The 203rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Philadelphia on September 10, 1864, to serve as sharp-shooters in Gen. Birney's division. The men came from the city of Philadelphia and the counties of Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, and Lycoming. Officers of Company E included Capt. Alexander M'Cuen, 1st Lt. Charles B. Duncan, and 1st Lt. Michael K. Minnich. Robert Coover mustered into service on September 5, 1864, and mustered out with the company on June 22, 1865.
Sources:
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm (accessed May 16, 2009)
Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, B. Singerly, state printer, pp. 578-591
He was married twice 1st time to Josephine R Bunker they had two children Robert Mifflin and John Benjamin. Josephine died of consumption. The second time he married was to Josephine s sister Eliza Jane Bunker they had six boys and three girls. Catherine, Ethel, Emma, Hiram, Enos, Harry, Edwin, William, James. Harry had a twin who died at birth ( do not know or can not at this time find a name for his twin)∼His Children where Catherine Walton,Foulk,Myers,Ingram - Emma Murphy,Miller - Ethel Oatman,Norris - Hiram (Howard Jones) - Harry Wesley, Edwin Guy, William Lewis, Enos, James Thaddeus. Robert's 1st wife was Josephine Bunker she died of consumption 1878 - They had two children Robert Mifflin, John Benjamin. He married her sister Eliza Jane Bunker she died 1926 and is buried in same cemetery but no marker or location.
Robert's sibling where Mary Jane, Hannah E and May F
The 203rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Philadelphia on September 10, 1864, to serve as sharp-shooters in Gen. Birney's division. The men came from the city of Philadelphia and the counties of Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, and Lycoming. Officers of Company E included Capt. Alexander M'Cuen, 1st Lt. Charles B. Duncan, and 1st Lt. Michael K. Minnich. Robert Coover mustered into service on September 5, 1864, and mustered out with the company on June 22, 1865.
Sources:
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm (accessed May 16, 2009)
Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, B. Singerly, state printer, pp. 578-591
He was married twice 1st time to Josephine R Bunker they had two children Robert Mifflin and John Benjamin. Josephine died of consumption. The second time he married was to Josephine s sister Eliza Jane Bunker they had six boys and three girls. Catherine, Ethel, Emma, Hiram, Enos, Harry, Edwin, William, James. Harry had a twin who died at birth ( do not know or can not at this time find a name for his twin)∼His Children where Catherine Walton,Foulk,Myers,Ingram - Emma Murphy,Miller - Ethel Oatman,Norris - Hiram (Howard Jones) - Harry Wesley, Edwin Guy, William Lewis, Enos, James Thaddeus. Robert's 1st wife was Josephine Bunker she died of consumption 1878 - They had two children Robert Mifflin, John Benjamin. He married her sister Eliza Jane Bunker she died 1926 and is buried in same cemetery but no marker or location.
Robert's sibling where Mary Jane, Hannah E and May F
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Co E 203 Regt
Family Members
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John Benjamin Coover
1872–1946
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Robert Mifflin Coover
1873–1941
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Catherine L. Coover Myers
1878–1937
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Emma Coover Miller
1885–1912
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Howard Jones
1885–1956
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Harry Wesley Coover Sr
1890–1964
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Edwin Guy Coover Sr
1892–1971
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Enos Willard Coover Sr
1895–1980
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William Lewis Coover
1897–1965
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Ethel Coover Norris
1899–1969
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James THADDEUS Coover
1902–1963
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