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Price Cooper

Birth	:	1789 Dutchess County, New York, USA
Death	:	8 Dec 1857 Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial	:	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8244019, -86.3788986
Plot	:	Moved from Kathryn Park.
Description	:	Price was the fifth of nine known children, born to John Price Cooper (1756-1827) (who served in the Rev. War), and his wife Esther Cary (1758-1810), of Dutchess County New York. --- 1790 census: Pawling, Dutchess Co. N.Y. --- Price Cooper and his wife Lydia moved their family from Allegheny County New York, to Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan, in Oct. of 1841. Also coming with them was Lorenzo P. Alexander (1820-1894), who became their son-in-law in 1842. -------------------------------- m. # 1. Lydia Chapman (1790-1845). Lydia died on Feb. 21, 1845, in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan. (Price Cooper remarried in 1847). --- The children of Price Cooper and Lydia Chapman are: --- 1. Evalinda Cooper (1812-1889). Evalinda married # 1. Warner... Read More	Price was the fifth of nine known children, born to John Price Cooper (1756-1827) (who served in the Rev. War), and his wife Esther Cary (1758-1810), of Dutchess County New York. --- 1790 census: Pawling, Dutchess Co. N.Y. --- Price Cooper and his wife Lydia moved their family from Allegheny County New York, to Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan, in Oct. of 1841. Also coming with them was Lorenzo P. Alexander (1820-1894), who became their son-in-law in 1842. -------------------------------- m. # 1. Lydia Chapman (1790-1845). Lydia died on Feb. 21, 1845, in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan. (Price Cooper remarried in 1847). --- The children of Price Cooper and Lydia Chapman are: --- 1. Evalinda Cooper (1812-1889). Evalinda married # 1. Warner Hooker. She died in 1889 in Kingsbury County South Dakota. Warner Hooker was born Dec. 21, 1806, in Vermont, and he died March 28, 1848, in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan. (Warner was "first" buried along with Evalinda's parents, in the Kathryn Park Cemetery, a.k.a. "McCoy Cemetery", in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan). Evalinda married # 2. Benton Phillips. Note: There is a probate record (will), for Evalinda Phillips, in Berrien County Michigan, in File # 2831. --- 2. female Cooper. b. 1814. 3. female Cooper. b. 1816. 4. female Cooper. b. 1818. 5. female Cooper. b. 1820. --- 6. Rachel Cooper. b. 1821, in N.Y. She married Lorenzo Parker Alexander, on Jan. 13, 1842, in Berrien County Michigan. (They were school-mates back in New York). Children: Theodore, Carlton, and Emily Kate (the wife of Henry Clay French). d. Rachel died in 1859. Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan (in Section 20, Lot 1, with Lorenzo). Lorenzo later married Helen M. Burns, on Aug. 26, 1860, in Berrien Co. MI. (Lorenzo died on June 27or29, 1894). Lorenzo was the son of Thomas Parker Alexander and Betsey "Eliza" White. He was a very prominent man in Buchanan. See article on him in: "History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan", by D. W. Ensign & Co. --- 7. Hiram Cooper. b. May 10, 1823, in Allegheny Co. N. Y. m. Sarah Ellen Lakin, on July 30, 1846, in Berrien County Michigan. She is the daughter of Benjamin Lakin, and Elizabeth Simmons. They moved to Delaware Co. Iowa, and then to Clay Co. Kansas in 1864. Children: Lydia Elvira (she m. James Jesse Law), Perry Hiram, Alfred Franklin, Mary Ellen, John W., Emma Louella, Theodore M., and Alvira Cooper. d. Nov. 28, 1884, in Sherman twp., Clay County Kansas. Buried: Sherman Cemetery, in Morganville, Clay County Kansas. See article on Hiram Cooper in: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay, and Riley Counties Kansas", by Chapman Bros. --- 8. Emily Jane Cooper (b. 1830). She married Perry Fox (L. P. Fox), on Nov. 7, 1850, in Berrien County Michigan. Emily Jane died on Nov. 3, 1895, in Niles, Berrien County Michigan. Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, with her husband "L. P." Fox (in Section 22, Lot 24). --- 9. Catharine D. Cooper. (1833-1898). "K. D." (Catharine D.) Cooper was married to "A. E." (Alfred E.) Egbert (1829-1895), on March 21, 1853, in Berrien Co. MI. She died on April 28, 1898, in Niles, Berrien County Michigan. Buried: Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County Michigan (with Alfred). (Plot: City, 26, 29, 2). --- 10. Theodalinda Cooper. b. 1835, in N. Y. m. George Royal Treat. d. Aug. 28, 1855, in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan. Buried: "First" buried in Kathryn Park Cemetery. Now listed in Oak Ridge Cemetery (in Section 5, Lot 9, with George). _________________________________ Price Cooper was married for the second time. m. # 2. Frances Boyd (b. 1801), on June 27, 1847, in Buchanan township, Berrien County Michigan. __________________________________ Price Cooper and his wife Lydia (and some of their family), were buried in the very first "public" cemetery in Buchanan, Michigan known as the Kathryn Park Cemetery a.k.a. "The Old Burying Ground", and the "McCoy Cemetery". (Buchanan was formerly known as "McCoy's Creek"). When this old cemetery was ordered to be vacated by the circuit court, some of the local families had the graves of their loved ones moved to the newer "Oak Ridge Cemetery", in Buchanan, Michigan. The old headstones (that could be found), were then placed on a hillside in the Oak Ridge Cemetery. The old cemetery was then made into a children's playground named Kathryn Park. --- Price Cooper and his wife Lydia, are now listed in Oak Ridge Cemetery records, as being buried in Section 15, Lot 11, along with their daughter Theodalinda (Cooper) Treat, and son-in-law Warner Hooker. --------------------------------

