BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 492.

DR. ISAAC G. COPE, a leading practitioner of Colerain township, was born 
and raised in Farmington, where he now lives. He was a son of Caleb and 
Mildred Cope. The Cope family has been connected with the history of 
Colerain township since the year 1804, at which time George Cope removed to 
Concord settlement from Frederick county, Va. A member of the Society of 
Friends and opposed to the institution of slavery, he sought a home in 
young and free Ohio. He was married in 1790, to Abigail Steer. They had 
nine children, three of whom were residents of this township, viz.: Joshua, 
George and Caleb H. Joshua Cope owned a mill near the source of Glenn's 
run. It was the first and only mill in Concord settlement. His residence 
was noted for being one of the southern termini of the Under Ground 
railroad; and in spite of the danger attendant upon such a course, he 
helped many a forlorn and destitute fugitive on the way to liberty. George 
Cope, about the year 1829, started a store in the town of Farmington, which 
was for many years the only store in the place. He was an active member of 
the Society of Friends, and especially noted for his adherence to principle 
and unbending rectitude. Caleb H. Cope was born near the town of Mt. 
Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio, in which town he pursued the study of 
medicine and commenced practice. In 1834, he removed to the town of 
Farmington and continued the practice of his profession. He was for more 
than thirty years the only physician in the township. The doctor was a man 
of fine natural ability, and although in youth deprived of all advantages 
of education, except those generally afforded by early settlers, he by his 
own efforts acquired a good education, and always took an active interest 
in the educational advancement of the country. Our subject was raised in 
Colerain township and studied medicine with his father and attended medical 
college at Nashville, Tenn., and located at his old home where he began the 
practice of his chosen profession, and has now a large business, and is 
regarded as a very successful physician. In 1865, he married Elizabeth 
Dungan, and to this union were born three sons: Herman, Ellis, Isaac G., 
and seven daughters. Ellis is now studying medicine with his father. The 
doctor was raised in the Society of Friends, and besides being one of the 
leading doctors of the county, he is also one of the leading citizens.