The Basic Genealogy Laura Lu Scherer With Her Husband Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

The Basic Genealogy  Laura Lu Scherer

              With Her Husband Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

Name: Laura Lu Scherer

Born: August 28, 1868 Columbus Colorado, Texas, USA

Died: December 18, 1940 Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA

Spouse: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

Parents: REV John Jacob Scherer I

                Elizabeth “Kate “Katherine Killinger

Occupation: teacher/Lecture/Author

Trade: Dealer in all kinds antiques

Cause of Death: Apoplexy 

Date of Burial: December 22, 1940

Death Certificate#: 1940-00-29215

Age at Death: YRS: 72 MOS: 3 DYS: 29

Find A Grave Memorial# 39912292

Informant: Mae Scherer [Deceased Sister]

                      Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Interment: Round Hill Cemetery Marion Smyth County Virginia

Laura Lou Copenhaver  in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

Laura Lou Copenhaver [Laura Lou Sherer]   Gender: Female  Race: White  Age at Death: 72  Birth Date: 29 Aug 1868  Death Date: 18 Dec 1940  Death Place: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA  Registration Date: 24 Dec 1940 Father: J J Sherer  Mother: Katherine Killinger  Spouse: Bascom E Copenhaver  Certificate Number: 1940029215

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=general-9278&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&MS_AdvCB=1&gsfn=Laura&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Copenhaver&gsln_x=1&mswpn__ftp=Marion%2c+Smyth&mswpn__ftp_x=1&ossyear=1868&ossyearend=1940&gskw_x=1&_83004002_x=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=-1&uidh=v5j&pcat=34&fh=1&h=2168188&recoff=9+11+22+80&ml_rpos=2

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Round Hill Cemetery, Smyth County, Virginia

Name                              Birth     Death

Copenhaver, Laura Lu Scherer

Aug. 28, 1868

1940

12m

Source:

http://www.newrivernotes.com/smyth_cemeteries_roundhill_cemetery.htm

            

NAME: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

Born:  May 27, 1870; Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA

Died:  February 20, 1944; Forth Worth Tarrant , Texas, USA

Spouse: Laura Lu Scherer

Parents: William Ed. Copenhaver

                Irena Parzada HASH

Occupation: Farmer/ Super Intendant of School

Cause of Death: Coronary Thrombosis

Date of Burial: February 23, 1944

Certificate: 10583

Informant: Colonel J.R. Copenhaver [John Randolph] Deceased Son

Funeral: Ray Crowder Funeral Home

                  Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA

Age at Death: YRS: 73 MOS: 6 DYS: 25

Find a Grave Memorial# 70873835

Interment: Round Hill Cemetery Marion Smyth County Virginia

Bascom Eugene Copenhaven Texas, Deaths

Name: Bascom Eugene Copenhaven Event Type: Death Event Date: 20 Feb 1944Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 25 May 1871 Birthplace: Marion, Virginia Father’s Name: W E Copenhaven Mother's Name: Lena Groesclose Certificate Number: 10583 GS Film number: 2137703, Digital Folder Number: 005144830, Image Number: 02784

Citing this Record

"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBY-GW2 : accessed 22 June 2015), Bascom Eugene Copenhaven, 20 Feb 1944; citing certificate number 10583, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,703.

Source:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBY-GW2

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Round Hill Cemetery, Smyth County, Virginia

Name                              Birth     Death 

Copenhaver, Bascom Eugene

May 25, 1870

Jan. 20, 1944

12m

Source:

http://www.newrivernotes.com/smyth_cemeteries_roundhill_cemetery.htm

Married: 26 Aug 1895 Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Children

1.       Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver

Born: June 15, 1985 Marion Smyth County Virginia

Died: September 12, 1985 Smyth County Community Hospital                                                

          Marion Smyth County Virginia

Spouse: Sherwood Berton Anderson

               Parents: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

                               Laura Lu Scherer

Occupation: Social Worker of the YWCA

Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest

Death Certificate #: 85-031529

Age At Death: 89 years, 3 months 3 DYS

Social Security #: SSN: 225-40-5758

State Issue: Virginia; Issue Date: 1951

Informant:  Tom Copenhaver [Deceased Nephew]

Find A Grave Memorial# 8946142

Funeral:  Seaver Brown Funeral Service

                 Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Interment: Round Hill Cemetery Marion Smyth County Virginia

Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

Name: Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson [Eleanor Copenhaver Copenhaver]   Gender: Female Race: White Age at Death: 89 Birth Date: 15 Jun 1896 Death Date: 12 Sep 1985 Death Place: Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA Registration Date: 17 Sep 1985 Father: Bascom Copenhaver Mother: Laura Scherer Spouse: Sherwood Anderson Certificate Number: 1985031529

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=general-9278&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&MS_AdvCB=1&gsfn=Eleanor+&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Copenhaver&gsln_x=1&mswpn__ftp=Marion%2c+Smyth%2c+Virginia%2c+USA&mswpn=24077&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c49%7c0%7c2724%7c24077%7c0%7c&mswpn__ftp_x=1&ossyear=1898&ossyearend=1985&mswpn_x=1&gskw_x=1&_83004002_x=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=-1&uidh=v5j&pcat=34&fh=0&h=1494013&recoff=8+21+23+64&ml_rpos=1

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2.       Laura Eugenia Copenhaver

       Laura Ugenia Jean Copenhaver

Born: June 2, 1900 Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Died: September 1, 1970 Eastern State Hospital, 23185 Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA

