Jacob Copher was born 8 Dec. 1827 Bath Co.,KY.to Thomas Copher and Fanny Aynes.
Veteran of the Mexican War in Capt. James Ewing Co, from Bath Co. KY.
Married his cousin Amanda Cofer 1852 in Putman Co.,IN. She died in 1867.
He moved to Cherokee Co.,KS.married Married Medora F Cline.
Jacob  was shot and killed in OK. over some land he had claimed in the land rush.

      Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Courthouse in Oklahoma City, Court Clerk’s 
      Office, Probate

      COFER, Jacob
      Case 0053
      Filed 4 Jan 1894
      Petitioner H M Carr; deceased Jacob Cofer died 12 Nov 1893, Perry, County 
      P, Oklahoma Territory; a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma. 

      Real estate: 1 lot in Oklahoma County. 
      Heirs: M F Cofer, wife, 44; 6 children who reside in Barton Co, Kansas. 

      13 Jan 1894; letter from B Fogle, attorney, Great Bend, Kansas; Jacob 
      Cofer died suddenly in Perry, OT. Madora Cofer resides in this county 
      [Great Bend, Kansas], and is his widow.

      21 Apr 1894; petitioner A G Guynup, Canadian Co, deceased Jacob Coffer 
      died 12 Nov 1893, Perry, County P, Oklahoma Territory. Real estate: Lot 5, 
      block 62, OKC, OT Consent of Joe Ann Smith, 35, OKC, or _____ Coffer, 
      state of Kansas. 

      21 Nov 1894, J B Banks apptd admr in P county.