I'm not sure if Joseph was in
North Carolina, but his grandfather John M.Cooper, married to Rebecca
Covey was from there around 1790. Joseph was born in
Hardin County,
Tennessee 9/11/1889. I do not know when he left
Tennessee but he ended up in
Joplin,
Missouri. Joseph's father was Russell Ray
Cooper, 2/11/1852, also from
Hardin County. He was married to Suzanne
Tennon Smith. She died 4/20/1892. Not sure where. Joseph had 3 brothers, Daniel, John and Robert and one sister Elizabeth. He was previously married to
Ester Tankersley in 1910. They had a daughter, named Velma born 9/19/1910-1/4/1992. This is about all I have other than he was married to
Opal Bowles in 1930.