Document G.94 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorial 169490858 - Dr John Cooper, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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- 1851
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What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header with plot, bio, family panel (two parents, spouse, three siblings and three children, with memorial ids) and five images - four photographs of his monument and a printed paragraph about the early physicians of Phillipsburg (source not named). The parser returned no Ancestry record links.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr John Cooper | deceased | John Cooper Sr 1765–1851 | birth: 24 Mar 1765, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey death: 2 Feb 1851, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania burial: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania |
| Daniel Cooper Jr | parent | Daniel Cooper Jr 1729–1787 | |
| Anna "Nancy" Cross Cooper | parent | Nancy (Cross) Cooper 1737–1803 | |
| Mary E Erwin Cooper | spouse | Mary (Ervine) Cooper 1772–1850 | |
| Mary Cooper Crane | sibling | Mary (Cooper) Crane 1759–1831 | |
| Peter Cooper | sibling | Peter Cooper 1761–1847 | |
| Sarah Cooper Kirkpatrick | sibling | Sarah (Cooper) Kirkpatrick 1776–1852 | |
| Dr John Cooper Jr | child | John Cooper Jr 1799–1863 | |
| Charlotte M.E. Cooper Vanderveer | child | Charlotte M. E. (Cooper) Vandeveer 1801–1854 | |
| Sarah Ann Cooper Randolph | child | Sarah Ann (Cooper) Randolph 1815–1904 |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "Dr John Cooper"
- Birth: "24 Mar 1765 - Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA"
- Death: "2 Feb 1851 (aged 85) - Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA"
- Burial: "Easton Cemetery", "Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA"
- Plot: "Plot E-225"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
First Physician in Phillipsburg, N.J. from 1791-1794. From 1794 on Dr. Cooper practiced medicine in Easton, Pa.
Family panel: - parent: "Daniel Cooper Jr", 1729-1787, memorial 150816493 - parent: "Anna "Nancy" Cross Cooper", 1737-1805, memorial 150815727 - spouse: "Mary E Erwin Cooper", 1773-1854, m. 1798, memorial 169490865 - sibling: "Mary Cooper Crane", 1759-1831, memorial 132609879 - sibling: "Peter Cooper", 1761-1847, memorial 70802191 - sibling: "Sarah Cooper Kirkpatrick", 1775-1852, memorial 147200281 - child: "Dr John Cooper Jr", 1799-1863, memorial 53145714 - child: "Charlotte M.E. Cooper Vanderveer", 1801-1889, memorial 15440435 - child: "Sarah Ann Cooper Randolph", 1815-1904, memorial 8141930
Photograph (monument, base):
DOCT. JOHN COOPER. DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 2[ND] 1851. IN THE 8[7?]TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
A LONG LIFE WELL SPENT.
Image (printed paragraph):
Dr. John Cooper, who practiced here from 1791 until 1794 and then followed his profession for fifty years in Easton, was the first resident practitioner. He had no successor for fifty years when Dr. Southard came and practiced here for two years. Dr. John H. Griffith has practiced here for forty-one years, or since 1870; Dr. Isaac Barber since 1880; Dr. J. M. Reese since 1883; Dr. R. A. Stewart and Dr. H. R. West since 1884; Dr. Wm. Kline since 1891; and Dr. F. A. Shimer since 1905.