Descendents of
Michael Happes
6. ELISABETH5 HAPPES (MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)21
was born 1712 in Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany21. She married JACOB REICHERT21 February 01, 1740 in Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany22,23.
More About ELISABETH HAPPES:
Name 2: Maria Elisabeth
Happes
Baptism: November 06, 1712,
Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany
Immigration: 1751, Colonial
America from Germany
Religion: Lutheran
More About JACOB REICHERT:
Immigration: 1751, Colonial
America from Germany
Occupation: Linen Weaver
Child of ELISABETH HAPPES and JACOB REICHERT is:
i. MARIA CATHERINA6 REICHERT, b.
January 16, 174124.
7. MARTIN5 HAPPES (MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)25
was born July 1717 in Neudorf, Germany25, and died September
19, 1780 in Neudorf, Germany25. He married KATHERINA SEIB25 May
02, 1747 in Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany25. She died December 08, 1774 in Schriesheim,
Germany26.
More About MARTIN HAPPES:
Name 2: Joh Martin Happes
Burial: September 20, 1780,
Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Lutheran
More About KATHERINA SEIB:
Burial: December 10, 1774
Children of MARTIN HAPPES and KATHERINA SEIB are:
i. ELISABETHA CATHARINA6 HABBES, b. March
02, 175527.
More About ELISABETHA CATHARINA HABBES:
Baptism: March 04, 1755,
Schriesheim, Germany
ii. JOHANNES HAPPES, b. March 17, 175827; d. September
14, 1765, Schriesheim, Germany.
More About JOHANNES HAPPES:
Baptism: March 19, 1758,
Schriesheim, Germany
Burial: September 16, 1765
iii. EVA MARGRETHA HAPPES, b. February 26, 174827.
More About EVA MARGRETHA HAPPES:
Baptism: February 28, 1748,
Schriesheim, Germany
11. iv. JOHANN ADAM HAPPES, b. February 23, 1762; d. Dossenheim.
v. ANNA MARIA HABBES.
More About ANNA MARIA HABBES:
Baptism: October 23, 1751,
Schriesheim, Germany
8. MICHAEL5 HAPPES (MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)28
was born Circa 1722 in Neudorf, Germany28,29, and died 1787
in Lizard Creek, Northampton Co., PA30. He married CATHERINA B. MACHLER November
24, 1748 in Schriesheim, Germany31. She was born in
Angelloch, Germany31, and died 1804 in Lizard Creek,
Northampton Co., PA.
Notes for MICHAEL HAPPES:
On the 1772 Penn Township,
Northampton County, PA tax list owing 12.0 pounds in sterling.
WILL, 5 MAR 1785,
NORTHAMPTON CO., PA
GERMAN ORIGINAL
Pen Daun Schip Nort Hem
Caunti den 5 ten Mertz Ano 1785
Vor Zeigen Dieses Michael
Habes Senior hat eine Deilung, gemacht an seine Kinder, wie folgen wirt, - - -
-
Jackob Cumfehr der die
aeleste Dochter hat nemlig Kaderrina Ihr Erbteil, wo ihr Vater giebt, dass
macht 23 lb, 4 sc, 3 Pentz das hat sie zu empfanen Ano 1785 den 27 Nofember zu
empfanen von Michel Habes Junior
Hannadam Habes dass sein
Vater im sein Erbteil giebt, 23 lb, 4 sc, 3 Pentz zu empfanen den 27 Nofemper
Ano 1787 zu empfanen von Michel Habes Junior
Hannes Laechleider der die
Ehlisabet Habesin hatt zu empfanen, von ihren Vater von ihrem Erbtei1 23 lb, 4
sch. 3 Pentz zu emp. von Michel Habes Junior. Den 27 Nofemper Ano 1788
Jackob Habes, hatt zu
empfanen, von seinem Vater, von seinem Erbteil 23 lb, 4 sch. 3 Pentz zu
empfanen den 27 Nofember Ano 1790 von Michel Habes Junior
Henrich Habes hatt zu
empfanen von seinem Vater, von seinem erpteil, 23 lb 4 sch 3 Pentz zu empfanen
Den 27 Nofember Ano 1791 von michel Habes Junior
Hannes Habes, hatt zu
empfanen, von seinem Vater von seinem Erbteil, 23 lb 4 sch 3 Pentz zu embfanen
den 27 Nofember Ano 1792 von michel Habes Junior
Katerina Habessin, hatt zu
empfanen von ihrem Vater, ihr Erbteil 23 lb 4 sch 3 Pentz zu empfanen den 27
Nofember, Ano 1793 von michel Habes Junior
*** *** *** *** ***
Die obigen bauten, nemlig
den kintern, ihre gehoeren der mutter nicht an ---
Michal habbes (Signed)
Michel Habes Senior hatt
seiner frau so lang sie lebt und seinen namen fuert so hatt die macht ueber not
und Banden, und was der Haussrat an belangt, so lan sie lebt, nach ihrem Tott,
so soll dass Eltze kint erben seyn als wie das Juengste, und solt sie aber
heierraten, so be komt sie wie die la laut dass dride foertel, dafon, dieses
obige soll, heut seyn, bey Zeigen
(Signed) Michael habbes
Georg Gilbert junius sworn)
21 March 1787
Georg Ziegler sworn)
heudt da den 15 Mertz be
kenne ich Ana Kadarina habbessin dass der aelteste Sohn nehmlich der Michael
habbes edseckeder seyn soll so viel von mier
ihr
Anacadarina X habbessin
mark
Georg Simmon Wehr
Johannes Lah Leitner
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Penn Township, Northampton County
5 March 1785
Before witnesses Michael
Hoppes, Sr. divided his possessions among his children in the following manner:
To Jacob Cunfer, married to
his oldest daughter Catherine, her father gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh,
and 3 pence to be paid by Michael Hoppes, Jr. on 27 November 1785.
To Joh. Adam Hoppes, his
father gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael
Hoppes, Jr. on 27 November 1787.
To John Lechleitner,
married to his daughter Elisabeth Hoppes, her father gives an inheritance of 23
lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael Hoppes, Jr. on 27 November 1788.
To Jacob Hoppes, his father
gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael Hoppes,
Jr. on 27 November 1790.
To Henry Hoppes, his father
gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael Hoppes,
Jr. on 27 November 1791.
To John Hoppes, his father
gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael Hoppes,
Jr. on 27 November 1792.
To Catherine Hoppes, her
father gives an inheritance of 23 lb, 4 sh, and 3 pence to be paid by Michael
Hoppes, Jr. on 27 November 1793.
*** *** *** *** ***
The above grants, namely to
his children, do not belong to his wife. (Signed) Michael Hoppes
Michael Hoppes Sr. gives
his wife for the remainder of her lifetime, as long as she does not remarry,
the rights to his personal property and household goods, which after her death
shall be divided equally among all his children. If, however, she should remarry,
then she shall receive only one third, as the law prescribes. The above
stipulations, which shall take effect today, are witnessed by:
George Gilbert, Jr.
George Ziegler (Signed)
Michael Hoppes (seal)
(Will recorded posthumously
on 21 March 1787)
Today the 15th of March
(1787), I, Anna Catherine Hoppes, declare that my oldest son Michael Hoppes
shall be executor.
George Simon Wehr
John Lechleitner
More About MICHAEL HAPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church Cemetery, W. Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA
Immigration: Circa 1751,
America
More About CATHERINA B. MACHLER:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church Cemetery, W. Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA
Immigration: Circa 1751,
America
Children of MICHAEL HAPPES and CATHERINA MACHLER are:
i. CATHERINE BARBARA6 HAPPES, b.
December 28, 1748, Schoenau. Germany; d. Aft. 1798; m. JACOB CUNFER; b.
Northampton Co., PA; d. 1798.
12. ii. MICHAEL HAPPES, b. January 12, 1753, Oley Hills, Berks Co., PA; d.
July 30, 1833, Northampton Co., PA.
iii. NICOLAUS HAPPES, b. October 13, 1758, Oley Hills, Berks Co., PA32.
More About NICOLAUS HAPPES:
Baptism: December 04, 1758,
Oley Hill Church, Berks Co., PA
13. iv. ADAM HAPPES, b. October 01, 1760, Oley Hills, Berks Co., PA; d.
Circa 1846.
14. v. EVA ELIZABETH HAPPES, b. March 24, 1762, Oley Hills, Berks Co., PA; d.
Aft. March 1828.
15. vi. JACOB HAPPES, b. Circa 1764, Northampton Co., PA; d. Circa 1850,
Luzerne Co., PA.
16. vii. HENRY HAPPES, b. January 1766, Northampton Co., PA; d. June 25,
1838, VA.
17. viii. JOHN HAPPES, b. May 1767, Northampton Co., PA; d. October 06,
1833, Scioto Co., OH.
18. ix. CATHERINA HAPPES, b. Circa 1769, Northampton Co., PA; d. 1844.
9. GEORG5 HAPPES (MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)33
was born Circa 1715 in Neudorf, Germany34, and died September
1800 in Deep Creek, NC35.
He married CATHERINE LANG KERN36
December 28, 1744 in Schoenau, Germany37. She was born March 10, 1720 in Schoenau,
Germany38, and died April 179939.
Notes for GEORG HAPPES:
WILL, 13FEB1790, BK 3, PAGE
39A, SURRY CO., NC
The thirteenth day of
February in ye year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, I,
George Hoppes, Senior of North Carolina in Surry County, yeoman being of
perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore calling into mind ye
mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do
make and ordain this my last Will and Testament and as touching such worldly
estate as providence has helped me with in this life, I give, devise and
dispose of ye same in ye following manner: First of all, my debts and funeral
expenses must be paid. Secondly, it is my Will that my beloved wife Catherine
shall have this plantation that I now live on containing six hundred and
forty-four acres of land with all ye appertenance there unto belonging with all
my personal estate wholly and I deem them to be her lawful property to be
enjoyed by her without any molestation during her life and then this said
plantation to be wholly the property of my son Daniel Hoppes with all ye
appertenances thereunto belonging and I deem said land to be his property to be
enjoyed by him without any
molestation.
Item, I give to my sons
George Hoppes, Jr., and John Hoppes all my claim and right to land where they
now live on ye water of ye North Fork of Deep Creek ye land that I bought from
Hamilton McClatehey ye whole right to be equally divided between the aforesaid
George Hoppes, Jr., and John Hoppes with all ye appertenances, rights, and
priviledges thereunto belonging and I deem ye said land to be their lawful
property to be enjoyed by them without any molestation.
And further, it is my will
that two-thirds of my personal estate be equally divided between my four
children (to wit) George, John, and Daniel Hoppes, and Barbara Miller (wife of
Jacob Miller) and my wife's one third to be equally divided between ye
aforesaid children and George and Frederick Long agreeable to my wife's desires
after her death; and further, I have a reserve concerning my son Daniel Hoppes
that if he moves away so as he cannot help or take care of me and his mother,
that the
aforesaid plantation that I
have willed to him shall be sold and equally divided between him, ye said
Daniel, George, and John Hoppes and Barbara Miller aforesaid.
Likewise, I constitute,
make and ordain George Long and Frederick Long my only and sole executors of
this my last Will and Testament and I do, hereby, utterly disallow, revoke and
disavow all and every other former Testaments, Wills, and legacies, bequeaths
and executors by me in any way before this time nominated, willed or bequeathed
ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness thereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal ye day and year above written.
Signed George (X) Hoppes by
his mark.
Witnessed by Simon Hadley,
John Reavis and Mathew Mackan.
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PERSONAL SUMMARY
Georg Heinrich Happes was
born on his grandfather Heinrich Kern’s farm, the Linnebach, just south of the
town of Schoenau, Odenwald, Palatinate on October 23, 1747 and was baptized by
a Reformed Church pastor two days later (Ref. #1). His parents were Georg Happes, oldest son of the farmer and
citizen of Neudorf Michael Happes, and Katherina (Kern) Lang, daughter of
Heinrich Kern and widow of Schoenau’s master locksmith Heinrich Lang. Georg Heinrich had three older step
siblings: Georg, Friedrich, and Barbara Lang.
In late summer/early fall 1751, Georg Heinrich’s parents joined a number
of other local area families including those of his uncle Michael Happes and
aunt Elizabeth Reichert in immigrating to colonial Pennsylvania. Because his father could not pay for their
passage, his family was divided among Pennsylvanians who could, in return for
12 years of servitude from each. By the
end of the French and Indian War (1763), his family had served their time and
in 1766, led by his older stepbrother Georg Lang, Georg Heinrich Happes’ family
moved to central NC (Ref. #2). There in
Surry County, NC about 1778 he married 17-year-old Elizabeth Miller; their
first child Anne was born March 22, 1779.
Eventually, Georg Heinrich and Elizabeth had 12 children, the eleventh
being Henry born in December 1799 in NC and the youngest being Jacob born in
January 1804 after moving to Gallia County, OH. Georg Heinrich Happes died in 1812 in Gallia County, leaving a
will that mentioned all 12 children (Ref. #3).
His wife Elizabeth died shortly thereafter.
MILITARY SUMMARY (Pay
vouchers # 5638 and #4291)
The turmoil that existed
during Revolutionary War times in western NC is described in detail in Swiss
Roots (Ref. #4). Many of the German
settlers there supported the British loyalists. Even after the British surrender
at Yorktown in October 1781, lawlessness was rampant in the frontier areas of
western NC. There is a tradition among
the descendants of Georg Heinrich Happes first published in a history of Jay
County, IN in 1887 that: He was by occupation a blacksmith, and was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war, under General Washington (Ref. #5). The National
Archives in Washington, DC has a record of a George Hopes in the Quarter Master
General’s Department on a pay roll dated April 17, 1780 at Wilmington
Borough (NC). It indicates
that Geo. Hopes Q. Mr. Appears as below on a Pay Roll for a Brigade of Waggons
employed in the Continental Service & Conducted by David Boggs, W.C. under
the direction of Francis Wade, Esqr. D. Q. M. Genl. (Ref. #6). Whether our George Happes was in the Quarter
Master (QM) Department of the Continental Army is far from certain.
The only other evidence
that the author knows concerning George Happes’ service is a pair of
Revolutionary War pay vouchers #5638 dated October 1, 1783 to George Hopper for
13 pounds, 10 shillings and #4291 dated August 1784 to George Hoppes for 54
pounds (Ref. #7). These two vouchers demonstrate that he supported the
Revolutionary cause through service rendered, although not necessarily for time
spent in a military unit. They are
considered ample credentials for admission
to the patriotic
organizations Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Sons of the
American Revolution (SAR), but ironically the DAR gives the credit for these
two pay vouchers to George Hoppes’ father Georg Happes born in 1715. By 1783 the elder Georg Happes would have
been 68 years old, probably too old to have performed substantial service
compared to Georg Heinrich Happes, who was 36 years old at this time. Moreover, from the diaries kept by Moravian
preachers we know that the elder Georg Happes was ill and weak about the time
the 1784 pay voucher was written. The
diary of Brother Benzien, for example, contains the following entry for July
28,1787: This morning about six o'clock I set off with Br. and Sr. Waerly for
Deep Creek. Soon after ten o'clock we reached the Yadkin. . . . Toward four
o'clock we came to the home of old Habbes. He rejoiced to see me, for he had
heard of me but because of weakness had never been able to attend a service.
(Ref. #8).
REFERENCES
1. Hoppes, Harrison N., Swiss
Roots: A History of the Happes Family to 1800, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore,
MD, 1985, p 13.
