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Rear Admiral Philip Henry Cooper

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Rear Admiral Philip Henry Cooper Veteran

Birth
Camden, Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
29 Dec 1912 (aged 68)
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 15, Lot 11
Memorial ID
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First wife was Addie Lou Paine, 1848-1868. Married 1867.
Second wife was Sarah Lawrence Stuart. Married October 3, 1871. Sarah died.
Third wife was Katharine J. Foote Saltus. Married June 24, 1884. He was 40 years old when he married Katharine.
Appointed to Naval Academy from New York for the class of 1864. Graduated in 1863 due to the war. Stood 5 in his class.
Superintendent of USNA 1894-1898.

Philip H. Cooper, USN 005129, USNA 1863 Retired August 5, 1904. Served with Adm. Farragart on USS Hartford, Mobile Bay 1864.

There is good evidence that the disease malarial was contracted in the line of duty being a result of chronic malarial poisoning contracted while on duty in Nicaragua.
The deceased while in command of the Asiatic Station returned to the United States suffering from the effects of chronic malarial poisoning from which it appears he never entirely recovered and which at the time of his death had resulted in interstitial myocarditis and general arberio sclerosis.
This report of death is prepared in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in accordance with Art. 1145, U.S. Navy Regulations.

He had six children.
First wife was Addie Lou Paine, 1848-1868. Married 1867.
Second wife was Sarah Lawrence Stuart. Married October 3, 1871. Sarah died.
Third wife was Katharine J. Foote Saltus. Married June 24, 1884. He was 40 years old when he married Katharine.
Appointed to Naval Academy from New York for the class of 1864. Graduated in 1863 due to the war. Stood 5 in his class.
Superintendent of USNA 1894-1898.

Philip H. Cooper, USN 005129, USNA 1863 Retired August 5, 1904. Served with Adm. Farragart on USS Hartford, Mobile Bay 1864.

There is good evidence that the disease malarial was contracted in the line of duty being a result of chronic malarial poisoning contracted while on duty in Nicaragua.
The deceased while in command of the Asiatic Station returned to the United States suffering from the effects of chronic malarial poisoning from which it appears he never entirely recovered and which at the time of his death had resulted in interstitial myocarditis and general arberio sclerosis.
This report of death is prepared in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in accordance with Art. 1145, U.S. Navy Regulations.

He had six children.


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