HENRY C. SHOOP was born in Cumberland County, Ill., September 23, 1840, and is one of the five children of John and Susan (Yontz) Shoop, the names of the living being William H., Henry, Orlo D. and Jennie E. The father of Henry was an educated physician, and died of cholera in Cumberland County in 1851. Left an orphan when twelve years old, Henry lived with relatives in Fairfield County, Ohio. In December, 1854, he came to White County, Ind., where he has made his home. On June 28, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-first Illinois Infantry, and took part in the battles of Fredricksburg (Mo.), Perryville and Stone River, where he was shot through the left thigh, which confined him for three months, when he joined Company G, Fifth Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, and was discharged July 9, 1864. Thereafter he was appointed United States Detective, in which he continued throughout the war. Mr. Shoop was married, October 4, 1868, to Mary G. Baker, by whom he had six children- Orville (deceased), Edith, Charles, Alice, Orlo and George. Mr. Shoop came to his present location, five miles west from Chalmers, in March, 1881. When a young man, he learned the trade of harness-making, but of late years has devoted himself to farming. He lives on a portion of the Linden Hill Stock Farm, and, from acquaintance with its early history, and having done some fencing thereon, can testify to its great superiority.

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