Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . there andin Richmond was a trusted and capable adviser to his chiefto the bitter ending. General Cooper was a Northern man,having been born at Hackensack, N. J., June 12, 1798. Hewas the son of Samuel Cooper and Mary Horton, sterlingpeople of the little state. In the early 30s he married MissSarah Maria Mason, grand-daughter of George Mason, ^of Gunston Hall. Naturally,when promoted to adjutant-general of the old army, thefamily removed to the na-tional capital. Mrs. Cooper was the daugh-ter of a race noted for thestrength, helpfulness andgentleness of it
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . there andin Richmond was a trusted and capable adviser to his chiefto the bitter ending. General Cooper was a Northern man,having been born at Hackensack, N. J., June 12, 1798. Hewas the son of Samuel Cooper and Mary Horton, sterlingpeople of the little state. In the early 30s he married MissSarah Maria Mason, grand-daughter of George Mason, ^of Gunston Hall. Naturally,when promoted to adjutant-general of the old army, thefamily removed to the na-tional capital. Mrs. Cooper was the daugh-ter of a race noted for thestrength, helpfulness andgentleness of its to the war her quiethome in Washington hadbeen a favorite resort of thebest of official and society people, drawn thither by the ? ^ beauties of person and char- ^^- ^^^^^^ ^°«^^« acter of her young lady daughter, Maria. One of the prettiestand best remembered weddings of the capital was when thisuniversally loved girl married dashing Lieutenant FrankWheaton, and Fitzhugh Lee, then of the slender rank, wasbest 110 BELLES, BEAUX AND BBAINS OF THE SIXTIES Eheu fugaces! The bride has been dead decades, but hvesstill in the memory of loyal friends and in her charming andtried daughter and her children. His native state, RhodeIsland, has only lately reared a stately Major-General Frank Wheaton and later still pseans and sobs mingled about the bier of hislifelong friend, Fitz Lee. Theonly child of General Wheatonand his beautiful and univer-sally lamented wife was adaughter, named for her moth-er. She married a youngarmy officer, who gave his lifefor the old Flag at SanJuan Hill—Captain widow survives him,with a lovely family: FrankAshley, Charles and Maria. In Richmond the younglady of the house was MissJennie Cooper, a sunny-na-tured woman, bright, frank and of strong having had the society craze, she did not toppleher home into the swim, but free and genial hos-pitality met all who crossed its threshold an^d their nam
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