Biographical Sketch of A. B. Roop, Johnson County, Missouri,
Jefferson Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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A. B. Roop, a progressive and successful farmer and stockman of Jeff-
erson township, is a native of Ohio.  He was born in 1862 and is a son
of Ezra and Nancy Roop, the former, a son of Abraham Roop, a thrifty
New Englander.  Ezra Roop purchased a section of land six miles south-
west of Warrensburg, where the Roop family resided for nearly two 
years, when they returned to Ohio on account of the ill health of Mrs.
Roop.  Soon after the close of the Civil War, they returned to Johnson
county and Mr. Roop purchased a farm, comprising two hundred and forty
acres, located near Warrensburg, where he engaged in farming and stock
raising.  He became very prosperous and was widely known and held in 
the highest esteem in Johnson county.  His death occurred in 1910 and
his widow now resides near the old home place in Johnson county.  Of
the ten children born to Ezra and Nancy Roop, six are now living: 
E. W., Warrensburg; A. B., the subject of this review; J. A., Miami,
Florida; Mrs. Alice Mohler, Warrensburg; Mrs. Ada Bozarth, Centerview;
and E. C., Warrensburg.  When A. B. Roop was a mere child, he came to
Johnson county with his parents.  He recalls the open state of the
country at that time, when practically the entire county was unfenced
grazing land and the cattle of the early settlers had unlimited range.
Wild game was to be found in abundance and he saw eight deer in his
father's field at one time.  A. B. Roop attended school held in his
father's "shop" on the home place.  This was a "subscription school"
and Miss Pierson was the teacher.  Later, he attended the public school
held in the Foster building in Warrensburg.  He recalls two of his
school mates who attended the public school in Warrensburg; John Fickas
and William Smith.  After leaving school, Mr. Roop early in life engag-
ed in the pursuits of agriculture and for a number of years was employ-
ed in farming near Centerview.  In 1901, he purchased more than a 
thousand acres of land in Jefferson township.  This farm was in poor
condition and the improvements badly in need of repair at the time of
the purchase, but Mr. Roop has by great industry and perseverance 
improved the place to a remarkable extent, even in this short length
of time and he is constantly bettering the land.  The soil was especi-
ally adapted to bluegrass and he is devoting much time and attention
to stock raising.  He has at the time of this writing, nearly one 
hundred head of high grade Aberdeen Angus cattle.  The Roop stock farm
is well watered by an ever flowing spring.  Mr. Roop will have more 
than one hundred tons of hay this year and nearly one hundred acres of
his farm are in corn.  In 1886, A. B. Roop was united in marriage with
Effie Shelton, daughter of William and Sarah Shelton.  Mr. Shelton 
purchased two hundred acres of land from Judge Whitsett, which land he
later sold and purchased other tracts, which he owned at the time of
his death in 1886.  To A. B. and Effie (Shelton) Roop have been born
seven children: Eugena, who is engaged in teaching school at Buffalo,
Kansas; Louise, Shelton J., Alonzo, Jr., Mary, Joseph E. and George
Baile.  All, with the exception of the oldest daughter, reside at home
with their parents.  Mr. Roop has always taken an active interest in 
civic and educational affairs and for many years has been clerk and
school director in his district.  He is one of Johnson county's best
and most public spirited citizens and he is nobly doing his part in 
the upbuilding of the county, which has been his home for so many
years.

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