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African American Lecturer, Teacher, and Poetess
Ada A. Cooper (1861–1899) appears in numerous articles in newspapers of the 1890s. One example is in the Washington Gazette (North Carolina) of May 5, 1892 stated, "Madam Ada A. Cooper, an educated colored woman, will lecture tonight at the Town Hall on the necessity of Educating women. Admission 10 cents."
Father: Rev. Alexander Heritage Newton
Mother: Olivia Augusta Hamilton
Ada married William Rufus Harris on May 1, 1884, in Wake, North Carolina. He died in 1886.
She married Albert B Cooper on January 13, 1892, in Wake, North Carolina. If she had children, they likely died in infancy as they do not appear on census records.
She died on September 18, 1899, in Orange, New Jersey, at the age of 38, and was buried in Montclair, New Jersey.
Obituary Published in the Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, Sept. 22, 1899, page 5:
Mrs. Ada Augusta Cooper, wife of Rev. Dr. A. B. Cooper, pastor of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange, N. J., died Monday. She was one of the foremost and most gifted women workers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a fine musician, an entertaining and eloquent speaker, an authoress and poetess of no mean talent, and a musical composer of considerable ability. She also spoke three languages fluently. She was born in Brooklyn in 1861, was educated in the New York public schools, and later was graduated at Shaw University, at Raleigh, N. C. She taught school for several years In Washington and Raleigh, and lectured on temperance and womans work. She wrote many hymns, anthems and carols, which are extensively used in the Sunday schools of the Church with which she was Identified. She was married to Dr. Cooper in 1892 at Raleigh.
African American Lecturer, Teacher, and Poetess
Ada A. Cooper (1861–1899) appears in numerous articles in newspapers of the 1890s. One example is in the Washington Gazette (North Carolina) of May 5, 1892 stated, "Madam Ada A. Cooper, an educated colored woman, will lecture tonight at the Town Hall on the necessity of Educating women. Admission 10 cents."
Father: Rev. Alexander Heritage Newton
Mother: Olivia Augusta Hamilton
Ada married William Rufus Harris on May 1, 1884, in Wake, North Carolina. He died in 1886.
She married Albert B Cooper on January 13, 1892, in Wake, North Carolina. If she had children, they likely died in infancy as they do not appear on census records.
She died on September 18, 1899, in Orange, New Jersey, at the age of 38, and was buried in Montclair, New Jersey.
Obituary Published in the Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, Sept. 22, 1899, page 5:
Mrs. Ada Augusta Cooper, wife of Rev. Dr. A. B. Cooper, pastor of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange, N. J., died Monday. She was one of the foremost and most gifted women workers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a fine musician, an entertaining and eloquent speaker, an authoress and poetess of no mean talent, and a musical composer of considerable ability. She also spoke three languages fluently. She was born in Brooklyn in 1861, was educated in the New York public schools, and later was graduated at Shaw University, at Raleigh, N. C. She taught school for several years In Washington and Raleigh, and lectured on temperance and womans work. She wrote many hymns, anthems and carols, which are extensively used in the Sunday schools of the Church with which she was Identified. She was married to Dr. Cooper in 1892 at Raleigh.
Information provided by BIG BYTE BOOKS (# 50414254) & then by Janeen Grohsmeyer (# 47270447) on 5/20/2023.
African American Lecturer, Teacher, and Poetess
Ada A. Cooper (1861–1899) appears in numerous articles in newspapers of the 1890s. One example is in the Washington Gazette (North Carolina) of May 5, 1892 stated, "Madam Ada A. Cooper, an educated colored woman, will lecture tonight at the Town Hall on the necessity of Educating women. Admission 10 cents."
Father: Rev. Alexander Heritage Newton
Mother: Olivia Augusta Hamilton
Ada married William Rufus Harris on May 1, 1884, in Wake, North Carolina. He died in 1886.
She married Albert B Cooper on January 13, 1892, in Wake, North Carolina. If she had children, they likely died in infancy as they do not appear on census records.
She died on September 18, 1899, in Orange, New Jersey, at the age of 38, and was buried in Montclair, New Jersey.
Obituary Published in the Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, Sept. 22, 1899, page 5:
Mrs. Ada Augusta Cooper, wife of Rev. Dr. A. B. Cooper, pastor of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange, N. J., died Monday. She was one of the foremost and most gifted women workers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a fine musician, an entertaining and eloquent speaker, an authoress and poetess of no mean talent, and a musical composer of considerable ability. She also spoke three languages fluently. She was born in Brooklyn in 1861, was educated in the New York public schools, and later was graduated at Shaw University, at Raleigh, N. C. She taught school for several years In Washington and Raleigh, and lectured on temperance and womans work. She wrote many hymns, anthems and carols, which are extensively used in the Sunday schools of the Church with which she was Identified. She was married to Dr. Cooper in 1892 at Raleigh.
African American Lecturer, Teacher, and Poetess
Ada A. Cooper (1861–1899) appears in numerous articles in newspapers of the 1890s. One example is in the Washington Gazette (North Carolina) of May 5, 1892 stated, "Madam Ada A. Cooper, an educated colored woman, will lecture tonight at the Town Hall on the necessity of Educating women. Admission 10 cents."
Father: Rev. Alexander Heritage Newton
Mother: Olivia Augusta Hamilton
Ada married William Rufus Harris on May 1, 1884, in Wake, North Carolina. He died in 1886.
She married Albert B Cooper on January 13, 1892, in Wake, North Carolina. If she had children, they likely died in infancy as they do not appear on census records.
She died on September 18, 1899, in Orange, New Jersey, at the age of 38, and was buried in Montclair, New Jersey.
Obituary Published in the Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, Sept. 22, 1899, page 5:
Mrs. Ada Augusta Cooper, wife of Rev. Dr. A. B. Cooper, pastor of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange, N. J., died Monday. She was one of the foremost and most gifted women workers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a fine musician, an entertaining and eloquent speaker, an authoress and poetess of no mean talent, and a musical composer of considerable ability. She also spoke three languages fluently. She was born in Brooklyn in 1861, was educated in the New York public schools, and later was graduated at Shaw University, at Raleigh, N. C. She taught school for several years In Washington and Raleigh, and lectured on temperance and womans work. She wrote many hymns, anthems and carols, which are extensively used in the Sunday schools of the Church with which she was Identified. She was married to Dr. Cooper in 1892 at Raleigh.
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