John Cooper ¹

   FamilySearch ID: K8FM-5D8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He was a witness to the book of Maria Amelia Eisenhart 1940: The Geist Relation. ^{2 2} Amelia Eisenhart-Cooper (14-4) a daughter of Mary Geist--Eisenhart (11-3) was born at Leck Hill, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on ____ and died in Shamokin, Northumberland County about 1872. She is buried in the Shamokin Cemetery on a lot about ten feet square with corner post marked "C" and the records of the cemetery show that this lot was bought by a John Cooper about 1872. There is no tombstone. She died at what they called the black-spotted fever. Some people became sick in the evening and before daylight the next morning they had died. Well it is said that this Amelia Eisenhart--Cooper (14-4) passed away that way and they buried those people very quickly. She was buried in a hurry without any services at all. She was a housewife and had the public school education. She married John Cooper (14-4) on ___ and they had two children. John Cooper (14-4) died about 1876 in what is known as the Irish Valley but after searching for his grave we were disappointed and did not find it. Their children were
1 - Mary Cooper
2 - Agnes Cooper.

John married Maria Amelia Eisenhart, daughter of Jonas Eisenhart and Anna Maria Geist. (Maria Amelia Eisenhart was born on 23 Mar 1842 in Leck Kill, Northumberland, PA ³, christened on 16 Apr 1842 in Upper Mahanoy Twp.: Howerter's Church, Northumberland, PA ³ and died in 1872 in Shamokin, Northumberland, PA ².)