Person:James Cooper (52)

m. 12 Nov 1774
  1. Henry Fry Cooper
  2. Samuel Cooper
  3. Richard Cooper1776 -
  4. Hannah Cooper1778 -
  5. Isaac Cooper1781 -
  6. Abraham Cooper1781 -
  7. Ann Cooper1784 -
  8. Elizabeth Cooper1786 -
  9. William Cooper1786 -
  10. James Fenimore Cooper1789 - 1851
m. 1811
  1. Elizabeth Cooper1811 - 1813
  2. Susan Cooper1813 - 1894
  3. Caroline Martha Cooper1815 - 1892
  4. Anne Charlotte Cooper1817 - 1885
  5. Maria Francis Cooper1819 - 1898
  6. Fenimore Cooper1821 - 1823
  7. Paul Fenimore Cooper1824 - 1895
Facts and Events
Name James Fenimore Cooper
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Sep 1789 Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Marriage 1811 Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York, United Statesto Susan Floyd Delancey
Death[1][3] 14 Sep 1851 Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States
Burial[2] Christ Churchyard, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States
Reference Number? Q167856?


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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.

After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also created American sea stories. His best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period, written between 1823 and 1841, known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which introduced the iconic American frontier scout, Natty Bumppo. Cooper's works on the U.S. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his more famous works is the romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Throughout his career, he published numerous social, political, and historical works of fiction and non-fiction with the objective of countering European prejudices and nurturing an original American art and culture.

James Fenimore Cooper removed in childhood to Cooperstown, Otsego county, N.Y.; entered Yale College, 1802; Midshipman U.S.N. 1806; married (in 1811) Susan Augusta Delancey. After his first work in 1819, famed as an American writer. author of the "American Democrat," "Naval History of the United States," and many popular works in imaginative literature.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 James Fenimore Cooper, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. James Fenimore Cooper, in Find A Grave.
  3. Delaware Co., NY Marriage & Death Records 1841-1879, , in Griffin Collection.

    Deaths - 1851
    14 Sep - James Fenimore Cooper of Cooperstown, 62y