Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #15 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary 1878 ?
Deceased Person Solomon Cooper
Birth 1824 in Easton, Talbot County, Md.
Death 12/26/1877 at Wilmington, Del.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Converted in 1840 in Big Bethel Church in Baltimore, Md. Before freedom came, he "took the North Star" and visited Canada staying until end of slavery & then resettled in northern parts of Pennsylvania. Served as Pastor of Port Deposit, Md, John Wesley and Centreville, N.J., Gridgeton & Goshen, NJ.; Dover, Del, E. Zion, Wilmington, Del. & Presiding Elder of Smyrna District.
Family and Other Information Leaves 5 children.
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