Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
James Fenimore Cooper
Lawyer
Centurion, 1922–1938
Proposed by
Charles S. Fairchild and Louis Evan Shipman
Charles S. Fairchild and Louis Evan Shipman
born
June 15, 1858
Albany, New York
Albany, New York
died
May 3, 1938
Albany, New York
Albany, New York
elected
December 2, 1922
Age sixty-four
Age sixty-four
buried
Christ Churchyard,
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown, New York
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Archivist’s Notes
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
