Don't know if this means anything but my father's name was A. L. Cooper, Sr and my youngest brothers name was also A. L. Cooper, Jr. The A. L. stood for Adelbert Lounzol in both cases. My father's father name was Clifford A. Cooper. Let me know if there is any connection. Jo in Kansas ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tkstet1@aol.com> To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 13 July, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER-L] John McCutchie COOPER, Georgia to Louisiana, 1816-1852 > cathy: bare with me on this probably no connection but these coopers sure are > hard to track,do you have any record of them changeing their name > spelling?,,,,,,(STORY): A>L>COOPER(initials only) and ? wife > Elizabeth(married ?),born appr. 1864-1874 poss,ten,virg, had a son names > Charlie(charles) C.Cooper born jan 20,1887, in Izard co,ark,there was a > family John William Dehart(and Elizabeth haynes-Dehart),around > Hartford,Sebastian,ark also wister,poteau,leflore county,oklahoma it was > said that the parents (cooper) died of the flu and maybe a son newborn of the > flu(grippe) 1890-1892 and that the dehart family adopted with love and > effection Charie(charles) Cooper Sep.23,24,1892 (paper work shows) with legal > name change,but they(deharts) never listed him as a son in census and from > there on down the family line no one knough of him or of a adoption(? why) > Charlie is my grgrandfather and all we have is a picture of A.L.COOPER(where > did deharts get it?) and a (post card to a.l.cooper in south canadian indian > territory,okla)about deeed of record abstract to follow,? land > rush?1890-1892, and his picture how did they obtain these things?,adoption > records say parents deceased. could john realy be a.l.?same elizabeth?,found > a albert cooper commited murder in 1891 never caught him along same > area!>could this be? land later went to boy(6 time adopted)instead of > deharts was it his fathers?whats up..see how elusive they > are...tkste1@aol.com tecumseh,okla > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > Keep COOPER-L and over 6000 other lists online with your RootsWeb > membership or sponsorship. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >