Newark Daily Advertiser, Monday 21 October 1839, page 3 — DIED column — STEPHEN COOPER death notice: 'On Sunday, 20th instant, of Asthma, STEPHEN COOPER, aged 67 years and 10 months.' Death age 67y 10m PRIMARY-SOURCE-CORROBORATES Bible-tier birth '? December 1771' (calc: died Oct 1839 - age 67y 10m = born Dec 1771 exact match). Cause: Asthma (= NEW primary-source datum). Sunday 20 Oct 1839 calendar-verified. The newspaper death notice is the original primary source cited at [D.310](../D-Federal-Census/D.310.yaml) NJ Deaths and Burials Index 1798-1971 'Comments' field.

Transcription and notes

Primary-source-corroboration of Bible-tier birth + the original-newspaper source previously cited indirectly via D.310 NJ Deaths Index "Comments" field.

Source identification

Verbatim transcription

DIED.

On Sunday, 20th instant, of Asthma, STEPHEN COOPER, aged 67 years and 10 months.

(Following entries on the same DIED column: "At his residence near May's Landing, Atlantic Co., on the 10th inst., JOHN ESTELL, Esq. some years a member of the Legislature..." — NOT relevant to Cooper research.)

What this source establishes

Death-age 67 years 10 months = primary-source-corroborates Bible birth-month December 1771

Per B.57 Side A page 1: "Stephen R. Cooper was Born [?] December 1771" (day-of-month illegible in current Bible scan).

Per J.149: Stephen Cooper "aged 67 years and 10 months" at death 20 Oct 1839.

Calendar back-calculation: 20 October 1839 minus 67 years 10 months = ~20 December 1771.

This is an EXACT MATCH with Bible-tier "December 1771" — primary-source-CORROBORATES Bible at month-level. The illegible day-of-month in Bible likely = ~20 December 1771. (Possibly Bible reads "20 December 1771" with the "20" obscured.)

Cause of death = Asthma (NEW catalog datum)

Newspaper specifies "of Asthma" — this is a NEW catalog data point. Asthma in 1839 medicine = chronic respiratory illness; could be exacerbated by Newark's air quality during industrial expansion period.

Death day-of-month: 20 October 1839 (Sunday)

Calendar verification: 20 October 1839 was indeed a Sunday. The newspaper's "On Sunday, 20th instant" is correct.

Resolution of Bible vs Ancestry day-of-month discrepancy: - Bible-tier: "Oct 25th" per B.57 (year illegible) - Ancestry NJ Deaths Index: "20 Oct 1839" per D.310 - Newspaper next-day: "Sunday, 20th instant" = Sunday 20 Oct 1839 per J.149

Two primary sources (newspaper + NJ Deaths Index citing newspaper) agree on 20 October 1839. Bible's "Oct 25" reading was a mis-transcription on my part (or possibly a later commemoration date). PRIMARY-SOURCE-RESOLVES death date at 20 October 1839 Sunday.

Newark Daily Advertiser was a Newark newspaper

The Newark Daily Advertiser was the main Newark NJ newspaper of this period. The fact that Stephen Cooper's death notice appeared there confirms his Newark residence at time of death — corroborates A.69 estate file's Newark-residence + D.310 tree's Newark-burial.

The newspaper notice does NOT name his survivors or wife. Brief notice = typical 1839 newspaper death column style (= name + age + cause + date). For longer obituary content, look at follow-up issues 22-31 Oct 1839 OR look at Newark First Presbyterian Church session minutes.

Cross-references

• A.69 — Stephen Cooper Essex Co. Estate File 5798
• B.57 Side A — Cooper Bible at NJHS pages 1-2 (Bible's December 1771 birth-month now primary-source-corroborated)
• D.310 — NJ Deaths and Burials Index (= cites this J.149 as its Comments source)
• G.176 — Mt Pleasant Cemetery Newark Section E Lot 6
• G.177 — Lucinda Cooper Find A Grave
• L.106 — Ancestry family tree
• p.369 Stephen Cooper — catalog subject

Follow-up

• Newark Daily Advertiser 22-31 October 1839 — check follow-up issues for longer obituary notice OR funeral announcement OR estate-related public notices (= probate notice, claim-against-estate notice)
• Newark First Presbyterian Church session minutes 1839 — Stephen Cooper's church affiliation likely Newark First Presbyterian (= prominent Newark church); funeral records may add detail