The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-30

into close contact with him and his
to the interest of father in his Chi
Was Native of Indiana.
Henry Sample Cooper was native
Of Indiana, son of the late Reverend
Samuel T. Cooper, one of the best
known of the earlier workers in the
Methodist Episcopal church in that
state. Mr.. Cooper was born at La
Porte, June 10, 1858, while his father
was the pastor of the Methodist church
there. Just a little later the family
removed to Valparaiso, indiana, and
Mr.. Cooper got his education in the
schools of that city. At the age of
eighteen Mr.. Cooper was in business
for himself, being in charge of an ice
and coal business. just a little later
his father gave UP the active work
of the ministry and went to st. Joseph
Mich, where he began the making of
hosiery. His sons, Henry, Willis and
Charles, later joined him and the COM
pany was organized under the name
of S. T. Cooper and Sons. Later on it
became the Cooper-W Wells and company
and it earned most prominent place
in the hosiery making business.
In the early nineties Willis and
Charles Cooper came to Kenosha to
become associated with the business of
the Chicago Kenosha Hosiery company
which later developed into The Allen
A company. In 1900 Mr.. Cooper joined
with the two brothers in the organi-
zation of the underwear company
which bears the family name. Shortly
after the death of his two brothers
in the Iroquois fire in Chicago, Henry
S. Cooper came to Kenosha and took
over the general management of the
Chicago Kenosha Hosiery company at
the same time giving part of his atten-
ton to the rapidly developing business
Of the Cooper Underwear company.
Builds Up National Institution.
The Cooper company grew very rap
idly and in a short time Mr.. Cooper
resigned his position with the hosiery
making company to give his entire
time to the underwear company. Under
his personal direction the company
showed great advancement and it has
become one of the big national insti-
tutions in the textile trades. Mr..
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company until 1917 when his son,
Robert S. Cooper was named to sue
coed him. The slipping of title from
the shoulders of father to son, did rot
mean that Mr.. Cooper gave up his in
terest in the great industry. Up to
the time he was stricken few days
ago he remained most active in the
conduct of the company and joined
with his sons and those nearest to him
in the business in directing its policies.
His methods Of business, his sterl-
ing integrity and his belief that per-
sonal honor must be built into manu-
featured product, made him one Of the
most widely known and most univer-
sally respected men in this great in
dustry in the nation.
Lover of Beauty and Flowers.
Henry Cooper-"Peony Fan"-was
almost as widely known as Henry
manufacturer. He had an in
tense love for the great outdoors, for
growing flowers and the beauty which
came from them. This led him to buy
the property en- the Cooper road known
as 'Dunmovin," and to the develop
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have become world famous. In the
later years of his life Mr.. Cooper
found one of his keenest pleasures in
developing better flower, better
class Of vegetables and he gave much
of his time to his farm and his gardens
His love of peonies and his desire
to develop the most beautiful in them,
gave him national and even interna-
tional fame. His unselfshness in shar-
ing the product Of his wonderful peony
fields with the people in suffering,
brought him the love of tens of thous-
ands Of people he had never known
and who never hoped to see him. He
found a wonderful enjoyment in h-v
ing others enjoy the wonderful flowers
that he developed with years of study
and personal work. Tens of thousands
of people have visited his wonderful
estate at Kenosha and carried away
with them not only some Of the beau
tiful blossoms, but also some OF
the spirit Of the hospitality and in
terest of the man who made their
culture possible.