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OBITUARY.John CT. Cooper was born in Knox county, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1838, and died in Elk City, March 11, 191T^ajt the age of 78 years, 3 months and ,9 days. He enlisted Oct. 29, 1861' I'd the Union Army in Company B, Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served a three-year enlistment. He then reenlisted and served until the close of the war in 1865. The same year he was married to Miss Eliza Sloop, to which union were born three children, one boy and two girls. The boy, Bhrgess, was killed in a mine at the age of 22; a daughter, Mary Robinson, passed on before at the age of 37, and his wife departed this life Aug. 11, 1915.The deceased leaves a daughter, Mrs. Rozens Belt of Hale, ten grandchildren, eight great-grand-children and a host of friends to mourn his death.In the early settling of Kansas, Mr. Cooper and his family came from Ohio to Labette county, where they lived a few years and later moved onto a farm north of Sedan in Chautauqua county, where he lived until the death of his wife in 1875. He then moved to Elk City, where he lived until the death messenger called for him.He was a member of the Friends church, having lived a consistent Christian life from a young man. He loved prayer above 'everything else and during his last illness he would call the friends and -relatives around his bed and ask ,them to pray and would look up, rejoicing and praising the Lord. The last week of his life he talked continually , of his going home to be with Jesus and told us how to arrange the funeral services, which was done as he requested.The funeral services were conducted at the Christian church at 10 a. m. March 12, 1917, with Rev. E: W. Klein charge. The remains were laid to mel, pastor-40f the Nazarene church, rest beside his wife in Crum cemetery 15 miles west of Elk City.
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Elk Gods Messenger
Elk, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1917
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