Read all of this, if you can help with California Search.
Katherine Ellen (Cooper) Eggleston is the daughter of Joseph Cooper and
Jeannie or Jennie is most commonly found, but legal name Virginia Ellen
(Swisher) Cave Cooper of Illinois and Missouri. Katherine Ellen (Cooper)
Eggleston was born in 1899 in Seymour Missouri in the back of a Covered
Wagon, according to family legend.
My mom, now 83, very much wants to know where her grandparents are
buried. (Jeannie or Jennie) Virginia Ellen (Swisher) married first Merritt
Henry Cave in 1876 in Brown County Illinois. They resided in St. Clair County
Missouri, Butler County, Missouri, but after 1880 I loose them entirely. By
1908, (Jeannie or Jenny) Virginia Ellen (Swisher) Cave is listed as a Cooper
on the marriage of her daugther Hattie Cave (married a Charles Eakins). I
then found that (Jeannie or Jenny) Virginia Ellen (Swisher) had married a
Joseph Cooper sometime after 1890 and before 1899, when their daughter
Katherine Ellen (Cooper) Eggleston was born in Seymour Missouri in the Back
of a Covered Wagon.
I now have been able to locate Katherine Ellen (Cooper) Eggleston's place
of death, in Newhall, LA County, California. But so far, a couple of
researchers in that area have been unable to produce a death certificate or
obituary.
Since, after three years of full time effort, I have been unable to locate
the grave of (Jeannie or Jennie) Virginia Ellen (Swisher) Cave Cooper for my
mom, it may be possible that she is also buried in California near her
daughter. If not, I am hoping to follow down information to find living
descendants of Katherine Ellen (Cooper) Eggleston in order to hopefully find
the graves, as well as (praying for) a photo of my mom's grandmother (Jeannie
or Jennie) Virginia Ellen (Swisher) Cave Cooper. My mom has never seen a
photo of her grandparents and never met her.
Have you ever made a promise and then started to realize you might not be
able to keep it? I promised my mom I'd find out where her grandparents are
buried. I thought that since I had found 8 generations on my father's side,
finding her grandparents would not be that difficult. Little did I know I'd
be searching for them in four States, and a bunch of counties in each.
And now, California, and well, LA County is not the best place in the
world to try and locate family. I've made many long distant phone calls to
newspapers, libraries and to researchers in that area. I have two individuals
searching for a Death Record and Obituary. But nobody is finding her grave.
So...... if there is any of you out in that area....I'm asking for your help.
This is from the California Death Index. Katherine Ellen (Cooper) Eggleston
died in Los Angeles County.
Newhall was a small (now large) desert suburb of Los Angeles North of L.A.
toward Landcaster / Palmdale area. An obit may have been in the L.A. Times.
There is a 1 in 4 chance of finding one. I am not sure of any small papers in
that area.
EGGLESTON KATHERIN E 05/17/1899 F MISSOURI <A
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Thomas W. Rogers