the lumber business. Eight years later he married Anna B. Cook and moved back to New York where he continued to work as a carpenter. In 1865 he moved to Chicago and continued his trade until the spring of 1870 when he moved to Kansas and the Sedalia community where he farmed.²

Hugh built a frame house but it burned several years later. He then built a home of native limestone which became the center of many social gatherings. It was commonly referred to as "The Glen." It had a large front porch and a spring in the backyard.³Hugh and Anna Cooper were both well educated. Anna grew up in a cultured and refined home 4 and attended the Female Seminary in Ypsilanti, Michigan.⁵   Hugh also attended college.⁶  Both enjoyed reading and were well versed in the great literary works.

           The Coopers were of Scottish descent and were devout Presbyterians. Anna was superintendent of the Sedalia Sunday School for 25 years and Hugh was probably the single most driving force behind the building of the Sedalia church.

  ‑ ORLANDO A. DODGE ‑

            Orlando was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1824. He was originally named Peter Edwards. His mother's name was Ann (Dodge) Edwards. Ann died when Peter was a small boy. Peter's father at this time was making a trip for provisions with his team and was attacked by Indians and killed.  Ann's parents took Peter and adopted him, renaming him Orlando A. Dodge.⁷

           Orlando made the forty‑niner's gold rush to California via Westport Landing overland to Laramie, Wyoming. On the way he ran out of food and chewed pieces of his boot tops in an attempt to stir up saliva. Orlando returned home by way of Cape Horn, working for his passage. His trip had taken _______

           Orlando married Phebe Williams in 1846 and raised five children. He moved to Kansas around 1854 and settled along the Blue River near Manhattan.  Phebe died in 1873.  Orlando then married Olive Pickett and raised six more children.  None of the half brothers and sisters ever knew each other.

            While living in the Blue River valley, Orlando was a breeder of Norman and Morgan horses and was a stockman. He lost this farm in a horse bet, however, and the family moved to a 400‑acre farm on Tuttle Creek in the Sedalia neighborhood where he farmed.⁹

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