Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Cope, Henry S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Durham Township


HENRY S. COPE justice of the peace, P.O. Durham, was born 
May 24, 1850, in Bucks county.  His parents were Tobias, son 
of Abram Cope, and Hannah (Sorver) Cope, both natives of 
Bucks county.  Henry S. was educated in Bucks county, and in 
early life was a school teacher.  He came to Durham township 
in 1869, and was elected justice of the peace in 1874 and 
1876, re-elected in 1882.  He is also a school director.  On 
June 17, 1871, he married Miss Mary A. Stem, who bore him 
six children:  Laura R. and A. Herbert, deceased; and 
Estella, Verda, L. Lynden, and Francis Gurney, living.  Mr. 
Cope is a member of the Lutheran church, and has been 
superintendent of its Sunday school for fifteen years.  In 
politics he is a democrat.