Document J.393 · death notice (local column) · transcription: verbatim
New Jersey Herald (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 16 October 1913, page 7, Stillwater column; newspapers.com image 1352500647.
- repository
- newspapers.com, New Jersey Herald, 16 Oct 1913, p. 7 (image 1352500647)
- date
- 1913-10-16
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cooper | deceased | Robert Marshall Cooper 1838–1913 | death: burial: the family plot at Johnsonburg |
| his widow | spouse | Phoebe A. (Schenck) Cooper 1841–1932 | |
| Hector | child | Hector A Cooper 1867–1923 | |
| Mrs. P. S. Hartung | child | ||
| Mrs. Lester Pierce | child |
What this document records
The cooper datum
Robert Cooper, 'an aged man' in ill health twenty years, found dead by the road near his home at Silver Lake 'on Friday last'; funeral from the home Tuesday, Rev. S. M. Bailey of the Hope Christian church; buried in the family plot at Johnsonburg; survived by his widow, one son Hector at home, and daughters Mrs. P. S. Hartung of Hope and Mrs. Lester Pierce of Stroudsburg.
Reading notes
'Friday last' is recorded as printed; the item gives no calendar date. It names one surviving son only.
What this document does not say
His age, birth date or parents; his widow's name; his brothers.