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Note: Sources: "Cooper Family" possibly written by Frances Shilling; LDS Library software; Family group sheets from Ira Scott; Clyde Toland's book; 1850 U.S. Census, Sugar Creek Twp., Clinton Co., Indiana; Transcribed by Chris Brown from pages 625-626 of "A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," published in 1895 by A.W. Bowen & Co. Chicago. John Cooper came from Irish and English ancestry. His father , Malachi Cooper, was a native of Kentucky, and an old Hard-shell Baptist preacher. He voted with the Whig party, and removed to Rush county, Ind., where he died at the age of seventy-four. John Cooper was born in Kentucky in 1800, and on the fifth of March, 1820, married Jane King, who was born in Kentucky, March 9, 1801, and was a daughter of William King. They became the parents of nine children: William E., Malachi, James, Polly A., John N., Lucinda, Stanley, Angeline and Jane. In February, 1838 John Cooper came with his family to Clinton county, and entered 160 acres of wild land, covered with heavy timber. He was an expert marksman and was known to kill eight in two days. He served as justice of the peace both in Rush and Clinton counties, and was a man of good judgment, who had the confidence and respect of the entire community. In politics he was an old-line whig. He died November 30, 1851, at the age of fifty-one, and his wife in 1841, aged forty years. Source: LDS File # 25QG-P7 Source: 1840 Census Clinton Co., IN image 69 John Cooper 2 males under 5 - 3 males 5 - 10 - 1 male 30 - 40 - 2 females under 5 - 1 female 10 - 15 - 1 female 30 - 40 Source: 1850 Census Sugar Creek Twp., Clinton Co., IN John Cooper50Farmer Jane30 John M.18Farmer Lucinda16 Stanley13 Angaline11 Jane 9 Nancy E. 3 Quincy M. 2
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