Merrill and Orrin came to Canada from Hero Island, Vermont, moving in 1830 with two "waggon-loads of stuff" (per Robert Seller unused notes and his History book) and they settled in Elgin Township, Huntingdon County, Lot 10 of the Clergy Reserve, in the 4th Concession. Merrill, and perhaps the children Lydia, Speedy and Nathaniel, may have first been buried in the "Cooper Family Burying Ground" which was apparently on land between the road and the Trout River, across from their farm land. The Belden Co 1881 map of Elgin Township shows the lot owned by Jason Cooper (son of Merrill), and there is a cross printed on the section between the road and the Trout River, indicating a cemetery. Merrill, and one child at least, were reburied in Huntingdon on November 19, 1878.
Merrill Cooper
Catherine Cooper Learmont
Merrill and Orrin came to Canada from Hero Island, Vermont, moving in 1830 with two "waggon-loads of stuff" (per Robert Seller unused notes and his History book) and they settled in Elgin Township, Huntingdon County, Lot 10 of the Clergy Reserve, in the 4th Concession. Merrill, and perhaps the children Lydia, Speedy and Nathaniel, may have first been buried in the "Cooper Family Burying Ground" which was apparently on land between the road and the Trout River, across from their farm land. The Belden Co 1881 map of Elgin Township shows the lot owned by Jason Cooper (son of Merrill), and there is a cross printed on the section between the road and the Trout River, indicating a cemetery. Merrill, and one child at least, were reburied in Huntingdon on November 19, 1878.
Merrill Cooper
Catherine Cooper Learmont
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