Elizabeth Beams Cooper

1849 - 1939  (90 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Beams Cooper
  Born	3 Aug 1849	Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Oct 1939  [1]
  Buried	Aft 22 Oct 1939	Willow Lawn Cemetery, Plainfield, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I4609	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	William Lloyd Cooper,   b. 11 Apr 1807, Delaware, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1886, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Beams,   b. 19 Nov 1810, Whitley Co, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 4 Jun 1897, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	10 May 1831	Crawford Co, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F1610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Franklin Boyd,   b. 4 Jun 1840, Coshocton, Ohio, USA ,   d. 31 May 1921, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1871  [2]
  Children	1. Frank Ross Boyd,   b. 26 Jun 1873, Rock Grove, Stephenson, Illinois, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1953, Horton, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   2. Hazel Una Boyd,   b. 17 Dec 1888, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 5 Apr 1976, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, USA  (Age 87 years)  [natural]   3. Roy Boyd,   b. 1875,   d. 1934  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F1605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Boyd at Age of 90 Recalls Many Civil War Experiences Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, who has been ill in her home for several months, passed away Sunday, October 22, at 5:00 o'clock. Deceased was born at Rock Grove, Illinois, August 3, 1849. It was one of her desires that she be allowed to live to the age of 90. She observed her 90th birthday in August. She was united in marriage to Franklin Boyd who preceded her in death 18 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd came with their little family to Plainfield 56 years ago, and made this their homes continuously until the time of their deaths. Mr. Boyd was a Plainfield business man during most of this time. Mr. Boyd was a Civil War veteran and Mrs. Boyd had a keen recollection of Civil War days and to the last could relate many stories and recall many scenes of those times. She was one of the few who could tell of how she attended and heard the Lincoln-Douglas debates in Freeport, Illinois, where the Boyds have visited and spent nights in the same hotel where Abraham Lincoln stayed. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Boyd: Roy, Frank and Hazel. Roy preceded his mother in death five years ago. One great-granddaughter, Jean Buck, passed away four years ago. Her two children, Frank and Hazel, mourn the passing of their mother; besides two grand-children Mrs. Ruth Deikman and Mrs. Lucille Buck, and three great-grandchildren, Ruth and Robert Buck and Barbara Jean Deikman. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 o'clock at the home, Rev. A. O. Broyles having charge of the service. Mr. Howard Stevens and Mrs. Howard Roach, accompanied by Mrs. J. H. Mason, sang duet numbers. Burial was made in the Willow Grove cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Headstone/Gravestone (year only). [S79] Obituary.