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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 to McIntosh County, North Dakota, 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,
California, 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, Virginia; 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, Virginia.
On May 17, 1920, Mr. Cooper was
married to Miss E. Irene Simpson, born at Academy, California, a daughter of Marvin Simpson, who married the eldest
daughter of Rev. Joel Hedgepath, 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.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1456-1459. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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