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HIISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY. uo
HISTOR Y 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~war he returned home and resumed farming.
In November, 1872, he left Alabama for Dallas
county, Texas, and has been a resident of
this city since that time. He was first engaged
in farming, and afterward, in 1877, he
engaged in the lumber business, as collector
and salesman.
Mr. Bailey was married in Tallapoosa
county, Alabama, September 24, 1860, to
Miss Georgia Rowell, a native of that county,
and a daughter of Howell and Elizabeth
(Walton) Rowell, natives of Virginia.. At a
very early date the parents settled in Alabana,
where the father engaged as a cotton
planter. They both died in that State, the
father in the spring of 1872, and the mother
about 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have had
five children, namely: Howell R., a resident
of Dallas; Marie E., wife of Y. B. Dowell, an
attorney of this city; Allen L., at home;
Nettie, wife of Otis D. Ford, of the firm of
Ford Bros. Publishing Company; Robert E.,
a clerk in Meador's grocery store, in Dallas.
Politically, Mr. Bailey is identified with the
Democratic party. Mrs. Bailey is a member
of the Methodist Church at Dallas.
COOPER, contractor and builder, and
cistern builder, Dallas, came to this
city in 1873, engaging in the lumber
trade, at the time of the construction of the
Texas Pacific railroad; lie was superintendent
of the building department of that road to
the time it reached Dallas, from Marshall;
was also employed by the Missouri Pacific,
as purchasing agent. Since then he hlas
erected many a fine residence in Dallas,
especially in East Dallas.
He was born in New Jersey, in 1827, the
soul of Obadiab and Catharine (Howell)Cooper, natives also of New Jersey. His
father, a farmer, died in New Jersey, about
1874, and his mother died in 1839. He was
brought up on a farm in his native State. At
the age of seventeen years he went to New
York city and served his apprenticeship there.
After continuing a short time longer there at
his trade, he went to St. Charles, Illinois,
where he followed contracting. In 1866 he
went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was engaged
with several mechanical departments
of the Union Pacific railroad until he came
to Texas. During the war he was employed
in the mechanical department of the service
at Nashville and Chattanooga. At Lookout
Mountain he received a sunstroke, after which
he returned to Illinois.
He was married at Campton, Illinois, in
1855, to Sevilla P. Eddy, a native of New
York and daughter of Spaulding and Mary
(Stephens) Eddy, natives of New York, who
settled in Kane county, Illinois, in pioneer
times, and subsequently moved to Iowa Falls,
Iowa, where they died,--the mother about
1883 and the father on Christmas day, 1886.
Mr. Cooper's children are the following
named: Nellie, widow of Edward Hubbard,
and residing with our subject; and S. Eddy,
unmarried, and the cashier of the freight
department of the International besides
one child deceased.
For many years :Mr. Cooper was connected
with the railroads of Illinois and Nebraska.
In his political sympathies he has been a
Republican ever since 1862, but takes no
active part in political machinery. He is a
member of Tanney Lodge, No. 49, F. of the chapter at Omaha; of the
Dallas Commandery, No. 6; of the Thirtysecond-degree
of Scotish-Rite Masonry, at
Omaha; also Eastern Star; of the A. O. U.W.;Anlb L
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/717/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.