Samuel Cooper
Born: June 12, 1798
Birthplace: New Hackensack, New York
Father: Major Samuel Cooper 1757 – 1840
(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Mother: Mary Horton
Wife: Sarah Maria Mason 1800 – 1890
(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Married: April 4, 1827 in Boston, Massachusetts
Children:
Sarah Maria Cooper Wheaton 1836 – 1858
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Lt. Samuel Cooper 1836 – 1908
(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Virginia Mason Cooper Dawson 1843 – 1913
(Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Education:
1815: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (36th in class)
Occupation before War:
1815 – 1817: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Light Artillery
1817 – 1821: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1821 – 1824: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1824 – 1836: 1st Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1836 – 1852: Captain United States Army 4th Artillery
1841 – 1842: Chief of Staff for Colonel William J. Worth
1847 – 1852: Lt. Colonel United States Army, Assistant Adjutant General
1852 – 1861: Colonel United States Army, Adjutant General
1852 – 1861: In Charge of Adjutant General Office in Washington D.C.
1857: Acting United States Secretary of War Department
1861: Resigned from United States Army on March 7th
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: Confederate States Adjutant General & Inspector General
1861 – 1865: Served as General in the Confederate Army
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1876: Farmer at Cameron Plantation near Alexandria, Virginia
Died: December 3, 1876
Place of Death: Alexandria, Virginia
Cause of Death: Chest Pain
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
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