NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

Eugene Jefferson COOPER, son of James and Phoebe Jayne (DAVENPORT) COOPER, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, south of Dover, on May 7, 1861. His boyhood was passed on his father's farm, and his education received at the Millbrook schoolhouse and in the schools of Dover. At he conclusion of his studies, he taught school for awhile in Morris county, but this lasted for only a short time; he then entered mercantile business in connection with Richard BEACH & Company, operating at Hibernia, Dover, and Chester. About the year 1882, he went west and became a bookkeeper in Tuscon, Arizona, where he remained for a short while, going on afterwards to California where he engaged in business in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. Turning his attention to the acquisition of a profession, he began reading law in 1884, in the offices of James H. Neighbor and A.C. Smith, and in 1888 was admitted to the bar. He has ever since this time been engaged in the practice of his profession, and is now considered one of the most prominent attorneys in Dover and an ornament to the Morris county bar. He is a master of chancery, and is a member of the Morris County Bar Association.

Mr. COOPER is also a prominent member of the Masonic order, and belongs to Acacia Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M., as well as the R. A. In politics he is a Democrat, and has considerable influence in his party in Dover. In the year 1888 he married Martha B. PARSONS, daughter of Charles O. and Annie M. (BRYANT) PARSONS. Mr. and Mrs. COOEPR have five children, all resident in Dover: Carrie Parsons, graduated in the Dover High School, resides with parents; Eugene E., graduated in the Dover High School, now associated in business with his father's outside interest; Charles S., graduated in Dover High School, now in New York University of Law; Francis E., attended high school for three years, now completing his last year; Phoebe Ann, graduated from grammar school, class of June, 1913, now in high school.

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