| H.S. Cooper |
| H.S. Cooper, P. O. Waukon, farmer, sec.
21, was born in Franklin Co., Vermont, in 1824. His
father, Martin Cooper, moved into Addison Co. in 1826,
where the subject of this sketch was raised. In 1849 he
immigrated to this county, purchasing from the Government
360 acres of land in this township, there then being but
three or four families in the township all of whom had
come in the same year. There were at that time but very
few settlers in any of the adjoining townships the people
having to endure many hardships and privations always
incident to the settling of a new country. He was married
to Miss Eliza Gilvert in 1852, by whom he had eight
children, Franklin, Martin, Mary, Orpha, Winfield,
Augusta, Edwin and George. He was again married to Mrs.
Hannah M. Pratt, whose maiden name was Geesey. Her first
husband served his country during the rebellion in Co. A,
27th Iowa inf., till the close of the war, returning
home, but soon after dying in 1865. Mr. Cooper owns a
farm of 440 acres, well improved and one of the best
farms in the township. pg 482 |