Biography

08/22/1854 - 07/25/1912


COOPER, Samuel S., a Representative from Schuylkill County; born, August 22, 1854 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa.; coal miner; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1890 and 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1894); fire boss, Whipple Mines, WV; appointed, mine inspector, West Virginia; died, July 25, 1912 in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.


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