First Piano in Kirksville, MO is at PC Museum in Unionville, MO.
In 1866 John Coop and his wife Susanna with their three children Gideon C., Mary Ellen and Josephine moved to Kirksville, Missouri where in October of 1866 he opened a grocery store on the east side of the public square. They owned this piano, the first piano ever in Kirksville, MO., and on Sunday afternoons they had many people coming to see and hear this piano. Eventually the piano became the property of Josephine Elizabeth who married Arthur H. Garrett. In the year 1969 their only child, Charles Gilbert Garrett, together with his three sons, Charles Eugene, Edward Lee, and John Robert donated this antique piano to the Putnam County Historical Society Museum, Unionville, MO.
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History of PC historical society and museum
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The Putnam County Public Library now has a Digital Version of the Entire PC Newspaper Collection. This is thanks to a generous donation in memory of Barbara Wickless PhD, by her family.
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