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Cooper Cemetery
The Cooper Cemetery is located on the hill behind the house at #303 Defeated Creek Hwy..
The area has a heavy growth of the cemetery ground cover periwinkle.
GPS 36-19-27N 85-55-21W
Cooper, Mary S. 29 Jan 1847 - 27 Aug 1873 (Stone broken)
W/O D.F. Cooper
"Gone to the rock that is higher than I."
Several graves marked by fieldstones.
Note: Smith County marriage records list Mary Kittrell to D.F. Cooper Jul 3 1869.
The 1870 Census shows them living in 15th District of Jackson Co. TN.
Copied by Retta Waggoner 24 Apr 2005
Listed in Smith County Cemeteries-North of the Cumberland River page 162.
