The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-14
Woman Living in
Greenville is Now Past
The Century Mark

"Bevo" Whitmire; in Greenviile News.
Totally Blind, almost penniless,
and 10Y years old. but true heroine
of two wars, Mrs. Cassie Cooper, tile
wife of George w. Cooper, who wa
hero during the Indian war and
who enlisted with the Confederate
boys ut the beginning of the Civil
war and who was killed in actica in
Aobilc, Alabama, still lives, st ii talks
nd Is still able to oct about slowly.
Mrs. Cooper now lives with ncr
"baby' daughter, Miss Lou Coouc..
who IS C2 years Oh, unmarried, anu
VINO has spenS mos. of her II" work
ing to support her bcreft mother. The
two rert q portion of the house of
William Taylor, just off the Eest-Ann
Cooper, who is now go years of the
Salvation Army hospital. Mrs. Coop.
er is also the mother Of two elder
daughter. The oldest is Mary Ann
Cooper, who is now 80 years of age
and is employed in Judson mill. The
middle daughter, Miss Liza Cooper,
66 years Of age, is now living in Oco-
ne county.
Some ten years ago Mrs. Cooper's
eyes gave out and she was left totally
helpless, but up to this time she was
If excellent health. When her hus-
band was killed in Mobile and she with
ber three little girls were left alone
she, in her desperation, took up pick
ing cotton for living and up until
she was stricken blind could average
picking 100 pounds of cotton every
day.
She was born, according to the fam
lily records still preserved by youngest
daughter, in 0conee county on tho
waters of the Toogaloo river on Nav
8, 1915, and was married when sne
was % years of age. Until ten years
ago when she last her sight, she had
not been sick day in her life and en-
Joyed perfect health even past her
Goth year.
Although Mrs. Cooper is the
real hero of the two wars in which her
husband fought, she has never asked
for the pension money and has, even
III the hardest times, worked and KEEP,
the wolf away from her three daugh-
tiers until they were able to help her
She is now, however, on the last lap
and the family is in pitiful lack Of
funds for sustenance.
She has never seen a cotton mill.
although she was champion cotton
picker, nor even railroad. Since she
Las been blind she has ridden on a
tram and also been in a cotton mill
but never has her optic nerve recorded.
the sight of the train or mill.
The younger daughter, Lou, does
not remember her father. He was
killed about 60 years ago while she
was yet in the cradle. at the time
Of his death the other daughter was
six years old and the oldest was 1S,
At this time the mother was 40 years
CT age but she eassfsd a living for her
three daughters by picking the fiber
of the South from sun up to sun down.
While Mrs. Cooper is still able tu
talk she is almost deaf and yesterday
refrained from talking in detail about
the conditions of the country during
her youth. She said, at length, that
she remembered many of the English
people when they were immigrating to
this country when travel was done
solely by covered wagons, even before
the stage coach was inaugurated here.
With the coming of the stage she said
that the people thought that the
course of travel had been revolution
lied and had reached perfection.
On May 9, next year, Mrs. Cooper
will have reached the 1O8th mile post
in her life. She said that she was
lookin:; forward 10 her 1O8th birthday
party. AS far as can be learned she
is the oldest woman in the South. II
there is a woman that is older The
News would appreciate any informa-
tion that can be found in regard t.
her.
No, you're wrong-she did not en-
roll so as to be abe to cast her bal.
lot On A,,uuct %