Find a Grave memorial 92251530 - George B Cooper, Maplewood Cemetery, Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey

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• Name: "George B Cooper"
• Birth: "24 Jan 1849 - Plainsboro, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA"
• Death: "13 Apr 1874 (aged 25)"
• Burial: "Maplewood Cemetery", "Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA"

Family panel: - parent: "John G Cooper", 1820-1880, memorial 92251533 - parent: "Magdalena Hoagland Cooper", 1826-1880, memorial 92251536 - sibling: "Charles Mulford Cooper", 1851-1920, memorial 92251525 - sibling: "Eleanor Schuyler Cooper Welch", 1855-1923, memorial 92256964

Inscription, as given on the memorial: "s/o John G. Cooper & Magdalena Hoagland"

Photograph (obelisk): the face for George, "GEORGE ...", is behind branches and [illegible]; the base reads "COOPER."

Image (obituary):

DEATH OF GEORGE COOPER. The news of the death of our young townsman, Mr. GEORGE B. COOPER, was received by telegraph on Monday morning last, and although but little hope was indulged that he would survive to reach home, the news created a deep sensation of sadness throughout the community.--Last Fall, by the advice of his physicians, he went to Palatka, Florida, in the hope that the mild climate of that region would prove beneficial. He left that place on his return home on the 31st ult, and reached Charleston on the 2d inst. About the same time his father started for the same place to meet him. The latter was delayed on the route by a storm, and they did not meet until a day or two after the time appointed. They left Charleston for New York on the steamer South Carolina on the 9th inst., and shortly after leaving port encountered a heavy storm which lasted forsy-eight hours, which occasioned another delay in reaching home. They had a heavy sea throughout the voyage, which very much aggravated the fatigues of the journey. The vessel reached the dock at New York at 6 P. M. on Sunday evening. His father says he appeared to stand the voyage very well, was cheerful and enjoyed a good appetite for food during the voyage, and was hopeful to the last. Friends awaited his arrival at the dock throughout the day on Sunday, and joined him on the vessel as soon as it arrived. It was not deemed prudent to leave the vessel, and they remained with him. During the evening his symptoms showed signs of approaching dissolution, and at 3 o'clock A. M. his spirit passed peacefully away. He was conscious of his approaching end, was calm and resigned, and expressed to the last his hope and confidence of salvation through Christ his Redeemer. He was early in life a member of the M. E. Sabbath School, and for several years was Secretary of the School, in which position he manifested more than ordinary zeal and interest. About two years ago he became a regular attendant at the Reformed Church, but never became a member of any church organization, although he always manifested an interest in religious subjects, and gave his personal and pecuniary aid to the cause. GEORGE B. COOPER was born at Plainsborough, in Midelesex county, January 24th, 1849. His parents removed to Freehold the following year, where they have since resided. As he grew up he learned to assist in the management of his father's business, and soon became a popular and useful aid. In order to obtain a more extended knowledge of his business he spent a year or two in APPLETON'S Bookstore on Broadway, New York. In the Fall of 1868 he accepted a situation in a Banking House at Jackson, Michigan, where he remained until the Fall of 1869, when he was admitted to a partnership in his father's Bookstore here, in which he remained until his death. With the two exceptions mentioned above, his whole life was spent in this community, and it affords us much pleasure to say that while no young man was more generally known there was no one more generally beloved and respected. In his intercourse with the public his frank and manly deportment, his integrity and liberality in business, his amiability, and his uniformly correct life won the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. In the social life of our town he filled a prominent place, and his loss will long be felt. His funeral took place yesterday, and according to his own directions, written out at length some months ago, the exercises were held at his father's residence, and were conducted by Revs. HAGEMAN, of the Reformed church, and ADAMS, of the M. E. Church. His remains were interred in the Freehold cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest ever held here. During the progress of the exercises the stores and business places in the neighborhood were closed. The coffin was covered with masses of flowers, the offering of friends and neighbors. The Good-Will Hook & Ladder Company, of which he was a member, attended in a body, and escorted the remains to the cemetery. We omitted to mention in its proper connection that the death of Mr. COOPER was the result of exposure at the great fire in Freeheld, on the night of October 29th, last. He labored with untiring energy throughout that terrible night, and contracted a cold which settled upon his lungs. It is the opinion of his physicians here that he was a sound and healthy man up to that time.