NameRobert Cooper (originally Penn)
Birth12 Jan 1900, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Death26 Jul 1965, Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona
BurialGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California
FatherCleland Penn (1876-)
MotherOllie Myrtle Thacker (1884-1973)
Notes for Robert Cooper (originally Penn)
According to a note on the “Cooper Family Tree” on Ancestry, “Ollie had been married to Cleland Penn and had one child, Robert Penn born 12 January 1900. Ollie and Cleland divorced. It is said that John Kash did not want anyone to know he had married a divorced woman with a child and was afraid his parents would not continue to pay for his medical school if they found out.  At some point, he had Ollie's son Robert put in an orphanage.  He had Adolphus (Dock) Cooper of Winchester, KY put Robert in the orphanage under the name of Robert Cooper so he couldn't be traced back to him. This information came from Robert Cooper's two cousins Ida Mae and Emma Thacker and from Robert's first wife Venezia De Rosa.”

The SSDI lists Robert Cooper, born 12 Jan 1900, died July 1965, last residence Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona, SSN issued in Florida before 1951.
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