Sarah McNeal Orchard/Jennie's oldest sister
Delia McNeal Coon/Jennie's older sister
Anna McNeal Coad/Jennie's twin sister
-OBITUARY-
PLAINS CROSSER TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper Dies at Age of 78
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper, 78, widow of J. S. Cooper of Independence, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Kraus, at Aurora. Funeral services will be held at 10 O'clock today at Aurora and at 3 P. Mp. at Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum.
Mrs. Cooper and her twin sister, now Mrs. Anna coad of Dallas, were the first white children born in Dodge county, Nebraska, and their birth is so recorded by a tablet installed by a historical society. Mrs. Cooper's father, Abraham McNeal brought his family across the plains by covered wagon in 1860, settling first in California and later in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The twin girls were adopted by Mrs. Johannes Emmens of Dallas in 1862, when they were six years old.
SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were married in 1883. After his death in 1921 she made her home in Portland and Aurora. She was a charter member of the Mazamas, being one of the group who signed the club's constitution on the summit of Mount Hood. She was active in club and community work in Independence, where she was instrumental in starting the city library.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by seven children: Mrs. George M. Williams, Centralia, Wash.; Mrs. John Kraus, Aurora; J. S. Cooper, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. C. E. Ireland, Brownsville; Mrs. George M. Parker Jr., San Francisco, and Mrs. W. D. Moreland, Portland. Besides the twin sister, two other sisters survive- Mrs. Sarah Orchard, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. T. R. Coon, Hood River.
Source: Old newspaper obituary with no label of date or newspaper.
Delia McNeal Coon/Jennie's older sister
Anna McNeal Coad/Jennie's twin sister
-OBITUARY-
PLAINS CROSSER TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper Dies at Age of 78
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper, 78, widow of J. S. Cooper of Independence, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Kraus, at Aurora. Funeral services will be held at 10 O'clock today at Aurora and at 3 P. Mp. at Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum.
Mrs. Cooper and her twin sister, now Mrs. Anna coad of Dallas, were the first white children born in Dodge county, Nebraska, and their birth is so recorded by a tablet installed by a historical society. Mrs. Cooper's father, Abraham McNeal brought his family across the plains by covered wagon in 1860, settling first in California and later in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The twin girls were adopted by Mrs. Johannes Emmens of Dallas in 1862, when they were six years old.
SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were married in 1883. After his death in 1921 she made her home in Portland and Aurora. She was a charter member of the Mazamas, being one of the group who signed the club's constitution on the summit of Mount Hood. She was active in club and community work in Independence, where she was instrumental in starting the city library.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by seven children: Mrs. George M. Williams, Centralia, Wash.; Mrs. John Kraus, Aurora; J. S. Cooper, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. C. E. Ireland, Brownsville; Mrs. George M. Parker Jr., San Francisco, and Mrs. W. D. Moreland, Portland. Besides the twin sister, two other sisters survive- Mrs. Sarah Orchard, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. T. R. Coon, Hood River.
Source: Old newspaper obituary with no label of date or newspaper.
Sarah McNeal Orchard/Jennie's oldest sister
Delia McNeal Coon/Jennie's older sister
Anna McNeal Coad/Jennie's twin sister
-OBITUARY-
PLAINS CROSSER TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper Dies at Age of 78
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper, 78, widow of J. S. Cooper of Independence, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Kraus, at Aurora. Funeral services will be held at 10 O'clock today at Aurora and at 3 P. Mp. at Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum.
Mrs. Cooper and her twin sister, now Mrs. Anna coad of Dallas, were the first white children born in Dodge county, Nebraska, and their birth is so recorded by a tablet installed by a historical society. Mrs. Cooper's father, Abraham McNeal brought his family across the plains by covered wagon in 1860, settling first in California and later in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The twin girls were adopted by Mrs. Johannes Emmens of Dallas in 1862, when they were six years old.
SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were married in 1883. After his death in 1921 she made her home in Portland and Aurora. She was a charter member of the Mazamas, being one of the group who signed the club's constitution on the summit of Mount Hood. She was active in club and community work in Independence, where she was instrumental in starting the city library.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by seven children: Mrs. George M. Williams, Centralia, Wash.; Mrs. John Kraus, Aurora; J. S. Cooper, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. C. E. Ireland, Brownsville; Mrs. George M. Parker Jr., San Francisco, and Mrs. W. D. Moreland, Portland. Besides the twin sister, two other sisters survive- Mrs. Sarah Orchard, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. T. R. Coon, Hood River.
Source: Old newspaper obituary with no label of date or newspaper.
Delia McNeal Coon/Jennie's older sister
Anna McNeal Coad/Jennie's twin sister
-OBITUARY-
PLAINS CROSSER TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper Dies at Age of 78
Mrs. Jennie McNeal Cooper, 78, widow of J. S. Cooper of Independence, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Kraus, at Aurora. Funeral services will be held at 10 O'clock today at Aurora and at 3 P. Mp. at Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum.
Mrs. Cooper and her twin sister, now Mrs. Anna coad of Dallas, were the first white children born in Dodge county, Nebraska, and their birth is so recorded by a tablet installed by a historical society. Mrs. Cooper's father, Abraham McNeal brought his family across the plains by covered wagon in 1860, settling first in California and later in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The twin girls were adopted by Mrs. Johannes Emmens of Dallas in 1862, when they were six years old.
SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were married in 1883. After his death in 1921 she made her home in Portland and Aurora. She was a charter member of the Mazamas, being one of the group who signed the club's constitution on the summit of Mount Hood. She was active in club and community work in Independence, where she was instrumental in starting the city library.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by seven children: Mrs. George M. Williams, Centralia, Wash.; Mrs. John Kraus, Aurora; J. S. Cooper, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. C. E. Ireland, Brownsville; Mrs. George M. Parker Jr., San Francisco, and Mrs. W. D. Moreland, Portland. Besides the twin sister, two other sisters survive- Mrs. Sarah Orchard, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. T. R. Coon, Hood River.
Source: Old newspaper obituary with no label of date or newspaper.
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