William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas was  published in
  1883
  by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL. Copyright has expired and the document is
  now in the public domain.

  WILLIAM COOPER, P. O. Belleville, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
  near the City of Cleveland, in 1827, and was raised there until
  twenty-two years of age. His father was engaged in the nursery and tree
  planting business and they planted a good share of the trees in the park
  at Cleveland. In 1850, he
  settled in Illinois, near Chicago, and engaged in farming, remaining
  there three years. Then emigrated to Black Hawk County, Iowa, and
  engaged in farming and improved a farm there, remaining nineteen years.
  In 1872 he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County and took a
  homestead on Section 29,
  the southeast quarter of Township 3, Range 3. This place is well watered
  by West Creek, which runs through the place. Has about twenty-five acres
  of timber land along the creek which makes a fine place for stock. Has
  since bought eighty acres on the same section, and has ninety acres
  under the plow,
  seventy acres fenced for pasture, the balance being hay land. Has
  planted about five acres of fruit trees, has put up good stables and
  good granary 14x24 feet, large stone house 30x30 feet, two stories high;
  has
  a good stone quarry on the place and everything to make farming a
  success. Has thirty head of cattle, five head of horses, forty head of
  hogs and turns off an average of fifty head per annum. He was married in
  185l, at Crete, Will Co.. Ill., to Miss Mary J. Bonnelle. They have four
  children--Ida J., Annie E., Ella E.
  and Frank P. He is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Cooper is a
  pleasant hospitable gentleman and one of the most methodical farmers in
  the town.

  Extracted from Cutler's HISTORY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Chapter on
  REPUBLIC COUNTY

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