WEST COOPER CEMETERY

Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

All dates are BURIAL DATES, not death dates!

CR is abbreviation for: Cemetery Record

Information in [ ] and bolded was added by the typist.

The seven columns listed under each lot are: LOT # OWNER GRAVE # DATE OF BURIAL NAME NOTES RESIDENCE

1	REED, Daniel	1	Jun 14, 1936	Emeline REED	No Marker	Alamo
		2
		3	Oct 2, 1905	D. B. REED		Cooper
		4	Jul 30, 1909	Minnie SPANGLER	wife of W. A. SPANGLER	Cooper
		5	Jan 26, 1894	Baby SPANGLER	dau. of W. A. & M. SPANGLER	Cooper
		6	Jun 15, 1895	May REED		Cooper

2	ARMSTRONG, L. R.	1	Mar 14, 1865	Mrs. R. ARMSTRONG & girl infant	Cooper
				(both in one grave)
		3	Aug 18, 1866	Child	Male	Prairie Ronde
		4	Apr 5, 1896	L. R. ARMSTRONG		Otsego

3	CLINE, Jacob	1	Dec, 27, 1873	John CLINE	Soldier - Gov't. marker set 1956	Cooper
		2	Feb 12, 1889	Mrs. John CLINE	Mother - Marker	Texas
		3	Oct 7, 1928	Susan CASSIDY	No marker	Kalamazoo
		4	May 14, 1910	Mary A. WYMAN	Monument	Pine Grove
		5	Nov 9, 1917	John WYMAN	Monument	Kalamazoo
		6	Oct 28, 1925	Wm. WYMAN	No marker	Grand Rapids

4	SIMMONS, Samuel	1	Nov 15, 1897	Ida CAPRENTER (Carpenter??)	No marker	Kalamazoo
		2	Aug 1, 1913	Alice M. MIDGLEY	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Aug 15, 1887	Samuel H. SIMMONS		Alamo
		5	Oct 27, 1884	Sarah SIMMONS		Alamo
		6	Oct 3, 1864	Lora SIMMONS		Alamo

5	SIMMONS, Isaac	1	Apr 9, 1882	Isaac SIMMONS		Cooper
		2	Jan 20, 1903	Polly M. SIMMONS		Cooper
		3
		4
		5
		6	May 13, 1869	Lottie	Child of Marvin SIMMONS	Cooper

6	MONROE, Sanford	1
		2	Nov 15, 1915	Sanford MONROE		Cooper
		3	Mar 6, 1922	Mida May MONROE		Cooper
		4	Jan 29,1 935	Ethel MONROE		Kalamazoo
		5	Jul 18, 1904	Harry Bruce MONROE		Cooper
		6	Oct 5, 1893	Harold	Child of Sanford MONROE	Cooper

7	THAYER, Cyrus	1	Apr 3, 1914	Cyrus THAYER		Cooper
		2	Jun 7, 1917	Adaline M. THAYER		Cooper
		3
		4			Taken up by monument
		5	May 13, 1950	Iva B. LILLIE		Kalamazoo

8	HART, George	1		Large tree
		2	Sep 15, 1896	George HART		Cooper
		3	Nov 7, 1897	Adaline HART		Coopert
		4
		5
		6	Mar 30, 1883	J. A. ALFORD		Iowa

9	MASON, G. N.	1	Oct 19, 1870	Jennie MASON		Cooper
		2	Feb 2, 1881	Ellen DeLano MASON		Cooper
		3
		4		Monument
		5	Jul 15, 1896	George N. MASON		Portage
		6

10	WOOD, E.	1	Apr 29, 1949	Ira N. THAYER		Kalamazoo
	THAYER, Ira N.	2	Feb 2, 1915	May W. THAYER		Cooper
		3	Aug 30, 1891	Ralph R. THAYER	Child	Cooper
		4	Dec 20, 1883	Charles L. THAYER	Child	Cooper
		5
		6	Mar 17, 1862	Calista WOOD		Cooper

11	THAYER, Wm.	1	Dec 31, 1890	Charles SMITH		Cooper
		2
		3	Sep 21, 1862	Wm. THAYER's child	Twin - no marker	Cooper
		4	Aug 31, 1862	Wm. THAYER's child	Twin - no marker	Cooper
		5		Chloe KENDALL	No marker - 2nd from south side
		6		Glory Ann	Child of Stephen KENDALL	Cooper

12	SMITH, IRA	1	Aug 25, 1886	Andulisa	Wife of Ira SMITH	Cooper
		2	Dec 26, 1889	Ira SMITH		Cooper
		3		Children of Ira SMITH	No marker	Cooper
		4		Children of Ira SMITH	No marker	Cooper
		5	May 31, 1872	Delevan BELL		Cooper
		6	Jan 2, 1873	J. Wm. BELL		Jackson

