Maj. Mark Anthony Cooper

Farmer, Lawyer, Politician, Entrepreneur

Born: 4-20-1800, Hancock Co., GA Died: 3-17-1885, Etowah, GA Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville Married: Evaline Flournoy; Sophronia A.R. Randle Cooper attained the rank of Major when he commanded a battalion of Georgia volunteers during the Seminole Indian Wars in 1836. He was a state legislator from Putnam County, US congressman, and Georgia senator. An ardent advocate of railroad development, Cooper founded the Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad. Recognizing the potential of Bartow County's extensive mineral deposits, Cooper founded the city of Etowah and established the Etowah Manufacturing and Mining Company on the banks of the Etowah River near Cartersville.

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