History of Kansas, Cutler, Jefferson County
Hon. Stephen Stanley Cooper, was born at Mount Carmel, IL, 20 August 1826. His father, Rev. Samuel C. Cooper, was of English descent, a native of Baltimore, who removed with his family to Ohio when a mere youth, and afterwards became a Methodist Episcopal minister of distinction, and was especially a useful man as an educator, and in building up the Asbury University in Indiana. The maiden name of S. S. Cooper's mother was Caroline Thrall; her death occurred when he was very young; she was a devout Christian.
The subject of this sketch was educated at Asbury University, Indiana. Soon after leaving college, he entered the army as a soldier in the Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War. He was under Gen. Scott, entered the city of Mexico, was encamped in the battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec. Served until the close; returned to Indiana and took up the study of medicine with Drs. Allen and Weaver of Rockville, where he remained about four years. He afterwards attended the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He commenced the practice of medicine in Spencer, IN, in 1854, where he practiced until 1857, when he returned to Kansas, locating in Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls), where he practiced four years. In 1861, removed to Oskaloosa and continued to practice until 1868, when he commenced merchandising, which he has carried on since that time; also for a number of years has been in the hotel business.
In 1857 he was elected as Free-state man a member of the Kansas Legislature, and during the same year was elected a member of the Legislature under both the Topeka nad Lecompton Constitutions. In the Territorial Legislature, he occupied a prominent position as a Free-state man. In 1866 he was elected State Senator from Jefferson County, and served in that body during 1867-68. In 1868 was elected by the Fifth Judicial District as member of the Board of Railroad Assessors, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and for a number of years has been identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was originally a Whig, but was a member of the first Republican Convention in Indiana, in which he supported Oliver P. Morton for Governor, and made a canvass of Owen County in behalf of the Republican ticket. In Kansas he was an ardent advocate of Free-stateism, and was a member of the noted Grasshopper Falls Convention. In 1872 he voted for Horace Greeley, regarding him as the father of the Republican party.
In Spencer, IN on 25 April 1855, he was married to Miss Kate Patrick, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Patrick, and a sister to Hon. A. G. Patrick, a prominent Kansas pioneer and public man. Mrs. Cooper is a lady of education and refinement, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. They have had three children, all of whom are dead.
Hon. Stephen Stanley Cooper, was born at Mount Carmel, IL, 20 August 1826. His father, Rev. Samuel C. Cooper, was of English descent, a native of Baltimore, who removed with his family to Ohio when a mere youth, and afterwards became a Methodist Episcopal minister of distinction, and was especially a useful man as an educator, and in building up the Asbury University in Indiana. The maiden name of S. S. Cooper's mother was Caroline Thrall; her death occurred when he was very young; she was a devout Christian.
The subject of this sketch was educated at Asbury University, Indiana. Soon after leaving college, he entered the army as a soldier in the Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War. He was under Gen. Scott, entered the city of Mexico, was encamped in the battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec. Served until the close; returned to Indiana and took up the study of medicine with Drs. Allen and Weaver of Rockville, where he remained about four years. He afterwards attended the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He commenced the practice of medicine in Spencer, IN, in 1854, where he practiced until 1857, when he returned to Kansas, locating in Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls), where he practiced four years. In 1861, removed to Oskaloosa and continued to practice until 1868, when he commenced merchandising, which he has carried on since that time; also for a number of years has been in the hotel business.
In 1857 he was elected as Free-state man a member of the Kansas Legislature, and during the same year was elected a member of the Legislature under both the Topeka nad Lecompton Constitutions. In the Territorial Legislature, he occupied a prominent position as a Free-state man. In 1866 he was elected State Senator from Jefferson County, and served in that body during 1867-68. In 1868 was elected by the Fifth Judicial District as member of the Board of Railroad Assessors, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and for a number of years has been identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was originally a Whig, but was a member of the first Republican Convention in Indiana, in which he supported Oliver P. Morton for Governor, and made a canvass of Owen County in behalf of the Republican ticket. In Kansas he was an ardent advocate of Free-stateism, and was a member of the noted Grasshopper Falls Convention. In 1872 he voted for Horace Greeley, regarding him as the father of the Republican party.
In Spencer, IN on 25 April 1855, he was married to Miss Kate Patrick, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Patrick, and a sister to Hon. A. G. Patrick, a prominent Kansas pioneer and public man. Mrs. Cooper is a lady of education and refinement, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. They have had three children, all of whom are dead.
