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21. William A. & Henrietta Hoge Cooper House

Located at 1322 Elk Street, the beautiful Colonial Revival/Arts and Crafts style home was built in 1867 by William A. Cooper. His wife, Henrietta Hoge Cooper, was the daughter of the Hon.Thomas Hoge. Mrs. Cooper was a founder of the Christian Science Church in this area and its first Reader. William Cooper was a wholesaler and grocer with his store located at the corner of West Park and Liberty. Mr. Cooper died in 1887 and Henrietta died in 1913. The James Thompson Campbell family occupied this home for many years beginning in the mid 1880s. The J.T. Campbell store was located on Liberty Street near 13th Street and had entrances on both streets. Mr. Campbell was born in 1845 in Butler, PA, the third child of James & Rebecca David Campbell. Learning the mercantile trade from his father who had a store in Butler, James T. came to Franklin and opened a dry goods store in 1872. He married Martha Elizabeth Stillman of Dunkirk, NY in 1880. She was a sister to the well-known Dr. G.B. Stillman of Franklin. Martha died in 1887 leaving two young children - James T., Jr. age 6 years and Bessie, 20 months. In 1890 Mr. Campbell married Elizabeth Bruce who died in 1947. Mr. J.T. Campbell died in 1931.

Submitted by: Penny Minnick
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