Husband: Edward Jefferson "Jeff" COSPER
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1854
Birthplace: Kinzua, Warren Co. PA
Death date: 14 Oct 1942
Place of death: Henryetta, OK
Burial: West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta
Father: John COSPER
Mother: Sarah Ann STRONG

Marriage date: 25 Nov 1880
Marriage place: Bradford, McKean Co. PA

Wife: Alice Alvira "Grace" CLARK
Birthdate: 29 Apr 1860
Birthplace: Clark's Corners, Bradford, PA
Death date: 29 Aug 1921
Place of death: Henryetta, OK
Burial: thought to be the Cosper family plot, Westlawn Cemetery, Henryetta
Father: David CLARK
Mother: Mary J. McKEAN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Veva Leone COSPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1882
Birthplace: Clark's Corners, Bradford, McKean Co. PA
Death date: 8 May 1966
Place of death: Ft. Collins, Larimer Co. Colorado
Burial:
Marriage date: 15 Apr 1905
Marriage place: St. Mary's Pleasants Co. WVA
Spouse's name: Edward F. FOLGER

Child No. 2: Cressie L. COSPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Jan 1885
Birthplace: Clark's Corners, Bradford, McKean Co. PA
Death date: 3 Aug 1966
Place of death: Castle, Okfuskee Co., OK
Burial:
Marriage date: 26 Mar 1910
Marriage place: Bartlesville, Washington Co. OK
Spouse's name: Arthur A. PULLEY

Child No. 3: Edna Adelia COSPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8 Aug 1887
Birthplace: Clark's Corner, Bradford, McKean Co. PA
Death date: 31 Oct 1968
Place of death: Henryetta, OK
Burial:
Marriage date: 25 Feb 1905
Marriage place: Sisterville, Tyler Co. WV
Spouse's name: Samuel D. FRITZ

Child No. 4: Orrie John COSPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Jul 1889
Birthplace: Clark's Corners, Bradford, McKean Co. PA
Death date: After 1942
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 10 Oct 1913
Marriage place: Muskogee, OK
Spouse's name: Leone Jerusha CARTER

Child No. 5: Bert LeRoy COSPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Mar 1898
Birthplace: Sistersville, Tyler Co. WV
Death date: 15 Feb 1980
Place of death: Henryetta, OK
Burial:
Marriage date: 8 Mar 1920
Marriage place: Okmulgee, OK
Spouse's name: Bertha MCTAVISH

Child No. 6: Nellie Mayme COSPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 13 Jul 1900
Birthplace: Sistersville, Tyler Co. WV
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 3 Sep 1918
Marriage place: Fairplay, Park Co. CO
Spouse's name: #1 Cyril Orestes SPAULDING
 
 
Documentation:
* Edward J. Cosper obituary, Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, 18 Oct 1942;
* Bert L. Cosper obituary, Henryetta, 17 Feb 1980;
* Cosper family Bible;
* U.S. censuses;
* Cosper family oral history;
* Ila M. DeYong, Cosper family history (1972 typescript);
* John W. Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: 1913), 74-75, 353-55 (Clarks).

Notes:
* E. J. Cosper was the youngest brother of George Washington "Wash" Cosper (see those notes for more family information). They res Kinzua, Pennsylvania 1850-1870. In 1880, Jeff was working as a laborer in Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.
* Alice Alvira Clark, known as "Grace," was the younger sister of Marietta Arabella "Mate" Clark. Grace (Clark) & Edward Jefferson Cosper res Sistersville, W.V. 1913.
Child #2:
* 1942 res. Fort Collins, Larimer Co. CO (2 children)
* 1942 res. Seminole, Seminole Co. OK (1 child).
Child #3:
* 1942 res. Henryetta, Okmulgee Co. OK (5 children)
Child #4:
* 1942 res. Fort Collins, Larimer Co. CO (3 children)
Child #5:
* 1942 res. Henryetta, Okmulgee Co. OK (4 children)
Child #6:
* 1942 res. Fort Collins, Larimer Co., CO (3 children);
* MARRIAGE #2 was on 4 Aug 1953 to Lewis W. METCALF, at Walden, Jackson Co, CO.