Buried in unmarked grave.
"Surgeon and naturalist, was born in New York City, the son of Frances Graham and William Cooper, scientist, Educated in Hoboken, New Jersey schools, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1851. In 1853 he was attached to the western division of the Pacific Railroad Survey as a physician, making a survey of bird, plant and sea life 'around Fort Vancouver', in the Yakima Valley, and as far north as Fort Colville, where the expedition descended the Columbia to The Dalles. His work was considered of great value to other scientists. In 1866 he maried Rosa M. Wells, at Oakland, Cal., and established himself as a practicing physician in the Bay area. He continued his studies in natural history." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 62]
"Surgeon and naturalist, was born in New York City, the son of Frances Graham and William Cooper, scientist, Educated in Hoboken, New Jersey schools, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1851. In 1853 he was attached to the western division of the Pacific Railroad Survey as a physician, making a survey of bird, plant and sea life 'around Fort Vancouver', in the Yakima Valley, and as far north as Fort Colville, where the expedition descended the Columbia to The Dalles. His work was considered of great value to other scientists. In 1866 he maried Rosa M. Wells, at Oakland, Cal., and established himself as a practicing physician in the Bay area. He continued his studies in natural history." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 62]
Buried in unmarked grave.
"Surgeon and naturalist, was born in New York City, the son of Frances Graham and William Cooper, scientist, Educated in Hoboken, New Jersey schools, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1851. In 1853 he was attached to the western division of the Pacific Railroad Survey as a physician, making a survey of bird, plant and sea life 'around Fort Vancouver', in the Yakima Valley, and as far north as Fort Colville, where the expedition descended the Columbia to The Dalles. His work was considered of great value to other scientists. In 1866 he maried Rosa M. Wells, at Oakland, Cal., and established himself as a practicing physician in the Bay area. He continued his studies in natural history." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 62]
"Surgeon and naturalist, was born in New York City, the son of Frances Graham and William Cooper, scientist, Educated in Hoboken, New Jersey schools, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1851. In 1853 he was attached to the western division of the Pacific Railroad Survey as a physician, making a survey of bird, plant and sea life 'around Fort Vancouver', in the Yakima Valley, and as far north as Fort Colville, where the expedition descended the Columbia to The Dalles. His work was considered of great value to other scientists. In 1866 he maried Rosa M. Wells, at Oakland, Cal., and established himself as a practicing physician in the Bay area. He continued his studies in natural history." [Dictionary of Oregon History by Howard McKinley Corning p. 62]
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