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Edgar Arthur Stonecypher

Edgar Arthur Stonecypher
(1864-1945)

1864 Dec 01
Hartsville, IN, state records, Edgar A Stonecypher is born to William George Stonecypher and Eunice Lavina Barrows
1885 Jun 20
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, news item says Cyrus Carson will build a photograph gallery north of the railroad
1886 May 01
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, article about establishing city fees for businesses; travelling photographers are charged 5 dollars per week
1892 Aug 24
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, small item says Edgar Stonecypher has just returned from Julesburg, CO
1894 Apr 07
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, Marriage announcement for Edgar Stonecypher and Amy E Miller
1897 Aug 06, Aug 07
Gothenburg (NE) Times, two items say Edgar A Stonecypher has been in Madera, CA, for about a year

1898 Jul 02
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, news item mentions Stonecypher photograph Gallery
1899 Apr 22
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, news item says Stonecypher the photographer has photographed the students
1899 Jun 10
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, two small ads for Stonecypher Art Gallery
1899 Jun 29
Fresno (CA) Morning Republican, small item says Amy E Miller Stonecypher of Fresno, CA, was granted a divorce from Edgar A Stonecypher of Gothenburg, NE
1899 Jul 08
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, small ad for Stonecypher Gallery, Mantello portraits, fifty cents per dozen
1900 Jun 26
Gothenburg, NE, US census, Edgar A Stonecypher as photographer
1901 Jan 05
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, announcement says E A Stonecypher and Emma Reitz are married

1901 Sep 28
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, ad for E A Stonecypher, cabinet photos, 1 dollar per dozen
1903 Jan 09
Gothenburg (NE) Sun, item says E A Stonecypher has been taking pictures for stereoscopes
1903 Oct 16
Gothenburg (NE) Sun, item tells of E A Stonecypher, manager of the Western Stereoscope Co
1903 Nov 05
Chappell (NE) Register, item mentions Will Twiford, former partner with E A Stonecypher in the picture business
1903
Coos Bay (OR) Times obituary, Edgar A Stonecypher moves to Coos Bay, OR
1908 Feb 10
Coos Bay (OR) Times, item shows E A Stonecypher as Alderman of Coos Bay, OR
1909 Apr 24
Coos Bay (OR) Times, ad for two launches for sale by E A Stonecypher of Marshfield

1909 Aug 06
Coos Bay (OR) Times item says E A Stonecypher resigns the Eastside Council, planning an extended eastern trip
1909 Aug 25
Coos Bay, OR, Times item says E A Stonecypher and wife left for Eastern Oregon for an extended stay
1909 Sep 16
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, item says Stonecypher and wife of Coos Pay, OR is visiting NE after several years absence
1909 Oct 07
Gothenburg (NE) Independent, item says E A Stonecypher and family visited in Brady on Friday
1909 Oct 15
Coos Bay (OR) Times, story lists E A Stonecypher and Mother as passengers arriving

1910 Apr 15
South Marshfield, OR, US census, Edgar A Stonecypher as Landscape Painter
1913 May 24
Coos Bay (OR) Times, ad listing various items for sale by E A Stonecypher including 8x10 camera and lens
1920 Jan 07
Fat Elk, OR, US census, Edgar A Stonecypher as farmer
1930 Apr 03
Eastside City, OR, US census, Edgar A Stonecypher as farmer; res 3rd St
1936
Marshfield, OR, city directory, Edgar a Stonecypher, no occupation shown
1938
Marshfield, OR, city directory, Edgar Stonecypher as Manager of Nifty Grocer

1940 (98)
Marshfield, OR, city directory, Edgar Stonecypher NOT listed; Emma Stonecypher and son Morse A Cypher as sausage maker
1940 Apr 10
Mansfield, OR, US census, Edgar A Stonecypher as Grocer; res 967 S Broadway
1945 Oct 13
Myrtle Point, OR, state records, obituary, Edgar Stonecypher dies at age 80
1945 Oct 15
Coos Bay (OR) Times obituary for Edgar Stonecypher
1945 Oct 16
Salem (OR) Capital Journal, item tells of services for Edgar A Stonecypher
1945 Nov 01
Gothenburg (NE) Times and Farnam (NE) Echo, obituary for Edgar A Stonecypher

Edgar Stonecypher was clearly a photographer from about 1898 until sometime in 1903, a period of just five years. He kept some farming land and was active in city politics in both Gothenburg, NE, and Coos Bay, OR. It appears he sold his studio camera in 1913.

Gothenberg (NE) Independent - 20 Jun 1885
Gothenburg (NE) Independent - 24 Aug 1892
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
07 Apr 1894
Gothenburg (NE) Times -
06 Aug 1897
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
07 Aug 1897
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
22 Apr 1899
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
10 Jun 1889
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
10 Jun 1899
Fresno (CA) Morning Republican -
29 Jun 1899
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
08 Jul 1899
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
08 Sep 1900
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
05 Jan 1901
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
28 Sep 1901
Gothenburg (NE) Sun -
09 Jan 1903
Gothenburg (NE) Sun -
16 Oct 1903
Chappell (NE) Register -
05 Nov 1903
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
10 Feb 1908
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
24 Aug 1900
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
06 Aor 1909
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
25 Aug 1900
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
16 Sep 1909
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
07 Oct 1909
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
4 May 1913
Coos Bay (OR) Times -
15 Pct 1945
Salem (OR) Capital Journal -
16 Oct 1945
Gothenburg (NE) Independent -
01 Nov 1945

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