[or-roots] Need help to locate Baker Co. OR Grave on private property

[W David Samuelsen]

I have photo of this one soldier. It is right off the railroad tracks. The 
gravesite is marked by yellow roses when the rose bushes around this one is in 
bloom. I will have to check folders to find that one particular marker. A 
railroad worker found it and took photo of it 2 years ago, sent it to me and 
told me how to locate it, along with the photo. That yellow rose bush bloom in 
June, that type that bloom profusely and en-masse.

There are quite a number of graves between Baker City and Ontario for which 
there is information but not located.

David Samuelsen

CARROLLOUC at aol.com wrote:
> Is there someone that would be interested in attempting to locate a 
> grave, possibly two, in a pasture on Gale Rd. near Weatherby Wayside, 
> Baker Co., Oregon. It has just come to light that there is a grave in 
> the pasture and has the name of, apparently, a military man named 
> Cooper. The informant didn't remember what else was on the stone.  If 
> this man is James FJ Cooper he was with the 2nd Colorado Calvary in the 
> Civil war and probably died between 1895  & 1898 and my great 
> grandfathers brother. It is possible there may be another grave there 
> also. His mother, Sophia Cooper died in 1893 and is probably buried on 
> the land which she owned at the time, 160 acres near Weatherby. There is 
> also a Cooper Pond nearby. My great grandfather H.D. Cooper owned the 
> land after his mother died and sold it in 1901 to a Mr. Ferney.
>  
> The current owner lives in Idaho and would have to give permission to go 
> into the pasture but I think he would likely give it. There is a locked 
> gate..
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> We would like to have a photo taken of the grave and a rubbing. If there 
> is someplace to register old, private graves like this that would be a 
> good idea as well.
>  
> I would gladly do some research in Jackson Co. Or and my sister would 
> research Clark Co., WA, if such research might be needed by anyone doing 
> this search for us.
>  
> Thank you in advance
>  
> Carroll Cooper Summers
> Medford, OR
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