13	SKINNER, Wm.	1	Dec 16, 1846	Deborah SKINNER	Parent of Wm. SKINNER	Cooper
		2	1853	Henry SKINNER	Parent of Wm. SKINNER	Cooper
		3	Jul 5, 1885	Wm. SKINNER		Cooper
		4		Child		Cooper
		5	1844	Stephen SKINNER		Cooper
		6	1861	Alice Ann SKINNER		Cooper
		7	1854	Harriet SKINNER		Cooper
		8	1850	Hannah SKINNER		Cooper

14	GREGORY, M. K.	1		Salmon GREGORY		Cooper - North side
		2	Jan 13, 1843	Anner GREGORY		Cooper - North side
		3
		4
		5
		6		John GLEN	Alex GLEN's father - no marker	Cooper - South side

15	HICKS, Ellwry	1	Jan 30, 1871	Ellery HICKS	No marker	Cooper - North side
		2		Nancy HICKS	No marker	Cooper - 2nd from N. side
		3	1856	Orrin HICKS		Martin
		4	1856	Deroy	Son of Orrin HICKS	Martin
		5	Aug 23, 1865	Child of Asa NEWMAN	No marker	Cooper - 2nd from S. side
		6	Jan 25, 1878	Lorain HICKS		Athens - south side

16	SKINNER, Joseph	1	Jul 31, 1840	Jarvis SKINNER		Cooper
		2	Jun 2, 1844	John J. SKINNER		Cooper
		3	Oct 23, 1845	Nancy SKINNER		Cooper
		4	May 19, 1849	Marie SKINNER		Cooper
		5	Jun 2, 1843	* Jane E. SKINNER	*Re-interred from grave No. 4, Lot No. 15	Cooper
		6

17	SKINNER, Henry	1
		2
		3	Jan 23, 1895	Mrs. Henry SKINNER		Chicago
		4	Oct 25, 1887	Henry SKINNER		Chicago
		5		Child	No marker
		6	May 19, 1841	Celia Emma SKINNER		Chicago

18	HAKSTEAD
	Grave lost on South			Old Mr. HALSTEAD
	side of lot

19	REED, N. B.	1
		2	Dec 21, 1916	Wm. A. SPANGLER
		3	Apr 4, 1902	Mercy A. REED		Cooper
		4	Dec 11, 1892	N. B. REED, Sr.		Cooper
		5	Feb 21, 1892	Gzarina REED	Wife of N. B. REED, Sr.	Cooper
		6	Apr 29, 1873	Child of Daniel REED		Cooper

20	BLISS, Ormy	1	Apr 21, 1956	Emmet L. BLISS		Cooper Twp.
		2	Jan 20, 1954	Mary BLISS		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4	May 20, 1902	Ivan BLISS		Cooper
		5	Jun 20, 1930	Mary E. WILSON		Cooper
		6	Dec 8, 1890	Child of Emmett BLISS	No marker	Cooper
		6	Sep 2, 1863	George O. BLISS		Cooper
				The last two burials are evidently
				in one grave.

21	WILSON, Abiathar	1	Sep 17, 1876	Cora WILSON	No marker	Otsego
		2	Nov 9, 1877	Adaline WILSON	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Deb 27, 1895	Abiathar WILSON		Alamo
		5	Jan 20, 1866	Harriet WILSON		Cooper
		6	Dec. 12, 1852	Phoebe Jane WILSON		Cooper

22	CARPENTER, Amos	1
		2	Jul 9, 1868	Frank	Child of Amos CAPRENTER (CARPENTER)	Cooper
		3	May 29, 1869	Stella CARPENTER		Cooper
		4	Jan 17, 1920	Amos CARPENTER		Plainwell
		5	Set 23, 1862	Lydia Ann CARPENTER		Cooper
		6	May 23, 1916	Rebecca CARPENTER

23	DOWNING, Charles	1	Nov 11, 1869	Baby Leigh		Cooper
		2	Feb 22, 1888	Ernest DOWNING		St. Paul, Minn.
		3	Jun 10, 1897	Sarah W. DOWNING	No marker	Plainwell
		4		Monument
		5	Jun 10, 1914	Charles DOWNONG		Grand Rapids

24	SKINNER, Ray L.	1	Jul 24, 1872	Charlie SKINNER	Infant	Cooper
		2	Jun 30, 1899	Child of Ben SKINNER	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Feb 5, 1927	Alic SKINNER		Kalamazoo
		5	Aug 1, 1894	Rev. W. M. CAMPBELL		Bay View
		6	Apr 5, 1886	Elmire CAMPBELL		Dexter, Washtenaw Co.

