Biography of T. S. COPE, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	Dr. T.S. COPE, merchant, Driggs, Ark. Dr. T.S. Cope has
been a resident of Logan County, Ark., since 1880, and not only
enjoys an excellent reputation as a business man, but is held in
high esteem as a citizen. He is straightforward and upright in
all his dealings, and his motto is "Honorable representations
and fair treatment to all." Dr. Cope owes his nativity to
Franklin County, Tenn., born in 1844, and his parents, John
and Jane (Sargent) Cope, were natives of Kentucky, where they
were reared. They moved from the Blue Grass regions of Kentucky
to Tennessee, resided there for a number of years, and then
removed to Montgomery County, Mo., in 1849. There the father's
death occurred in 1852 and the mother's in 1883. Dr. T.S. Cope
chose Miss S.A. Burnett, daughter of John Burnett, a farmer
of this county, as his life companion and they were married in
1879. One child, T.A. Cope, was born to this union. In 1880 they
removed from Osage County, Mo., to Logan County, Ark., and here
Dr. Cope engaged in the practice of medicine, continuing the same
up to 1889, when he abandoned his practice to engage in
merchandising. He has a good stock of dry goods and groceries,
also clothing, and is postmaster, the post office being in his
store. He handles a $5,000 stock, and is doing a good business.
Aside from this he is the owner of forty acres of land with
good buildings, etc., and besides his store building and residence
he is the owner of three lots in Driggs and property in Burnett
Springs, the summer resort on the top of Flattop Mountain. He is
the only one of his family now in Arkansas, as his brothers and
sisters are all in Missouri. Dr. Cope is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and he and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist
Church. The Doctor is a liberal contributor to schools, churches,
and in fact all worthy movements.