Wylie Cooper

Are descended from John Cooper (i), who came, at an early day,to Hawkins County, Tenn. He was born April 5, 1768; marriedMary Young, born November 10, 1771. Their children were 8sons and 4 daughters; bul we shall notice only those who cameto Platte in 1838:I. JOHN Y. COOPERWas born in Tennessee, June 9, 1803. In 1835 he came to MorganCounty, Mo., and married Isabel Masters, born August 3, 1813.In 1838 they came to Platte, and settled three miles north of PlatteCity, and here he died. He was an elder in the PresbyterianChurch, and was honored and…