Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Fredrick W. SCHOOP, M.D., physician and surgeon, Lockport; was born in Mecklenburg, 
Germany, Feb. 20, 1849; his father's family immigrated to America in 1852, and 
settled at Blue Island, IL. here he engaged in farming, but soon abandoned it 
and moved to Chicago, where he now resides engaged in the real estate business; 
at the age of 12, young, SCHOOP left home and engaged in various pursuits till 
he was 17, when he located at the Grand Crossing, near Chicago, and entered the 
employ of the I. C. R. R. Co., working at night and attending school during the 
day; in June, 1874, he graduated from the Englewood High School, and the 
following October, began a course of study in the Chicago Medical College, 
which he completed March 20, 1877 ; he entered upon the practice of his 
profession in Chicago, where he remained four months; October 2, 1877, he 
located at Lockport. He was married March 27, 1878, to Ida 0. JOHNSON, a 
native Of Illinois. Rep.; Episcopalian. Dr. SCHOOP is the first German 
practitioner ever located in Lockport, and is rapidly building up a fine 
paying practice; being a thorough scholar and polished gentleman he is 
worthy the support and confidence of the people.