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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  EDWARD COOPER, one of the most extensive stockmen of Nobles county, resides at

Adrian, which town has been his home since 1877. Mr. Cooper is of English birth,

having been born -in the town of Freethought, in the county of Norfolk, on

October 13, 1850, the son of George and Martha (Male) Cooper.



  George Cooper in his native land was a live stock man and shepherd. The family

came to the United States in 1856 and settled in Orleans county, New York. There

the elder Cooper became an extensive breeder and feeder of stock and became the

possessor of several hundred acres of land. He died there in 1904 at the age of

87 years. His wife died about 1898.



  Coming to America with his parents at the age of six years, Edward Cooper

lived on a farm in Orleans county until twenty-three years of age. He received a

common school education there and an academic education at Mendina, N. Y.

Leaving home in 1873, he went to Colo, Story county, Iowa, and engaged in the

lumber and stock business. Four and one-half years later he sold out and moved

to the new town of Adrian.



  Upon his arrival in Adrian Mr. Cooper engaged in. the stock business, which he

has ever since followed. He is one of the largest horse, cattle and hog buyers

and shippers in southwestern Minnesota. Several years after his arrival to

Adrian he bought the northeast quarter of section 24, Westside township, which

is now within the corporate limits of the village. Upon that land he has built a

beautiful home, which occupies one of the most prominent and picturesque sites

in the city. The outside surroundings are beautiful and the improvements of the

house are all modern. Mr. Cooper with his own hands planted the shade trees,

shrubbery and evergreens which adorn the grounds.



  In addition to the home place Mr. Cooper owns a quarter section of land in

Willmont township and an 880-acre tract near Glenwood, Minn., which is

considered the finest stock and grain farm in the state, in partnership with his

son, Lee, he also owns 800 acres of land in Sergeant county, S. D., [sic] and

120 acres in Westside township.



  Mr. Cooper was married at Cambridge, Story county, Iowa, January 1, 1880, to

Olive Chandler, who was born in that county May 9, 1859. Her parents, Sereno and

Laura (Tillotson) Chandler, both deceased, were natives of Maine. To Mr. and

Mrs. Cooper have been born eight children, all of whom are living. They are

Grace M., wife of Dr. Charles McMann; Maude O., Lee E., Clayton C, lawyer of

Mahnomen, Minn.; Edgar, Ruth L., Paul W. and Florence E.



  During the period of his residence in Adrian Mr. Cooper has served several

terms on the village council and on the school board. He is a member of the

Masonic, Workmen and Woodmen orders.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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