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John Cooper
Fremont County
Born October 13, 1820, in Mason county, state of Kentucky, and belongs to one of the old and prominent families of that state. He was reared in Kentucky until fifteen years of age and acquired his education in the public schools. In 1833 he accompanied his parents on their removal to Clay County, Missouri, and amidst the wild scenes of frontier life was reared to manhood. In 1850 he married Miss America Bruce, who was born in Kentucky and reared in that state and in Indiana. When Mr. Cooper came to this portion of the country it was included within the boundaries of Holt county, Missouri, and there he made choice of a location and began the development of a farm. He has voted both as a citizen of Missouri and Iowa and yet has never changed his place of residence. When he took up his abode here there was a log cabin upon the place, but otherwise no improvements. He at once began to break the prairie and today he is the owner of a very valuable farm constituting one of the best country seats in Madison Township. His home overlooks the entire Nishnabotna valley. In former years Mr. Cooper was a strong advocate of the Greenback party and an ardent admirer of his cousin, Peter Cooper, who was the originator of that political organization. He was nominated and elected to the state legislature in 1873, and took his seat in the general assembly the following year, serving there with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He was a Mason in good standing, having been initiated into the order at Rockport, Missouri. He now belongs to Riverton Chapter, R.A.M.
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