25	BLISS, Mrs. J.O.	1	Apr 19, 1868	Jotham O. BLISS		Oshtemo
		2
		3	Feb 25, 1868	W. H. BLISS	1 yr. - son of J. O. BLISS	Oshtemo
		4	Dec 19, 1919	Ormy J. BLISS		Kalamazoo
		5	May 13, 1970	Ada BLISS		Kalamazoo
		6

26	MONROE, J. J.	1	Apr 22, 1884	DeForest MONROE		Cooper
		2	Apr 24, 1884	Marray MONROE	Marker - no date	Cooper
		3	Aug 17, 1886	Ella M. STREET		Cooper
		4		Monument
		5
		6	Jul 14, 1900	Carl E. MONROE		Cooper

27	SKINNER, H. W.	1
		2	Apr 1860	Child SKINNER		Cooper
		3	Aug 15, 1864	Child SKINNER	Infant	Cooper
		4	Dec 6, 1868	Caroline SKINNER		Cooper
		5	Nov 4, 1940	Elmire M. FISK		Kalamazoo
		6	Jan 2, 1926	Chas. H. FISK	Soldier	Kalamazoo

28	DRURY, Henry	1	Apr 20, 1960	Rose E. THAYER	Marker set 1960	Kalamazoo, Mich.
	THAYER, Rose - 1 grave North end	2
		3
		4	Feb 4, 1872	Mrs. Henry DRURY	No marker	Cooper
		5	Sep 12, 1880	Mrs. Henry DRURY	No marker	Cooper
		6	Nov 28, 1909	Henry DRURY	No marker	Alamo

29	PARMALEE, Jason	1	Feb 25, 1887	Child of Geo. ASHERDON	No marker	Cooper
		2	Jul 12, 1888	Child of Geo. ASHERDON	No marker	Cooper
		3	1889	Grace	Child of Chas. CLENDENNEN	Plainwell
		4	Aug 29, 1881	Charlie	Child of Chas. CLENDENNEN	Cooper
		5		Unknown child		Cooper
		6		Child of Jason PARMALEE	No marker	Cooper - Ex. South side

30	DeLANO, E. B.	1		Child of Jason PARMALEE	No marker	Cooper - Ex. North side
		2
		3
		4	Dec 26, 1875	Eliza DeLANO		Cooper
		5	Jul 19, 1871	E. B. DeLANO		Cooper
		6	Aug 26, 1848	Nancy DeLANO		Cooper

31	DeLANO, Nelson H.	1	May 17, 1874	Donn DeLANO		Cooper
		2		Unknown child's grave lost near north side	No marker
		3	Jul 25, 1910	Julia M. DeLANO		Cooper
		4		Monument
		5
		6	Jul 31, 1915	Nelson H. DeLANO		Cooper

32	EARL, Barney	1	Sep 30, 1851	Sarah EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo
	BRUNDAGE, Volney	2		Child of B. EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo
		3	Mar 28, 1872	Barney EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo

		1	Oct 16, 1929	David Earl(e) BRUNDAGE	Ashes	London, England
		2	Aug 31, 1967	Helen Sayles BRUNDAGE-MORSE	Ashes	Washington D. C.
		3	Aug 8, 1869	Mrs. DARROW	No marker	Alamo
		4	Sept 26, 1949	Carrie BRUNDAGE		LeMesa, Cal
		5		Mary DAVIS	No marker	Alamo
		6	Jan 2, 1928	Volney BRUNDAGE		Kalamazoo

33	BORDEN, John, Sr.	1	Jun 21, 1864	Elizabeth BORDEN		Cooper
		2	Jan 24, 1867	John BORDEN, Sr.	No marker	Climax
		3	Nov 23, 1871	Nancy S. BORDEN		Cooper
		4	Oct 24, 1874	Mrs. John BORDEN, Sr.	No marker	Kendall
		5	Apr 9, 1887	Mace S. BORDEN		Cooper (Ex. south side)
				NO VACANCIES

34	SKINNER, Joseph	1	Nov 22, 1885	Joseph SKINNER		Cooper
		2
		3		Monument
		4	May 12 1907	Sophia SKINNER	No marker
		5
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

35	LILLIE, Silas (Nelson)	1	1852	Lucinda LILLIE		Kalamazoo
		2	Oct 16, 1863	Silas Nelson LILLIE		Kalamazoo
		3	Dec 20, 1863	Polly LILLIE	Mother of Joel LILLIE	Cooper
		4	Dec 7, 1851	Wm. TAYLOR		Cooper
		5	Jan 8, 1886	Joel LILLIE		Plainwell
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

36	LILLIE, Joel	1	Mar 13, 1866	Hester LILLIE		Cooper
		2		Maria LILLIE	No marker	Cooper
		3		Infant	No marker	Cooper
		4	Feb 21, 1864	Mary A. LILLIE		Cooper
		5
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

37	CRANE, Ira	1	May 28, 1865	Child of Ira CRANE's brother		Kalamazoo,
		2
		3
		4
		5	Jan 7, 1884	Annie E. G. CRANE		Pine Grove
		6	Sep 3, 1867	Child of I. CRANE	No marker	Cooper

38	WILSON, Wm. F.	1	Apr 15, 1910	William F. WILSON