Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--M. H. Cooper

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 584

M. H. Cooper, assessor OF Hickory County, Mo., and native of the same, was born in 1845, 
being one of thirteen children who grew to maturity (twelve of whom are still living) born 
to John P. and Mary (Bond) Cooper, who were Kentuckians, the father's birth occurring in 
1815.  He grew to manhood in his native State, was there married, and in 1839 came to 
Missouri, and became one of the pioneers of Hickory County.  Previous to the Rebellion he 
was a Democrat in politics, and afterward was a stanch Republican.  He died in April, 1880.  
M. H. Cooper was the fourth of their children, and at the early age of sixteen years enlisted 
in the Federal Army, Enrolled Militia, but about a year afterward was chosen into the State 
Rangers, and finally entered the Regular Army on the 16th day of June, 1864, and was mustered 
out of service June 31, 1865.  After the war he attended school for a year or two, and then 
taught school two terms, and up to the present time has been engaged in farming, being now 
the owner of eighty acres of land.  He is a member of the G. A. R., is a Republican in 
politics, and in 1886 was elected by that party to the office of county assessor, and was 
re-elected in 1888.  He was deputy sheriff under William A. Pitts.  December 12, 1869, he was 
married to Miss Laura F. Pitts, who was born in Tennessee in 1845.  They have three children: 
Mollie, Rosa and Bonnie.

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