Norris Cooper was born in 1872 in the Oklahoma Territory to Henry Cooper (1839-1894)and Rebecca Coley (1839-1894).
He and a few others were accused of murdering J. B. Drake in Oct 1896.
Inmate #2969 Leavenworth Federal Prison
Rec: 7 May 1902
Crime: Murder
Term: Life
Commuted to a 15 year term by the President on 3 Sep 1908.
He was 26 years old and a widower and a farmer, with a daughter named Maude Cooper born 1897.
Girard Daily Press
Girard, Kansas
01 Oct 1896, Thu • Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33254493/norris_cooper/
Looking on the National Archives web site I found Norris leavenworth records and attached them to the tree I made him on Ancestry. I looked for all the men mentioned in the article and only found Isaac King.
Here are only a few of Norris prison documents.
Notice he said he was accused and he plead not guilty. I am not sure what the circumstances were or who J. B. Drake was, but there's a lot more to this story I want to know.
I dug around in the newspapers for the other names of the accused and I found some.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20854863/isaac_king_murder_trial/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20854915/arkansas_democrat/
Norris & Isaac were pardoned, Norris was released 30 May 1912.
After Norris was released from prison he married again to Willie Campbell (1895-1980) and had 2 more daughter:
Avalena Gladis Cooper 1914-1991
Esther Jewell Cooper 1916-2006
Norris died 2 Jan 1952 in Kinta, OK
I made him a tree on Ancestry and there are a couple other trees for him and they all added the Leavenworth index to his tree but no story or newspaper articles or the prison documents. I am hoping they get hints they look at and attach the records and mugshot of him to their trees. This looks to be the only photo of Norris.
He and a few others were accused of murdering J. B. Drake in Oct 1896.
Rec: 7 May 1902
Crime: Murder
Term: Life
Commuted to a 15 year term by the President on 3 Sep 1908.
He was 26 years old and a widower and a farmer, with a daughter named Maude Cooper born 1897.
Girard Daily Press
Girard, Kansas
01 Oct 1896, Thu • Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33254493/norris_cooper/
Looking on the National Archives web site I found Norris leavenworth records and attached them to the tree I made him on Ancestry. I looked for all the men mentioned in the article and only found Isaac King.
I dug around in the newspapers for the other names of the accused and I found some.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20854863/isaac_king_murder_trial/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20854915/arkansas_democrat/
Norris & Isaac were pardoned, Norris was released 30 May 1912.
After Norris was released from prison he married again to Willie Campbell (1895-1980) and had 2 more daughter:
Avalena Gladis Cooper 1914-1991
Esther Jewell Cooper 1916-2006
Norris died 2 Jan 1952 in Kinta, OK
I made him a tree on Ancestry and there are a couple other trees for him and they all added the Leavenworth index to his tree but no story or newspaper articles or the prison documents. I am hoping they get hints they look at and attach the records and mugshot of him to their trees. This looks to be the only photo of Norris.
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