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Submitted: 9/30/13 • Approved: 9/20/23 • Last Updated: 9/23/23 • R931680-G0-S3
PRIVATE
Company B 9 Texas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
January 19, 1842 - August 31, 1915
Source: Confederate Veterans of Benton County, Ar
Compiled by William W Degge & Dorothy Ruth Miller
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, September 2, 1915
COPP, Robert Cossey - R.C. Copp, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Rogers, committed suicide Tuesday evening by drowning in White river. He had not been well mentally for some months and it is supposed that he took his life while suffering from a spell of despondency. Mr. Copp, who resided on the East side on East Walnut street, left home about two o'clock Tuesday afternoon saying that he was going to the Diamond Spring. He left his watch at home but there was nothing to indicate his errand. He had been unusually nervous all day but these spells had been growing more common of recent and nothing was thought of it. When he failed to return in the evening the family, which consists of his wife and daughter, Miss Bertha, became alarmed and began searching for him. Friends were notified and the search continued all night. Yesterday morning a more thorough search was made and it was found that he had been working toward the river. The last time he was seen was about 4 o'clock by Mrs. Evans who said he was going toward the head of the Esculapia Hollow road. It is probable that he reached the river between five and six o'clock. His son-in-law, A.B. Stroud, and Bob Wells, followed tracks thought to be those of Mr. Copp to the river bank just above Slick ford where they were easily seen in the deposit left by the recent overflow of the river. They stopped at a rock on the edge of the river at the old swimming hole, near the big rock familiar to all picnickers, but could find no tracks leading away. Grab hooks were secured and a search of the hole revealed the body of the unfortunate man. It was not thought necessary to hold an inquest as every indication was that he came to death at his own initiative. Mr. Copp was about 75 years old and had lived in Rogers since almost its earliest days. He was a contractor and builder and built many of the homes and business houses here. He leaves a wife and five children, Mrs. A.B. Stroud and Miss Bertha Copp of Rogers; Mrs. Joe McKee of Mena, who with her husband arrived last night; R.C. Copp of Los Angeles, Calif. and Joe Copp of Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services are being held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon at three o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. T.E. McSpadden.
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, September 9, 1915
Robert Cossey Copp was born in Rock Island Co., Ill. on January 19, 1842 and died at Rogers, Ark. on Tuesday, August 31, 1915 at the age of 73 years, 7 months and 12 days. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Rogers on September 2nd at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. T.E. McSpadden and Rev. J.H. Kirkpatrick of Ft. Smith. Interment was in Rogers cemetery. At the age of fourteen Mr. Copp went to Texas where he was working on a stock ranch at the beginning of the Civil War. He was among the first to answer the call of his adopted state for volunteers and, joining the 9th Texas Cavalry, served throughout the war and a portion of his service was in this corner of Arkansas. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois and located at Moline, where he learned his life trade as a carpenter and contractor. He was married October 9, 1867 to Miss Ellen Augusta Holt, and to this union five children were born, all of whom with his wife survive him. The children are Mrs. A.B. Stroud and Miss Bertha Copp of Rogers; Mrs. J.C. McKee, Mena, Ark.; Robt. Copp, Los Angeles, Calif. and Joe Copp, Shreveport, La. After nineteen years of married life in Eastern Missouri and St. Louis, the family came to Rogers in 1886 and with the exception of a year in Colorado Mr. Copp had spent all of his life here since that time. One of the very first jobs that Mr. Copp had the local contract for was the Rogers Flouring Mill, which burned last year and which was always conceded to be one of the best built structures in this section. He built, or assisted in building, many of the Rogers homes and business houses, and it was always a good selling point if one were able to say that "This place is first class in every way for it was built by R.C. Copp." Mr. Copp always stood for the best interests of the community in every way and was active years ago in the fight that eliminated saloons from our city. He was a strong friend of our schools and churches and especially active in the support of Rogers Academy. He was not a member of the church but was closely affiliated with the Congregational and the Presbyterian church of this city.
Contributed on 9/30/13 by judyfrog
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