Cooley, Le Verrier, Jr.

Submitted by Mike Miller August 1998

Cooley, Le Verrier, Jr., attorney-at-law, Slidell, St. Tammany parish, La., was born at New Orleans, La., Aug. 15, 1885; son of Le Verrier and Sophia (Bell) Cooley, the former of whom was born at Savanna, Ill., and the latter at New Orleans. Both the Cooley and Bell families have extensive branches, and trace their ancestors back through many successive generations.

Representatives of the maternal branch of the family have long been residents of New Orleans. Le Verrier Cooley was educated in the public schools of New Orleans, later taking a course at Rugby academy, in that city, and finally entering the law department of Tulane university, from which institution he graduated in due time. Following his graduation, he was soon admitted to practice before the supreme court of Louisiana and the Federal courts, and at once entered upon what proved to be a satisfactory and successful practice as an attorney in New Orleans. However, for sufficient reasons, he some time later removed to Slidell, La., and has now removed to Slidell, La., and has now been a practicing attorney in that place something like 5 years, his clients increasing as the years go by.

Mr. Cooley is a member of the New Orleans Bar association, the St. Tammany Bar association and the Barrister society of graduates of the Tulane law society of graduates of the Tulane law school. He is a reform democrat, and affiliates with the Protestant church.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.