Aphes A. Cooper and Ida Rennison

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Husband Aphes A. Cooper ¹

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           Born: 18 Mar 1860 - Forest Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert Cooper (1827-Abt 1911) 1 2
         Mother: Martha Johnson (Abt 1828-1902) 1 2

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Gilkey (      -1897) 3 - 9 Mar 1881 3

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Wife Ida Rennison ³

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         Father: John Rennison (      -      ) 3
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General Notes: Husband - Aphes A. Cooper

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He was small when the family came to Butler from Forest County, Pennsylvania, and he was able later to assist his father greatly in clearing up the farm in Adams Township. His education was obtained in the district schools in the neighborhood, and when he was fifteen years old he started out to take care of himself. He learned the shoemaking trade with his cousin, John Cooper, and worked at it for three years. In carpenter work, however, he took a deeper interest and under R. T. McAnlis, became a good workman and continued with him for seven years. Mr. Cooper then went into general contracting which he continued until 1906, and during his active years in that line, put up many of the buildings through Butler County and also did a large amount of building in Allegheny County. In 1883 he bought thirty-five acres of a farm, from William Sloan, and subsequently added until his farm now contained fifty-six acres, where he carried on general farming.
he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he was a Republican.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1453.

2 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1183.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1454.