Edna
Schmidt Cooper
Edna was the eleventh child and youngest daughter
of Benjamin and Catherina Schmidt. She was born on 4 October 1887 in Barton
County, Kansas. She is the only one of their children who lived to adulthood and
did not have children of her own.
Edna lived at home with her parents most of her
life. She cared for them until they died.
She is found in their home in the 1900, 1910 and
1920 censuses. Her mother died in 1919 and her father died in 1927. In the 1930 census, she is found in the home of her brother Abraham and his
wife, Lena, in Kiowa County, Kansas.
The 1940 census shows her living with her new
husband, widower Charles Cooper, and three of his six children. Edna and
Charles were married in January of 1940. Edna was 52, Charles 51. They lived on
Maple Street in Greensburg.
Edna died in June of 1964 at age 76 and Charley in
January of 1973. They are both buried in Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg.
CHARLEY COOPER FAMILY:
Charles Cooper was born to Oliver Cooper and Ella
Baker on the 16th of June 1888. He married a woman named Martha and
they had the following six children:
(listed with an
approximate birth date; they were all born in Oklahoma)
Ruth 1913
Beulah 1915
JW 1917
Charles W
1920
Dirl 1922
Dale 1924 - who is buried in Fairview Cemetery by his
dad
Martha died sometime prior to 1930.
