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Josiah Randolph Coppenbarger

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Josiah Randolph Coppenbarger

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
16 Oct 1934 (aged 89)
Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Geuda Springs, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 6 Lot 66 Space 10
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On stone with wife Elizabeth Coppenbarger

Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, October 19th, 1934
page 2

Coppenbarger Rites Held on Thursday.

Funeral services for J.R. Coppenbarger, who died Tuesday night, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Grant Funeral Home. The Rev. Otto F. Volkland officiated. Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Quinn sang with Miss Rosalind Quinn as accompanist.

Pallbearers who are grandsons of Mr. Coppenbarger were Lester Peters, Maurice Peters, Vernon Coppenbarger, Orville Coppenbarger, Oliver Wagner and Floyd Wagner. Burial was in the Geuda Springs cemetery where Mrs. Coppenbarger, who died twenty years ago is buried.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)

Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, October 19, 1934
page 13

Josiah Randolph Coppenbarger

Josiah R. Coppenbarger was born Nov. 17, 1844, near Kenney, Ill. He died Oct. 16, 1934, at Mercy hospital in Arkansas City, Kas. His age at the time of his death was 89 years, 10 months and 29 days. Mr. Coppenbarger was married to Elizabeth Bennett at Neosho, Mo., Feb. 20, 1872. His wife preceded him in death, having died March 6, 1914.

To this union were born six children. They are Mrs. Eliza Waggoner, Ponca City; Charles Coppenbarger, Wichita Falls, Tex.; Mrs. Myrtle Peters, Ashton, Kas.; Edward Coppenbarger and Mrs. Laura Hutchins, both of Geuda Springs. Fifteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and a half brother, Brant Barton, Storm Lake, Ia., also survive. Four grandchilden and one great grandchild preceded him in death.

Mr. Coppenbarger came to Kansas in 1871 and in 1872 he loacted on a farm near Geuda Springs. This farm he owned at the time of his death. At the time Mr. Coppenbarger came here the country was sparsely settled and for a number of years he endured all the hardships of pioneer life.

His six grandsons, Lester Peters, Maurice Peters, Vernon Coppenbarger, Orville Coppenbarger, Floyd Waggoner were pallbearers at the funeral services held Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Grant Funeral Home in Arkansas City. The Rev. Otto F. Volkland officiated. Interment was beside Mrs. Coppenbarger in the Geuda Springs cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
On stone with wife Elizabeth Coppenbarger

Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, October 19th, 1934
page 2

Coppenbarger Rites Held on Thursday.

Funeral services for J.R. Coppenbarger, who died Tuesday night, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Grant Funeral Home. The Rev. Otto F. Volkland officiated. Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Quinn sang with Miss Rosalind Quinn as accompanist.

Pallbearers who are grandsons of Mr. Coppenbarger were Lester Peters, Maurice Peters, Vernon Coppenbarger, Orville Coppenbarger, Oliver Wagner and Floyd Wagner. Burial was in the Geuda Springs cemetery where Mrs. Coppenbarger, who died twenty years ago is buried.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)

Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, October 19, 1934
page 13

Josiah Randolph Coppenbarger

Josiah R. Coppenbarger was born Nov. 17, 1844, near Kenney, Ill. He died Oct. 16, 1934, at Mercy hospital in Arkansas City, Kas. His age at the time of his death was 89 years, 10 months and 29 days. Mr. Coppenbarger was married to Elizabeth Bennett at Neosho, Mo., Feb. 20, 1872. His wife preceded him in death, having died March 6, 1914.

To this union were born six children. They are Mrs. Eliza Waggoner, Ponca City; Charles Coppenbarger, Wichita Falls, Tex.; Mrs. Myrtle Peters, Ashton, Kas.; Edward Coppenbarger and Mrs. Laura Hutchins, both of Geuda Springs. Fifteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and a half brother, Brant Barton, Storm Lake, Ia., also survive. Four grandchilden and one great grandchild preceded him in death.

Mr. Coppenbarger came to Kansas in 1871 and in 1872 he loacted on a farm near Geuda Springs. This farm he owned at the time of his death. At the time Mr. Coppenbarger came here the country was sparsely settled and for a number of years he endured all the hardships of pioneer life.

His six grandsons, Lester Peters, Maurice Peters, Vernon Coppenbarger, Orville Coppenbarger, Floyd Waggoner were pallbearers at the funeral services held Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Grant Funeral Home in Arkansas City. The Rev. Otto F. Volkland officiated. Interment was beside Mrs. Coppenbarger in the Geuda Springs cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)


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