Gallipolis Daily Tribune, May 29, 1939 M.E. Cooper Aged 78 , Died This Morning Funeral Services Will be Held At Mina Chapel at 2 Wednesday Afternoon. Merton Ellsworth Cooper, 78, well-known resident of Garfield Ave. died at 4:15 this morning at the Holzer Hospital. Suffering from the after effects of flu, he was taken to the hospital about a week ago. Mr. Cooper was a native of Harrison twp. He was born March 7, 1861 and was the son of John Cooper, a Virginian and Aletha Wilcox Cooper. On June 4, 1892 , he married Clara B. Hawkley and she died in 1922. Four children survive, Clyde Edwin Cooper and Aletha M. Sargent, both of Erie , Pa; May Merrill , Huntington, WV; and W. Bryan Cooper, Gallipolis. There are nine grandchildren and a surviving brother , Clayton Cooper, Lisbon, S. Dakota. Strangley enough on Thursday night , Charles King, 66 , a painter who had been living with Mr. Cooper and helping to care for him, fell off a rear porch and hurt his head and body severely, Later his condition grew worse and he was taken to Holzer Hospital last evening and was in a semi conscious conditon this morning. Funeral services for Mr. Cooper will be held at Mina Chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday. Burial held by George J. Wetherholt and Sons. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun.

Does anyone know where the name "Ellsworth" would come from? It was my great-grandfather's given name, so I'm curious. There was a long tradition in some of my lines of using the mother's maiden name as a son's first name (i.e. Lydia Hawley m. Aaron Sanford, named son Hawley Sanford), but Ellsworth never shows up as a surname in those lines. It's not a common name, so does anyone know the origin? Pam