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LEWIS W. COOPER, was born in Cooper township, August 5, 1822; the son of John and Susannah Giger Cooper, who came to Sangamon county from Jefferson county, Tennessee, on April 2, 1820, and settled near Rochester, and in 1821, came to what is now Cooper township.
Lewis W. died July 19, 1872; his widow lives at Breckenridge, with her son. She left Tennessee at the age of seven years, and ten years later came to this county, and was married to Mr. Lewis, October 12, 1840. He had spent most of his life in farming, but at the time of his death, was a merchant in Breckenridge. They had two sons and two daughters, Mary A., married Peter Danitz, and they live in Lynn county, Kansas; Jno. D., died in 1870; Henrietta, married S. L. Neer, and lives in Breckenridge; W. T. Cooper, continues the business commenced in Breckenridge by his father, and resides there, and also buys and ships large quantities of grain. He is a man of business capacity and energy, and has the confidence of all who deal with him. They are members of the M.E. church.