Chris Cooper

Cooper in 2014, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Christopher Walton Cooper
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 9, 1951
Ethnicity: English, some German and Scottish, remote French
Chris Cooper is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation. (2002).
He is the son of Mary Ann (Walton) and Charles Sherwood Cooper, who was a doctor and rancher. He is married to actress Marianne Leone Cooper. They had a son, Jesse, who died from causes related to cerebral palsy. They set up the Jesse Cooper Foundation in memorial.
Chris’s paternal grandfather was Clemmie S. Cooper (the son of James Dieten Monroe Cooper and Mary Ann Murphree). Clemmie was born in Texas. James was the son of Samuel Cooper and Elizabeth. Mary Ann was the daughter of George Dennis Murphree and Sarah Elizabeth Surratt.
Chris’s paternal grandmother was Clara Mae Jones (the daughter of Jackson David “Jack” Jones and Sarah Mae Etchison). Clara was born in Texas. Jackson was the son of James Robert Jones and Diana Elizibeth Furguson. Sarah was the daughter of William Renrick Etchison and Sarah Frances Germany.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Jesse Lanier Walton (the son of James Thomas Derbin Walton and Fannie Pearl McMillan). Jesse was born in Texas. James was the son of James Lanier Walton and Mary Louise Petty. Fannie was the daughter of William Crawford McMillan and Martha Isabel Melton.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Mary Ann Elizabeth Dumas (the daughter of Louis P. Dumas and Florence Emberson/Umberson). Mary Ann was born in Texas. Louis was the son of James Pinkney/Pinckney Dumas and Mary Ann/Anne Elizabeth Thompson. Florence was the daughter of Elijah Emberson and Susan E. Stewart.
Sources: Wedding announcement of Chris’s parents – http://www.newspapers.com
Chris’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal grandfather, Jesse Lanier Walton (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Chris’s maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Elizabeth Dumas, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mary Ann Elizabeth Dumas on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mary Ann Elizabeth Dumas on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-grandparents, Louis P. Dumas and Florence Emberson/Umberson – https://www.findagrave.com
Chris’s maternal great-grandparents, Louis P. Dumas and Florence Emberson/Umberson, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-grandfather, Louis P. Dumas – https://www.ancestry.com.au
Chris’s maternal great-grandfather, Louis P. Dumas, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Louis P. Dumas on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-great-grandfather, James Pinkney/Pinckney Dumas (through James’s sister, Jane F. Dumas) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann/Anne Elizabeth Thompson (through Mary Ann/Anne’s sister, Jane Thompson) – https://www.geni.com
Chris’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann/Anne Elizabeth (Thompson) Dumas, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Florence Emberson/Umberson, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s paternal grandfather was Clemmie S. Cooper (the son of James Dieten Monroe Cooper and Mary Ann Murphree). Clemmie was born in Texas. James was the son of Samuel Cooper and Elizabeth. Mary was the daughter of George Dennis Murphree and Sarah Elizabeth Surratt.
@ follers
I wouldn’t like to bother you, but what about Chris Cooper’s possible Native American ancestry? Have you looked for Census records?
part Chochtaw? http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST/2002-05/1022434660
Mary Anne Elizabeth Thompson looked rather exotic
genealogy of her (through her own sister): https://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Thompson/6000000023784864688?through=6000000028379189256
discussions:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST/2002-05/1021743728
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST/2002-05/1021779362
https://www.ancestry.it/boards/surnames.pushmataha/1.2.1/mb.ashx
https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/brief-for-applicants.htm
If so, Chris Cooper has about 1/64 Chochtaw ancestry.
genealogy of James Pinkney Dumas (through her own sister): http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I287761
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79389311
https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/louis-dumas_39288393