History of Kansas, Cutler, Jefferson County
Hon. Stephen Stanley Cooper, was born at Mount Carmel, IL, 20 August 1826. His father, Rev. Samuel C. Cooper, was of English descent, a native of Baltimore, who removed with his family to Ohio when a mere youth, and afterwards became a Methodist Episcopal minister of distinction, and was especially a useful man as an educator, and in building up the Asbury University in Indiana. The maiden name of S. S. Cooper's mother was Caroline Thrall; her death occurred when he was very young; she was a devout Christian.
The subject of this sketch was educated at Asbury University, Indiana. Soon after leaving college, he entered the army as a soldier in the Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War. He was under Gen. Scott, entered the city of Mexico, was encamped in the battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec. Served until the close; returned to Indiana and took up the study of medicine with Drs. Allen and Weaver of Rockville, where he remained about four years. He afterwards attended the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He commenced the practice of medicine in Spencer, IN, in 1854, where he practiced until 1857, when he returned to Kansas, locating in Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls), where he practiced four years. In 1861, removed to Oskaloosa and continued to practice until 1868, when he commenced merchandising, which he has carried on since that time; also for a number of years has been in the hotel business.
In 1857 he was elected as Free-state man a member of the Kansas Legislature, and during the same year was elected a member of the Legislature under both the Topeka nad Lecompton Constitutions. In the Territorial Legislature, he occupied a prominent position as a Free-state man. In 1866 he was elected State Senator from Jefferson County, and served in that body during 1867-68. In 1868 was elected by the Fifth Judicial District as member of the Board of Railroad Assessors, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and for a number of years has been identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was originally a Whig, but was a member of the first Republican Convention in Indiana, in which he supported Oliver P. Morton for Governor, and made a canvass of Owen County in behalf of the Republican ticket. In Kansas he was an ardent advocate of Free-stateism, and was a member of the noted Grasshopper Falls Convention. In 1872 he voted for Horace Greeley, regarding him as the father of the Republican party.
In Spencer, IN on 25 April 1855, he was married to Miss Kate Patrick, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Patrick, and a sister to Hon. A. G. Patrick, a prominent Kansas pioneer and public man. Mrs. Cooper is a lady of education and refinement, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. They have had three children, all of whom are dead.
Hon. Stephen Stanley Cooper, was born at Mount Carmel, IL, 20 August 1826. His father, Rev. Samuel C. Cooper, was of English descent, a native of Baltimore, who removed with his family to Ohio when a mere youth, and afterwards became a Methodist Episcopal minister of distinction, and was especially a useful man as an educator, and in building up the Asbury University in Indiana. The maiden name of S. S. Cooper's mother was Caroline Thrall; her death occurred when he was very young; she was a devout Christian.
The subject of this sketch was educated at Asbury University, Indiana. Soon after leaving college, he entered the army as a soldier in the Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War. He was under Gen. Scott, entered the city of Mexico, was encamped in the battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec. Served until the close; returned to Indiana and took up the study of medicine with Drs. Allen and Weaver of Rockville, where he remained about four years. He afterwards attended the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He commenced the practice of medicine in Spencer, IN, in 1854, where he practiced until 1857, when he returned to Kansas, locating in Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls), where he practiced four years. In 1861, removed to Oskaloosa and continued to practice until 1868, when he commenced merchandising, which he has carried on since that time; also for a number of years has been in the hotel business.
In 1857 he was elected as Free-state man a member of the Kansas Legislature, and during the same year was elected a member of the Legislature under both the Topeka nad Lecompton Constitutions. In the Territorial Legislature, he occupied a prominent position as a Free-state man. In 1866 he was elected State Senator from Jefferson County, and served in that body during 1867-68. In 1868 was elected by the Fifth Judicial District as member of the Board of Railroad Assessors, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and for a number of years has been identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was originally a Whig, but was a member of the first Republican Convention in Indiana, in which he supported Oliver P. Morton for Governor, and made a canvass of Owen County in behalf of the Republican ticket. In Kansas he was an ardent advocate of Free-stateism, and was a member of the noted Grasshopper Falls Convention. In 1872 he voted for Horace Greeley, regarding him as the father of the Republican party.
In Spencer, IN on 25 April 1855, he was married to Miss Kate Patrick, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Patrick, and a sister to Hon. A. G. Patrick, a prominent Kansas pioneer and public man. Mrs. Cooper is a lady of education and refinement, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. They have had three children, all of whom are dead.
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