Charles Philip Cooper

Background

Charles Philip Cooper was born on August 13, 1827, in Cuba, United States. He was the son of Charles Merien and Annie F. Gamier Cooper. There is evidence that he was raised in south Georgia. Little is known about his early life.

Education

Little is known about Cooper's education or training for the law.

Career

Charles Philip Cooper practiced law in Athens, Georgia, before moving to Duval County, Florida. He later returned to Georgia.

As a general agent in the U.S. Treasury Department from 1857 to 1861, Cooper supervised all customs from North Carolina to New Mexico. He resigned his position when the war began, and he went to Richmond to volunteer for service. During the Civil War, he helped to organize the Confederate Treasury Department and was a trusted aide to Christopher G. Memminger throughout the war.

When the war ended, he practiced law in Duval County. He also represented Duval County in the state legislature in 1866. Little is known of Cooper’s postwar life except that he attained prominence as a lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida.

Achievements

• Charles Phillip Cooper served as a United States Treasury Department agent until the American Civil War. He was appointed to help organize the Confederate States Treasury Department.

Connections

Charles Cooper had three sons by his first marriage to Hessie Mildred Jackson. After her death, he married Julia Dozier.

Father:

Charles Merien Cooper

Mother:

Annie F. Gamier Cooper

late wife:

Hessie Mildred Jackson

Wife:

Julia Dozier

Son:

Charles Merian Cooper