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Filson Cooper

Montgomery County

The eclectic doctors have one of their brethren in the House this winter in the Hon. F. Cooper, of Villisca. He is the member elected from Montgomery county. He was born in Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1837. He received his early education in Barnesville, Ohio. In the war he was hospital steward in the 78th Ohio regiment. As soon as the war was over he began to study medicine. After receiving his diploma he practiced for five years in Muskingum county, Ohio, then moved to Villisca, where he opened an office and has since remained. He has always been an active Republican, but this is the first time he has been chosen to any office. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the Methodist church. In his county and town he takes a great deal of pride. He settled in Villisca when it was very new. Deer were killed in the town after he came there. At present it is a city of 2,500 people. He has seen and enjoyed the rapid growth in improvements all around him. For Iowa, as a whole, he has the highest regard, and he will govern his actions so that the interests of the people will be best served.

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