History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . and country, their task wasfar from being an easy one, but with youth, strength and ambition on their side, theywere happy and successful in their undertaking. After some years, however, Mr. Coopers health failed and they decided to seeka milder climate; as a result they came to California, settling in Orange with the prospect of spending the coming years in this balmy c
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . and country, their task wasfar from being an easy one, but with youth, strength and ambition on their side, theywere happy and successful in their undertaking. After some years, however, Mr. Coopers health failed and they decided to seeka milder climate; as a result they came to California, settling in Orange with the prospect of spending the coming years in this balmy climate, withits beautiful surroundings, they purchased a ranch at Villa Park, disposing of theirholdings in Iowa. There was twenty acres in their Villa Park place, and throughtheir care and cultivation it became one of the finest orange groves in that responsibility of its care became too heavy, however, on account of Mr. Cooperscontinued ill health, so they sold it and removed to East Palm Avenue, Orange. then carried out a long-cherished desire to visit his old home in Ireland, andthree months after he arrived there he passed away and was laid to rest beside hisfather and CJ^S^O ^^ ^ 6^0 o^^. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 539 After her husbands death, Mrs. Cooper continued to be actively interested inhorticulture, purchasing a ten-acre ranch at Olive, which she later traded for a ranchat Hemet, which is devoted to apricots and walnuts. This she still owns and super-intends most capably, as her many years of experience have given her a thoroughknowledge of the varied branches of horticulture. Mrs. Cooper is the mother of six children: William, who was born in Illinois,died in Iowa at the age of six years; James is a farmer near Des Moines, low-a; Ralphis also engaged in farming at Springville, Iowa; Lettie is Mrs. Williams of Orange;Bertha, Mrs. Ferguson, resides with her mother; and Maude, now deceased, was thewife of Warren Fletcher. Mrs. Cooper st
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