History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              BIOGRAPHY. 1029
111 politics Air. Lockhart is a Republican, and aside from his regu¬ lar farm duties, he has seiwed in the ofiice of supervisor for some three j^ears, and is also an officer of his school district.
Truman E. Loope, M. D. Early in the nineteenth century, the ancestors of Dr. Loope emigrated from Germany to America, and settled in Ncav York state. John Loope, father of our subject; made his home in Cataraugus couiitA^, Ncav York, and here on Alay 7, 1842, his son, T. E., Avas born. His mother, Annie (AA^ard) Loope, Avas also a native of Ncav York state. In 1846 the family came to AYis¬ consin and located in Dodge county, AAdiere they Avere engaged in fanning and made their home for twenty years and until the father retired and came to AA^innebago county and spent the latter years of his life at the home of his son in Eureka. He Avas always an active man in public affairs, kind hearted and considerate, and of the most prosperous and solid men of his community. They had a family of nine children, four of AAdiom are iioaa^—1908—living, the doctor be¬ ing the youngest of the family.
Our subject receiA^ed his early education in the district and public schools of .Dodge couiit}^, and graduated from the high school at Horicon. Deciding to make the study of medicine his life's Avork,. he entered the Rush Aledical College in Chicago, and after a thor¬ ough course of study, graduated from the medical departnient in 1866 with the degree of AI. D. He conimenced the jiractice of his profession in Alinnesota,' where he remained eighteen months, AAdien he removed to Eureka, AAdiere he has since remained, and is one of th oldest and most popular practitioners in AA^iniiebago county. Be¬ sides his professional practice. Dr. Loope is greatly interested in horticulture, and has made the cultivation of choice fruits a specialty. In 1885 he associated himself AAdth Air. A. A. Parsons, in Rushford toAAmship, and began the cultivation of small fruits on an extensive scale, at Avhicli they made a grand success. Their land Avas high, Avitli a natural drainage and southern exposure. In 1892 they began planting apjole trees and continued it the folloAviiig year, • until they noAV have an orchard of some 4,500 trees, largely of the summer and fall varieties. The main portion of their orchard contains the AA^ealtliA^, Dutchess, AIcAIahoii and Longfield apples. Their orchard is located in section 9, three miles north from Eureka. In 1904 the doctor began the cultivation of ginseng, and has shade and cover for the protection of the plant 50x150 feet. From 1901 to 1907 he Avas president of the State Horticultural Society. In 1901 the doctor exhibited his products at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo,