Cooper, George bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 945-946, Woodland Township
George Cooper, farmer, sec. 1; P. O., Summum; is a native of Holmes Co., O., where he was born in 1839; his father was Charles Cooper, a well known resident of Fulton county; in an early day he moved to Ohio, where he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Ramplay, by whom he had 4 children, - George, John, Abraham and Mary. Charles Cooper became a resident of Fulton county in 1846, settled in Woodland township, and died one year afterward. Mrs. Cooper, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, is still living, a resident of Bernadotte tp.; George received a liberal education; when the war broke out he enlisted in Co. G, 85th Ill. Inf.; was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C.; he returned to Fulton county, where he has since resided; in 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Shields, a daughter of Kinsey Shields, whose sketch is found in this volume. Two children were born of this marriage, - Mary C. and Charles K.