, NO given name, NO birth year, residence CORSICANA, NAVARRO, TEXAS (exact) - he died at Corsicana in 1958 [G.130], so this is the complete indexed Cooper list for his own town; (b) given name James, surname Cooper, b. 1885 +/-3 in TEXAS - 74 rows, page 1 read; (c) his wife's distinctive given name - Viva Cooper, b. 1893 +/-5 Texas (8 rows, all read). 1910 (coll. 7884): (d) surname Cooper, NO given name, residence BOSQUE, TEXAS (exact) - the complete indexed Cooper list for the county where his parents and his brother William G Cooper were living that year; (e) given name James, surname Cooper, b. 1885 +/-2 in Texas - 119 rows, page 1 read.
Result: NULL ON ALL FIVE. 1950: the Corsicana/Navarro Coopers are the Silas T, L S, Howard E, Willie C, Johnnie C, Theresa E, Glenn H, George C, Albert J, Will, John T and Charles E households plus three orphans and a mother-in-law - no James or J. H. of the right age. The Texas-born James Coopers b. 1882-1888 anywhere in the 1950 index are at Matador (Motley Co.), Burleson and Houston; none is in Navarro. Ancestry reduces "Viva" to the initial V, so (c) was not the test it was meant to be and returned eight V-initial women, none Texas-born. 1910: the complete Bosque Co. Cooper list holds his mother ([D.722], indexed as Sarah H Cooper, daughter, in Margarett A Starr's house at Iredell), his brother George W's household ([D.676]), and the John/Lucy, James N/Mary J, Andrew J/Cora, Robert S/Mollie, H P, J J, Sam H, Henry and Allison W households - no James H. The named search adds nothing in Texas. ONE CANDIDATE OPENED AND EXCLUDED: "George Cooper", Head, 25, b. 1885 Texas, Justice Precinct 3, Bosque Co. - the right year and the very precinct his brother lived in. The record is GEORGE HENDRIX COOPER: SINGLE in 1910, both parents born MISSISSIPPI, with his own documented life (Texas birth and death certificates, WWI and WWII draft cards, 1920-1950 censuses, a Find a Grave memorial). Our man was married in 1908 and his father was born in New Jersey [D.273]. NOT HIM - recorded so the row is not re-opened. (f) THE NAVARRO CO. 1910 PLACE RECIPE WAS THEN RUN TOO, since he married in 1908 Jennie Lee V. (Rice) Cooper and again in Navarro Co. in 1911 [G.130]: surname Cooper, no given name, residence Navarro, Texas (exact). The complete list is the T Jeff/Mary, Riley C/Lewis, Levi E/Hattie, John W/Gertie, Jas/Etta May, Jno R, Thomas L/Orishus and Louis/Nancy households, six inmates in Precinct 1 and a boarder at Corsicana Ward 3. NO JAMES H. COOPER. ⇒ He is in NEITHER of the two counties this family occupied in 1910. WHAT IS LEFT: a third county (Hamilton, where his parents were in 1900 [D.273], or Erath or McLennan), or a mis-indexed surname. For 1950, a Corsicana city directory would place him on a street and give the enumeration district to browse by image.
findagrave 2026-10-04 · James Cooper, b. 1885 +/- 1, d. 1958 +/- 1, Texas.
Searched for: James Cooper, b. 1885 +/- 1, d. 1958 +/- 1, Texas.
Result: Search output did not render; memorial 42112931 (Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana) already listed in [G.130].
familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · James Henry Cooper, b. 1885, father Joseph (10 results).
Searched for: James Henry Cooper, b. 1885, father Joseph (10 results). (link)
Result: 99ZS-2FN James Henry Cooper, 13 Sep 1885 Bosque Co. - 14 Sep 1958; m. 3 Sep 1911 Navarro Co.; parents Joseph Benjamin Cooper and Sarah Harriett Starr; spouse Viva Aline Carrigan (1893-1989) KGN6-MRJ.
newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. "J. H. Cooper" OR "James H. Cooper" OR "James Henry Cooper", Texas, 14 Sep - 15 Oct 1958.
Searched for: SIGNED IN. "J. H. Cooper" OR "James H. Cooper" OR "James Henry Cooper", Texas, 14 Sep - 15 Oct 1958.
Result: Results did not render this pass - re-run (Corsicana Daily Sun is the target).
ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
genealogybank 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): James Henry Cooper, birth 1885 +/-1 (name...
Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): James Henry Cooper, birth 1885 +/-1 (name search; up to 12 candidate records opened and filtered on given name and birth year).
Result: NULL - no record matching name and birth year among the candidates.
ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'James H Cooper', keyword 'Corsicana' (rows kept where given name,...
Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'James H Cooper', keyword 'Corsicana' (rows kept where given name, initial, surname and town match).
Result: FOUND (index row only): 'James H Cooper', Corsicana, Texas, 1922; spouse 'Fannie Cooper'.

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