COOPERS CEMETERY ~ COOPERS, W. VA.
This cemetery is also known as the COOPER CEMETERY as JOHN COOPER, founder of Coopers and coal operator in the area, was originally buried here. He was moved to a cemetery in Virginia and moved once again to his present place of interment at Bluewell, West Virginia. Ken notes that this is a very rough cemetery with 36 tombstones, many graves with no markers and others with broken tombstones. Ken and company are owed the greatest graditude from the folks in the Shinbrier - Coopers area for their great work in recording this cemetery and thereby preserving its existence for us and future generations. Harry M. Cooper Son of John and Mariah Cooper Dec. 13, 1887 Dec. 28, 1887 Tony Adams June 14, 1891 Feb. 15, 1921 Jennie Adams Died Nov. 29, 1917 Age 60 Years Agnes King Daughter of Samuel King Jan. 11, 1918 Feb. 11, 1919 John Davis Stanger Mar. 31, 1897 Sept. 6, 1913 John W. Booth May 4, 1857 Sept 30, 1910 Georgie Booth Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Booth Feb. 1, 1894 Dec. 18, 1898 Fred J. French Sept. 21, 1895 Dec. 13, 1918 Little Joe French Dec. 6, 1899 Feb. 13, 1905 Infant French Dau. of J. F. & N. W. French Born and died Feb. 3, 1905 Robert French May 6, 1902 Jan. 2, 1903 Lillian Juanita Rhodes Sept. 8, 1900 June 21, 1902 Effie Williams July 21, 1890 Nov. 8, 1905 G. H. Williams Sept. 14, 1861 Aug. 6, 1902 Dollie Sue Montgomery Wife of M. T. Montgomery Nov. 1, 1822 May 6, 1901 W. H. Niswander March 29, 1840 Feb. 27, 1924 F. K. Niswander Jan. 20, 1870 Aug. 4, 1903 Sleep Brother Dear Roxie Niswander May 22, 1878 Nov. 3, 1926 Mother Lucile G. Niswander Daughter of W. H. and C. C. Niswander April 27, 1911 Nov. 4, 1913 Joseph P. Nunan Son of J. J. & Julia Nunan Feb. 1, 1888 July 25, 1888 C. B. Mabry Feb. 10, 1888 June 23, 1891 Elizabeth M. Mabry Jan. 13, 1843 April 8, 1899 John R. Booth Son of J. R. & D. B. Booth July 13, 1892 Sept. 4, 1893 George Hodds Born at Ledburn, England on Feb. ?, 1817 Died ? 16, 1892 Tombstone is Broken Richard Boothe Son of George and Harriet Boothe July 1, 1876 Nov. 20, 1887 Richard Wild Feb. 10, 1822 May 5, 1889 Elizabeth Wife of Richard Wild July 27, 1827 June 27, 1900 W. G. M. Clark Sept. 21, 1873 Dec. 12, 1896 William J. Clark Aug. 24, 1830 Feb. 3, 1894 Infant Bray Daughter of Charles D. & V. H. Bray Brown Infant Son 1897 - 1897 Harvey Cooper 1898 - 1898 Children of Chas. R. & Sallie Brown Virginia May Burke Daughter of T. F. & M. E. Burke Dec. 9, 1894 Sept. 13, 1895 Thos. F. Burke Jan. 4, 1854 Jan.19, 1906 W. J. Preece Died Nov. 23, 1901 Age 52 yrs. 9 mos. 23 das. He suffocated in the Pocahontas Mine explosion of 1901 Lillian Hazel Martin Daughter of C. A. & V. J. Martin April 10, 1901 Aug. 31, 1902 Joshua Nye Mustard Husband of Mary E. Mustard Oct. 28, 1853 Aug. 19, 1905 Henry C. King Jan. 19, 1934 Jan. 19, 1934 Age 5 Hours THE FOLLOWING NAMES WERE FURNISHED BY EDITH HARRIS BUTT OF SHINBRIER, WV. Harriet Brandon March, 1855 April 4, 1941 James Davis April 7, 1918 Nov. 24, 1934 Son of Henry & Minnie Hunley Davis Died from appendicitis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOVEMBER 3, 2004 - A VERY SPECIAL NOTE BY ROBERT A. McREYNOLDS Note to Ken, David & Lemoyne: Admired your hard work so much I have this graveyard about 90 percent cleaned up. I should have it done in about 3 more days. I also have a different way of getting there. All is the same except turn right instead of going through gate and follow 4 wheeler trail. Will go about 1/4 mile then turn left and up hill to right. All the briers are gone and debris is cleaned up. Reset tombstones that were laying down. Really pretty up there now. Also found additional information on the grave labeled Brown. This is base stone. I found tomb stone had sank into ground but wasn't damaged. Reading from top to bottom here is what was on stone. And appears to be single stone and 2 foot markers. Infant Son Born 1897 Died 1897 Harvey Cooper Born 1898 Died 1898 Children of Chas. R. & Sallie Brown This one got overlooked and is right next to Richard Wild. Elizabeth Wife of Richard Wild Born July 27, 1827 Died June 27, 1900 Blessed are the Dead That are in the Lord MANY THANKS TO ROBERT McREYNOLDS FOR HIS EFFORTS IN RESTORING THIS CEMETERY IN NOVEMBER, 2010 ROGER ADAMS AND DOUG CORNER VISITED THIS CEMETERY AND OBSERVED MANY UNMARKED GRAVES. ALSO OBSERVED WAS A HEADSTONE BURIED FACE DOWN DEEP IN THE GROUND. THEIR EFFORTS TO RIGHT THE STONE WERE FUTILE. PERHAPS SOMEDAY THIS MARKER CAN BE TURNED FACE UP TO REVEAL THE INSCRIBED INFORMATION OF THE PERSON INTERRED THERE DizzyHarris1@yahoo.com E. L. Harris 1718 Hamilton St. Warren, OH 44485 |
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