The Family of Henry K. Cooper I and Mary H. Snyder Cooper

The Parents of Henry K. Cooper I

Mother and Father Cooper

The Parents of Mary H. Snyder

Alonzo Snyder and Minerva G. Putnam Snyder

Cooper Family Tree

Henry’s Maternal Family Tree

Snyder Family Tree

Putnam Family Tree

Marriages of Henry K. Cooper I

1st Marriage to Mary J. Putnam in 1850

2nd Marriage to Mary H. Snyder in 1875

Marriages of Mary H. Snyder

Marriage to Henry K. Cooper I in 1875

The Obituary of Henry K. Cooper I

30 October 1830 - 29 December 1916

From the Springwater Star, 4 January 1917.

Springwater - Every community has its valuable citizens - men and women, whose daily thought comes very close to centering on “what can I do today to better my own and my neighbors best interest and general welfare,” and whenever a community loses, through death or otherwise, unselfish devotion to their cause they keenly feel it, and in some manner aim to show it.

In the death of Mr. Henry K. Cooper of this town, on the 29th ult., this was plainly manifest by the many expressions of sorrow and sincere regret, and in quite a few instances their personal acquaintance and friendship dated back to 1851-2, when he surveyed and engineered the construction of the Erie railroad through this section of the country.

Mr. Cooper’s life from a lad on the farm to that of civil engineer in construction of sections of the Erie in this state, as well as other railroads in Ohio and Illnois, and later the construction of government railroads in the Southern states during the Civil war, and then chief departments in Washington, D. C., and then about thirty years ago back to civic far life, was one of fearless thought to do right - to do his duty. He scorned to be considered a reformer and occasionally said nature was a beautiful study and a good one to follow.

Those who knew him best knew that behind that dignified curtain was friendship when justified and perhaps too frequently when it was not.

As husband and father his devotion to family was one this life would be ever so much better if more generally taken as a model.

Mr. Cooper’s death occurred at 1230 p.m., almost immediately after eating his usual hearty dinner, after which he returned to his customary seat in the living room. Mrs. Bears, who was clearing the dinner table in the adjoining room heard his groans and hastened to him and then summoned the family, who came at once, but the apoplectic shock had done its work, for within about a minute and a half he was beyond help.

Mr. Cooper was born Oct. 21, 1830. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. W. J. Brown of Avoca, formerly of Springwater, officiating.

The Obituary of Mary H. Snyder Cooper

12 February 1855 - 15 July 1894

From the Democrat & Chronicle, 16 July 1894.

Springwater - Sunday morning occurred the death of Mrs. Henry K. Cooper, after an illness of nearly a year’s duration.

Deceased was a daughter of Alonzo and Minerva Snyder and leaves besides a husband and a daughter, Bessie, a large number of relatives and friends in Springwater and vicinity to mourn her loss.

The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Walter Dynes, of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating.

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From the Democrat & Chronicle, 20 July 1894.

Springwater - Mrs. H. K. Cooper, who died at her home in Springwater early Sunday morning, was well known in Livingston county and in Rochester. It was in that city that her early education was obtained, and Mattie Snyder, for that was her maiden name, found many ties at the school of Broussnie, on East Avenue, which were even more binding as she grew to womanhood.

At an early age she was married to Henry K. Cooper, an official in the war department at Washington, but after several years’ residence at the capitol they returned to Springwater where they have since lived and entertained their friends.

To those who knew Mrs. Cooper and were numbered among her friends, nothing need be said in eulogy of those traits of noble womanhood that were hers and which were a chief characteristic all during her heroic struggle with the malady that eventually caused her death.

Hers was a character beautiful in it purity, irresistible in it brilliancy and in its magnanimity. She leaves a husband and a daughter seventeen years old.

The Burial of Henry K. Cooper I

Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery in Springwater NY

The Burial of Mary H. Snyder Cooper

Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery in Springwater NY

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