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Thomas' lifestyle was difficult for his daughter, Grace, especially, the constant moving from place to place, many times having to leave prized possessions behind. She was often left alone with her step-mother, Mary, when Thomas would be away at work or labor organizing. It was in Elkton, while she was in high school, that she chose not to go with her parents on the next move. It was arranged for her to live with the Ted and Mildred Taylor family until she finished high school. She graduated in 1953 as the Valedictorian of her class. Then, she enrolled at Oregon State College. Of all the freshmen admitted that year, she had the highest entrance exam score in English. Her goal was to be a marine biologist.

 Everything changed in 1953 when, on a trip to San Diego to visit her brother Carl, who was in the Navy, Grace met, and fell in love with, Lowell Cooper. They were married at the Chapel of the Roses in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California.

 After his discharge from the Navy, Lowell and Grace returned to Oregon (with their first child, David, who had been born in the Navy Hospital in San Diego), and Lowell enrolled at Oregon State College. Two more children (Laura and Elizabeth) were born while he was at OSC. After a brief stint in the accounting department of a large lumber company in Bend, Oregon, and another with the Internal Revenue Service, Lowell and family moved to Reedsport, Douglas County, Oregon. Within a few years, Lowell had his own accounting firm, with Grace as full partner.

 Grace even earned a Certified Public Accountant license in 1988, shortly before her death. In early 1989, she was diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma. Only six weeks after learning of her cancer, she died from this horrible disease.

 Lowell suffered a heart attack in 1976. Then, in 1989, he had heart bypass surgery.

 All of Grace and Lowell's children went on to college. Surely, they were proud. David graduated from the Univ. of Oregon with a degree in business/accounting, and began his own accounting business in Palm Springs, CA. Laura graduated from the Univ. of Oregon with a major in general science and secondary teaching certificates in most science subjects. She eventually finished law school at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle. As of this writing (2002), Laura is an attorney and author, living in Arlington, Virginia, where she practices law for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society nationwide (through their New York office). Elizabeth graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in electrical engineering. She began working for the City of Portland, Oregon. Nancy Jean began college at Oregon State, dropped out, and eventually went on to secretarial school. She became self-taught about computer applications and networks, and began her own computer firm in the Seattle/Tacoma area.

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Note    N2911         Index
Delores was a Registered Nurse. She worked in several hospitals and health-care facilities in Modesto and Santa Cruz, California, and in Oregon.

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Sarah never married.

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Elisha was a farmer in Andover Twp., Polk County, Minnesota. In 1900, he and Ella lived next door to Herrick and Ida. Sometime after 1910, he and Carrie moved back to New Hampshire. He died from stomach cancer.

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Note    N2975         Index
Herrick (who also went by "Harry") bought land in Crookston, Minnesota, on 1 March 1886. He was a farmer there.

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James was a storekeeper in Hudson. They had three children: Nettie V. (b.1859), and twin sons Herbert M. and Harry W. (b. 1862).

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Fred's birthdate is even more memorable because it was the day that abolitionist John Brown was hanged. Fred was a farmer, giving special attention to dairying and poultry. He moved to Spooner, Wisconsin, but returned to New Hampshire. He suffered an infection in one of his hands. The infection developed into septecemia, from which he died. He and Nellie had no children.

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John was the first settler of West Andover, New Hampshire, in about 1789. He served for 6 years in the army during the Revolutionary War.