No, but let's throw it out to the Cooper net bunch and see if we get a bite. I have assumed that Mark was the illegitimate son of Bannister. "Harold Cochran" <haroldc@digital.net> on 05/07/2000 03:22:00 PM To: George Cooper/NCDC cc: Subject: Mark A. Cooper George, Have you run into a Mark A Cooper in your genealogy searches? Recently, I was checking out the Cooper surname in Genforum, and I saw there was a reference to a Mark A. Cooper in Putnam Co. Ga. My little mystery is that a ggg grandfather name a son Mark A. C. Cochran. Subsequent investigation showed that the full name was Mark A. Cooper Cochran. Banister Cochran, father of Mark A.C. Cochran, lived in Morgan County near the Putnam county line. It is not unusual to name a son after a neighbor or friend, but I thought using the full name was a little out of the ordinary. Mark A. Cooper Cochran, was born in 1838. I have speculated that Mark A. Cooper was someone very special to Banister Cochran and his wife, Sarah Collins Cochran. I have often wondered that he could have done something heroic for the Cochran's. The solution to the little mystery want do much for genealogy, but it does get to my curiosity occasionally, I when my genealogy loop gets a little inactive, I thought it a good idea to ask about it. I hope you can throw a little light on the Mark A. Cooper Cochran question. Harold W. Cochran, Merritt Island, Fl. haroldc@digital.net