2. Ibid., pp. 23,24.
3. A transcription of George Heinrich
Hoppes’ 1812 Gallia County, OH will is included in the Hoppesgenerations
publication Wills, Estates, Property Settlements. (Above)
4. Hoppes, Harrison N., op. cit., pp.
27-33.
5. See Hoppesgenerations publication Compilation of Published
Hoppes Biographies, 11124 James W. Hoppes.
6. Copy of Quarter Master General’s Pay
Roll, the National Archives of the United States, Washington, DC, search
response prepared April 18, 1973.
7. Revolutionary War pay vouchers #5638
and #4291, Department of Archives and History, State of NC, Raleigh, NC
8. See Hoppesgenerations publication
Diaries and Books, which contains excerpts from the Moravian Diaries, edited by
Adelaide L. Fries, M. A., LITT.D., Archivist of the Moravian Church in America,
Southern District, Volume V, 1784 - 1792 reprinted in 1970 for the Department
of Archives and History, State of NC, Raleigh, NC by Litho Industries Inc,
Raleigh, NC.
Military Summary by Dr.
Harrison N. Hoppes, aka Harry, used with permission.
1786 NC
Surry County Wrights District
1790 Census shows George
Hoppus, living in Surry Co., NC, Captain Wright's District. Census page 151 shows one male 16 and older
and one female.
More About GEORG HAPPES:
Name 2: Joh Georg Happes
Immigration: October 04,
1751, Phildelphia, PA on the Queen of Denmark as indentured servants.
Property: August 1787, Land
Grant issued - 640 Acres Fishers Creek, NC
Religion: Lutheran
Will: February 13, 1790,
Book 3, Page 39, Surry Co., NC
More About CATHERINE LANG KERN:
Immigration: October 1751,
Phildelphia, PA on the Queen of Denmark as indentured servants.
Children of GEORG HAPPES and CATHERINE KERN are:
19. i. GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, b. October
23, 1747, Schoenau, Germany; d. 1812, NC.
20. ii. JOHN HAPPES, b. Bet. 1752 - 1756, Lancaster Co., PA; d. Bet. 1826
- 1827.
iii. BARBARA HAPPES, b. Bet. 1752 - 1756, Lancaster Co., PA40;
m. JACOB MILLER; b. PA or NC.
21. iv. DANIEL HAPPES, b. December 07, 1757, Lancaster Co., PA; d. February
07, 1816.
10. JOHANNES5 HAPPES (MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)40
was born 1725 in Schriesheim, Germany40, and died March 03,
1780 in Altneudorf, Germany40. He married CATHERINA VOGT40 February
22, 1751 in Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany41.
More About JOHANNES HAPPES:
Burial:
Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany42
Occupation: Master Weaver
Children of JOHANNES HAPPES and CATHERINA VOGT are:
i. ANNA MARGARETHA6 HABBES, b. June
18, 1751, Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany.
More About ANNA MARGARETHA HABBES:
Baptism: June 20, 1751,
Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany
ii. JOHANNES LEONHARDT HABBES, b. January 04, 1756; d. March 24, 1763, Schriesheim,
Germany.
More About JOHANNES LEONHARDT HABBES:
Baptism: January 06, 1756,
Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany
iii. ANNA MARIA HABBES, b. October 21, 1766, Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany;
d. March 04, 1769, Heiligkreuzsteinach, Germany.
iv. CHRISTIAN HAPPES, b. April 27, 1770, Schriesheim, Germany43.
More About CHRISTIAN HAPPES:
Baptism: April 29, 1770,
Schriesheim, Germany
Generation
No. 6
11. JOHANN ADAM6 HAPPES (MARTIN5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February 23, 176243, and
died in Dossenheim. He married UNKNOWN.
More About JOHANN ADAM HAPPES:
Baptism: February 24, 1762,
Schriesheim, Germany
Children of JOHANN HAPPES and UNKNOWN are:
i. MALE7 HAPPES, b.
Dossenheim; d. Dossenheim.
ii. MALE HAPPES, b. Dossenheim; d. Russia aft 1833.
More About MALE HAPPES:
Immigration: Russia
12. MICHAEL6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 12, 1753 in Oley Hills, Berks Co.,
PA44, and died July 30, 1833 in Northampton Co., PA44. He married CATHERINE HARR Circa
1776. She was born April 07, 175544,
and died July 05, 1823 in PA44.
Notes for MICHAEL HAPPES:
PENSION ADMINISTRATION,
3OCTOBER1833, SCHUYLKILL, CO., PA
FROM HIS PENSION FILE
S23686
Schuylkill County
On the third day of October
A. D. 1833 personally appeared before the subscriber a Jusstice of the Peace in
and for the said County, David Hoppes and David Wertman both of West Penn
township in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law
did depose and say that they were both well acquainted with Michael Hoppes
Dec'd of the township & County aforesaid who in the summer of 1832
presented his application to the War Department for a Pension That they also
know that he died on the 30 July A. D. 1833 leaving issue as follows, Susannah
Intermarried with Jacob Biebelheimer, Jacob
Happes, Michael Happes,
Christina Intermarried with Jost Dreisbach, Daniel Happes, Mary Intermarried
with Michael Kistler, Christian Happes, Catherine Intermarried with David
Wertman one of the above named Deponents, David Happes also one of the above
named deponents and John Happes who are all beyond the age of Twenty one years
and that he left no widow and that they are all alive except Daniel Happes
according to the best of their Knowledge, and that they have attached a copy of
the letters Testamentary on the Estate of the said Dec'd showing that they are
the Executors of the Estate of the said Dec'd and further they say not.
Sworn & subscribed
before (Signed) David Habbes
me October 3rd A. D. 1833
(Signed) David Wertman
(Signed) G. Raush J. P.
* * * *
1820 Schuylkill Co., Census
Schedule for West Penn Township, Pg. 101, Line 17, shows Michael Happes 1 male
to 10 years of age; 1 female 16 to 26; 1 female and up. Next entry is for son John Happes. Page 102 lists sons David and Christian
Happes.
* * * *
Blue Book Of Schuylkill
County By Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott:
Who Was Who and Why pages
149-189
1916: Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott (author); and
Pottsville, Pa.
"Republican",
Joseph Zerbey, proprietor (publisher)
Page 163
Michael Hoppes was born,
1752, in West Penn Township, when it was a part of Northampton County. He was a Revolutionary soldier and lived,
died and is buried there. A large number
of descendants from his son, Christian, are settled in that county.
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PERSONAL SUMMARY
Joh. Michael Happes, the
oldest son of Michael Happes who left Schoenau in 1751 together with his older
brother Georg for colonial Pennsylvania, was born near Oley, PA on January 12,
1753. Young Michael grew up on the
northeastern frontier of Pennsylvania during an exciting time when each new day
brought some new adventure (Ref. #1). The French and Indian War (1755 - 1763)
set the stage for his period of apprenticeship in Berks County (1764 - 1767),
family support during their venture into the wilderness behind the Blue
Mountain (1768 - 1773), rising tensions with their neighbors many of whom
were well known Tories
(1774 - 1777), and military service as a private in the Northampton County
militia (1777 - 1785). Young Michael’s
adventures as a soldier of the Revolution actually began when he was drafted in
late December 1776 as one of 32 militiamen from Penn Township and was marched
toward Philadelphia on January 4, 1776. Their initial enthusiasm suddenly
vanished after receiving marching orders to leave Philadelphia and join
Washington’s main army, which was heavily engaged in New Jersey at the
time. On January 10, 1777, many of the
men deserted and returned home to Penn Township. Within a week order was restored, and Michael’s unit was marched
through the County seat at Easton to Washington’s main camp at Trenton, New
Jersey, where Michael and his comrades served as guards for prisoners of war
including the Hessians captured on Christmas Day, 1776. His unit was discharged at Trenton in March
1777, and the men promptly departed for home.
By this time Michael, unlike many of his neighbors along the Lizard
Creek in Penn Township, was committed to the
revolutionary cause. His father journeyed to Easton on August 7,
1777, to take the "Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance & Fidelity to the
State of Pennsylvania" while young Michael took care of the family, and
then on August 28 Michael visited Easton to take the oath, too. His capture by some of Tarleton’s dreaded 17th
Dragoons at the North Wales Meetinghouse outside Philadelphia on April 26,
1778; imprisonment in the New Jail
across the street from the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia;
sickening journey to New York City aboard a prison ship; imprisonment there in
the
Liberty Street sugar
warehouse; and subsequent release in fall 1778 during a prisoner-of-war
exchange were stories told over and over in his family circle and around
neighborhood blockhouses where he served guarding the frontier from Indian
attack. Somehow and somewhere during all this chaos, Michael met, fell in love
with, and married Catherine Haar, whose surname (also spelled Heer) incredibly
means “Army” in German. Eventually,
Michael would be remembered for his faithful service and adventures during the
Revolutionary War. His memoirs were
clearly engraved onto his remarkable tombstone (Ref. #2):
Gedenken In memory
an einen of a
guten Kampfer good soldier
in der in the
Revolution von Revolution of
America 1776 America 1776
Hier Ruhet Here rests
Johann Michael John Michael
Habbes Hoppes
Er war geboren den 12 Tag He was born the 12th day
Januar Anno Domene of January AD
1753 1753
Starb den 30 Tag July Died the 30th day of July
1833 1833
Alt wurden 80 Yahr 6 monat Age: 80 years, 6 months
18 Tag 18 days
Text: II Tim. 4 : 7 Text: 2 Timothy, Ch. 4, v. 7
MILITARY SUMMARY (Ref. #3)
Michael Hoppes served in
the Northampton County militia on numerous occasions during the Revolutionary
War and in the blockhouses in Penn Township north of the Blue Mountain when his
unit was home from the field. Military
service records published in the Pennsylvania Archives Series (PAS) indicate
the following military duty:
Date
Source Document Individual
1778
PAS Series 5, Volume 8 Muster Roll Michael Haps
1780
PAS Series 5, Volume 8 Class Roll Mich'l Hooppes 1781
PAS Series 5, Volume 8 Class Appeal Michael Hoppes 1781
PAS Series 5, Volume 8 Muster Roll Michael Habos
1782
PAS Series 5, Volume 8 Class Roll Michael Happes 1783
PAS Series 3, Volume 23 Frontier Rangers Mich'l Hebes
(1784) PAS Series 5, Volume
4 Depreciation
Pay Michael Happes (1784) PAS Series 5, Volume 4 Depreciation Pay Michael Happer 1785 PAS Series 6, Volume 3 Class Roll Micael Hoppis
The 1785 document, entitled
Clas role of Capten Cristian Bowman’s Compinie made the 30 Day of april one
thousand seven hundred and Eighth five in the County of Northamton Benn
Township as follis from the age of fifty Three and Eighteen, is especially
interesting. Micael Hoppis is listed in
the 7th class of privates together with seven of his neighbors including Philip
Kinter (Ginder), the individual who discovered anthracite coal in 1791 on Sharp
Mountain (at the site of the present-day town of Summit Hill) and thus
initiated an industrial revolution that would drive the economy of eastern
Pennsylvania north of the Blue Mountain for the next 150 years.
PENSION FILE (S23686)
On June 7, 1832, the US
Congress passed an act whereby individuals who fought for the colonies against
Great Britain in the Revolutionary War were entitled to pension benefits. In October 1832, Michael Happes filed an
application (Ref. #4) that stated:
State of Pennsylvania
County of Schuylkill
On this twenty third day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in the County of Schuylkill State of Pennsylvania (the same being a Court
of Record) now sitting, Michael Happes a resident of West Penn Township in the
County of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania aged between seventy nine and
eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
That he entered the service
of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein
stated. That he served as a private
militia man under Captain Peter Rick in Colonel ___ Giger’s Regiment in the
winter of the year 1776 and 1777. That
he was marched from West Penn Township Schuylkill County then Northampton State
of Pennsylvania to Easton from thence to New Brunswick in the State of New
Jersey from thence to Trenton where he remained until dismissed. That during
the time he was stationed at Trenton he frequently served as a guard. That he was not engaged in any battle during
that term of service. That he was dismissed after serving two months. That he has no documentary evidence to prove
the fact of service. That Jacob Bacher who served with him and belonged to the
same mess can prove the fact of his service. That he returned sometime in March
in the year 1777 to West Penn Township aforesaid.
That he again in the month
of January 1778 entered the service as a private militia man under Captain John
Krum and Lieutenant Christian Krum in Colonel Stroud’s Regiment under General
Lacy and march from West Penn Township then Northampton County now Schuylkill
to Allentown then Northampton County now Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania
from thence to Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania from thence to Newtown
near the Deleware River from thence to Swenks Tavern near the North Welsh Road.
That he frequently served with others in Scouting parties and that he was taken
prisoner of war near Sumney’s Tavern on the Welsh Road, by the British. This was in the latter part of March or
beginning of April. That he received two severe wounds during the struggle with
the
British Light-horsemen, one
on the left-arm and the other on the breast by a cut of the sword-which last
mentioned wound is visible to this day and may be seen by the Court. That he
was held by the British as a prisoner of war for the space of about three
months in Philadelphia and from thence he was removed to the City of New York
and held as a prisoner of war and confined in the Sugar House of that City for
the space of three months more. That he was exchanged as a prisoner of war in
the latter part of the month of October 1778 and returned to Allentown, then in
Northampton County now Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania.
That he again served a term
of two months as a private militia man under Captain Staller in the summer of
1778 and marched against the Indians. That he was stationed with others as a
guard in the said Company in Mahoning Valley then Northampton County now
Schuylkill Pennsylvania at the residence of Adam Zehner. That he never received a written discharge.
That he was born in the year 1753 in Oley Township Berks County Pennsylvania
and that the record of his age is contained in a certificate now in his
possession. That he was a drafted militiaman.
And he hereby relinquishes
every claim to a pension or annuity whatever and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of any agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed in
open Court the day and year aforesaid
(Signed) Michael habbbes
Schuylkill County
Jacob Bacher being duly
sworn according to law on his oath said that he has known Michael Happes for
upwards of fifty years and served with him in the Revolutionary War. That the
said Michael Happes served as a militiaman in Captain Rick’s Company for about
two months when he was discharged as he states in his declaration above. That
the said Michael Happes again served as a militiaman in Captain Krum’s Company
for about two months when the said Michael Happes was taken prisoner by the
British. That the said Michael Happes
again served in Captain Staller’s Company for two months as he states in his
declaration above. And further saith not. Sworn to, and subscribed in Open
Court the day and year aforesaid.
(Signed)
Jacob bacher
We Daniel Geo Shaeffor
clergyman residing in the County of Schuylkill and Jacob Bacher residing in the
County of Schuylkill hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Michael
Happes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe
him to be seventy nine years; that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that
we concur in that opinion.
