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RUTH COOPER HURD:
The death of Mrs. Lyman Hurd removes from Monroe county one of it’s best known
old pioneers and the repesentative of one of the best known families in the
county, the Hurd family, all of whom were prominent both in Frenchtown and in
the city for several decades after the Cilil War, and the name of whom is still
perpetuated in one of our leading mercantile institutions. Mrs. Hurd was borh
Ruth Cooper near Dublin, Ireland in August, 1821. She came to America in 1851
and in 1852 was married to Lyman Hurd, then one of the most prominent farmers in
Frenchtown. Mr. Hurd died in Frenchtown in 1879, leaving no children, and his
widow has remained a resident of that township from that time for 35 years until her death; the last ten years of which she has lived with her niece, Mrs
Alexaner Stewart, at whose home she died at 12o’clock noon of the 3rd inst. Her
funeral was held from Trinity Episcopal church on Satur
day afternoon, Rev. Charles O’Meara officiating; interment in Woodland
cemetery.
Contributed by Bradley Thomas / Obituary dated 10 Febraury 1916 Record Commercial
JOHN E. COOPER
John E. Cooper, Monroe’s veteran boat designer and builder, died Sunday, January
13th, at three o’clock from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy which he
suffered two weeks ago. It was the second stroke the first having occurred in
January 1905. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the house, at two
o’clock, Rev. O’Meara conducting them. Mr. Cooper was born in Ireland December
23, 1841 and came to America in 1850, coming directly to Monroe. He learned boat
designing and during almost his entire residence here he followed it, although
for a year and a half he practiced dentistry, having his office in the Sterling
block, where the gas and water offices are located. Monroe was his home almost continually, but he also lived in Buffalo for a while, where he learned boat
designing. At this occupation he was very successful, all of his boats being of
a perfect pattern and more than coming up to specificatio
ns. Among the best examples of his workmanship is the A.A. Perkins, a small
steamer, which was his first vessel; the steam yacht “Fuller,” and the F.S.
Sterling, the latter being the largest that he turned out. In addition he built
scores of smaller craft, both for pleasure and business uses. Graceful lines,
staunch construction and the best of material always were found in the boats
built by him. He never married, and is survived by a brother, Henry, of Ireland,
and a sister, Mrs. Lyman Hurd, of Monroe
COntributed by Bradley Thomas / Obituary dated 18 January 1907 The Monroe Democrat
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