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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JAMES A. BOPE, lawyer, Findlay, was born in Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio,
November 30, 1833. His ancestors on the paternal side, were Moravians. At the
age of sixteen his grandfather did duty as a soldier at the battle of Yorktown,
and emigrated from Rockingham County, Va., about the year 1804. The family name
was originally Pope, but has been altered in some of the branches into Bope. Our
subject's father, Philip Bope, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and was a
merchant. Our subject, on his mother's side (whose maiden name was Eliza Weaver)
is of Scotch and German stock. James A. Bope lived in Adams County, Ohio, until
he was six years of age, when the family moved to Lancaster, Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, where his father continued in mercantile business. Our subject then
attended the public schools until he was ten years of age, when he went into his
father's store, where he remained until he was seventeen. He then attended
Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, and remained at that institution five
years, graduating in 1855, when he commenced the study of law with Hunter &
Daugherty, at Lancaster, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1857,
commenced to practice at Lancaster in 1858, and removed to Findlay in 1859. In
July, 1862, he was elected captain of Company D, Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and while storming earthworks at Atlanta was wounded and sent home.
Subsequently recovering from his wounds he returned to his regiment, and was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in command of the Fiftieth and
Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This occurred in North Carolina, in the
spring of 1865. Altogether he was wounded four times. He continued in the
service until he was mustered out, in July, 1865, when he returned to Findlay,
Ohio, and resumed the practice of law. Mr. Bope has the reputation of being an
exceedingly careful and conscientious lawyer. He has been thoroughly and
classically educated, and has carried into the profession the scholarly habits
acquired in a collegiate course. His papers are industriously and accurately
prepared, and have often received the encomiums of the court. He has a high
regard for the honor and dignity of the profession, and discredits everything
that would degrade it. He enjoys a large and growing practice, and is frequently
called to do business in the United States Courts. He prefers civil t< criminal
practice, but practices with success in all branches of the profession. May 7,
1861, Mr. Bope married Miss Martha, daughter of Rev. John S. Meeks, formerly
pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Findlay, but now preaching near that town.
They have had four children, two of whom are living. In politics Mr. Bope is a
Republican.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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