Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-07-30
MRS. EMILY A. COoTEY
Notable Barnard Woman and
Her Interesting Life.

The Oakland { Cal, Tribune of
July Ia saiel., 50
Mrs. Emily A. Cootey, to whom
one hundred and eight children,
grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren can trace their descent, died
Sunday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Smith, 1874
Athol avenue. Mrs. Cootey' was IS
years of ageat her death and has
been ill to, some time, the immediate
cause of her death being old age.
Mrs. Cootey, who is the mother OF
thirteen children, is a New England
"Yankee" by birth, some OF her
antecedents figuring prominently in
the early history OF the nation She
was born at Barnard, VT, her
mother, Polly Perkins, being a
native of the Green Mountain state,
and her father, Abper Buchanan,
hailing from Massachusetts. Mrs.
Cootey, while still in her teens,
married Lawrence Cootey, and thir-
teen children resulted from the
union, of which the following are
still living:
Mrs. A. M. Schetter, Mrs. Charles
E. Parrot, Mrs. Alice E. .Brannan,
Mrs. w. F. Mitchell, Mrs. w. A.
Shaw, Owen l.. Cootey, Mrs. A. a..
Smith, DR.. Thomas Cootey, Mrs.
Kimball Hatch, John A. Cootey.
PATRIOTIC BLOOD.
That the patriotic strain which
was fused in the blood of the Cootey
family in its early New England
history did not die out is evidenced
by the fact that the members OF the
family have served in four of their
country's wars. John Perkins, Mrs.
Cootey's grandfather, took part in
the Revolutionary war in 1870.
Later in 1872, when Washington
again hadfto issue a call to arms to
protect the rights of the colonies
against the mother country, Mrs.
Cootey's father, Abner Buchanan,
pulled down his musket from over
the fireplace and took his position in
the ranks Of the sturdy New England
farmers.
Later, in the year that the first shot
was fred upon Fort Sumpter, her
brother, Abner Buchanan, answered
the first call of Lincoln for volun-
teers and served his country with
distinction. Then when the Maine
disaster in the harbor OF Havana
caused war clouds to again gather,
Mrs. Cootey's thirteenth child. with
the characteristic patriotism Of his
forbeafs, was among the first assign
ment OF troops to be sent to the
islands.
CONTRACTS DISEASE
He participated in his first battle
on August IL, 1893, and later. sue
cunlbed to an attack of smallpox,
contracted while in the service there.
He was brought to this country and
given military burial with honors
at the Preside in San Francisco.
The pension which the War Depart
ment granted Mrs. Cootey upon the
death OF her son contributed to her
support aEs
1 An interesting feature of Mrs.
COoteY lie was tnat Sne never AT
any time had all of her family
together at the same time. Her eldest
daughter came west before the birth
of her Youngest son., That the chill
dren followed well the example of
their mother is shown by the fact
that Mrs. Cootey was the grand
mother Of 81 children and the great
grandmother of az. The descendants
OF Mrs. Cootey live in different parts
Of the United States, but Mrs.
Cootey herself has lived in California
for the last twenty years and in this
city for the last year, during which
time she has made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Smith, at her
Athol home, in Peralta Heights.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
from this place, and six of her grand
sons will act as pallbearers.