To Mary Lou Hudson: Sorry I meant to say John Wiley Cooper not James Wiley. I thought it looked different. Thanks again. Connie Q. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Lou Hudson To: TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE-L] James Wiley Cooper and Will Clark 1923 Oh great! I'm glad someone could use the story. :) You are very welcome. Mary Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Quigley" <iceman058@msn.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE-L] James Wiley Cooper and Will Clark 1923 > Thank you Mary Lou for that story on James Wiley Cooper. My cousin told me about him a few years ago and said he had been told when he was a child that his uncle Wiley was killed by someone with a mattock in his garden or field. Now I can send him this story. James Wiley was a cousin. He was related to my great grandfather George Cooper who moved to Harlan Co KY in 1878. > Connie Q. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Lou Hudson > To: TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:59 AM > Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] James Wiley Cooper and Will Clark 1923 > > > Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - Oct. 16, 1923 > Prominent Jacksboro Farmer Slain with Mattock > Knoxville, Oct. 16 -- John Wiley Cooper, prominent farmer of Jacksboro, Campbell county, is dead; and Will Clark, farmer, is in the Knox county jail on a murder charge as a result of an altercation between the two men yesterday morning. > According to information from Campbell county authorities, Cooper and Clark were working together digging potatoes. It is not known how the trouble started, but a quarrel developed and it is alleged that Clark struck Cooper on the head with a mattock, mortally wounding him. > Clark was arrested on a charge of felonious assault and later released under a $2,000 bond. He started toward Knoxville when he learned that Cooper was being hurried to Knoxville in a dying condition. Cooper died at the Knoxville General Hospital at 5 p.m. shortly after arriving there and while on the operating table. > > > > ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== > Don't Forget To Check The Courthouse & Bible Records For Campbell County Marriages. Also, Look For Recorded Wills and Land Records. > > > > ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== > Milly Piros, List Administrator > Any problems contact me MPiros1120@aol.com > To See Previous Posts > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCAMPBE > ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== Post your questions and inquiry about your Ancestor regularly...Someone may find a relative. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCAMPBE