E.D. Cooper was born in 1812 in Sumner Co., Tenn., and was the son of George and Elizabeth Cooper, the former of N. C., and his mother of Tenn. With his parents our subject moved to Ky., and in 1829 came to Illinois, and worked at the carpenter’s trade in Pittsfield. In 1843 he married Miss Yeturia Hobbs, who was born in Ky., in 1818. Mr. C. followed farming up to 1857, and then embarked in the grocery business: he went West, and in 1860 came back to Illinois, and again engaged in the grocery business until 1865, then embarked in the milling business, which he continued two years; farmed for a year; engaged in the milling business in Versailles, Ill., for about a year and a half; returned to the farm, where he lived for 7 years; then sold out and bought the Chambersburg Mills, which he has been running since. In connection with the flouring-mill, which he has put in excellent repair, he has a saw-mill.

History of Pike County Chapman & Co. 1880 (People/ Towns / Religion/ )