“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


RICHARD HOOPER, mill owner, Sec. 6;  P.O. Lake Mills; born in 
England, Aug. 11, 1828; came to America in 1846; went to California in 
1850; engaged in mining until 1853, when he returned to Wisconsin and 
bought his present mill, known as Hooper’s Mill, and, in 1854, went to 
milling; has also seventy acres of land.  Married, in Milford Township, 
July 4, 1854, Miss A. E. Lent, a native of New York; has four children – 
E. W., born April 29, 1859; Lilly J., born Dec. 24, 1863; Eveline M., 
born Nov. 12, 1867; John L., born Aug. 24, 1873.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)