Utica Morning Herald, Wednesday, December 9, 1896: The Mortuary Record: Jacob Coppersmith, in His 93d Year, One of Rome's Oldest Residents- Jacob Coppersmith, who was one of the oldest inhabitants of Rome, died in his 93rd year at the residence of his son Daniel 119 Bouck street.
He was born in Neustadt, near Danzig, Prussia, April 29, 1804. By trade he was a tailor, in 1829 while employed at his trade in the city of Berlin, he was married there to Miss Johanna Schaefer, who for 53 years was the faithful sharer of his joys and sorrows. In 1839, when several Lutheran congregations with their pastors emigrated to this land of religious freedom, Jacob Coppersmith and his family joined them, intending to settle with them in and around Buffalo. It so happened that while they were passing thro Rome on the Erie Canal two boats collided and Mrs. Coppersmith fell into the canal and was severely hurt on one hip. Mr. Coppersmith had to stay in Rome to obtain surgical services for her, and afterward concluded to make his home in that city.
In 1883 Mrs. Coppersmith died, Last summer Mr. Coppersmith had the misfortune by a fall to break one of his legs near the hip, and never afterward left his bed. He is survived by three sons John and Daniel of Rome and Charles of Perry county, Ill., and four daughters Mrs. Mary Ecuyer of Rome, Mrs. Hannah Paff of Albany, Mrs. Sophia Dryling of Buffalo and Mrs. Elizabeth Wise of Oswego.
He was born in Neustadt, near Danzig, Prussia, April 29, 1804. By trade he was a tailor, in 1829 while employed at his trade in the city of Berlin, he was married there to Miss Johanna Schaefer, who for 53 years was the faithful sharer of his joys and sorrows. In 1839, when several Lutheran congregations with their pastors emigrated to this land of religious freedom, Jacob Coppersmith and his family joined them, intending to settle with them in and around Buffalo. It so happened that while they were passing thro Rome on the Erie Canal two boats collided and Mrs. Coppersmith fell into the canal and was severely hurt on one hip. Mr. Coppersmith had to stay in Rome to obtain surgical services for her, and afterward concluded to make his home in that city.
In 1883 Mrs. Coppersmith died, Last summer Mr. Coppersmith had the misfortune by a fall to break one of his legs near the hip, and never afterward left his bed. He is survived by three sons John and Daniel of Rome and Charles of Perry county, Ill., and four daughters Mrs. Mary Ecuyer of Rome, Mrs. Hannah Paff of Albany, Mrs. Sophia Dryling of Buffalo and Mrs. Elizabeth Wise of Oswego.
Utica Morning Herald, Wednesday, December 9, 1896: The Mortuary Record: Jacob Coppersmith, in His 93d Year, One of Rome's Oldest Residents- Jacob Coppersmith, who was one of the oldest inhabitants of Rome, died in his 93rd year at the residence of his son Daniel 119 Bouck street.
He was born in Neustadt, near Danzig, Prussia, April 29, 1804. By trade he was a tailor, in 1829 while employed at his trade in the city of Berlin, he was married there to Miss Johanna Schaefer, who for 53 years was the faithful sharer of his joys and sorrows. In 1839, when several Lutheran congregations with their pastors emigrated to this land of religious freedom, Jacob Coppersmith and his family joined them, intending to settle with them in and around Buffalo. It so happened that while they were passing thro Rome on the Erie Canal two boats collided and Mrs. Coppersmith fell into the canal and was severely hurt on one hip. Mr. Coppersmith had to stay in Rome to obtain surgical services for her, and afterward concluded to make his home in that city.
In 1883 Mrs. Coppersmith died, Last summer Mr. Coppersmith had the misfortune by a fall to break one of his legs near the hip, and never afterward left his bed. He is survived by three sons John and Daniel of Rome and Charles of Perry county, Ill., and four daughters Mrs. Mary Ecuyer of Rome, Mrs. Hannah Paff of Albany, Mrs. Sophia Dryling of Buffalo and Mrs. Elizabeth Wise of Oswego.
He was born in Neustadt, near Danzig, Prussia, April 29, 1804. By trade he was a tailor, in 1829 while employed at his trade in the city of Berlin, he was married there to Miss Johanna Schaefer, who for 53 years was the faithful sharer of his joys and sorrows. In 1839, when several Lutheran congregations with their pastors emigrated to this land of religious freedom, Jacob Coppersmith and his family joined them, intending to settle with them in and around Buffalo. It so happened that while they were passing thro Rome on the Erie Canal two boats collided and Mrs. Coppersmith fell into the canal and was severely hurt on one hip. Mr. Coppersmith had to stay in Rome to obtain surgical services for her, and afterward concluded to make his home in that city.
In 1883 Mrs. Coppersmith died, Last summer Mr. Coppersmith had the misfortune by a fall to break one of his legs near the hip, and never afterward left his bed. He is survived by three sons John and Daniel of Rome and Charles of Perry county, Ill., and four daughters Mrs. Mary Ecuyer of Rome, Mrs. Hannah Paff of Albany, Mrs. Sophia Dryling of Buffalo and Mrs. Elizabeth Wise of Oswego.
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