LEONARD H. SOPER
Leonard H. Soper is a native of Upper Canada, and was born on the 21st of September, 1846, and is the son of Harley and Parmelia (Bullis) Soper. He attended school in his native county until about twelve years of age, when he came to Knox county, Illinois, and located on a farm near Galesburg. In 1859, he came to Iowa and located in Franklin township, Cass county. He was married in June, 1867, to Elizabeth Headley, a native of Bureau county, Illinois. Their union has been blessed with five children--Lenora, Addie, Ira, Myrtle and Maudie. Soon after his arrival in Iowa, Mr. Soper came to Cass county and settled in Atlantic township, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres and began raising stock. His farm is now under cultivation, and he is now raising cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Soper is at present school director and is president of the board of supervisors. The family are strict members of the Methodist church.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 849.
