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    LORIN E. COPPOCK

    A prominent representative of the mercantile interests of Tippecanoe, City is Lorin E. Coppock, a dealer in furniture. He is a young man of marked enterprise, and his business career is characterized by laudable ambition, without which there can be no prosperity. He was born near West Milton, on the 9th of August, 1871, and is a son of Havilah and Mary (Porter) Coppock. The father is the well known county commissioner and one of the leading and influential citizens of the community.

    When a little lad of three summers Mr. Coppock, of this review, accompanied his parents to West Milton, where he pursued his education, completing his course by graduation in the high school with the class of 1888. He entered upon his business career as a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained for three years, during which time he gained a good knowledge of mercantile methods. He then opened a furniture and undertaking establishment at West Milton, in company with Frank Townsley, the partnership being maintained for four years. Mr. Coppock then disposed of his interests in his native town and in 1896 began business in Tippecanoe City, as the successor to Franklin Anspach, de-ceased, who had conducted business here for nine years. He has about five thousand dollars invested in a general line of furniture and undertaking supplies, and enjoys a large and liberal patronage. He studies carefully the wants of the public and his straightforward dealing and reasonable prices have won for him a gratifying trade. In the undertaking department he is also doing a good business, and a course in the Clark Embalming School has well qualified him for this work. His business returns now amount to from eight to ten thousand dollars per year. He has not, however, confined his efforts to this one line, but has made investments in other enterprises, which have contributed to his success.

    On the 22d of February, 1899, Mr. Coppock was united in marriage, in Muncie, Indiana, to Miss Alice Knight, a daughter of Frank Knight, formerly a farmer in the northeastern part of Miami county, now a resident of Muncie, Indiana. She was born in this county and received, her education in the village schools, after which she became a successful teacher, following that profession in both Ohio and Indiana. She is identified with a literary society of Tippecanoe and with the P. W. A. Circle, and is a lady of culture and refinement, who enjoys the warm regard of the best people of the locality. In the Baptist church she holds membership. Mr. Coppock is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of West Milton, and he and his wife are identified with the Rebekah Lodge of Tippecanoe City. In politics he is a Republican and has served as a member of the city council, discharging the duties with both promptness and fidelity. He is a young man who has attained to his present desirable position in business circles through his own efforts. Taking up the practical affairs of life in the capacity of clerk he is now at the head of one of the leading mercantile establishments in Tippecanoe City, and not only has he won success, but has throughout the years of his connection with the trade interests enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow men.

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