The Coopers of Long Hill

Document J.341 · death notice · transcription: verbatim

The Weekly Telegram (Stafford, Kansas), masthead dated "Wednesday, Aug. 2 1888", page 1 - "DIED."; newspapers.com image 428342122 (indexed there as The Stafford County Herald, Wed 1 Aug 1888).

repository
newspapers.com, 'The Stafford County Herald', 1 Aug 1888, p. 1 (image 428342122)
date
1888-08-02

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, wife of Joseph Cooper, of Stafford deceased Elizabeth Cooper 1819–1888
death: 30 Jul 1888, Stafford, Kansas
Joseph Cooper, of Stafford spouse Joseph Cooper 1817–1893

What this document records

What the document is

The Stafford weekly's front-page death notice.

The cooper datum

Died 30 July 1888 at Stafford, in her 69th year, wife of Joseph Cooper; among the first settlers of the county.

Conflicts

Masthead 'Wednesday, Aug. 2 1888' (2 Aug 1888 was a Thursday) vs newspapers.com's index 'Stafford County Herald, Wed Aug 1 1888'.