San Joaquin County Biographies
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CHARLES F. COOPER
A native of Iowa, Charles F. Cooper was born near Charter Oak, June 19, 1897, a son of Charles A. and Olive (Currier) Cooper, both natives of that state. The father was reared on the prairies in his native state and early in life became interested in stockraising; later he became a prominent figure in the livestock markets of St. Louis and Chicago. In 1901 he removed with his family to McIntosh County, N.D., and became an extensive stockraiser; he still owns twelve sections of choice farming land in that state. In 1912 the Cooper family came to California to make their permanent home and located in Sanger, Cal., where the parents now reside.
Charles F. Cooper finished the grammar and Sanger high school in Fresno County, then entered the University of Southern California, where he continued his studies for one year. That fall, on September 1, 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, Fifteenth Regiment, and served at the Mare Island Navy Yards and at Quantico, Va.; fourteen months later he went to San Domingo where he served for five months, and on February 21, 1919, he was honorably discharged at the Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va.
On May 17, 1920, Mr. Cooper was married to Miss E. Irene Simpson, born at Academy, Cal., a daughter of Marvin Simpson, who married the eldest daughter of Rev. Joel Hedgepeth, the well-known pioneer minister, stock and grain farmer of Academy. Mrs. Cooper received a fine education and is an accomplished and talented woman. In 1912 the property of 420 acres, the home place of the late Richard Drais, was purchased by a group of Fresno county citizens, among them being Charles A. Cooper, the father of our subject. In 1917 Mr. Cooper purchased the interests of the other members and 100 acres was sold, leaving 320 acres which was leased. Later Charles F. Cooper chose agriculture as his field of labors and purchased the present ranch from his father. He set out thirty acres to prunes and plums and uses two tractors and the most up-to-date machinery in the cultivation and development of this ranch. Mr. Cooper has also installed a Sterling deep-well pump and has laid concrete pipe for irrigating his orchards. He is a member of the American Legion and was made a Mason in Valley Lodge No. 135, at Linden. Since his location in Farmington Mr. Cooper has won success and gained for himself the confidence and good will of those with whom he has been associated in relations of friendship and of business.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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