Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1908 — Death of George Cooper. [ARTICLE]

Death of George Cooper.

George Cooper, who owped a farm near the Independence school house in Barkley township, died Tue day night after a sickness of long duration, diagnosed as disea e. He was about 65 y ehrs of 'age, and was a soldier in the civil war. Mrs. Chis. Platt, sr., and Mrs. Emily Guss, of Rensselaer, were sisters of the de•ceased. John and William Cooper are brothers, and there were two other sisters, Mrs. Sarah McCleary, and Mrs. Abegail Call, the latter living In Minnesota. He also leaves a widow and several child: en, three cf whom Were at home, to mourn his death.