The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . cted with theModern Woodmen of America, and politi-cally he is a Republican, who strongly en-dorses the principles of the party but hasnever sought office as a reward for partyfealty. His life has been that of the enter-prising resolute American business man,watchful of opportunities, quick to notepossil)ilities and yet never taking advantageof the necessities of his fellow men. Hisbusiness career is one which any man mightbe proud to possess because of his successand the honorable methods he has ever fol-lowed. THOAIAS HOOPES. More than
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . cted with theModern Woodmen of America, and politi-cally he is a Republican, who strongly en-dorses the principles of the party but hasnever sought office as a reward for partyfealty. His life has been that of the enter-prising resolute American business man,watchful of opportunities, quick to notepossil)ilities and yet never taking advantageof the necessities of his fellow men. Hisbusiness career is one which any man mightbe proud to possess because of his successand the honorable methods he has ever fol-lowed. THOAIAS HOOPES. More than one Illinois man whose namefigures to-day upon the pages of history wasborn, as was Mr. Hoopes, in a log cabinand reared amid the hardships and priva-tions of pioneer life, but it is only under thepressure of adversity and the stimulus ofopposition tliat tlie best and strongest in menhave been brought out. Although ThomasHoopes did not direct his energies into chan-nels which brought him political renown ormilitarv distinction, he became an imjiorlant. ^^ V-^zr^ THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 65 factor in reclaiming tlie great prairie dis-tricts of Illinois for the purposes of civiliza-tion and achieved success which awakenedadmiration and respect, and as long as thetown of Hoopeston stands he will be hon-ored «is its founder and first settler. On the 26th of June, 1806, in a littlelog cabin which stood in what was thenJefferson county, but is now Harrison coun-ty. Ohio, Thomas Hoopes first opened hiseyes to the light of day, being the fourthin order of birth in a family of six chil-dren. Primitive pioneer conditions then ex-isted in the Buckeye state and accordinglyhe was deprived of many of the advantageswhich could have been enjoyed in a morethickly settled region. His education waslargely acquired under the direction of hismother, although later he had the opportun-ity of attending a private school for a the time he attained his majoriy hisfather died, and he received
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