(Signed)
Jacob bacher
Daniel
Georg Shaffer
Michael Happes’ pension was
granted on January 23, 1834 at the annual rate of $40.00. It was effective from March 4, 1831 until he
died on July 30, 1833, and amounted to a total of $96.11. The most important
other document in his pension file #S23686 is the following one pertaining to
his estate:
Schuylkill County
On the third day of October
A. D. 1833 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County David Happes and David Wertman both of West Penn Township
in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law did depose
and say that they were both well acquainted with Michael Happes Dec’d of the
Township & County aforesaid who in the summer of 1832 presented his
application to the War Department for a Pension, That they also know that he
died on the 30 July A. D. 1833 leaving issue as follows: Susannah Intermarried
with Jacob Biebelheimer, Jacob Happes, Michael Happes, Christina Intermarried
with Yost Dreisbach, Daniel Happes, Mary Intermarried with Michael Kistler,
Christian Happes, Catharine Intermarried with David Wertman one of the above
named deponents, David Happes also one of the above named deponents and John
Happes who are all beyond the age of Twenty one years and that he left no widow
and that they are all alive except Daniel Happes according to the best of their
knowledge and that they have attached a of the Letters Testamentary on the
Estate of the said Dec’d showing that they are the Executors of the Estate of
the said Dec’d and further they say not.
Sworn and subscribed before
me October 3rd A. D. 1833 G.
Raush J. P.
(Signed)
David Habbes
David Wertman
This document provides a
chronological list of the ten children of Michael Happes and his wife Catharine
Harr, who according to her adjoining tombstone at Zion’s Old Stone Church was
born April 7, 1755 and died July 5, 1823. Nearby are the tombstones of two of
their sons: Michael Happes (born March 21, 1781;died April 21, 1857) and
Christian Happes (born August 16, 1787; died August 2, 1856).
REFERENCES
1. See Hoppesgenerations publication
Eight New Lines.
2. Tombstone in Zion’s (Old Stone)
Church cemetery, Snyders, PA.
3. Pennsylvania Archives: printed volumes
in Series 3, 5 and 6 having various dates of publication and publishers.
4. Michael Happes’ Pension File #S23686
in the National Archives, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison D.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About MICHAEL HAPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Military service:
Revolutionary War Veteran
More About CATHERINE HARR:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of MICHAEL HAPPES and CATHERINE HARR are:
i. SUSANNAH7 HOPPES, b. Circa
1777, Northampton Co., PA; d. July 04, 1844; m. JACOB BIEBELHEIMER,
Circa 1795; b. January 22, 1769, Northampton Co., PA; d. June 23, 1850.
22. ii. JACOB HOPPES, b. Circa 1779, Northampton Co., PA; d. 1844.
23. iii. MICHAEL HOPPES, b. March 21, 1781, Northampton Co., PA; d. April 21,
1857.
24. iv. CHRISTIANA HOPPES, b. Circa 1782; d. February 11, 1857, PA.
25. v. DANIEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1784, Northampton Co., PA; d. Circa 1822.
26. vi. MARY MAGDALENA HAPPES, b. October 16, 1785, Northampton Co., PA; d. August
11, 1852, Seneca Co., OH.
27. vii. CHRISTIAN HOPPES, b. August 16, 1787, Northampton Co., PA; d. August
02, 1856.
28. viii. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. March 18, 1790, Northampton Co., PA; d. February
24, 1878.
ix. DAVID HOPPES44, b.
January 20, 1796, Northampton Co., PA; d. February 08, 1881; m. CATHERINE DORANDEA ?; b. March 24,
1798, Northampton Co., PA; d. January 04, 1887.
Notes for DAVID HOPPES:
No children born to this
union.
1820 W. Penn Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., PA Census Schedule, Page 102, Line 13 shows one male 16 - 26
and one female 16 - 26.
More About DAVID HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Snyders, PA
29. x. JOHN HOPPES, b. Circa 1797, Northampton Co., PA; d. 1880.
13. ADAM6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 01, 1760 in Oley Hills, Berks Co.,
PA, and died Circa 1846. He married (1)
UNKNOWN. She died 1815. He married (2) HANNAH ? Circa 1816.
Notes for ADAM HAPPES:
ESTATE DIVISION
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 410.
Know all men by these
presents that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and Seventy
dollars to me in hand paid by George Hoppers the Receipt and payment whereof I
do hereby acknowledge for myself my heirs and administrators & assigns forever
that I Michael Hoppers have sold Set over and confirmed unto him the s'd George
Hoppers his heirs and Assigns forever all my claims and interest in the lands
of Adam Hoppers Deceased lying being in the County of Mc Dowell on
the South fork of Muddy
Creek.
Signed Sealed and delivered
In the presince of
Joseph Bartlett, Juratt
Michael Hoppirs seal
Samuel D. Bartlett
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 414.
Acknowledged in open court
May 5, 1847 I. J. Neal clk
This Indenture made the twenty
third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
seven Between Adam Hoppis of the State of North Carolina in the County of Yancy
of the one part and James Carter of the County and State aforesaid of the other
part Witnesseth that the said Adam Hoppes for and in consideration of the sum
of one hundred and twenty dollars to him in Hand paid by the said James Carter
at and before the signing sealing and delivering of these presents the Receipt
Whereof is hereby acknowledged by the said Adam Hoppis for and in consideration
of the said Sum of one hundred and twenty dollars the said Adam Hoppis hath
this day and doeth hereby Bargain and sell unto the said James Carter, his
heirs and assigns the one tenth part of all that piece or parcel of land
situate lying and being in the county of Mc Dowell state of North Carolina on
Both sides of Muddy Creek Being the lands on which Adam Hoppis lived and died
415
Which said tract tenth part
decended to the said Adam Hoppis as one of the heirs at law of the said Adam
Hoppes sen'r
Beginning at a Black oak on
the west side of the creek and . . . .
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 418.
This Indenture Made the
fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
seven between -- Michael Hoppers of the county of Mc Dowell and State of North
Carolina of the one part and John Dobson of the State and county aforesaid of
the other part Witnesseth that the said Michael Hoppers for and in
consideration of the sum of one hundred and Twenty Dollars in hand paid by the
said John Dobson the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have Bargained and
sold unto the said John Dobson & by these presents doth bargain & sell
grant and confirm unto John Dobson his heirs and
assigns forever all his
undivided Interest in a certain tract of land lying and being on Both Sides of
South Muddy Creek in the County and State aforesaid and running as follows
Beginning at a small Black oak on the west side of the creek & . . . .
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 436.
This indenture made the
Second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
forty seven between John Parker and wife Magdaline formerly Magdaline Hoppers
of the county of Mc Dowell in the State of North Carolina of the one part and
George Hoppers of the County and state aforesaid of the other part --
Witnesseth that the said Parker and wife Magdaline for and in consideration of
the Sum of Two hundred Dollars to them in hand paid by the said George Hoppers
the receipt whereof is hereby fully acknowledged hath Given granted bargained
& sold aliened & confirmed and by these presents do give grant bargain
& sell alien & confirm unto the said George Hoppers his heirs &
assigns forever all the undivided interest right title of them the said John
Parker & wife Magdaline in and to a certain tract of Land lying & being
in said County of Mc Dowell on the Waters of south Muddy Creek being the land
whereon the late Adam Hoppis deceased the father of the said Magdaline Parker
lived at the time of his death the same consisting of the share which decended
of the said land to the said
Magdaline Parker as one of
the heirs at law of her Father aforesaid the said Adam Hoppis deceased -- and
also all the Woods ways rights privileges etc thereunto appertaining on the
said undivided interest of share in any wise belonging ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 438.
This Indenture Made the
Second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty seven Between Thomas Long and wife Mary (formerly Mary Hoppirs) of the
County of Mc Dowell in the State of North Carolina of the one part and George
Hoppers of the county and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the
said Thomas Long and wife Mary for and in consideration of the sum of One
hundred and fifty dollars to them in hand paid by the said George Hoppers the
Receipt whereof the said Thomas Long and wife Mary do hereby Acknowledge hath
given granted Bargained and sold aliened and confirmed and by these presents do
give grant Bargain and Sell alien and confirm unto the said Georg Hoppers his
heirs and Assigns forever All their undivided share Right title and interest in
and to the tract of Land and being in said County of Mc Dowell on the waters of
South Muddy Creek the land Whereon the late Adam Hoppers lived up to the time
of his death ~ The share and interest hereby Conveyed Consisting of the share
in the Said tract of land which decended to the Mary Long (formerly Mary
Hoppers) at the death of her father the said Adam Hoppirs And also all the
woods ways waters and water courses and all and every The Appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in anywise Appertaining . . . .
MC DOWELL CO., DEED BOOK 1,
PAGE 529.
This Indenture made the
fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight between George Hoppers of the County of Mc Dowell in the State of
North Carolina of the one part and Thos Long of the County and State aforesaid
of the other part Witnesseth that the said George Hoppers for and in
consideration of the sum of four hundred Dollars to him in hand paid by the
said Thomas Long the Receipt where of the said George Hoppers do hereby
acknowledge hath given granted bargained and sold aliened and Confirmed and by
these presents doth give grant bargain and sell alien and Confirm unto the said
Thomas Long his heirs and assigns forever all his Undivided Share Right title
and interest in and to the tract of land lying and being in said County of Mc
Dowell on the waters of South Muddy Creek the land whereon the late Adam Hoppis
lived up to the time of his death the shears and interest hereby conveyed
Consisting of four shears in the said tract of land which descended to the said
George Hoppis at the death of his father the said Adam Hoppis and also all the
woods ways waters and water courses and all And every the Appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise Appertaining
and the reversion and
reversions remainder and remainders rents issues share and interest in the said
lands and premises and Every part thereof and all the estate right title
interest Claim property And demand whatsoever of the said Thomas Long and wife
Mary of in And to the lands and premises aforesaid To have and to hold - With
the Appurtenances unto the said George Hoppers his heirs And Assigns Forever
And the said Thomas Long and wife Mary for themselves and their heirs the
interest in
the said land and premises
And every part . . . .
More About ADAM HAPPES:
Baptism: October 19, 1760,
Oley Hill Church, Berks Co., PA
Child of ADAM HAPPES and UNKNOWN is:
30. i. ADAM7 HOPPES, b. Bet.
1790 - 1791, Lincoln Co., NC; d. 1883.
Children of ADAM HAPPES and HANNAH ? are:
ii. HOLLEY7 HOPPES, m. GEORGE MICHAEL WHISENHUNT,
October 05, 1838, Burke Co., NC45,46; b. 1803, Randolph Co.,
NC; d. Aft. 1870.
iii. MAGDALENA HOPPES, m. JOHN PARKER, December 25, 1843.
iv. MARY HOPPES, m. THOMAS LONG.
31. v. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1797, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Circa 1868.
32. vi. JACOB HOPPES, b. Circa 1800, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Aft. 1850.
vii. ELVIRA HOPPES, b. August 20, 1800, Lincoln Co., NC; d. January 12,
1885; m. SOLOMON CARTER, March 06, 1817; b. February 16, 1791, NC.
33. viii. JOHN HOPPES, b. Bet. 1802 - 1803, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880.
34. ix. GEORGE HOPPES, b. Bet. 1804 - 1805, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Aft. 1850.
x. MICHAEL HOPPES, b. Bet. 1805 - 1806, Lincoln Co., NC.
14. EVA ELIZABETH6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 24, 1762 in Oley Hills, Berks Co., PA,
and died Aft. March 1828. She married JOHANNES LECHLEITNER Circa
1780. He was born in Germany, and died
March 1828.
More About EVA ELIZABETH HAPPES:
Baptism: April 04, 1762,
Oley Hill Church, Berks Co., PA
More About JOHANNES LECHLEITNER:
Immigration: October 22,
1773, Ship "Charming Molly"
Military service: 1781,
Captain Deal (Diehl) company against the Indians
Religion: Member of the Ben
Salem church
Will: March 08, 1828,
Probated at Orwigsburg, PA April 11, 1828
Children of EVA HAPPES and JOHANNES LECHLEITNER are:
i. JOHANNES7 LECHLEITNER, JR., d. July 06,
1861; m. CATHARINA HOLSSHUE.
Notes for JOHANNES LECHLEITNER, JR.:
1804 Communicant at Ben
Salem church, Carbon Co., PA. Had four
children baptized there.
ii. ANTON LECHLEITNER, m. MARIA BARBARA ?.
More About ANTON LECHLEITNER:
Military service: War of
1812, Captain Coldovey's Company at Marcus Hook
Marriage Notes for ANTON LECHLEITNER and MARIA ?:
Baptismal records exist for
three children born to this union at Ben Salem church, Carbon Co., PA. Then moved to Richland Co., OH.
iii. EVA ELIZABETH LECHLEITNER, b. February 28, 1782.
More About EVA ELIZABETH LECHLEITNER:
Baptism: at Lehigh church
near Alburtis, approx 25 miles from where the family lived in Penn Twp.
iv. HEINRICH LECHLEITNER, b. January 29, 1784; d. February 05, 1844; m. ELISABETH NOTHSTEIN; b.
August 11, 1790; d. November 04, 1830.
Notes for HEINRICH LECHLEITNER:
Seven children were born to
this union.
More About HEINRICH LECHLEITNER:
Burial: Ben Salem Cemetery,
Carbon Co., PA
v. KUNIGUNDE LECHLEITNER, b. Circa 1788.
vi. MARIA MAGDALENE LECHLEITNER, b. Circa 1788; m. LEONARD BALLIET.
Marriage Notes for MARIA LECHLEITNER and LEONARD BALLIET:
Eight children were born to
this union and are listed in Balliet genealogy.
vii. GEORGE LECHLEITNER, b. Circa 1790; m. (1) SALOME KRUMM; m. (2) CATHARINA ?.
Marriage Notes for GEORGE LECHLEITNER and SALOME KRUMM:
Baptismal records exist for
three children born to this union at Ben Salem Church, Carbon Co., PA.
Marriage Notes for GEORGE LECHLEITNER and CATHARINA ?:
Baptismal records exist for
two children born to this union at Ben Salem Church, Carbon Co., PA.
viii. CATHARINA LECHLEITNER, b. September 26, 1795; d. March 26, 1869; m. MATTHIAS NOTHSTEIN; d.
August 1841.
More About CATHARINA LECHLEITNER:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
ix. MICHAEL LECHLEITNER, b. 1796.
Notes for MICHAEL LECHLEITNER:
Father's will states that
widow is to take care of Micahel. In
1850, he is listed in the household of Charles Troxell, West Penn Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., PA
x. DAVID LECHLEITNER, b. December 08, 1802; d. February 02, 1879, Mulberry,
IN; m. MARIA MAGDALENE WEHR; b. May 09, 1805; d. Mulberry, IN.
More About DAVID LECHLEITNER:
Baptism: Ben Salem Church
Burial: Fairview Cemetery,
Mulberry, IN
Marriage Notes for DAVID LECHLEITNER and MARIA WEHR:
Reported to have eight
children and numerous descendants, one being, Dr. Myron Lechleitner of Houston,
TX.
15. JACOB6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1764 in Northampton Co., PA47,
and died Circa 1850 in Luzerne Co., PA.
He married MARY ?. She was born
in PA.
