William D. COOPER

(b. 06/15/1872 , Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, USA d. 10/29/1899 , Amber, Mason County, Michigan, USA )
Age: 27
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever

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William D. COOPER was born 06/15/1872 in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, USA

William D. COOPER was the child of James Lewis COOPER and Lorinda Rebecca HART and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nelson COOPER and Elsie Jane CHILDS (maternal) Hiram HART and Angeline CUSHMAN

William D. COOPER died 10/29/1899 in Amber, Mason County, Michigan, USA.

Occupation: Farmer

William D. Cooper was born on the 15th of June in 1872 to James Lewis Cooper and Lorinda Rebecca Hart Cooper. He was born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan. As a young child, William and his family moved to Sodus, Wayne County, New York. They were there for a short time, and moved to Amber, Mason County, Michigan. This is where William grew up. William was a farmer, as was his father. He never married, and he died quite young, at almost 27 years of age. He had contracted Typhoid Fever, and did not survive it, as so many in the area at that time. William died in Amber on the 27th of October, 1899.

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1872 Birth
06/15/1872
Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, USA

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1899 Death
10/29/1899
Amber, Mason County, Michigan, USA

He died at the age of 27.

William is buried at: Rickey Cemetery Amber, Mason County, Michigan, USA

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