Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — Obituary of Mrs. Mary Cooper. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Mary Cooper.

Mary Ann Marion-Cooper was born at Frankfort, Indiana, July 30, 1838. At an early age she, with her parents, moved to Jasper county, making it her permanent home. She was married to J9hn Cooper March 6, 1862. To this union seven children were born, four of whom survive her. One son, Marion Cooper, of Rensselaer, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles Schwanke, of North Jasper county, Mrs. William Geary, of Fair Oaks, Indiana, and Mrs. William Richmond, of Winnebago, Minnesota. She also leaves to mourn their loss two brothers, Dowell Marion, of Colfax, Indiana, and George Marion, of Parr, Indiana. Also two sisters, Mrs. William Hurley, of Rensselaer, Indiana, and Mrs. Barney Dewitt, of Fair Oaks., Indiana. She died at Rensselaer, Indiana, September 25, 1912, at the advanced age of 75 years, one month and twen-ty-six days. /