Notes for JACOB HAPPES:
AGREEMENT, 25JUNE1820,
LUCERNE CO., PA
Agreement made this Twenty
Fifth Day of June AD 1820 Witnessed as folls that Jacob Hoppis of Union
Township Luzern County and State of Pensylvania Doth hereby grant, bargain and
sell to his son John Hoppis all the farm or lot of ground whareon he the sd
Jacob Hoppis now lives with the apertenances thareunto belonging free and clear
for the sum of one Thousand dollars to be paid in manner as follows -- That he
the sd Jno is to support the above named Jacob Hoppis and his wife Mary Hoppes
in the hous they now in on sd Farm in a comfortable and decent manner during
there natural lives and to
have them decently inter'd
at their deceas and to pay one year after their deceas to Jacob Hoppis Jr or
his Heirs Eighty Seven dollars and fifty cents & two years after to pay to
Michael Hoppis or his Heirs Eighty Seven dollars and fifty cents -- and Three
years after their deceas to pay to Elizabeth Hagarman or her heirs the sum of
Eighty Seven dollars and fifty cents -- and Four years after to pay to
Catharine Shelheart or her heirs the sum of Eighty Seven dollars and fifty
cents -- and Five years after their
deceas to pay to Susannah
Hoppis or Heirs Eighty Seven dollars and fifty cents and Six years after their
deceas to pay to Mary Moore or her heirs the sum of Eighty Seven dollars and
fifty cents and Seven years after their deceas to pay to Julia Hoppis Eighty
Seven dollars and fifty cents -- and Eight years after their deceas to pay to George
Hoppis or his heirs the sum of Eighty Seven dollars and fifty cents -- (and it
is further agreed this phrase crossed out) rec'd at or before the time of
signing. And the
aforementioned Jacob Hoppis
Junr and all concerned in the foregoing instrument are to sign a (?) to this
before agreement at the time they receive their Respective sums mentioned in
the foregoing article -- and in testimony of the written articles we the
parties bind ourselves for the true performance each to the other in the penel sum
of two Thousand Dollars good and lawful money of the State of Pennsylvania
given under our hands and seals the date first above written.
his his
William Moore Jacob X
Hoppis SEAL John X Hoppis SEAL
mark mark
her
Jno. H. Moore Mary X Hoppis
SEAL (Signed) Johannes habbes
mark
Luzerne County --
Personalay appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace
in and for said County Jacob Hoppis and Mary his Wife and acknowledged the
within to be their voluntary act and Deede. She well knowing the contents and
was by me examined by one separate and apart from her husband in testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of June AD 1821.
(Signed) Abiel Fellows J.
P. SEAL
Luzerne County Before the
subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in &
for the County of Luzerne personally appeared John Hoppis one of the signers of
the within agreement and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed and
desiring it may be recorded as such -- Given under my hand & seal at Wilkes
Barre June 18th 1821.
Recorded June 18, 1821
(Signed) Jesse Fell SEAL
*********************
On the 1850 Luzerne Co.
Census, Jacob Hoppes, age 97 living with John Hobbes and wife Elizabeth.
More About JACOB HAPPES:
Confirmation: April 02,
1779, Jerusalem Church, Reading, Berks Co., PA
Religion: Lutheran
Residence 1: 1787, Penn
Twp., Northampton Co., PA
Residence 2: Bet. 1787 -
1790, Lincoln Co., NC
Residence 3: Bet. 1790 -
1816, Penn Twp., Northampton Co., PA
Residence 4: Bet. 1816 -
1850, Luzerne Co., PA
Children of JACOB HAPPES and MARY ? are:
35. i. JACOB7 HOPPES, b. Circa
1786, Northampton Co., PA; d. February 1850, Stark Co., OH.
36. ii. MICHAEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1789, Northampton Co., PA; d. Bet. 1871 -
1872.
37. iii. JOHN HOBBES, b. December 1790, Northampton Co., PA; d. February
16, 1863, Luzerne Co., PA.
38. iv. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1792, Northampton Co., PA; d. January 25,
1879, Monroe Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN.
39. v. CATHARINE HOPPES, b. August 27, 1796, Northampton Co., PA; d. May 10,
1872, Pulaski Co., IN.
vi. SUSANAH HOPPES48, b.
Circa 1798, Northampton Co., PA.
vii. MARY HOPPES48, b.
Circa 1800; d. March 10, 1888, PA; m. WALTER MOORE.
More About MARY HOPPES:
Date born 2: August 23,
1796, Northampton Co., PA
viii. JULIA HOPPES48, b.
Circa 1802, Northampton Co., PA.
40. ix. GEORGE H. HOPPES, b. Circa 1804, Northampton Co., PA; d. October 06,
1854, Luzerne Co., PA.
16. HENRY6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 1766 in Northampton Co., PA49,
and died June 25, 1838 in VA50. He married BARBARA SPRAKER Circa 1785.
She was born October 28, 1762 in Rowan Co., NC50, and
died May 12, 1843 in VA50.
Notes for HENRY HAPPES:
REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT,
WYTHE CO., VA
This Indenture made the
18th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight between
Barbara Hoppess relict of Henry Hoppess Sr. dec'd, Henry Hoppess and Polly W.
his wife of the County of Wythe and State of Virginia, Caspar Ritter and Catherine
his wife, John Hedrick and Elizabeth his wife and David Wynn and Mary his wife
of the County of Tazewell and State aforesaid, John Johnston and Margaret his
wife of the County of Giles and State aforesaid, John Bonham and Juliana his
wife of the County of Haywood & State of North Carolina, heirs &
distributies of Henry Hoppess dec'd on the one part and David Cline of the
County of Wythe and State of Virginia on the other part. Witnesseth that the
said Barbara, Henry Hoppess & Polly W. his wife, Gasper Ritter and
Catherine his wife, John Hedrick and Elizabeth his wife, David Wynn and Mary
his wife, John Johnston and Margaret his wife, and John Bonham and Juliana his
wife in consideration of the sum of three thousand dollars to them in hand paid
by the said David Cline, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have
bargained and sold
and by these presents do
bargain and sell each of our respective rights, it being one seventh part of a
certain tract or parcel of land, undivided, lying and being in the County of
Wythe and State of Virginia on the head waters of Reed creek containing three
hundred acres, be the same more or less, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a
white oak on the east side of a spur of the bushy mountain thence at 17 o East
136 poles crossing the creek to a white oak in the flat near the whetstone
branch S 63 ¼ E 73 poles to a stake between two white oak stumps near a cabin
S11 E36 poles to a white oak on the west point of bushy mountain S12 ½ W 38
poles to a large poplar at the mouth of a hollow S 20 ¼ E 68 ½ poles to a white
oak and dogwood S 35 ½ E 33 poles to a white oak S 39 ½ E 49 poles to two
hickorys on the west point of a ridge S 20 ½ E 20 poles to a white oak and gum
near a fence S 28 o E 13 ½ poles to a stake corner to John Watson's land S 75 W
32 poles to a sugar on the bank of the creek S 9 ¼ E 105 poles down the creek
to an ash on the same side of the creek S 59 W ½ poles to a sugar S 12 poles to
a hickory down S 7 E 12 poles to two siccamores S 40 E 8 poles to three sicccamores
and ash S 72 E 12 poles to a stake on the same bank of the creek & line of
Daniel Brown thence S 8 o W 100 poles crossing creek to a dogwood in the bend
of a hollow S6 ¼ W 84 poles to a white oak marked now dead in Ward's field
& line of said Ward's land thence with the same S 63 ½ W 107 poles to a
white oak N 56 ½ W 17 ¾ poles to a large white oak John Huddle's corner N 20 ½
W 147 poles crossing a branch to a stake on Huddle's line with same S 89 1/4 E
86 poles to a large spanish oak down (?) a ash &
hickory marked N 38 ½ E 49
poles to a hickory & red oak N 44 ½ W 48 poles to a white walnut &
hickory on a ridge N 20 E 55 poles to a hickory in a sugar bottom N 53 W 104
poles to a white oak corner s'd Huddle's land thence leaving same N 19 West 18
poles to a white oak & N 8 1/4 o W to the beginning togeather with all and
singular its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land
with its appurtenances unto the said David Cline his heirs and assigns forever
and the said Barbara Hoppess, Henry Hoppes & Polly W. his wife, Gasper
Ritter and Catherine his wife, John Hederick & Elizabeth his wife, David
Wynn and Mary his wife, & John Bonham and Julianna his wife heirs and
distributees of Henry Hoppess dec'd do each of themselves and their heirs,
their repetive seventh part of the said tract or parcel of land and all and
singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said David Cline his
heirs and assigns free from the claim or the claims of themselves and their
heirs and of all and every person or persons whomsoever shall and will warrant
and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said Barbara
Hoppess, Henry Hoppess & Polly W. his wife, Gasper Ritter and Catherine his
wife, John Hedrick & Elizabeth his wife, David Wynn and Mary his wife, John
Johnston and Margaret his wife & John Bonham & Julyanna his wife Have
hereunto set their hands & seals the day & year first above written.
(Signed) Barbara Habbes
SEAL
(Signed) H. Hoppess SEAL
(Signed) Polly W. Hoppess
SEAL
(Signed) John Johnston SEAL
her
(Signed) Margaret X
Johnston SEAL
mark
(Signed) John Hedrick SEAL
her
(Signed) Elizabeth X
Hedrick SEAL
mark
(Signed) David Wynn SEAL
her
(Signed) Mary X Wynn SEAL
mark
(Signed) John Bonham SEAL
her
(Signed) Julianna X Bonham
SEAL
mark
(Signed) Gaspar Ritter SEAL
her
(Signed) Catherine X Ritter
SEAL
mark
Wythe County to Wit
We John Stranger and Dan'l
Brown Justices in and for the County afores'd do hereby certify that Barbara
Hoppess, Henry Hoppess and Polly his wife parties to the foregoing deed
personally appeared before us in our said County and acknowledged the same as
their act and deed and desired us to certify said acknowledgment to the clerk
of our County to be recorded, the said Polly wife of said Henry having been
previously and apart from her said husband examined by us concerning said deed,
which was then shown and fully explained to her, declared that she had
willingly signed, sealed and delivered the same, and that she did not wish to
retract it. Given under our hands & seals this 18th day of December 1838.
(Signed) John Stranger SEAL
(Signed) Dan'l Brown SEAL
Giles County to Wit
We John Peck and Joseph A.
Peck Justices in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John
Johnston and Margaret his wife parties to the foregoing deed personally
appeared before us in our said County and acknowledged the same to be their act
and deed and desired us to certify said acknowledgment to the Clerk of Wythe
County Court to be recorded. The said Margaret wife of said Johnston having
been previously and apart from her said husband examined by us concerning said
deed which was then shown and fully explained to her declared that she had
willingly signed, sealed and delivered the same and that she did not wish to
retract it. Given under our hands & seals this 24th day of December 1838.
(Signed) John Peck SEAL
(Signed) Joseph A. Peck
SEAL
Tazewell County to Wit
We Hez Harman & John
Wynn Justices in & for the County afores'd do hereby certify that John
Hedrick and Elizabeth his wife parties to the foregoing deed personally
appeared before us in our said County & acknowledged the same to be there
act & deed & desired us to certify said acknowledgment to the Clerk of
the County Court of Wythe to be recorded, the said Elizabeth wife of said
Hedrick having been previously & apart from her said husband examined by us
concerning said deed which was then shown & fully explained to her declared
that she had willingly signed, sealed & delivered the same & that she
did not wish to retract it.
Given under our hands & seals this 29th day of December 1838.
(Signed) Hez Harman SEAL
(Signed) John Wynn SEAL
Tazewell County to Wit
We Peter Gose & Ambrose
Hall Justices in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that David
Wynn & Mary Wynn his wife parties to the foregoing deed personally appeared
before us in our said County and acknowledged the same as their act and deed
and desired us to certify said acknowledgment to the Clerk of the County Court
of Wythe to be recorded, the said Mary wife of said Wynn having been privately
and apart from her husband examined by us concerning said deed which was then
shown and fully explained to her, declared that she had willingly signed,
sealed & delivered the same and that she did not wish to retract it. Given
under our hands & seals this 17th day of February 1839.
(Signed) Peter Gose JP SEAL
(Signed) Ambrose Hall JP
Tazewell County to Wit
We William Smith and
Alexander Harrison Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that Gasper Ritter & Catherine Ritter his wife parties to
the foregoing deed personally appeared before us in our said County and
acknowledged the same as their act and deed and desired us to certify said
acknowledgment to the Clerk of the County Court of Wythe to be recorded, the
said Catherine his wife having been privily examined and apart from her husband
which deed was shown to her and explained, and she declares that she had
willingly signed the same and that she did not wish to retract it.
Given __ our hands and
seals this 30th day of April 1840.
(Signed) Wm Smith JP SEAL
(Signed) Alex'r Harrison
SEAL
Wythe County to Wit
We Daniel Brown & Jonas
Hottel Justices in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John
Bonham & Julian his wife parties to the foregoing deed, bearing date of
18th day of December 1838 personally appeared before us in our said County and
acknowledged the same as their act and deed and desired us to certify said
acknowledgment to the Clerk of the County Court to be recorded, the said Julian
wife of said John Bonham having been previously and apart from her said husband
examined by us concerning said deed which was then shown and fully explained to
her declared that she had willingly signed, sealed and delivered the same and
that she wished not to retract it. Given under our hands and seals this 2nd day
of October 1839.
(Signed) Daniel Brown JP
SEAL
(Signed) Jonas Hottel SEAL
Virginia. At a Court held
for Wythe County at the Courthouse on Monday the 11th May 1840
This deed of bargain and
sale was returned to Court and with the certificated of acknowledgment and
privy examination annexed ordered to be recorded.
Test'r
(Signed) J. P. Mathews C C
Settlement of the Estate of
Henry Hoppess, dec'd made in (?) Henry Hoppess, Jr. administrator thereof, this
3rd day of July 1840.
Henry Hoppes, Administrator
Dr. $ cts.
To amount of personal
estate sold at public sale, as per sale bill, market (?) 1742.56 ½
To Cash on hand at the
death of the intestate 97.15
To Cash received since by
adminst'r from Barbara Cline 1.75
To Ditto rec'd from John
Hetterick, for oats 1.00
To amount of Sundry notes
Collected 2853.43
To Cash rec'd of John
Powers 9.00
$ 4704.89 ½
Cr. $ cts.
By amount pd. to the Widdow
as per rect 1331.00
By Ditto pd. John
Hetterick, Distributee, as per rect 290.00
By Ditto Paid David Cline,
distributee, as per rect 307.54
By Ditto Paid David Wynn,
distributee, as per rect 294.27
By do Pd, John Johnston,
Distributee as per rect 151.15
By Isiah Bowman's rect, for
Tombstones 18.00
By Doctor Joseph King, Bill
for Medical assistance, per rect 31.00
By Tax Tickets 18.08
By amount paid David Cline,
as per account'g (marked B) 50.77 ½
By amount paid Isaac P.
Leftwich, for fees 20.00
By four Clerk Ticketts
(marked B) 4.86
By John Johnston
(Distributee) his rect {E} 20.00
By receipt from the same
for {E} 45.59
By rect from the same for
{E} 40.00
By rect from the Widdow for
{F} 84.52
By Daniel Brown's account
{G} 38.08 ¾
By John Powers, rect {H}
12.36
By Israel Cline, rect {I}
13.00
By Joseph Hudles, rect {K}
.75
By Peter Cook, rect {L}
1.75
$2769.63 ¼
By John Stanger's rect 5.00
By Administ'r Commission of
5 per Cent on $4704.89 ½ 235.24 ¼
$3009.87 ½
From the foregoing
statement, it will appear that the sum of $1695. 2 cents remain in the hands of
the administr'r , out of which his own share as distributee, is to be deducted,
amounting to $ 787 leaving a balance of $908. 2 cents unaccounted for. Given
under my hand having been first duly sworn,
(Signed) John Stranger,
Commiss'r
Virginia,
At a Court held for Wythe
County at the Courthouse, on Tuesday the 10th November 1840
This settlement of the
estate of Henry Hoppess, Sr Dec'd, was presented in Court, examined and ordered
to lie until the next term for exceptions, And at a Court held for said County
on Monday the 14th December 1840,
The same was again
presented in Court, and there being no exceptions thereto is affirmed and
ordered to be recorded.
