Agrippa Cooper

Vinson Agrippa Cooper was born December 18, 1814, in Edgefield County, South Carolina to William Davis Cooper and Anna Mariah Terry. He and his family were the first families to settle the area that would become Richmond in July of 1859, about two months before the other Early Settlers moved in.

History

Agrippa married Martha Kitrel Wrotten on Sep 3, 1832, in Copiah, Mississippi.

Agrippa was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1834. He gathered with the Saints in 1844 at Nauvoo, Illinois, and was later called that same spring to Mississippi to serve as a missionary; he shared the gospel, and in the process was persecuted.

He fled with many of the latter-day saints from Nauvoo after the death of Joseph Smith to Winter Quarters, Iowa.1 He later immigrated to Salt Lake City in 1852.2

He helped to settle many different homes and counties in the state of Utah. He settled in Tooele County after his arrival to Salt Lake City. He lived in Tooele for two years before moving to Weber County. He later moved to the area that would later become Richmond in July of 1859. After the other families of Early Settlers moved in about two months later and built a fort, the Cooper family moved closer.3 He lived in Richmond for five years, then moved for the last time to Oxford, Oneida County, Idaho.

Agrippa Cooper died on June 6, 1876, in Franklin, Idaho. His obituary reads, “He passed away with his family and friends around him, respected by all who knew him. He died in full faith and fellowship, with the assurance that he would come forth in the morning of the first resurrection.”4

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