Post Master for Mineral Point, 1876
Brother of J. W. Cooper
No Marker - Died Dec 21, 1879 - Clem had been in the Silverton area since 1875, mostly near Mineral Point. He and his brother, J. W. Cooper worked together on a mining claim in Poughkeepsie Gulch. Ad Addition, he served as postmaster at Mineral Point from December 1876 until October 1878, when the office was temporarily closed. He had a mail contract to carry the mail between Animas Forks and Poughkeepsie Gulch. On his last fateful trip, he also went over the high mountains through the deep snow and in a blizzard to Lake City. He came down with a terrible cold which soon developed into pneumonia. He made it back to Gus Strasburg's cabin near the Saxon Mine, terribly ill, and spent nearly a week there, cared for by Gus. On a Sunday, he died there, high in the mountains.
The next day, Clem's body was taken down to Silverton for burial. A procession of forty men on snowshoes formed at the Silverton House Hotel and proceeded to the graveyard where Clem was laid in everlasting rest with all the respect due a lost mountain companion. Rev. Harland P. Roberts officiated at the burial. Clem's only known survivor was his brother, J. W. Cooper.
Source: The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Volume 1, page C-45
Brother of J. W. Cooper
No Marker - Died Dec 21, 1879 - Clem had been in the Silverton area since 1875, mostly near Mineral Point. He and his brother, J. W. Cooper worked together on a mining claim in Poughkeepsie Gulch. Ad Addition, he served as postmaster at Mineral Point from December 1876 until October 1878, when the office was temporarily closed. He had a mail contract to carry the mail between Animas Forks and Poughkeepsie Gulch. On his last fateful trip, he also went over the high mountains through the deep snow and in a blizzard to Lake City. He came down with a terrible cold which soon developed into pneumonia. He made it back to Gus Strasburg's cabin near the Saxon Mine, terribly ill, and spent nearly a week there, cared for by Gus. On a Sunday, he died there, high in the mountains.
The next day, Clem's body was taken down to Silverton for burial. A procession of forty men on snowshoes formed at the Silverton House Hotel and proceeded to the graveyard where Clem was laid in everlasting rest with all the respect due a lost mountain companion. Rev. Harland P. Roberts officiated at the burial. Clem's only known survivor was his brother, J. W. Cooper.
Source: The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Volume 1, page C-45
Post Master for Mineral Point, 1876
Brother of J. W. Cooper
No Marker - Died Dec 21, 1879 - Clem had been in the Silverton area since 1875, mostly near Mineral Point. He and his brother, J. W. Cooper worked together on a mining claim in Poughkeepsie Gulch. Ad Addition, he served as postmaster at Mineral Point from December 1876 until October 1878, when the office was temporarily closed. He had a mail contract to carry the mail between Animas Forks and Poughkeepsie Gulch. On his last fateful trip, he also went over the high mountains through the deep snow and in a blizzard to Lake City. He came down with a terrible cold which soon developed into pneumonia. He made it back to Gus Strasburg's cabin near the Saxon Mine, terribly ill, and spent nearly a week there, cared for by Gus. On a Sunday, he died there, high in the mountains.
The next day, Clem's body was taken down to Silverton for burial. A procession of forty men on snowshoes formed at the Silverton House Hotel and proceeded to the graveyard where Clem was laid in everlasting rest with all the respect due a lost mountain companion. Rev. Harland P. Roberts officiated at the burial. Clem's only known survivor was his brother, J. W. Cooper.
Source: The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Volume 1, page C-45
Brother of J. W. Cooper
No Marker - Died Dec 21, 1879 - Clem had been in the Silverton area since 1875, mostly near Mineral Point. He and his brother, J. W. Cooper worked together on a mining claim in Poughkeepsie Gulch. Ad Addition, he served as postmaster at Mineral Point from December 1876 until October 1878, when the office was temporarily closed. He had a mail contract to carry the mail between Animas Forks and Poughkeepsie Gulch. On his last fateful trip, he also went over the high mountains through the deep snow and in a blizzard to Lake City. He came down with a terrible cold which soon developed into pneumonia. He made it back to Gus Strasburg's cabin near the Saxon Mine, terribly ill, and spent nearly a week there, cared for by Gus. On a Sunday, he died there, high in the mountains.
The next day, Clem's body was taken down to Silverton for burial. A procession of forty men on snowshoes formed at the Silverton House Hotel and proceeded to the graveyard where Clem was laid in everlasting rest with all the respect due a lost mountain companion. Rev. Harland P. Roberts officiated at the burial. Clem's only known survivor was his brother, J. W. Cooper.
Source: The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Volume 1, page C-45
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