Spouse: Unmarried:

               Parents: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

                Laura Lu Scherer

Occupation: None

Cause of Death: Acute Myocardial infraction

Date of Burial:  September 2, 1970

               Death Certificate #:  1970-70-027799

                Funeral: Garrison Funeral Home

                               Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA

Find a Grave Memorial#

Informant: Eastern State Hospital Records

                  Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA

Interment: Hollywood Cemetery, Lot: 196 Richmond Virginia, USA

Hollywood Cemetery

_{Miss Laura Eugenia (Jean) Copenhaver}

_{Date Of Burial : 09/02/1970}

_{Section: Pavilion Lot: 296}

Source:

http://www.hollywoodcemetery.org/genealogy/burial-records

Laura Eugenia Copenhaver in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

Name: Laura Eugenia Copenhaver [Laura Eugenia Copenhaven]   Gender: Female Race: White Age at Death: 70 Birth Date: 2 Jun 1900 Death Date: 1 Sep 1970 Death Place: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA Registration Date: 4 Sep 1970 Father: Bascom Eugene Copenhaven Mother: Laura Lee Scherer Certificate Number: 1970027799

Source:

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Source of Picture:

http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5072

3.       John Randolph Copenhaver

Alias: Randolph

Born: January 14, 1902 Marion Smyth County Virginia

Died: December 25, 1982 San Benito, Cameron County Texas,

Spouse:   Lois Maxine Cook Lois “Cookie”

               Parents: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

                Laura Lu Scherer

Occupation: Medical Doctor

Military:  United States Army

Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure

Birth Certificate #:1902-00-2575

Death Certificate #: 100404

Social Security # 224 52 6745

Age at Death: YRS: 80 MOS: 11

Find a Grave Memorial# 34236727

 Cremation:  South Texas Crematory Cameron, Texas, USA

                      December 27, 1982

Date of Burial: January 17, 1983

United States Military: Air Force

Informant: Lois Copenhaver Deceased Wife

Interment: SECTION 1-T  ROW 18  SITE 2 Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Plot: Columbarium No 1

John Randolph Copenhaver  in the Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014

Name: John Randolph Copenhaver  Gender: Male  Birth Date: 14 Jan 1902  Birth Place: Smyth, Virginia, USA  Father: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver  Mother: Laura Lu Scherer  Certificate Number: 1902002575

Source:

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Biography BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN R. COPENHAVER

Died:  December 25, 1982

 Source:

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107380/brigadier-general-john-r-copenhaver.aspx

Arlington National Cemetery

 Source:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ANCExplorer

Doctor John Randolph Copenhaver  in the Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982

Name: Doctor John Randolph Copenhaver  Birth Date: 14 Jan 1902  Birth Place: Virginia  Gender: Male  Race: White  Residence: Rural, Cameron, Texas  Spouse: Lois Cook  Father: Bascomb E Copenhaver  Mother: Laura Scherer Age at Death: 80  Death Date: 25 Dec 1982  Death Place: Precinct 3, Cameron, Texas, USA 

Source:

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4.       May Mazie Copenhaver

Born: December 1, 1903 Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA

Died: July 14, 1953 Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA

Spouse: Channing Wilson

         Parents: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

                Laura Lu Scherer

Occupation:

Cause of Death: Death Record Pending

Age at Death: YRS: 49 MOS: 7 DYS: 13

Find A Grave Memorial# 65893478

Interment: Round Hill Cemetery Marion Smyth County Virginia

Round Hill Cemetery, Smyth County, Virginia

Name                              Birth                  Death 

Wilson, Mae Copenhaver Dec. 1, 1903 July 14, 1953 4q

Source:

http://www.newrivernotes.com/smyth_cemeteries_roundhill_cemetery.htm

  

Old-House Journal Mar-Apr 2003

Source:

https://books.google.com/books?id=L3cgmB6aRP0C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Henry+Van+Meier&source=bl&ots=UtsTZi91-X&sig=lnd9Y4ccCxQQT5TRojG8fF0PcqI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QtGHVf_3AoGtogTWqoGwCw&ved=0CEwQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Van%20Meier&f=false

5.       Katharine Irene Copenhaver

Born: March 8, 1909 Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA

Died: February 16, 1991 Minneapolis, Washington, Minnesota, USA

Spouse:  Henry Van Meier

               Parents: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver

                Laura Lu Scherer

Occupation:

Cause of Death: Death Record Pending

Death Certificate #: 005192

                Find A Grave Memorial# 145609279

Age at Death: 92 years, 11 months

     Social Security #: 476-78-9976; Issue State: Minnesota; Issue                               Date: 1973.

Interment:

Katharine Irene Van Meier  in the Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002

Name: Katharine Irene Van Meier Birth Date: 8 Mar 1908 Death Date: 16 Feb 1991 Death County: Washington Mother’s Maiden Name: Scherer Certificate Number: 005192 Certificate Year: 1991 Record Number: 2705996

Source:

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Katharine Vanmeier: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record

Name: Katharine Vanmeier Date of Birth: Tuesday March 08, 1898 Date of Death: February 1991 Est. Age at death: 92 years, 11 months Last known residence:  City:  Stillwater; Oak Park Heights; West Lakeland  County:  Washington  State:  Minnesota  ZIP Code:  55082  Latitude:  45.0713  Longitude:  -92.8375 Social Security details: State of Issue:  Minnesota  Number:  476-78-9976

Source:

http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/doc/ssdi/v1:113080A4E9F7CFBF