Yolo-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Cooper, Hickason Belt 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 10, 2005, 1:17 pm Author: Tom Gregory HICKASON BELT COOPER As one of the leading business men of Winters Mr. Cooper is well known, having made his home in this section since 1889. Born in Flemingsburg, Ky., October 12, 1849, he remained in that locality until about five years old, when, the family home was transferred to Illinois. In 1854 his parents, A. B. and Nancy (Rollins) Cooper, also natives of Kentucky, settled in Prairie City, McDonough county, and there the father carried on a store for many years. Both himself and wife are now deceased. The son was educated in Illinois, attending first the public schools in the vicinity of his home, and later attended the Christian College at Abingdon. Ill. After his schooling was completed he engaged in farming in McDonough county, continuing there until coming to California in 1873. In that year he settled in Elmira, Solano county, where for seven years he was employed in the lumber yard of F. B. Chandler. Removing to Winters in 1891 he purchased several valuable lots upon which he erected residences, including his own home on Second street, and since that time has successfully engaged in contracting and building. On January 1, 1872, in Prairie City, Ill., occurred the marriage of H. B. Cooper and Miss Frankie Barber, born in Dundee, Mich., the daughter of Lafayette and Mary (Belts) Barber, natives of New York. Mr. Barber, who was at one time a large merchant in Prairie City, died in Chariton, Iowa, and Mrs. Barber died in Sacramento December 14, 1911. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cooper. Arthur L., a pharmacist in Winters, married Miss Mazie Nathan, and they have two children, Nita Isabel and Nathan Belt; Walter is deceased; Mame L. was first married to George Morris, and is the mother of three children, Lewis A., lone and Ven; her second marriage was to Kirtley Buford; Myrtle J., now the wife of Frank Wolfskill, of Solano county, was prior to her marriage a teacher in the public schools of Elmira, Fairfield and Winters for ten years. Upon finishing his education Arthur L. Cooper secured a position in the drug store of E. L. Day, in Winters, and after remaining with that employer for fifteen years took a course in pharmacy in San Francisco and is now pharmacist in the store of his old employer. H. B. Cooper is a member of Dixon Lodge No. 50, A. O. U. W., and is a believer in Democratic principles, though in local affairs he is independent. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/cooper125gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb