Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Coop, Samuel 1827 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Samuel Coop, farmer, P. O. Minooka, born August 20, 1827, in Lancashire, 
England, second son of James and Mary (Birtwistle) Coop. At the age of 
fourteen, he went to learn the machinists' trade, and served seven years in 
the shop. December 25, 1853, he married Ann, daughter of John and Mary 
(Holden) Bull. In the spring of 1855, he emigrated to this county and 
purchased eighty-five acres of Mr. Longworth, on the west half of the 
northwest quarter of Section 5, paying $9 per acre. There were no improvements 
on the same whatever when he located here, yet, by hard work and economy, he 
has succeeded in making a good home and competence for himself. He has but one 
child - Priscilla, wife of Charles W. Barker, of Minooka. Mr. Coop is a 
Republican, and has always voted that ticket.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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