Lawyer
Centurion, 1922–1938
Born 15 June 1858 in Albany, New York
Died 3 May 1938 in Albany, New York
Buried Christ Churchyard
, Cooperstown, New York
Proposed by Charles S. Fairchild and Louis Evan Shipman
Elected 2 December 1922 at age sixty-four
Archivist’s Note: Father of Henry S. F. Cooper; grandfather of Katherine Cooper Cary and Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.; grandfather-in-law of William L. Cary and F. Peter Weil
Century Memorial
Descendant of a distinguished line, James Fenimore Cooper became one of the leading lawyers of Albany and a banker of note. He was the author of several books on the history and legends of Cooperstown, Otsego County, which was established by his family and which was the scene of one of his grandfather’s most famous stories, “The Deerslayer.” The rehabilitation of the Schuyler Mansion, now owned by the State, was one of his particular interests. He edited and published the correspondence of his grandfather.
Geoffrey Parsons
1938 Century Memorials
