Aaron W. Cooper and His Neighbors

AMOS COOPER > JOHN L COOPER > AARON WASHINGTON COOPER

I talked about John Cooper's kids here - they just seem to be a bit of a mess generally. I recently ran across this article regarding Aaron before he left Stephenson and Winnebago Counties, Illinois for /Butler/Bremer County and later Franklin County, Iowa.

The divorce of Anna Blaser from Aaron took place in 1904 in Butler County.

This may well have had something to do with the sale of property in 1904 and early 1905

He died in 1920, having never married again. 

Hannah Cooper: Crazy as a Hawk

AMOS COOPER > JOHN L COOPER >  HANNAH H COOPER

Elgin Asylum

This small mention of the life and times of Hannah Cooper, who died at the young age of 45 during a brief stay at Elgin Insane Asylum in Illinois. Living with her single brothers and parents as of the 1880 census in Stephenson County, Illinois, it's likely she was still with the brothers remaining in  the area in 1891. Learn about her brothers here.

She died on 16 May 1891, after being committed only two weeks previously.