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SAMUEL A. STOOPS, farmer and manufacturer of all kinds of drain tile, Sec. 32; P. O. Padua. The subject of this sketch was born in Fayette Co., Ky., April 22, 1831; came, with his parents, to Marion Co., Ind., when a child, where he lived until 1850, at which time, he removed to Fulton Co., Ill., and engaged in the wagon manufacture, in which business he continued for about twelve years; in 1866, he sold his interest in the wagon-shop and bought a farm in the same county; did not keep the farm he bought in Fulton Co. but a short time before he sold it and came to McLean Co., Ill.; this was in 1867, and he has been a resident of Blue Mound Township ever since. He owns 160 acres of land, upon which are two beautiful residences; he is also senior partner in a large drain-tile manufactory; from this manufactory come the best tiles in Central Illinois; it was started about a year ago, and they now find it quite difficult to manufacture sufficiently fast to meet the demand; this is owing to the superior quality of tile they manufacture; it is located on the L., B. & M. R. R., Padua, McLean Co., Ill. Mr. Stoops had no means to commence with, and he owes his success in life to his close attention to business, combined with economy and industry. Mr. Stoops’ father was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1787, and died in Marion Co., Ind., in 1854; his mother’s maiden name was Rosanna Kephart; she was born in Maryland in 1802; she is still living, and is in possession of all her faculties. The union of Samuel A. Stoops and Eleanor Clanin was celebrated Sept. 21, 1854; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, April 9, 1834, from this union there are five children — Artha A., born June 22, 1856; Laselle, born Sept. 19, 1858; Elma A., born Aug. 31, 1862; Theodore, born Sept. 17, 1867, and Amy J., born July 5, 1871.