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.

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.

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 >