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CooperPixley (1763-1855) was born in Great Barrington, CLICK for LARGE VIEW Berkshire County, Massachusetts on July 16, 1763.  Pixley enlisted in Captain Josiah Troop's Company of Colonel Marinus Willett's Regiment of New York Militia, and served from 1778 to 1781.  Cooper was present at the battle of Monmouth and participated in General John Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois in the Finger Lakes area.

Following the Revolution, Pixley lived in New York and Canada.  He moved to Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin in June 1849.  Pixley died at the age of 92 on March 12, 1855. He is buried in the Fort Winnebago Soldiers Lot Cemetery located in Section 33, Town of Fort Winnebago, Columbia County.  The cemetery is located on County Highway EE, off Highway 33 East, near the Surgeons Quarters.  Cooper is buried next to his Revolutionary War compatriot Alexander Porter.  His grave is near the entrance of the cemetery and is marked by an upright stone and a number of SAR and other markers.

GPS coordinates -- N43.55679°; W089.42737°

(Portions reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.)

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