Nathan A. Cooper
General Nathan A. Cooper was an American landowner, businessman, and military officer from Chester Township, New Jersey.Biography
He was born on April 29, 1802, to Abraham Cooper and Anna Wills in Chester Township. He had a sister, Beulah Ann Cooper, who married Henry Seward.
When he was 16 years old his father died and he inherited the family land. It included farming lands, an iron mine and a grist-mill. In 1826, his uncle, Nathan Cooper, built a new mill, now known as the Nathan Cooper Gristmill. Nathan A. inherited this mill when uncle Nathan died. By 1854, he was commissioned a Brigadier General of the state cavalry. In 1860, he built the General Nathan Cooper Mansion.
He married Mary Henrietta Leddell in 1843. He died on July 25, 1879 and is buried at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Chester.Gallery
