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CHARLES COPE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Le Roy; one of the old settlers; born in Frederick Co., Va., Oct. 21, 1813; he emigrated with his parents when quite young, and located in Marion Co. until about 34 years of age, the last twelve years of which he was engaged in buying cattle and driving them across the Alleghany Mountains to Lancaster, where he could dispose of them; in 1847, he came to Illinois and located in Empire Township, McLean Co., at which date he purchased eighty acres of his present place, and, in 1849, purchased 400 acres, upon which he then settled, and where he has since continued to live; he now owns 640 acres, upon which he has good farm buildings. His marriage with Mary E. Crumbaugh was celebrated Jan. 28, 1847; she was born in Kentucky, Oct. 3, 1827; she was the daughter of Daniel and Martha (Robinson) Crumbaugh, who emigrated from Kentucky to Sangamon Co., Ill., in 1828, and located in Empire Township, McLean Co., Ill., in 1830; Mrs. Crumbaugh died June, 4, 1857, leaving ten children; Mr. Crumbaugh died May 19, 1874; the children of Mr. and Mrs. Cope were twelve in number, of which five are deceased; the living are — John J., born June 19, 1849; William, Nov. 30, 1854; Francis M., July 25, 1857; Eleazer H., Nov. 3, 1860; George L., Dec. 28, 1862; Mary E., Jan. 12, 1866; Ann M. R. C., Sept. 22, 1869. Mr. Cope has been School Director for eighteen years; is a life-long Democrat, having cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and has voted the Democratic ticket for forty-five years. His limited school education was obtained in a log schoolhouse with log benches and mud fire-place; of the deceased children, four died in infancy; one, Isabel J., was born Aug. 13, 1852, married George W. Simpson, and died Sept. 19, 1876, leaving one child — Mary F.