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The barns, other farm buildings, windmill, etc., and, in fact, everything about the place indicates thrift and prosperity. From Summit Heights, Ida Grove, the county seat can be
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Michael Cooper , a farmer and well-known citizen of Douglas township, Ida county, was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania , July 20, 1826, a son of Leonard and Julia A. (Elder) Cooper, natives of Maryland . They came to Pennsylvania when children with their parents, and were married in that State, where their children were born. In 1839 they located in Long Grove, Scott county, Iowa , where the father died at the age of sixty-three years, and the mother at the advanced age of seventy-two years. They reared a family of fifteen children, of whom Thomas served in the civil war, in the Twentieth Iowa Infantry; James enlisted and served in a California regiment; another son, Austin A., is a manufacturer of the Cooper wagon at Dubuque Iowa . The father was a farmer through life, voted with the Democratic party, and was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Michael Cooper, our subject, was reared and educated in his native State until thirteen years of age, when he removed to Scott county, Iowa . The country was then new and wild, and he was identified with the growth of Scott county for forty-five years. In March, 1883, he purchased 480 acres of wild land in Douglas township, Ida county, which he has put under a fine state of cultivation, erected a frame dwelling, 24 x 16 feet, with an L, 14 x 16 feet, a barn, 16 x 24 feet, with a wing, 16 x 16 feet, and has a beautiful grove and orchard. | |
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