William Cooper

WilliamCooper

male, deceased (1809)
from New York, JudgeWilliamCooper, Judge Marmaduke Temple, New York state court judge, THE PIONEER, otsego lake…judge
Judge William Cooper (December 2, 1754 - December 22, 1809) was the founder of Cooperstown, New York and father of writer James Fenimore Cooper,...
Elihu Phinney

Elihu Phinney

male, deceased (1813)
Republican, federalist party, federalist, Publisher, canaan, Democratic-Republican Party…JudgeWilliamCooper, William Cooper
Elihu Phinney (1756-1813) was the first printer in Cooperstown, New York. In the early 1790s he lived Canaan in Columbia County, New York, where he...

David Shipman

male, deceased (1813)
american revolution, Squatter, Leatherstocking Tales, Natty Bumppo, Cooperstown, JudgeWilliamCooper…William Cooper
David Shipman (1730 - 1813) is generally considered to be the real-life inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's "Natty Bumppo" in the...