J. B. R. Cooper

Candidate Biography:

John Babist Roger Cooper
Born: November 17, 1873 in Castroville, CA
Married: Mabel Ellsworth Greene (m. 1900, div. 1909), Juanita Johnson Cooper (m. 1916)
Children: Isabel Ellsworth Cooper and Gladys Greene Cooper
Family: Son-in-law of Assemblyman W. E. Greene, brother in law of Carlton Greene
Died: November 26, 1948 in Carmel Valley, CA

1901: Executive Committee Member, King City Improvement Club 

• EARTHQUAKE: Immediately after the big 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, "Cooper, representative of this county in the state legislature, took a launch on the day of the disturbance for San Francisco. A few miles off shore there were thousands of strange fish floating on the water, none of which were known to old fishermen on the boat. This was in Monterey Bay, where the water is several thousand feet deep."
  Source: "STRANGE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKE" Hanford Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 18, 10 May 1906

• NOTE: This individual is not the same person as Juan Bautista Rogers Cooper (1791-1872), a noted pioneer in the Monterey area. This is the grandson.

Significant assistance in locating this information was provided by Shelley McFadden and the Monterey County Historical Society.