Test'r,
(Signed) J. P. Mathews C.
C.
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Wythe Co., VA Court Records
On 4-13-1799 Henry Happes,
Sr. served on a jury and was a witness for William King
In September 1810 he was
appointed road commissioner.
Dec. 1813 he was appointed
'overseer' of a new road.
June 1818 he was the
defendant in a debt case with Samuel Graham being the plantiff. In August of 1819, Henry Sr., was again in
court for debt to Samuel Graham along with Robert Graham.
On July 8, 1823, he
provides the bond regarding James Ward's estate. (James Ward is related to 'Polly', wife of Henry Hoppess, Jr.)
In June of 1838, there is a
court case for debt between Henry & Mitchell Carter.
On July 9, 1838
Administration of Estate begins and the settlement is affirmed and recorded on
December 14, 1840.
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Wythe County Chapters,
edited by James S. Presgraves, Wytheville, VA, 1972,
borrowed from UVA's
Alderman Library, page 128.
There were many Lutherans
among the early settlers of Wythe County, when Rev. Paul HENKEL visited this
section in the nineties of the 18th century-however, he was not the first
minister. There were four churches organized before 1800, all being in the
western poriton of the county. There are no Lutheran
churches in the eastern
portion of Wythe CO.
St. Paul, located a short
distance south of the Lee Highway about 3 miles NE of rural Retreat, is the oldest
Lutheran Church in VA west of New River and was organized in 1776. A record
book was purchased in 1779 and the communion cloth, which is still in use, was
made from home-grown flax upon which is embroidered the intials: CAD, RIN, NAK
and the name Mrs. KREGGER bearing the date 1784. The solid silver communion set
is evidently of a very early date. The first minister of which there is a
record was Rev. Paul HENKEL.
The first church was a log
structure and chestnut logs were used in the building. The next church was
dedicated in 1829, Rev. Henry GRABER preaching the sermon. A brick structure
was erected in 1854 and, damaged by a storm in 1876, was rebuilt in 1877. This
building was replaced by a modern brick
church with Sunday School
rooms attached in 1916 and is one of the best rural churches in this section of
VA.
There is a tradition that
the SLUSS family residing at Ceres, Bland County, Virginia would walk to St.
Paul for the eleven o'clock service and return that afternoon, crossing
Walker's Mountain twice in one day.
Lutheran Churches
St. Paul
Names of Deacons: Jacob
BRUNNER, John Peter JANTZ, Casper RATHER, George ARMBRISTER, Jacob KINZER,
George WAMPLER, Henry HOPPES, George WAMPLER, Adam DOTTINGER, George WEBER,
John SCHNEBERLY, Phillip AKER.
Signed Berned WILLY, DVM
May 30, 1798
Signatures: Peter WAMPLER,
Balzer JANSOHN, Matin NEUSANG, Peter STEFFEY, Jacob KINZER, George KINZER,
Joseph WAMPLER, John KETRING, John STEFFEY, Christopher WAMPLER, Michael BACH,
Andrew AKER, George MOZER, Adam MOZER, John WOLF, John MOSER, Leonard STROH,
Stephen MEISS, John GUTMAN, Peter FUCHS, Michael WAMPLER, Christian BOK, John
David JANSOHN, George TANY, Michael WENRICH, Phillip KINDER, Henry STEFFEY,
Daniel HILDENBERGER, George
WAMPLER, Martin MULLER.
More About HENRY HAPPES:
Burial: St. Paul's Church
Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA
Confirmation: April 13,
1783, Lehigh Church, Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, PA
Notes for BARBARA SPRAKER:
On July 9, 1838, Barbara
relinqueshes Administration of Henry Sr.'s estate to Henry Hoppess, Jr.
June 12, 1843, Wythe Co.,
VA Court orders inventory of Barbara Happes estate. The inventory was reported on August 14, 1843, and a settlement
listed on May 26, 1853.
More About BARBARA SPRAKER:
Burial: St. Paul's Church
Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA
Children of HENRY HAPPES and BARBARA SPRAKER are:
i. ANNA CATHERINA7 HOPPESS, b. March
13, 1786, Rowan Co., NC51,52; m. GASPER RITTER; b. Circa
1790, Wythe Co., VA; d. June 11, 1848.
ii. ELIZABETH HOPPESS, b. June 20, 1788, Rowan Co., NC52,53;
d. July 28, 1858, Clinch Waters, Tazewll Co., VA54; m. JOHN HEDRICK, March 08,
1806; b. February 13, 1785, Wythe Co., VA; d. November 10, 1870.
iii. BARBARA HOPPESS, b. Circa 1790, Rowan Co., NC55; m.
DAVID
CLINE.
iv. JOHN JACOB HOPPESS, b. May 01, 1793, Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., VA56.
More About JOHN JACOB HOPPESS:
Name 2: Johann Heinrich
Hoppess in Swiss Roots, Page 163
41. v. ANNA MARY HOPPESS, b. March 27, 1796, Wythe Co., VA.
42. vi. HENRY HOPPESS, b. July 16, 1798, Wythe Co., VA; d. Bet. 1851 -
1852.
vii. JULIA ANN HOPPESS, b. Circa 1800, Wythe Co., VA57; m.
JOHN
BONHAM,
June 03, 1824.
viii. MALE HOPPESS, b. Circa 1803, Wythe Co., VA.
ix. MARGARET HOPPESS, b. February 16, 1807, Wythe Co., VA57;
m. (1) WILLIAM DILLS, December 20, 1827; d. June 09, 1864; m. (2) JOHN JOHNSTON, November
29, 1832; b. October 08, 1792, PA; d. September 03, 1870.
More About JOHN JOHNSTON:
Nickname: Brickhouse
17. JOHN6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 1767 in Northampton Co., PA, and died
October 06, 1833 in Scioto Co., OH58. He married CATHERINA MOCK October 10,
1797 in Wythe Co., VA59,60,61. She was born March 09, 1777 in Shenandoah, VA62,
and died January 15, 1867 in Scioto Co., OH62.
Notes for JOHN HAPPES:
SCIOTO, CO., OH, DEED BOOK,
VOL I, P 454.
Aaron Hunnel & wife To
(Deed) William Hoppis
Know all men by these
presents that we Aaron Hunnel and Mary Jane Hunnel wife of the said Aaron
Hunnel formerly Mary Jane Hoppis of the Township of Porter, Scioto County and
State of Ohio, in consideration of fifty dollars in hand paid by William Hoppis
of the State, County and Township aforesaid, the receipt where of is hereby
acknowledged, do hereby remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said
William Hoppis his heirs and assigns forever, all our right, title interest and
estate
legal and Equitable in the
following premises with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated in the
Township County and State aforesaid described as follows (To wit) one equal
undivided seventh part of the South East quarter of Section fourteen in
township Two, of Range twenty, of the land directed by congress to be sold at
Chillicothe, containing one hundred and nineteen acres and Eighteen hundredths
of an acre, it being the undivided interest of the said Mary Jane Hunnel in the
said quarter, as one of the heirs at law of John Hoppis deceased ~~~~~ in
testimony where of the said Aaron Hunnel and Mary Jane Hunnel have hereunto set
their hands and seals this fourth day of September in the year 1837. ~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
In presence of Us Aaron M.
Hunnel seal
Edward Cranston her
John Fleming Mary Jane X
Hoppus seal
mark
State of Ohio, Scioto
County ~~
Before me Edward Cranston a
Justice of the peace in and for the s'd County personally appeared the above
named Aaron Hunnel and Mary Jane Hunnel his wife Grantors named in the above
deed of conveyance and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above
instrument as their voluntary act and deed the said Mary Jane being made known
to the contents thereof and examined separate and apart from her said husband,
she then declared that she voluntarily did sign and seal and acknowledge the
same and that she is still satisfied therewith. This fourth day September in
the year 1837.
~~~~~ Received &
recorded Jan.y 2d. 1838 ~~~~ Edward Cranston J. P. ~~ seal
Hiram Sikes & wife To
(Deed) William Hoppis
Know all men by these
presents that we Hiram Sikes and Sally Sikes wife of the said Hiram Sikes
formerly Sally Hoppis of the Township of Porter, Scioto County and State of
Ohio, in consideration of fifty dollars in hand well and truly paid by William
Hoppes of the State, County and Township aforesaid, the receipt where of is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby remise, release and forever quit claim unto the
said William Hoppes his heirs and assigns forever, all our Right, title
Interest and estate legal and equitable in the following premises with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated in the Township County and State
aforesaid described as follows (To wit) one equal undivided seventh part of the
South East quarter of section fourteen, in township two, of range twenty, of
the land directed by congress to be sold at Chillicothe, containing one hundred
and nineteen acres eighteen hundredths of an acre~~ It being the undivided
interest of the said Sally Sikes, formerly Sally Hoppus, in the said Quarter as
one of the heirs at law of John Hoppus deceased.
In testimony whereof the
said Hiram Sikes and Sally Sikes have hereunto set their hand and seal this
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty seven.
In presence of Us Hiram
Sikes seal
Richard W. Pain
her her
Minah X Shook Sarah X Sikes
seal
mark mark
State of Ohio, Scioto
County
Before me a Justice of the
peace in and for the County of _______ personally appeared the above named
Hiram Sikes and Sally his wife grantors named in the above deed of Conveyance,
and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above as their voluntary act
and deed , The said Sally being made known to the contents there of and
examined separate and apart from
her said husband, she then
declared that she voluntarily did sign and seal and acknowledge the same and
the she is still satisfied therewith, this 18th day Sept. in the year 1837.
Richard W. Pain J. P. seal
~~~~~ Received &
recorded Jan.y 2d. 1838 ~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ January 1838
~~~~~~~~~~~ 455
Michael Hoppus & wife
To (Deed) William Hoppus
Know all men by these
presents that we Michael Hoppus and Rachael Happus wife of the said Michael
Hoppus of the Township of Porter, Scioto County and State of Ohio for, and in
consideration of the sum of fifty dollars in hand paid by William Hoppus of the
State, County and Township aforesaid, the Receipt where of is hereby
acknowledged do hereby remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said
William Hoppis his heirs and assigns forever, All our right, title interest and
testate legal and equitable in the following premises with the appurtenances
thereunto belonging, situated in the Township County and State aforesaid
described as follows (To wit) one equal undivided seventh part of the Southeast
quarter, of section fourteen in Township two of range Twenty, of the land
directed by Congress to be sold at Chillicothe, containing one hundred and
nineteen Acres and eighteen hundredths of an Acre ~~~ I being the undivided interest
of the said Michael Hoppus in the s'd quarter, as one of the Heirs at law of
John Hoppus deceased ~~~~~ In testimony where of the said Michael Hoppus and
Rachael Hoppus, have hereunto set their hands and seals this fourth day of Sept
in the year 1837.
In presence of Us Michael
Hoppus seal
Edward Cranston her
John Fleming Rachael X
Hoppus seal
mark
State of Ohio, Scioto
County ~~
Before me Edward Cranston a
Justice of the peace in and for the said County personally appeared the above
named Michael Hoppus and Rachael Hoppus his wife grantors named in the above
deed of conveyance, and acknowledged the signing and sealing the above
instrument as their voluntary act and deed, ~~~ The said Rachael being made
known to the contents thereof and examined separate and apart from her said
husband, she then declared that she voluntarily did sign and seal and
acknowledge the same, and that she is still satisfied therewith. This 4th day
Sep. in the yr. 1837 ~~
Edward Cranston J. P. ~
seal
~~~~~ Received &
recorded Jan.y 2d. 1838 ~~~~
John Snook & wife To
(Deed) William Hoppus
Know all men by these
presents that we John Snook and Barbara Ann Snook wife of the said John Snook
formerly Barbara Ann Hoppus of the Township of Porter in the County of Scioto and
State of Ohio, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars in hand
well and truly paid by William Hoppus of the state, County and Township
aforesaid, the Receipt where of is hereby acknowledged do hereby Remise,
Release and forever, quit Claim unto the said William Hoppus his heirs and
assigns forever all our title interest and Estate legal and equitable in the
following premises with the appurtenances thereunto belonging situated in the
Township, County and State aforesaid, described as follows (To wit) one equal
undivided seventh part of the Southeast quarter of Section fourteen in Township
two of Range twenty, of the land directed by congress to be sold at Chillicothe
containing one hundred and nineteen acres and eighteen hundredths of an Acre ~~
It being the undivided interest of the said Barbara Snook in the said quarter,
as one of the heirs at law of John Hoppis deceased. ~~~~~ In testimony where of
the said John Snook , and Barbara Ann Snook have hereunto set their hands and
seals this fourth day of September in the year
1837. ~~~~~ ~~~~~
In presence of Us John
Snook seal
Edward Cranston her
Stephen Thompson Barbaunia
X Snook seal
mark
State of Ohio, Scioto
County
Before me Edward Cranston a
Justice a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, personally
appeared the above named John Snook and Barbara Ann Snook his wife grantors in
the above deed of conveyance and acknowledged the signed and sealing of the
above instrument as their voluntary act and deed, the said Barbara being made
known to the contents thereof and examined separate and apart from her said
husband, She then declared that she voluntarily did sign and seal and
acknowledge
the same, and that she is
still satisfied therewith, this fourth day September in the year 1837.
Edward Cranston J. P. seal
~~~~~ Received &
recorded Jan.y 2d. 1838 ~~~~
More About JOHN HAPPES:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
Religion: Lutheran
More About CATHERINA MOCK:
Name 2: Catharne Mack
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
Children of JOHN HAPPES and CATHERINA MOCK are:
i. ELISABETH7 HOPPIS, b. Circa
1797, Wythe Co., VA; d. Circa 1816; m. DAVID WOLF, August 22, 1814.
43. ii. BARBARA ANN HOPPIS, b. September 18, 1799, Wythe Co., VA; d. October 20,
1880, Scioto Co., OH.
44. iii. CHRISTENA HOPPIS, b. July 23, 1800, Wythe Co., VA; d. October 30,
1861, Randolph Co., IL.
45. iv. WILLIAM HOPPIS, b. Circa 1802, Wythe Co., VA; d. Aft. 1880.
v. HANNAH HOPPIS, b. Circa 1806, Wythe or Giles Co., VA; m. ANDREW HISE, June 17,
1821, Scioto Co., OH63.
vi. SARAH HOPPIS, b. Circa 1810, Giles Co., VA; m. HIRAM SIKES, March 08,
1827.
46. vii. MICHAEL A. HOPPIS, b. July 04, 1814, Scioto Co., OH; d. January 07,
1887.
viii. MARY JANE HOPPIS, b. Circa 1818, Scioto Co., OH; d. Aft. 1860; m. (1)
AARON
HUNNEL,
May 24, 1836; m. (2) H. M. LEDBETTER, Bef. 1860.
18. CATHERINA6 HAPPES (MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1769 in Northampton Co., PA, and died
1844. She married BARNEY CANNOY Bet. 1787 -
1788. He was born Circa 1748 in Anson
Co., NC, and died May 1817.
Notes for BARNEY CANNOY:
Will of Barney Cannoy, Sr.
March 22, 1813
I, Barney Cannoy, of
Grayson County, Virginia, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and
perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, revoking
all others.
