OBIT: James M. COOPER, 1891, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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Death of James M. Cooper.

  James M. Cooper, one of the best known citizens of Blair county, died 
at his residence, Roaring Spring, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, 
after a lingering illness, aged 75 years.  We are without sufficient 
data at the moment of this writing to pay a proper tribute to the 
memory of the deceased, but hope to supply the deficiency in a future 
issue.  He was nearly all his life actively engaged in business 
pursuits for many years at Hollidaysburg, at Bloomfield Furnace and 
perhaps at other points.  He was a life long member of the Presbyterian 
church and died in the faith by which he had lived.  The funeral will 
take place on Thursday but the hour has not yet been fixed.  The 
interment will be in the Presbyterian cemetery at Hollidaysburg.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, January 21, 1891

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Mr. James Cooper, an old and well-known citizen of Blair county, and 
for many years the agent of the Duncan heirs, at Bloomfield, died at 
his home at Roaring Spring yesterday morning.  He had been ill for 
several months.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, January 21, 1891

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  The funeral of Mr. James M. Cooper, of Roaring Spring, passed through 
here yesterday on its way to the Presbyterian cemetery, where the 
remains were interred in the family lot.  The only daughter and child 
of the deceased, Miss Laura Cooper, was too ill to attend the funeral.  
This unfortunate lady, with whom in this great sorrow and bereavement 
her friends deeply sympathize, is stricken with blindness, but there is 
home of curing the malady which has brought upon her this affliction, 
and for this purpose she will go to New York as soon as she has 
strength to enable her to travel.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 23, 1891

ROARING SPRING RIPPLES.

  The Tribune has already noticed the death of James M. Cooper, but as 
we did not have the facts at that time we give them now.  He was born 
at Shirleysburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., April 9, 1816.  In his youth 
he went into business for J. and S. Milliken, at Lewistown, remaining 
with them a number of years, after which he was engaged in the cotton 
business with Thomas Coach, of Delaware.  He was employed by Dr. Peter 
Shoenberger as manager at Bloomfield furnace.  He was also engaged in 
the coal business at Hollidaysburg for a number of years.  After the 
death of Colonel James Madara, in 1879, he again assumed the management 
of the Duncan estate at Bloomfield, under P. S. Duncan, esq.  he was 
always an active, industrious man.  He leaves an only daughter, Miss 
Laura; a brother, Samuel F. Cooper, and a sister, Mrs. Thomson, at 
Birmingham.  He was a kind-hearted Christian gentleman, charitable and 
kind to the poor.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church of 
Hollidaysburg.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, January 28, 1891