ID/KEY: P48820

"Granville Cooper," a photograph taken by Rufus W. Holsinger on December 30, 1918.

A Granville Cooper is listed in the J. F. Bell Funeral Home Database: Granville Dickerson Cooper, born October 26 1899 in Fluvanna County to parents Randolph Cooper and Elizabeth (Ross) Cooper; spouse Bertha Mary Hawkins Cooper (prior spouse, died 1926, Gladys Cooper); died April 18 1978 in Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville and buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Daughters Mary Tillman and Cynthia Cooper of Charlottesville.

It is unknown whether this Granville Cooper is related to the subject photographed below (more information is required).

Additional information about Granville Cooper will be added as it is researched. 

NOTE that the name with which the portrait is labelled (or, labelled "untitled") is not necessarily the name of the sitter(s) in the portrait, but rather the name of the person who paid for the portrait when it was taken (the date and name associated with each photograph is from the business ledgers of R. W. Holsinger).

Sources

- "Granville Cooper," 1918-12-30 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X07239A) 

- J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records

SEE ALSO:

Holsinger Image Gallery of African Americans

J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records

Charlottesville City Directory, 1914-15 [Hathi Trust] 

1870 & 1910 U. S. Census - Charlottesville & Esmont Communities

First published: October 1, 2019    

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