First: My will and desire is that my debts and all funeral
expenses be immediately paid out of such of my personal property as my
executors shall think proper to dispose of.
Secondly: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, Catherine, for
and during her natural life or whidowhood, all lands including the plantations
whereon I now live, and also all my personal property and debts of whatever
kind and whatever found, upon this condition that she advance out of my
personal estate to each of my children, namely; Polly, Betsy Ann and Sally as
they shall respectively arrive at full age, or otherwise settled in life, the
sum of Eighty-one dollars worth of property; and to my son the sum of One
hundred and Twenty-five dollars in like manner. These advances are intended to
put them upon an equality with my children already settled in life, and have
received like advances by me already.
Thirdly: At the death of my wife Catherine, all my lands I desire
may be divided between my sons, Jacob and John, in the following manner, to
them and their heirs forever: Viz: Beginning at Elk Creek and running to a Red
Oak sapling in the field at the west end of the orchard, and thence a southerly
course to the other line, the part I now live on, for John; and the remaining
for Jacob, their heirs and assigns forever.
Fourthly: All the personal part of my estate which shall be found
remaining at the death of my wife Catherine, my will and desire is that it be
equally divided between my daughters, namely: Phebe, Caty, Susanna, Molly,
Betsy Ann and Sally to hold to them and their heirs forever.
And Lastly: I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Catherine,
Executor, and my son Jacob Knoy, Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have
here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22nd day of March in the year of
our Lord, 1813.
Signature of Barney Cannoy
Witnesses:
Martin Dickenson
Alexander Sutherland
This will probated May,
1817, Grayson County, Va
Children of CATHERINA HAPPES and BARNEY CANNOY are:
i. JACOB7 CANOY, b. Circa
1785; d. April 1831, Grayson Co., VA; m. CHRISTINA KETTERING, November 24, 1810, Grayson Co., VA.
ii. PHOEBE CANOY, b. Circa 1790; d. Aft. 1870; m. PETER CATRON, June 06,
1809, Grayson Co., VA.
iii. CATHERINE CANOY, b. Circa 1793; d. May 01, 1869; m. JAMES SAGE, November 13,
1809, Grayson Co., VA.
iv. SUSANNA CANOY, b. Circa 1795; d. Aft. 1844; m. JAMES WARRICK, March 10,
1812, Grayson Co., VA.
v. MARY CANOY, b. Circa 1797; d. Aft. 1840; m. ROBERT WARRICK, December
22, 1814, Grayson Co., VA.
More About MARY CANOY:
Also Known As: Polly Canoy
vi. ELIZABETH CANOY, b. Circa 1799; d. Aft. 1850; m. PRESTON HALE, October 17,
1817, Grayson Co., VA.
More About ELIZABETH CANOY:
Also Known As: Betsy Canoy
vii. ANNE CANOY, b. November 23, 1801; d. July 16, 1870, Grayson Co.,
VA; m. JONATHAN HARRIS POOL, June 18, 1821, Grayson Co., VA.
viii. JOHN V. CANOY, b. Circa 1805; d. April 14, 1891, Grayson Co., VA;
m. (1) RENE BOURNE, March 03, 1829, Grayson Co., VA; m. (2) EVE HACKLER, July 15,
1833, Grayson Co., VA.
ix. SALLY CANOY, b. Circa 1808; d. Circa 1858; m. SYLVESTER CLARK, April 25,
1833, Grayson Co., VA.
19. GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES (GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 23, 1747 in Schoenau, Germany64,
and died 1812 in NC. He married ELIZABETH MILLER Circa
1778. She was born November 14, 1760 in
PA or NC, and died 1812.
Notes for GEORGE HEINRICH HAPPES:
ESTATE, 23DEC1812, VOL I, P
241, GALLIA CO., OH
Be it remembered that
hencefort to wit at a Court of Common Pleas, continued and held at the Court
House in the town of Gallipolis, County of Gallia and State of Ohio, before the
Honorable John Thompson Esquire, president judge, Joseph Fletcher and Fuller
Elliot Esquire, associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said
County of Gallia on Wednesday the twenty-third day of December in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve and in the eleventh year of this
State-The last will and testament of George Hoppes (late of this county
deceased) was presented for probate by Samuel w.
Blagg, one of the Executors
named in the said will whereupon George Poor one of the subscribed witnesses
thereto (having relinquished in open court his right as Legatee) and Samuel W.
Blagg another subscribed witness having been both duly sworn, declared they were
present when George Hoppes and Testator signed and acknowledged the same as his
last will and testament, that they believe he was of sound mind, memory and
judgment at the time of signing and acknowledging the same and that they
witnessed the same in the presence of each other and at the request of the
testator - and Thereupon the same is proved, approved, and allowed as the last
will and testament of the said George Hoppes and ordered to be recorded - And
the same is in the words and figures to wit:
In the Name of God Amen -
I, George Hoppes of the
County of Gallia and the State of Ohio thinking about the Mortality of this
mortal life Do resign my Body to the Earth and make this my last Will and
Testament being of sound mind and memory.
After my Debts is paid I
wish my unmarried children to wit: Hanna, Barbara, Rhoda, Elizabeth and Henry
and Jacob, the four girls each I give and bequeath out of my Estate one colt
and one cow each. The two boys one young horse creature each to them I give and
bequeath when they come of age.
I wish all the remaining
part of my Estate to remain in the Hands of my wife Elizabeth so long as she
remains a widow of lives, and after decease or marriage I wish all my Estate
that remains equally divided among my surviving heirs to wit: John, Daniel,
George, Henry and Jacob, Anna Caty, Sarrah. Hannah, Barbara, Rhoda and
Elizabeth. I do appoint my wife Elizabeth and Samuel W. Blagg Executors of this
my last Will and Testament- I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day
of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Signed, Sealed and
Delivered in the presence of us.
George Poor X (his mark)
John H. Stanley X (his
mark)
Samuel W. Blagg
The above mentioned
unmarried girls I give and bequeath one feather bed and beding to each of them
when they marry of come of age.
1786 NC Surry County Wrights District
More About GEORGE HEINRICH HAPPES:
Baptism: October 25, 1747,
Deep Creek, NC - Sponsors, parents and grandmother, Catherine Happes
Children of GEORGE HAPPES and ELIZABETH MILLER are:
i. ANNE7 HOPPES, b. March
22, 1779, Deep Creek, NC65,66; m. JOHN HUTCHINS STANLEY, July 13,
1795, Deep Creek, Surry Co., NC67,68; b. September 10, 1776.
More About ANNE HOPPES:
Baptism: June 04, 1790, Deep
Creek, NC
Notes for JOHN HUTCHINS STANLEY:
Deep Creek Meeteing,
5-4-1796, compliant agains Hutchins Stanley for going out ? marriage. This meeting there disowns him to be a
member of this society. Married
7-13-1795, Ann Hoppis.
47. ii. JOHN HOPPES, b. July 10, 1782, Deep Creek, NC; d. August 02,
1857, Fayette Co., OH.
48. iii. DANIEL HOPPES, b. October 29, 1784, Deep Creek, NC; d. August 21,
1855, Madison Co., IN.
49. iv. GEORGE HOPPES, b. May 13, 1786, Deep Creek, NC; d. October 06,
1843, Meigs Co., OH.
50. v. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. April 22, 1788, Deep Creek, NC.
vi. SARAH HOPPES, b. May 04, 1791, Deep Creek, NC69;
m. JASPER DYER, December 24, 1806, Gallia Co., OH70,71,72;
b. Circa 1790.
More About SARAH HOPPES:
Baptism: May 13, 1791, Deep
Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
51. vii. HANNAH HOPPES, b. October 18, 1793, Deep Creek, NC; d. Aft. 1850.
52. viii. BARBARA HOPPES, b. February 04, 1796, Deep Creek, NC.
ix. RHODA HOPPES, b. February 04, 1796, Deep Creek, NC73;
m. ISAAC RUSSELL, March 12, 1815, Gallia Co., OH74,75;
b. Circa 1795; d. March 25, 1870.
Marriage Notes for RHODA HOPPES and ISAAC RUSSELL:
March 11, 1815 date
provided by Harry Hoppes
53. x. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. July 03, 1798, Deep Creek, NC; d. Bet. 1850 -
1860, Madison Co., IN.
54. xi. HENRY HOPPES, b. December 15, 1799, Deep Creek, NC; d. Aft. 1870.
55. xii. JACOB HOPPES, b. January 11, 1804, Gallia Co., OH; d. 1877,
Randolph Co., IN.
20. JOHN6 HAPPES (GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Bet. 1752 - 1756 in Lancaster Co., PA76,77,
and died Bet. 1826 - 1827. He married BETSY CLANTON Circa
1781. She was born 1762, and died Bef.
November 11, 1828.
Notes for JOHN HAPPES:
Surry County Court, Record
of Inventories & Accounts of Sales 1792 - 1831, Page 68.
Surry County February 13th
1827
In persuanes to an order of
Court to us directed, we proceeded to lay off an atoll off to Patty Hoppes
widow of John Hoppres Dec'd one years provision in the following manner to wit:
we allow her one cow and calf worth ten Dollers and four Dollers worth of Bacon
and for want of other provision we allow her Twenty eight dollers out of the
Estate to be paid to her by the Administrator.
Given under our hands and
seals the Day & Date above mentioned.
Dnl Rutledge J P Wm
Rutledge
Wm Davis
James Renard
Surry County August term
1827
The forgoing years
allowance to Patty Hoppres widow & Relict of John Hoppes Dec'd was returned
and ordered by the Court to be recorded.
Recorded Accordingly
_____ J. Williams Acting
Clerk
1790 North Carolina Census,
Page 185 shows John Hoppes household as having one free white male 16 years and
upward, including heads of families; and 4 free white females, including heads
of families.
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1786 NC Surry County Wrights District
More About JOHN HAPPES:
Name 2: John Hoppers
Children of JOHN HAPPES and BETSY CLANTON are:
i. CATHARINE7 HOPPES, b. January
28, 1784, Deep Creek, NC78.
More About CATHARINE HOPPES:
Baptism: February 11, 1784,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
ii. SARAH HOPPES, b. September 08, 1785, Deep Creek, NC; m. HUGH DAVIS, March 30,
1815, Surry Co., NC79.
iii. NANCY HOPPES, b. April 07, 1788, Deep Creek, NC80;
d. February 06, 1874; m. CHARLES B. STEELMAN, July 28, 1807, Surry Co., NC81; b.
May 16, 1786; d. September 05, 1855.
56. iv. GEORGE HOPPERS, b. February 06, 1791, Deep Creek, NC; d. Bet. 1842 -
1850.
v. BENJAMIN HOPPES, b. March 11, 1794, Deep Creek, NC82.
More About BENJAMIN HOPPES:
Baptism: May 04, 1794, Deep
Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
57. vi. EDWARD HOPPERS, b. October 12, 1795, Deep Creek, NC; d. Aft. 1850.
vii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. August 31, 1799, Deep Creek, NC82;
m. WILLIAM SPRINKLE, August 24, 1827, Surry Co., NC83.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Baptism: October 06, 1799,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
21. DANIEL6 HAPPES (GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 07, 1757 in Lancaster Co., PA84,85,
and died February 07, 1816. He married
MARY
ANNA
FENDER
Circa 1785. She was born Circa 1760 in
Surry Co., NC, and died Bet. 1849 - 1850.
Notes for DANIEL HAPPES:
Ashe County, NC January 26,
1816
Daniel Hoppas' Last Will
& Testament
I Daniel Hoppas of the
county of Ashe and State of North Carolina Yeoman. Being weak in body but of a
sound and perfect memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same, do make and
publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following, that is
to say First, I give unto my beloved wife Mary Hoppas my whole plantation, with
my still and mill, and the orchard appertaining to the same consisting of about
Two Hundred Acres of Land to her as her own right and property enduring her
life.
Secondly, I will that the
balance of my lands be equally divided amongst my children, all my children
that is of age I will that they keep the property that they now own and also I
give and bequeath unto my two youngest sons my Blacksmith tools and those that
are not of age to be provided for in like manner when they come of age.
Thirdly, I also give my
beloved wife Mary Hoppas four head of Horse beasts and for her to give each of
my children a coult that has not had one and also I will that she shall keep as
many of my sheep and cattle as she sees cause. Also I do give unto her the said
Mary Hoppas all of my stock of Hogs.
Fourth & lastly, I do
constitute my beloved friend Malicki Roberts and my son Abram Hoppas my sole
Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other Wills by
me made -- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the
26th day of January in the year of our lord Eighteen Hundred & Sixteen.
Signed sealed &
delivered by the (Signed) Daniel Hoppas
said Daniel Hoppas to be
his
last . . . .
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1786 NC Surry County Wrights District
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Listed on the 1790 North
Carolina Census Schedule, Page 185 as 1 free white males 16 years and upward,
including heads of families; 1 free white males under 16 years; and 2 free
white females, including heads of families.
More About DANIEL HAPPES:
Name 2: Daniel Hoppers
Burial 1: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Burial 2: Hoppers-Waggoner
Cemetery is another name for Daniel/John Hoppers Cemetery
Children of DANIEL HAPPES and MARY FENDER are:
i. CATHERINE7 HOPPERS, b. July
27, 1786, Surry Co., NC86.
More About CATHERINE HOPPERS:
Baptism: September 10,
1786, Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
ii. ANNA MARIA HOPPERS, b. July 22, 1788, Surry Co., NC86;
m. JAMES WHITEHEAD, January 24, 1819; b. Circa 1756, Surry Co., NC.
58. iii. JOHN HOPPERS, b. March 06, 1790, Surry Co., NC; d. January 26,
1857.
iv. ELIZABETH HOPPERS, b. August 01, 1795, Surry Co., NC; m. DAVID CHARLES EVANS.
59. v. SARAH HOPPERS, b. May 27, 1797, Surry Co., NC; d. November 13,
1829.
vi. ABRAHAM HOPPERS, b. December 18, 1798, Surry Co., NC86;
d. Aft. 1816.
More About ABRAHAM HOPPERS:
Name 2: Abraham Happes
Baptism: April 07, 1799,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
vii. SUSANNAH HOPPERS, b. Circa 1801, Surry or Ashe Co., NC; d. December
11, 1886; m. MOSES JOINES, March 20, 1820, Wilkes Co., NC87;
b. February 15, 1798; d. July 14, 1884.
60. viii. JACOB HOPPERS, b. Circa 1802, Ashe Co., NC; d. March 09, 1896.
61. ix. LYDIA HOPPERS, b. October 06, 1804; d. August 04, 1879.
Generation
No. 7
22. JACOB7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1779 in Northampton Co., PA, and died 1844. He married EVA ELIZABETH SANDER. She was born
June 15, 1780 in PA, and died October 23, 1882.
