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Daniel E. Cooper (1913)

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Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 11/8/2008 at 21:08:13

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 30, 1913

DANIEL COOPER Dies at Lamar, Colorado

Daniel E. Cooper, who came to Winterset in 1857 and was for many years prominent in the affairs of Madison county, passed away at Lamar, Colorado on the 18th of July, 1913. The following sketch of his life is from his old time friend and neighbor, C. C. Goodale, also a resident of Lamar.

"Captain Daniel E. Cooper, who died of heart trouble on Friday morning, 12:30 A.M. July 18, 1913 at Lamar, Colo., was born in Putman county, State of Indiana, August 11, 1838. He removed to Madison county, Iowa, in 1857, and was engaged in farming until the Civil War broke out, when he enlisted in Co. F 4th Iowa volunteer infantry and was promoted from one position to another until he was finally commissioned as captain of his company. He served three years and was in all of the campaigns of his regiment, notably at Pea Ridge, Chickasaw Bayou, Siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Resaca and Atlanta.

After his return from the army, he was one year in the Treasury Department at Washington, and after his return to Iowa, in 1869, he was elected to the office of clerk of the district court of Madison county. On the organization of The Citizens' National Bank, at Winterset, Madison county, he was made cashier, which position he held until that financial institution was firmly established.

He was afterwards appointed postmaster of Winterset and held that position from 1878 until 1886. In 1886 he came to Colorado, and was present at the starting of the town of Lamar, on May 24, 1886, and purchased property at that time in the town, that time he had resided at Lamar, having previously filed on a homestead adjoining the townsite. Since then one of its most prominent and progressive citizens and identified with its interests and that of the county. In 1897, President McKinley appointed him postmaster of Lamar, a position which he held for three terms. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and also one of the organizers of Kit Carson Post G.A.R. at Lamar, Colorado.

He was married to Miss Carrie S. Yates on August 27, 1863 and five children were born to that union, of which William W. Cooper, Ora J. Cooper and Fred E. Cooper, with his wife, are still living.

Capt. Cooper, as he was familiarly known by all of his acquaintances was a man of sterling integrity, warm friendships, fine business ability, foremost in all matters of uplift in the community in which he resided and one of the band of men who have associated together for the upbuilding and development of Lamar and this part of Colorado.

Of fine presence, dignified and courteous in his bearing, never using profane or vile language, wise in counsel, intensely patriotic and of a kind and generous heart, his life is an example for the young men of this community to follow and emulate. Lamar has lost one of its best citizens, his friends, one whom they loved and respected, his country, a patriot, and his wife and children, a loving, devoted and indulgent husband and father, whose memory they will cherish in loving remembrance".

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