From: http://suvcw.org/past/coop.htm
The union of William Gracen Cooper and Martha Jane Canada Bruce produced nine children. In 1891, he loaded up his family into covered wagons and made the journey to Perkins, Oklahoma. Besides farming, he became a Free United Brethern Minister, preaching in school houses and brush arbors around the county, for there were no churches in Indian Territory at that time. He died in Perkins, Oklahoma on October 28, 1926 at the age of 85 and is buried there along with his wife.
Service Record: Joined the 9th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Sept. 1862:consolidated into 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Dec. 1862. Detached to General Francis Preston Blair's bodyguards, Dec. 1862. Fought at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and in capture of Arkansas Post, December 1862 and Jan. 1863. Participated in Battle of Champion's Hil and siege of Vicksburg, May to July of 1863. Present at second attack on Jackson, Mississippi, July 1863. Mustered out June 1865.
The union of William Gracen Cooper and Martha Jane Canada Bruce produced nine children. In 1891, he loaded up his family into covered wagons and made the journey to Perkins, Oklahoma. Besides farming, he became a Free United Brethern Minister, preaching in school houses and brush arbors around the county, for there were no churches in Indian Territory at that time. He died in Perkins, Oklahoma on October 28, 1926 at the age of 85 and is buried there along with his wife.
Service Record: Joined the 9th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Sept. 1862:consolidated into 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Dec. 1862. Detached to General Francis Preston Blair's bodyguards, Dec. 1862. Fought at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and in capture of Arkansas Post, December 1862 and Jan. 1863. Participated in Battle of Champion's Hil and siege of Vicksburg, May to July of 1863. Present at second attack on Jackson, Mississippi, July 1863. Mustered out June 1865.
From: http://suvcw.org/past/coop.htm
The union of William Gracen Cooper and Martha Jane Canada Bruce produced nine children. In 1891, he loaded up his family into covered wagons and made the journey to Perkins, Oklahoma. Besides farming, he became a Free United Brethern Minister, preaching in school houses and brush arbors around the county, for there were no churches in Indian Territory at that time. He died in Perkins, Oklahoma on October 28, 1926 at the age of 85 and is buried there along with his wife.
Service Record: Joined the 9th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Sept. 1862:consolidated into 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Dec. 1862. Detached to General Francis Preston Blair's bodyguards, Dec. 1862. Fought at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and in capture of Arkansas Post, December 1862 and Jan. 1863. Participated in Battle of Champion's Hil and siege of Vicksburg, May to July of 1863. Present at second attack on Jackson, Mississippi, July 1863. Mustered out June 1865.
The union of William Gracen Cooper and Martha Jane Canada Bruce produced nine children. In 1891, he loaded up his family into covered wagons and made the journey to Perkins, Oklahoma. Besides farming, he became a Free United Brethern Minister, preaching in school houses and brush arbors around the county, for there were no churches in Indian Territory at that time. He died in Perkins, Oklahoma on October 28, 1926 at the age of 85 and is buried there along with his wife.
Service Record: Joined the 9th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Sept. 1862:consolidated into 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Dec. 1862. Detached to General Francis Preston Blair's bodyguards, Dec. 1862. Fought at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and in capture of Arkansas Post, December 1862 and Jan. 1863. Participated in Battle of Champion's Hil and siege of Vicksburg, May to July of 1863. Present at second attack on Jackson, Mississippi, July 1863. Mustered out June 1865.
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