Notes for JACOB HOPPES:
WILL, SCHUYLKILL CO.,
17JUNE1843, BK 2, PAGE 29
Ich, der unterscreibene
Jacob Happes aus Westpen-Taunschip in der County Schulkil und staat
Pennsylvanien, der ich zwar gebrechlich und schwach bin, allein meinen Voeligen
verstand Erinerungsvermoegen
Gedaechtnisz und Beurtheilungs-kraft noch eben so wie in meinen gesunden Tagen
besitze und geniesze, wofuer ich Gott hertzlich danke, und bedenke dasz wier
alle sterben mueszen und dasz die Zeit unseres Todes ungewisz ist und dasz der
Mensch zu jeder Zeit bereit seyn sollte diese Welt zu verlaszen mache und
erklaere hiermit dies gegenwaertige zu meinem letzten Willen und Testament;
Naemlich, Wann ich sollte sterben vor meiner Frau Elisabeth, so verspreche ich,
Jacob Happes, meiner Frau Elisabeth auf das Land zu Naehmen Waehn sie will und
derjenige soll ihr aljaerlich den Aussenbehald geben, und der jenige welche
meinen Frau zu sich ins Hausz nimmt
musz die Funtzen in guter
Ortnung halten und also das gantze gebaeu in und under gutes Dach halten und
soll meiner Frau alle Jahr die Wahl geben under die Kuehe sie naemen kan welch
zwey sie will misamt die Kaelber und mueszen die besagten Kuehe und Kaelber
winders gut fuetern und sommers in guter Vieh Weit gehen lassen und zweitens
soll er meiner Frau ein Schwein geben zu zwey hundert gewight mit dem Schmalz
und eingeweit und huener so viel ihr beliebt, zehen buschel korn und
zehen buschel Buchweitzen,
und sex buschel weitzen, nebst sex buschel Welchkown, und 10 zehen buschel
Grundbieren, und Obst so viel sie braucht und drey Pfund Woll. Und 4tens der
Garten nach an der Scheuer und dasz der jenige Lehnsman musz den besagten
Garten gut mueszten und gut in Fensz halten. Fuenftens verspreche ich Jacob Happes
dasz meine Frau Elizabeth soll berechtigt seyn im Haus eine stub und eine
Kammer und Platz genug im Springhaus -- nebst Offen und Rohr und zwey better
und Brenholtz so viel sie braugt und ihre kist und alles was dorinnen isst auch
zwey betlaeden im Tisch und zwey stuehl den kupfer neu kessel und ein
Kochhafen, auch ein Par schuh wie sies gleigt . . . ich der unterschriebene
Jacob Happes bekenne dieses als mein Letzter Wille und Testamendt dasz Michael
Happes Junior ein sohn des Ehemaligen Jacob Happes daszer soll ein hundert
Taler extra haben uebrigens aber soll er im gleiche Teil stehen zweytens meine
Tochter Catharina ein Teil und drittens meine Tochter Magdalena ein Teil -- und
wann meine zwey Toechter sterben so gehend das erbgut meine Engkel welches ich
meine Toechter hinterlasze - unterschreiben und besiegelt und erklaert als der
Letzte Wille und Testament das oben unterschriebenen.
(Signed) Jacob Happes
in gegen wand von uns
Als (Signed) Elias Beltz
Zeigen (Signed) Friederich
Kuegele
Junius den 17 - 1843
So geschehen in West Pen
Taunschip Schulkil County
Schuylkill County, SS.
TRANSLATION - provided by
Harrison N. Hoppes
I, the undersigned Jacob
Happes from West Penn Township in Schuylkill County and State of Pennsylvania,
even though frail and weak, still possess and enjoy my full intelligence,
memory, reason, and judgment now as much as in healthier days, for which I
thank God sincerely. Considering that we all must die, that the time of our
death is uncertain, and that man should be ready at any time to leave this
world, I make and declare the following as my last will and testament. That is
to say, if I should
die before my wife
Elizabeth, I, Jacob Happes, promise my wife Elizabeth that she may take onto
the land whomever she likes and that person shall give her out-of-pocket
expenses annually. He whomever my wife shall take into the house with her must
keep the fences in good order and also all the buildings under good roof. Every
year he shall give my wife the choice among the cows that she may pick
whichever two she wants with their calves. These cows and their calves must be
fed well in the winter
time and put into good
pasture in summer. Secondly, he shall give my wife a pig of two hundred weight
with the lard and innards and as many chickens as she likes. Third, every year
as long as she shall live, she shall have ten bushel corn and ten bushel
buckwheat and six bushel wheat and six bushel field corn and ten bushel
potatoes and as much fruit as she needs and three pounds of wool. Fourth,
concerning the garden by the barn, the tenant must mulch (manure) it well and
keep it in good fence. Fifth, I, Jacob Happes, promise that my wife Elizabeth
shall have the right to a living room and a bedroom in the house, and room
enough in the spring house -- besides a stove and pipes and two beds and as
much wood to burn as she needs. Also she gets (to keep) her chest and
everything in it, two beds, one table and two chairs, the copper kettle and a
cooking pot, and also a pair of shoes that she likes . . . I, the undersigned,
Jacob Happes declare this to be my last will and testament: that
Michael Happes, Jr., a son
of the said Jacob Happes shall have a hundred dollars (Taler) extra, otherwise
he shall have an equal part; secondly my daughter Catherina (shall have)one
part, and thirdly my daughter Magdalena one part -- and, if (either of) my two
daughters die, the inheritance which I leave to my daughters shall go to my
grandchildren -- signed and sealed and declared as the Last Will and Testament
of the above signed:
(Signed) Jacob Happes
in the presence of us as
witnesses:
(Signed) Elias Beltz
(Signed) Friederich Kuegele
June 17,1843
Executed in West Penn
Township, Schuylkill County.
Schuylkill County, SS.
This thirty first day of
October, AD 1845, before me John P. Hobart Deputy Register for the probate of
Wills and granting letters of administration in and for the County of
Schuylkill personally appeared Frederick Kuegele one of the subscribing
witnesses to the foregoing will and being duly sworn according to law did
declare and say that he together with Elias Beltz the other subscribing witness
were present and saw and heard Jacob Happes the Testator sign, seal, publish,
pronounce, and declare that the foregoing instrument was his last Will and
Testament and that at the time of so doing he the said Testator was of perfect
and sound mind, memory, and understanding to the best of his knowledge and
belief.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid before me,
P.Hobart, Depy Reg
Fridrick Kuegele
Schuylkill County, SS
This first day of November
AD 1845 before me John P.Hobart Deputy Register for the probate of Wills and
granting letters of administration in and for Schuylkill County personally
appeared Elias Beltz one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will and
being duly sworn according to law did declare and say that he together with
Frederick Kugele the other subscribing witness were present and saw and heard
Jacob Happes the Testator sign, seal, publish, pronounce, and declare the
foregoing instrument to be his last Will and Testament and that at the time of
so doing he the said Testator was of perfect and sound mind, memory, and
understanding to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn and Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid before me,
J,P. Hobart, Depy Regt.
Elias Beltz
Registered and Examined
November 1, 1845 Nov. 8th, 1844 Letters of Admin. Granted to George Shaeffer
and Peter Breiner, they being first sworn according to Law. - See Letters
Admin. Book Vol.3 Page 42.
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Children of JACOB HOPPES and EVA SANDER are:
i. CATHERINE8 HOPPES, b.
September 22, 1802, Northampton Co., PA; d. September 09, 1891; m. GEORGE SCHAFFER; b. July
06, 1799, PA; d. May 20, 1865.
More About CATHERINE HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
More About GEORGE SCHAFFER:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
62. ii. MICHAEL HOPPES, b. 1804, Northampton Co., PA; d. 1896, OH.
63. iii. MARY MAGDALENE HOPPES, b. November 23, 1805, Northampton Co., PA; d. August
16, 1893.
23. MICHAEL7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
March 21, 1781 in Northampton Co., PA88, and died April 21,
185788. He married MAGDALENA KISTLER Circa
1801. She was born December 17, 1787 in
PA, and died 1856.
More About MICHAEL HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of MICHAEL HOPPES and MAGDALENA KISTLER are:
i. CATHERINE8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1803, Northampton Co., PA.
64. ii. MARY MAGDALINE HOPPES, b. November 23, 1805, Northampton Co., PA; d. August
16, 1862.
65. iii. JOHN HOPPES, b. October 01, 1807, Northampton Co., PA; d. January
10, 1886.
iv. SALOME HOPPES, b. March 29, 1809, Northampton Co., PA; d. November
06, 1879; m. SOLOMON ZEHNER, April 05, 1829; b. October 11, 1805, PA; d. August
31, 1852.
66. v. HESTER HOPPES, b. December 15, 1812, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June
12, 1903.
67. vi. JUDITH HOPPES, b. December 26, 1814, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
November 28, 1906, Eden Twp., Wyandot Co., OH.
68. vii. DAVID HOPPES, b. December 23, 1816, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. May 14,
1896, PA.
viii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1818, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. WILLIAM MILLER.
69. ix. JOSEPH HOPPES, b. Circa 1821, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. February 19,
1861.
70. x. NATHAN HOPPES, b. Circa 1821, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. November 21,
1892, Jefferson, IA.
71. xi. MICHAEL HOPPES, b. November 17, 1822, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 03, 1902.
24. CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1782, and died February 11, 1857 in PA.
She married (1) ? FAHRINGER. She
married (2) JOST WILHELM DREISBACH May 28, 1799.
He was born January 08, 1775 in PA, and died January 18, 1857 in PA.
Notes for CHRISTIANA HOPPES:
May have been married
previously to a Fahringer.
More About CHRISTIANA HOPPES:
Burial: Numidia Reformed
Cemetery, Locust Twp., Columbia Co., PA
Notes for JOST WILHELM DREISBACH:
Roll 759, Page 281, Lines 2
& 3, Roaring Creek Twp., Columbia Co., PA 1850 Census Schedule, taken on
Nov. 20, 1850.
Children of CHRISTIANA HOPPES and JOST DREISBACH are:
72. i. JACOB8 DREISBACH, b.
February 15, 1797; d. April 10, 1888, Beaver Twp., Columbia Co., PA.
ii. ROSEANNA DREISBACH, b. January 11, 1803, Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co.,
PA.
73. iii. ISAAC DREISBACH, b. May 10, 1807.
74. iv. JOHN DREISBACH, b. Circa 1809.
75. v. GEORGE W. DREISBACH, b. 1810, PA.
76. vi. WILLIAM DREISBACH, b. July 17, 1811, Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co., PA;
d. January 23, 1893, Columbia Co., PA.
77. vii. NATHAN DREISBACH, b. May 14, 1816, Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co., PA; d.
March 22, 1906, PA.
viii. ELIZABETH DREISBACH, b. Circa 1818.
25. DANIEL7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1784 in Northampton Co., PA, and died Circa 182289. He married CHRISTINA BIEBELHEIMER Circa
1806. She was born in Northampton Co.,
PA, and died Bef. 1822.
Notes for DANIEL HOPPES:
Case #321 in Fairfield
County, Ohio Wills shows the estate of Daniel HOPPIS of Bloom Township. Will
written October 6, 1821 and filed in '22. Wife was Christeanna, and she and
John Chaney were the executors. Heirs were minor children Lydia, whose guardian
was John G. Brunner; David and Hannah whose guardian was John Feller; Solomon
whos guardians were Samuel Weiser and John Feller; Christian, Judith and Daniel
whose guardian was John Coffman, and John whose guardian was Henry Feller,
"Fairfield County Wills and Estate Abstracts, Cases 1-500", Fairfield
County Gen. Society, April 1996, p 35, Source of Information."
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and CHRISTINA BIEBELHEIMER are:
i. MALE8 HOPPES, b. Bet.
1805 - 1810, Northampton Co., PA.
78. ii. DAVID HOPPES, b. August 17, 1807, Northampton Co., PA; d. March
28, 1883.
iii. HANNAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1809, Northampton Co., PA; m. JESSEE LANDON, January
11, 1842.
79. iv. CHRISTIAN HOPPES, b. September 13, 1811, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. April
24, 1893, Kosciusko Co., IN.
80. v. LYDIA HOPPES, b. April 01, 1813, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
11, 1859, Whitley Co., IN.
81. vi. JOHN HOPPES, b. Circa 1815, Fairfield Co., OH.
82. vii. SOLOMON HOPPES, b. October 05, 1812, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. October
02, 1900, Kosciusko Co., IN.
83. viii. DANIEL HOPPES, b. March 28, 1818, Fairfield Co., OH; d. November
06, 1896, OH.
ix. JUDITH HOPPES, b. December 01, 1819, Fairfield Co., OH.
More About JUDITH HOPPES:
Christening: January 09,
1820, Zion Lutheran Church, Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH
x. MARIA ANNA HOPPES, b. August 17, 1821, Fairfield Co., OH.
More About MARIA ANNA HOPPES:
Christening: October 07,
1821, Zion Lutheran Church, Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH, sponsor Magdalena
Feller
26. MARY MAGDALENA7 HAPPES (MICHAEL6, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
October 16, 1785 in Northampton Co., PA, and died August 11, 1852 in Seneca
Co., OH. She married MICHAEL KISTLER, son of JOHANNES KISTLER and EVA WIEDERSTEIN. He was born October 14, 1781 in PA90,
and died January 04, 1867 in Seneca Co., OH.
More About MARY MAGDALENA HAPPES:
Name 2: Molly or Mottena
Burial: German Reform
Church Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
Notes for MICHAEL KISTLER:
Estate of Michael Kistler
Be it remembered that on
the 1st day of February AD 1873 the last Will and Testament of Michael Kistler
was filed in the office of this court which reads as follows to wit:
In the name of the
Benevolent Father of all:
I, Michael Kister of Adams
Township, Seneca County Ohio do make and publish this my last Will and
Testament in manner following Viz:
First - It is my will that
my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.
Second - I give and bequeath
to my beloved wife Mary Kistler in lieu of Dower (illegible). And it is my will that the balance of my
property both personal and real be disposed of, that my remain after my death
and converted into money and be devided amongst my children.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal this 22nd day of May AD 1866.
Signed Michael Kistler
*******
Tombstone in German Reform
Church Cemetery, which is in Republic, Ohio reads, Michael Kistler, Sr.,
Gerhorgen der 4 Jan 1867 Alter 85 J 2m 20 t
More About MICHAEL KISTLER:
Baptism: November 10, 1782,
Angel Church, Lynn Twp., Berks Co., PA
Burial: German Reform
Church Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Jerusalem
Lutheran and Reformed Church
Children of MARY HAPPES and MICHAEL KISTLER are:
i. JUDITH8 KISTLER.
ii. MONROE J. KISTLER.
iii. JOHN T. KISTLER, b. September 14, 1805, PA; d. July 14, 1870, Seneca
Co., OH.
More About JOHN T. KISTLER:
Burial: German Reform
Church Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
iv. MICHAEL KISTLER, b. April 15, 1808, PA; d. January 27, 1873, Adams
Co., OH; m. (1) SALOMA FRITZ; m. (2) MARY ?.
More About MICHAEL KISTLER:
Burial: German Reform
Church Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
Occupation: Farmer -
Tanning
84. v. SALOME KISTLER, b. May 18, 1809, PA; d. November 04, 1886, Allen
Co., IN.
vi. JOSEPH KISTLER, b. January 10, 1815, Lehigh Co., PA; d. February 02,
1899, Seneca Co., OH; m. (1) ELIZABETH PAYNE, May 22, 1836, Seneca Co., OH91; m.
(2) CATHERINE MARGARET SHAWBURY, September 11, 1855, Seneca Co., OH91.
More About JOSEPH KISTLER:
Burial: German Reform
Church Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
vii. NATHAN KISTLER, b. Circa 1818; m. VENUS GARMAN.
More About VENUS GARMAN:
Name 2: Fanny Garman
27. CHRISTIAN7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
August 16, 1787 in Northampton Co., PA92, and died August 02,
185692. He married SALOME STEIGERWALT Circa
1808. She was born May 28, 1786 in
Northampton Co., PA, and died March 31, 1861.
