The Coopers of Long Hill

Document J.323 · obituary · transcription: verbatim

Fremont Evening Tribune (Fremont, Nebraska), Wednesday 15 August 1923, page 3 - "JOHN SIDNER, FOR MANY YEARS DODGE CO. RESIDENT, DIES"; newspapers.com image 500632070.

repository
newspapers.com, Fremont Tribune, 15 Aug 1923, p. 3 (image 500632070)
date
1923-08-15

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
John Sidner deceased John Wesley Sidner 1846–1923
birth: 9 Apr 1846, Middleville, N. J.
death: 15 Aug 1923, his home, 1671 North H street, Fremont
burial: Ridge cemetery
marriage: 25 Dec 1865, Newton, N. J.
occupation: farmer (retired c. 1918)
religion: First Methodist Episcopal church of Fremont

What this document records

What the document is

The Fremont daily's obituary on the day of his death.

The cooper datum

Birth 9 Apr 1846 Middleville NJ; marriage 25 Dec 1865 at Newton NJ to Martha E. Van Horn; farmed in NJ 23 years, came to Dodge Co. 1888; seven surviving children named.

Conflicts

Marriage 25 Dec 1865 here vs 1867 in the header (from the 1900 census years-married column) and 25 Dec 1867, Newark, on FamilySearch.

What this document does not say

His parents (his mother Sarah J. Cooper is the catalog's link to John of Independence's family).