BARNES, Elizabeth “Betsey”(Collett) Cooper
Date of death: 25 Dec 1879 – Samaria, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 2, 1880
Volume 1 Number 26, page 3 column 3
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Death of Mrs. Barnes.
Died, at the residence of Mr. Jacob Madison, in Hensley township, on Christmas night, Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes, of general debility and old age. She had been confined to her bed for about five months. She was 78 years, 3 months and 16 days old. She had been married twice, surviving both husbands – the last of whom died about six years ago. She was the mother of D. W. Cooper, of that township, who is her oldest son, and eight other children who survive her. Her first husband, Abraham Cooper, died in 1859. Her remains were buried by the side of her first husband in the Hamilton graveyard, Morgan County, on Friday last.
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Link to Elizabeth (Collett) Cooper Barnes’ grave
Note: Elizabeth Collett Cooper Barnes’ tombstone gives her last name as Cooper and she is buried next to her first husband, Abraham Cooper
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry