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Cooprider, John A. (1860-1950)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 May 11 p. 6
Birth date: 1860 Jan 19
text of obituary:
1950 May 11 p. 6
JOHN A. COOPRIDER
John A. Cooprider, son of Matthias and Sarah Friedley Cooprider, was born Jan. 19, 1860, at Clay city, Ind., died of cerebral hemorrhage April 25, 1950, at Greenburg, [sic Greensburg] Kansas, ago 90 years, three months, seven days.
His mother died when he was six years of age. His father, uncle, aunt, and two brothers left Indiana, August 3, 1876, in a covered wagon to make a new home in Kansas. About a year afterward his invalid stepmother followed, going on to Glory, soon after arriving in Kansas. Mrs. Susan Heatwole Brunk, mother of the late Bishop George R. brunk, became his seocnd stepmother. This last step in the family history introdured [sic] the Coopriders to the Mennonite Church.
He married Henrietta Brunk, daughter of Henry C. and Susan Brunk, on September 21, 1884.