History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 532.
[Bourbon County]  [Flat Rock Precinct]

JOHN SOPER, farmer, P. O. Cane Ridge; born Feb. 26, 1822, to Lawrence
Soper, who was born Sep. 10, 1800; died in Nov. 1877, having raised a
family of seven sons by Luraner Soper, his cousin, our subject being the
first born.  The Sopers were originally from London, England; Cornelius
Soper coming to this country and settling in Maryland long before the
evolutionary war.  He had seven sons, six of whom espoused the cause of
the British, while the remaining son fought for the rights which we
today enjoy, and at the close of the war settled in the South, and from
whom the subject of this sketch derives his ancestral lineage.  The other
sons all lived to see the close of the war and settled in the North. Our
subject received rather poor education advantages, but by his great love
for books, he mastered the common branches and the Latin language,
subsequently engaging in teaching, having received an injury to one of
his limbs, which disabled him.  He married Oct. 5, 1853, a Mrs. Mary
Jane Champ, nee Collins, daughter of William Collins, he of Foster
Collins, who was a prominent man in the early history of the county,
having held for several terms the office of Sheriff of the county.  By
this marriage there have been born unto them six children, three of whom
died in infancy; those living are Eugene B., born Jan. 24, 1857, married
to a Miss Rachel Melton Sept. 1, 1880; L. A., born April 6, 1862,
attending college at North Middletown; and John, March 30, 1873.  In the
spring of 1854 he engaged in farming and stockraising upon 100 acres of
land which he purchased, going in debt for a considerable sum, but by
perseverance and energy he has cleared up the debt and added to his
possessions, so that he now has a beautiful home of 250 acres, with all
the modern improvements.  He now holds the position of Deputy Clerk of
Flat Rock Precinct, under J. M Hughs.  He and family are members of the
Christian Church.

Soper Champ Collins Melton Hughs
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MD England

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