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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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WILLIAM COOPERWILLIAM COOPER was born December 31,1855, hear the place where he now resides, being the second of five children born to Charles W. and Ellen (Creager) Cooper. Subject remained with his father assisting on the farm until he attained his twentieth year, when he emigrated to Wilson County, Kan., where he engaged in stock-trading. After the expiration of one year, he returned to Sullivan County and engaged in farming and stock-raising for two years, when his father died. Mr. Cooper, in conjunction with his mother, purchased the respective shares of his father's estate, and he is now engaged in farming the same. He has also shipped large quantities of stock. There are few young men who succeed so early in life as Mr. Cooper, as he now owns 467 acres of land, and is one of the heaviest producers in the country. He also owns the Merom Ferry. November 28, 1883, he married Anna E. Ellis, daughter of John and Cynthia (Burnett) Ellis, He is a Republican.N GILL TWP. PAGE 781 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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