For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 428
RICHARD C. COOLING. Among the young and energetic business men of Wilton Junction is Richard C. Cooling, who for a number of years past has been identified with the hardware business and gives promise of a long and useful career. He brought to his vocation a talent and inclination for the line which he has chosen and, being a man of fine address and pleasing personality, his circle of friends and acquaintances is constantly widening.Born in Ogle county, Illinois, January 22, 1876, he is a son of F. W. and Emma (Wirtz) Cooling, the former a native of New York state and the latter of Illinois. The parents came to Muscatine county, Iowa, in 1883, and took up their residence at Wilton Junction, where the father died in 1900. Mrs. Cooling is still living at Wilton Junction. There were six children in the family: Nettie, the wife of C. M. Higley, of Kansas; Florence, now Mrs. J. C. Wood, of Muscatine county; Richard C., our subject; Albert, of San Francisco, California; Lewis, of Dixon, Illinois; and Eugenia, the wife of W. O. Harless, of Kansas.
Richard C. Cooling came to Wilton Junction with his parents at the age of seven years and received his education in the public and high schools of this place. As a student he applied himself diligently and gave evidence of many of those traits that are so essential in the accomplishment of worthy objects in life. He continued at home until he arrived at his majority and then entered the service of the United States Express Company, remaining with them for seven years, which speaks well for his persistence and fidelity. Believing that the road to financial prosperity lay for him in some other direction than that of the express business, he opened a hardware store in 1904 and soon demonstrated his ability as a salesman, building up a patronage which has become quite lucrative. His store is neat and attractive in appearance and, as he has displayed good judgment as a buyer, he meets the demands of customers and has attained deserved success as a business man. He yields his allegiance to the republican party and heartily supports its candidates and principles.
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