Multnomah-Clackamas County OR Archives Obituaries.....Roop, Benjamin October 1904
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Morning Oregonian October 30,1904
Life of Benjamin Roop
Pioneer of 1852 Dies in Portland at Age of Eighty One
Benjamin Roop,who died at the home of his daughter,Mrs.Frank Drake,was born in 
Dolphin County,Pennsylvania,June 3,1823.He was married to Sophia G.Morris in 
1849,and they crossed the plains in 1852,settling at Needy,Clackamas 
County,Oregon.They each took up a section of a land and have owned it until 
three years ago.Mr.Roop was an ambitious man and in 1875 moved to San 
Fransisco to educate his family,consisting of three girls and three boys.He 
was manager of the zoological department of Woodward's Gardens for over 20 
years,and retired from active life about nine years ago.He was laid to rest in 
the cemetery he donated to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 
Needy,Clackamas County.he left two daughtes and three sons to mourn his 
loss;Mrs.Frank Drake,of Portland;Mrs.A.W.Morgan, of San Fransisco;and 
F.A.,S.B., and W.M. Roop

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