Bios: EDWIN S. COOPER, M. D. 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
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EDWIN S. COOPER, M. D.,
[p. 415] a physician and surgeon of high standing at New Castle, who was
formerly associated in practice with his brother, the late distinguished
Dr. Joseph L. Cooper, belongs to an old Pennsylvania family which was
established in this state by his great-grandfather, Robert Cooper, who
was born in County Down, Ireland. Edwin S. Cooper was born in Taylor
Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1872, and is a son
of Robert and Nancy A. (Jackson) Cooper.
The Cooper family was founded in Lawrence County in 1843, by James
Cooper, the grandfather of Dr. Cooper. He married Elizabeth McLester and
they reared seven children, Robert Cooper being the second son of the
family. Robert Cooper was born in 1823, in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, and he became the owner of the many acres of the valuable
limestone land which has made the Cooper family of this section one of
substance. Robert Cooper married Nancy A. Jackson and they had the
following children: James H., Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, Leander, Joseph
L., Charles O., Mrs. Mary Colwell, Mrs. Maud Davis and Edwin S.
When Edwin S. Cooper was fourteen years of age, his parents moved to New
Castle, and from the schools of this city he entered Grove City College,
where he continued his studies until the spring of 1892, when,
encouraged by his older brother, the late Dr. Joseph L. Cooper, he
decided to bend all his energies to the study of medicine for which he
had had a taste boyhood. Under the careful tuition of the late Dr.
Cooper, he prepared for the Western Pennsylvania Medical College, where
he was most creditably graduated March 25, 1896. He then entered into
partnership with his brother and the firm became a leading one of the
county. Since the lamented death of the older physician, Dr. Edwin S.
Cooper has continued alone in practice and has won an enviable position
in his profession. He is identified with all of the medical
organizations of the county and the leading ones of the state, and also
has numerous fraternal and social connections. His residence and office
are located at No. 74 North Mill Street, New Castle.
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20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
Updated: 17 Oct 2001