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Hope this helps!! This is from the 'New Soper Compendium' by Dawn and her late
husband, Dr. Earl F. Soper. It's a wonderful book. There is more on this line. Please
feel free to contact us directly at our home email address:
jsoper(a)voyager.net
Jack & Nancy
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Asa Soper (1766-1842) was born in Gray, Maine, and died in Chesterville, Maine. In 1794,
he married Mehitable Lucas of Hebron, Maine (1774-1844). Children included: Jesse
(1794-1872); Oliver (1798-1877); Pamela (Mason) (1800-1822); Cyrus (1802-1866); Noah
(1804-1834); Betsy (Carr) (1805-1882); Lois (1807-1871); and Mary (Butler) (1808-1885).
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Oliver Soper (1798-1877), a farmer and shoemaker, of Wilton, Maine, the son of Asa Soper
(1766-1842), died in Batavia, Ohio. He married Mary Thompson (1802-1869), of Avon, Maine,
in Phillips, Maine. Children included: Oromandel (1823-1911); Hannibal (1) Soper
(1824-1826); Ann Eliza (1827- ); Hannibal (2) Soper (1829- ); Valeria (1831- ); Enos T.
(1834- ) (no data); Melville Hiram (1837-1917); Frank M. (1841-1869); and Ella S. Soper
(1842- ).
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Oromandel Soper (1823-1911) married Martha Morgan. They had but one child, a son, Jesse M.
Soper (1871-1955).
Jesse M. Soper (1871-1955) was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He married (1) Maude.
Children included: Howard Morgan (1893-1969); Helen (Bush) (1903- ); and a child that died
at birth. Jesse was married a second time and married (3) Lillian Ryland. Jesse and
Lillian had a son, Oromandel Martin Soper (1910- ).
Howard Morgan Soper (1893-1969) was married and had a daughter, Marilyn (Leege) (1919- ).
Oromandel (Oro) Martin Soper (1910- ), in 1928, married Irene Boesen (1912- ). Their only
child, a son, was named Jesse Merrick Soper (1933- ).
Jesse Merrick Soper (1933- ) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He married Barlro Thornbloom
(1936- ), who was born in Chicago, Illinois. They have two daughters, Katrina (1965- ) and
Elizabeth Mary Soper (1968- ).