Charles D. Cooper 1822-1910

Married Susan Emily Kear, 31 Aug 1873

Susan E. (Kear) Cooper, 2nd wife of Charles Daniel Cooper
1851-1939

The marriage to Susan E. Kear was the second marriage for Charles Daniel Cooper, and they were married over 37 years, until his death in 1910. Together they had the following children: Ollie, Grace, George, Maude, Charlie, & Emma.

Charles Daniel Cooper's first marriage apparently took place before his service during the Civil War. There was also a first son born to that union, named George Walter Cooper, born May 7, 1859, in Worth County, Iowa. It is documented that he married Mary J. (maiden name unknown at this time) in Feb. 1858. Mary J. later married a Joshua Whitbeck.

 

Clearwater Record, December 30, 1910
Clearwater, Nebraska

C. G. (should be C. D.) Cooper died Thursday morning at one o’clock, aged 88 years, of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Cooper was one of the old settlers of Frenchtown township, homesteading the place now owned by Dan Austin. He was a soldier in the Mexican War and also served in the Civil War as a member of Co. K, 6th Minn. Infantry. Funeral will be held today at one o’clock. Rev. Clifton of Meadow Grove will preach the funeral sermon and interment will be made in the Clearwater cemetery.


Clearwater Record, January 1911
Obituary.
The funeral of C. D. Cooper was held at the hall Friday afternoon at two o’clock, services being conducted by Rev. Hinkle of Neligh.

Mr. Cooper was born near Venettan, N.Y., Sept. 3, 1822. He and wife came to Clearwater, Oct. 18, 1910, to be nearer his children, who were all present at his deathbed excepting one daughter, Mrs. Maud McIntyre of N. Yakima, Wash.

Mr. Cooper leaves besides his sorrowing wife, five children, three daughters and two sons, and a large circle of friends who mourn his loss. He has been a patient sufferer for several years until the Father above called him home where pain and suffering is no more.

CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many friends who assisted us in the sickness and death of our dear husband and father. ~Mrs. S. E.  Cooper and Children.

Private Charles Daniel Cooper, Clearwater Cemetery

He died December 28, 1910.

Clearwater, Nebraska

Sources: Clearwater Record, Clearwater, Nebraska -- and several Federal Census records1870-1910.