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Where is Price Cooper's memorial?
Price Cooper's memorial is located at: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien County, USA.
When did Price Cooper death?
Price Cooper death on 8 Dec 1857 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Price Cooper's memorial?
Latitude: 41.8244019
Longitude: -86.3788986

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lydia Chapman Cooper

(1790 - 1845)

Siblings

Children

Maria Chamberlain

(1816 - 1893)

Rachel Cooper Alexander

(1821 - 1859)

Hiram Cooper

(1823 - 1884)

Emily Jane Cooper Fox

(1830 - 1895)

Theodalinda Cooper Treat

(1835 - 1855)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oak Ridge Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8244019, -86.3788986

2. Kathryn Park Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8308100, -86.3634230

3. Virginians Burying Ground
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8373070, -86.3694077

4. Bakertown Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8125000, -86.3975000

5. Howe Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7977982, -86.3531036

6. Benton Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8542190, -86.3501790

7. Orchard Hills Country Club Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8305477, -86.3222168

8. Sherwood Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8669440, -86.3636110

9. McGowan Cemetery
Bertrand, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7863889, -86.4211111

10. Portage Prairie Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7836110, -86.3402770

11. Harrah Road Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8425000, -86.3058333

12. Mount Zion Cemetery
Dayton, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7839210, -86.4354520

13. Colvin Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8986110, -86.3944440

14. Portage Prairie Cemetery
St. Joseph County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7516085, -86.3477750

15. Calvary Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8218994, -86.2686005

16. Beeson Mausoleum
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8080410, -86.2625560

17. Galien Township Cemetery
Galien, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7975000, -86.4916660

18. Johnson Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8594440, -86.2691660

19. Father Allouez Grave Site
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8143050, -86.2599910

20. Boyle Cemetery
Oronoko, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9013889, -86.4527778

21. Saint Joseph Mission Cemetery
Bertrand, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7783000, -86.2656000

22. Burke Cemetery
Berrien Springs, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9216995, -86.3974991

23. Silverbrook Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8208427, -86.2427444

24. Glendora Cemetery
Glendora, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8786011, -86.4950027