MAURY COUNTY NATIVES AND FORMER RESIDENTS INTERRED ELSEWHERE.


COOPER, Henry, b. Columbia, Maury Co., Tn Aug 22, 1827 & d. Feb 3, 1884, brother of Edmund Cooper. Democrat & member of Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1853, State Court Judge in Tennessee, 1862, member of Tennessee State Senate, 1869, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1871 - 77. Killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo, Chihuahua. Interment somewhere in Mexico, cenotaph at City Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tn.
Henry Cooper (1827 - 1884) - Find A Grave Memorial

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