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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. W. A. H. Coop was born in Crockett County, formerly part of Gibson County, March 29, 1848, the only child reared by W. C, and Frances H. (Fielder) Coop, born in 1811 and 1824 and died in 1878 and 1852 respectively. W. C. Coop was taken from Bedford to Madison County, Tenn., when twelve years of age and remained there one year, then came to Gibson County. He followed farming, boating and school-teaching for a living and became the father of five children. His son, W. A. H. Coop, was educated in the district schools and the academy at Friendship. In 1866 he entered the office of his uncle, Dr. J. K. Fielder, who resided near Granada, Miss., and began studying medicine. About 1868 he went to Chicago, Ill., and took a course of lectures at the Rush Medical College and the next year went to Mississippi and practiced with his uncle for one year. From that time until the fall of 1883 he practiced his profession near Friendship, and at the latter date came to the town. In 1880 and 1881, he took another course of lectures at the Rush Medical College, graduating in the latter year. January 10, 1870 he married Miss M. M. Agee, daughter of J. B. Agee, born near Trenton in June, 1853. They have the following family of children: William B., Francis E., Hester L., Claudius, Cleopatria Maud, and Aubrey E. The. Doctor joined the State Medical Association in 1882 and June of the same year was sent as delegate to the American Medical Association at St. Paul, Minn. In 1884 he was sent to Washington, D. C., for the same purpose, and is now a prominent member of that body. The Doctor has always taken all possible means to further the advancement of the medical profession and while in school thoroughly prepared himself for surgery. He has performed many intricate and difficult surgical operations. He is an ardent Democrat and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His elder half-brother, Prof. S. S. Coop, is a school-teacher by profession.

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This family biography is one of 72 biographies included in the book,  The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Crockett County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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