Notes for CHRISTIAN HOPPES:
1820 W. Penn Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., PA Census Schedule, Page 102, Line 14 shows 1 male 10-16, 1
male 26-45, 3 females 0-10, 1 female 26-45
More About CHRISTIAN HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of CHRISTIAN HOPPES and SALOME STEIGERWALT are:
85. i. SOLOMON8 HOPPES, b. August
13, 1809, Northampton Co., PA; d. December 11, 1890.
ii. MALE HOPPES, b. Bet. 1810 - 1817, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for MALE HOPPES:
Died early.
iii. MALE2 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1810 - 1817, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for MALE2 HOPPES:
Died early.
iv. GIRL HOPPES, b. Bet. 1810 - 1817, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for GIRL HOPPES:
Died early.
v. GIRL2 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1810 - 1820, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for GIRL2 HOPPES:
Died early.
86. vi. LYDIA HOPPES, b. August 31, 1818, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. August
29, 1902.
vii. SALOME HOPPES, b. April 06, 1820, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. April 20,
1891; m. DANIEL NOTHSTEIN; b. January 17, 1813, PA; d. July 11, 1873.
viii. MALE3 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1830, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for MALE3 HOPPES:
Died early.
ix. REBECCA HOPPES, b. February 04, 1824, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1900;
m. HENRY NOTHSTEIN, February 16, 1845; b. September 10, 1815; d. 1878.
87. x. ANDREW HOPPES, b. January 19, 1826, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. August
19, 1894.
xi. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. 1827, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1887; m. HIRAM WEHR; d. 1875.
More About CATHERINE HOPPES:
Burial: Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., PA
xii. MALE4 HOPPES, b. 1829, Schuylkill Co., PA.
Notes for MALE4 HOPPES:
Died early.
28. CATHERINE7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
March 18, 1790 in Northampton Co., PA, and died February 24, 1878. She married DAVID WERTMAN. He was born April 10, 1791 in Lynn Twp.,
Northampton Co., PA, and died August 15, 1882.
Child of CATHERINE HOPPES and DAVID WERTMAN is:
i. SOLOMON8 WERTMAN.
29. JOHN7 HOPPES (MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1797 in Northampton Co., PA, and died 1880. He married CATHERINE Circa 1816.
She was born Circa 1797 in PA.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
1820 W. Penn Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., PA Census Schedule, Page 101, Line 18 shows, 1 male 0-10, 1
male 16-26; 1 female 0-10; 1 female 16-26.
Children of JOHN HOPPES and CATHERINE are:
i. FEMALE8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1817, PA.
88. ii. JESSE HOPPES, b. September 10, 1819, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
January 30, 1913.
iii. JOHN HOPPES, b. December 1821, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. August
1912; m. THERESA NOBLE, March 13, 1851.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co.,
Iowa
October 15, 1873
Notice. This is to notify the Public that I forbid
anyone trusting my wife Thressa Hoppes, on my account, as I will not pay any
such debts. John Hoppes.
iv. FEMALE2 HOPPES, b. Circa 1823, Schuylkill Co., PA.
89. v. DANIEL BOONE HOPPES, b. Circa 1825, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July 25, 1912,
Canada.
vi. CATHARINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1830, Schuylkill Co., PA.
90. vii. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. May 08, 1833, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July 12,
1924, Harrison Co., IA.
viii. DAVID HOPPES, b. Circa 1836, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. LUTHENA UNKNOWN.
30. ADAM7 HOPPES (ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Bet. 1790 - 1791 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died 1883. He married CATHERINE LINK December 03, 1810 in Lincoln Co., NC93. She was born Circa 1788 in NC, and died
Circa 1870.
Notes for ADAM HOPPES:
July 3, 1835
Yancy County Minute Docket
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions
Adam Hoppis was drawn to
serve as a Juror in the next Superior court.
Yancy County Minute Docket
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions
February Session 1838
February 6, 1838
Adam Hoppis served on an
Appeal Jury for Daniel Angel vs Enoch Harrol.
Findings in favor of the defendant.
February 8, 1838
Adam Hoppis severd on a
Jury for John Bailey vs John Leford.
Findings in favor of the plantiff, damages of $45.00 awarded.
February 9, 1838
A. Hoppis vs. Austin and
others. Rule on the plantiff to file
prosecution bond by June next or case be dismissed.
Yancy County Minute Docket
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions
April and June Sessions,
1838
Adam Hoppis served on the
jury for Jourdan Council vs. Samuel Wilcox.
Findings in favor of the plantiff, damages awarded $26.47.
June 26, 1838
Adam Hoppis vs Samuel
Austin & others - nonsuite.
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PERSONAL SUMMARY
Adam Hoppes was born about
1790 in Lincoln County, NC, the oldest son of Joh. Adam Happes, the recipient
of a Revolutionary War pension. During
the War of 1812 he served as a Private in Captain Henry Rudisell’s 7th Company
of the 8th Regiment on Lincoln County, NC Militia. After the War, he moved with his family and his father’s from
Lincoln County to Burke’s County, NC.
Ultimately, he moved deeper into the mountains of western North
Carolina, lived there with his unmarried daughter Louisa, and died at about age
93 near Bakersville, Mitchell County, NC.
PENSION FILE (SO 32430)
After Congress passed the
Act of March 9, 1878 providing pensions to qualifying veterans of the War of
1812 and their widows, Adam Hoppes submitted the following application (Ref.
#1)
WAR OF 1812
DECLARATION OF SOLDIER FOR
PENSION
State of North Carolina
County of Mitchell ss.
On this Seventeenth day of
April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, personally appeared
before me, J H Greene Clerk of the Superior Court, a Court of Record within and
for the county and State aforesaid, Adam Hoppes, aged 87 years, a resident of
________, County of Mitchell State of N. C., who, being duly sworn according to
law, declares that he is married; that his wife’s name was Catharine Link, to
whom he was married at the widow Links in Lincoln Co. N. C., on the _______ day
of ________, 1809; that he served the full period of 14 days in the (1)
Military service of the United States in the War of 1812; that he is the
identical Adam Hoppes, who (2) enlisted in Captain Henry Rudisell’s company,
_____ regiment, ________ brigade, ________ division, at Reel’s Muster Ground,
Lincoln Co. N. C. on the ________ day of October 1813, and was honorably
discharged at Salisbury N. C. on
the ______ day of February,
1815, that (3) he entered the service as private and remained in readiness for
nearly two years, that he joined his company at Charlotte, N. C. and remained
in service, three of four weeks during which they were ordered to proceed to
the seat of war and got as far as Salisbury N. C. when news of peace reached
them and they were disbanded, that he failed to get his discharge regularly
filled up. That the foregoing statements
as to dates is made from memory and he is not positive to its being entirely
correct, that he is not in receipt of pension under any previous act; that he
makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of
the United States . . . that his post office is at Bakersville, County of
Mitchell State of N. C.; that his domicile or place of abode is in
Mitchell Co. N. C.
The application was clearly
and neatly signed "Adam HoppesS and was witnessed by I. H. Bailey and D.
P. Chandler. On June 19, 1878, the
Federal Pension Office sent a letter to the Post Master of Bakersville, NC,
which stated:
You are requested to inform
this office whether there is a person living in your vicinity by the name of
Adam Hoppes, and whether he is regarded as a soldier of the War of 1812, also
if I. H. Bailey and D. P. Chandler are responsible persons, and likely to have
known the applicant for a long time.
Any information you may give will be regarded as confidential. Please return this letter with your
reply. Claim No 32,430.
On August 17, 1878, the
Bakersville Post Master replied that: Adam Hoppes lives near here – he is an
aged gentleman, & is reported as a soldier of 1812 – I. H. Baily and D. P.
Chandler are honest & trustworthy. Unfortunately during the application
examination process, an auditor from the Treasury Department in Washington, DC,
filed out a form stating: July 10th, 1878, Respectfully returned to the
Commissioner of Pensions with the information that there are no Rolls of
Captain Henry Rudisell’s Company of North Carolina Militia, War of 1812, on
file in this Office. Almost two years
passed before the Pension Office officially rejected Adam Hoppes’ claim on
April 24, 1880 on the ground of no record
or other evidence of the
claimants service as alleged.
Apparently Adam Hoppes
heard nothing about the outcome of his pension application for five years after
its submission. On May 12, 1883, Mr. J.
H. Greene wrote the following letter to the Commissioner of Pensions:
Mr. Adam Hoppus desires
information about his claim for pension as a soldier in the War of 1812. He thinks he filed his application for
pension through Mes. Smith & Beck of Washington D. C. about April 1878 but
has not heard from it since. Please
inform me whether he has a claim filed and if not please send a Blank
declaration for him. Mr. Hoppus is a
very old man being now over 93 years old, quite feeble and in destitute
circumstances, and from what I know of him I have no doubt about his claim
being a Just one. He says he enlisted
under Henry Rudisell, a Captain (he thinks) in Lincoln County N. C. about Oct.
1813 and was discharged at Salisbury N. C. about Feby 1815 and thinks he got a
land warrant about thirty or thirty five years ago. He asks that you give him the necessary information in his case
so
that he may be able to
proceed with the further prosecution of his claim.
On August 10, 1883, Adam
Hoppes signed a Power of Attorney making Charles & William B. King of
Washington, DC true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place, and
stead to prosecute to a final settlement my claim, No. 32430, for pension as a
Private, War of 1812. On this occasion,
however, Adam Hoppes merely placed his mark between his first and last names on
the Claimant Signature line of the form.
There is no further
information in Adam Hoppes’ Pension File that would indicate a pension ever was
granted to him.
It is ironic (and sad) that
almost 200 years after the War of 1812, it is much easier to judge the validity
of Adam Hoppes’ pension claim than it apparently was only 75 years after the
actual conflict. A ten-minute excursion
onto the Internet revealed that there was, indeed, a Henry Rudisell born in
Lincoln County, NC in 1785 and raised there, and more importantly that Henry Rudisell
was a Captain in the War of 1812 and had a private who served under him by the
name of Adam Hoppis.
The rooster of Captain
Rudisell’s company of detached militia is shown below (Ref. #2):
DETACHED FROM THE MILITIA OF NORTH
CAROLINA IN 1812 AND 1814
LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA
1812 SECOND BRIGADE EIGHTH
REGIMENT SEVENTH COMPANY DETACHED FROM THE FIRST LINCOLN REGIMENT
HENRY RUDASIL...CAPTAIN
ROBERT OATS ...LIEUTENANT
PHILIP HAIN ...ENSIGN
MOSES HERRING...1ST
SERGEANT---- PETER CRITTES...2ND SERGEANT---- CHRIS. LEWIS...3RD SERGEANT WM.
FULLBRIGHT...4TH SERGEANT--- ABRAHAM WIATT...1ST CORPORAL--- LINAS
SANFORD...2ND CORPORAL DAVID CLINE ...3RD CORPORAL---- SAMUEL EDGIN...4TH
CORPORAL-
JOHN MASTER AARON MOORE JEPETH SHAW
WILLIAM JOHNSTON AMES CLARK FRANCIS ASBURY
HENRY BARCLAY JOHN KISTLER JESSE WHEELER
JAMES MARTIN JOHN BALLARD SAMUEL TURNER
GEORGE SIFFORD JOHN BRIM MENUCAN SHELTON
THOMAS HANNON GEORGE FREET EDWARD SNEED
WILLIAM SIFFORD WILLIAM BENNETT ADAM HOPPIS
JACOB MILLER ISAAC FLEMMING ROBERT WILSON
JOHN SIFFORD JOHN CRAGO GARLIP SIFFORD
JOHN MURPHY MARTIN DELLINGER JAMES LINDSAY
ROBERT WILLIAMS ADAM SPEIGHT WILLIAM LOWE
CRURY BAGGETT IASIAH ABERNATHY ABSALOM BUMGARNER
ABRAM BAGGETT WILLIAM WALKER GEORGE MOORE
THOMAS ASH NICHOLAS LAURENCE COLBERT SHERELL
MOSES LAURENCE JACOB BURNS ISAAC ROBERTSON
FREDERICK SUMMEY JOHN CLADWELL ELLIAS PLOT
HENRY CHIPPERD CHRISTOPHER HUFFMAN JACOB ISAAC
JACOB DUNSILL SOLOMON CLINE ELIJAH CALL
JOHN WILSON ALFRED MOORE
REFERENCES
1. Adam Hoppes Pension File #SO 32430,
1812, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/ncltroops.htm
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
Children of ADAM HOPPES and CATHERINE LINK are:
i. DOROTHY8 HOPPES, b. Bet.
1810 - 1815, Lincoln Co., NC; m. JAMES WASHBURN.
ii. MAGDALENA HOPPES, b. Circa 1812, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Bef. 1850; m. JOSEPH HOPSON, April 26,
1830; b. May 11, 1803, NC; d. August 02, 1892.
iii. SUSANAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1815, Lincoln Co., NC; d. July 25, 1871; m.
ISAAC
WASHBURN, Circa 1835; b. 1815, Burke Co., NC; d. 1881.
More About SUSANAH HOPPES:
Burial: Grassy Creek
Cemetery, Spruce Pine, NC
iv. FEMALE2 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820, Lincoln Co., NC.
v. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1817, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. 1870; m. WILEY MACE, Circa 1845;
b. Circa 1815.
91. vi. FREDERICK HOPPES, b. 1819, Burke Co., NC; d. January 31, 1865.
vii. MALE HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1824, Burke Co., NC; d. Bef. 1850.
viii. NANCY HOPPES, b. March 20, 1825, Burke Co., NC; d. June 16, 1905;
m. WILLIAM B. MCKINNEY, Circa 1843; b. February 28, 1821; d. October 09,
1906.
ix. LOUISA HOPPES, b. Circa 1826, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880.
31. SAMUEL7 HOPPES (ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1797 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died Circa 1868. He married (1) JANE GUFFEY. She was born
Circa 1796 in NC, and died Bet. 1850 - 1857.
He married (2) SINIA PLEMMONS October 25, 1857 in Madison, NC94. She was born Circa 1816 in NC.
Children of SAMUEL HOPPES and JANE GUFFEY are:
i. MALE8 HOPPES, b. Bet.
1815 - 1820, Lincoln Co., NC.
Notes for MALE HOPPES:
Died early.
ii. MALE1 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for MALE1 HOPPES:
Died early.
92. iii. ADAM P. HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Burke Co., NC; d. Bet. 1845 -
1847.
iv. MARY B. HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Burke Co., NC; m. MOSES BROWN, August 20,
1846, Wilkes Co., NC95.
v. PARTHENA HOPPES, b. 1829, Burke Co., NC; m. FLETCHER A. BALDWIN.
Notes for PARTHENA HOPPES:
Died early.
32. JACOB7 HOPPES (ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1800 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died Aft. 1850. He married DIADEAN POOL March 08, 1819 in Rutherford Co., NC96.
More About DIADEAN POOL:
Name 2: Diadamy Pool
Children of JACOB HOPPES and DIADEAN POOL are:
i. FEMALE8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1820, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for FEMALE HOPPES:
Died early.
ii. BOY HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for BOY HOPPES:
Died early.
iii. FEMALE2 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for FEMALE2 HOPPES:
Died early.
iv. FEMALE3 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for FEMALE3 HOPPES:
Died early.
v. FEMALE4 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1825 - 1830, Burke Co., NC.
Notes for FEMALE4 HOPPES:
Died early.
vi. FEMALE5 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1825 - 1830, Burke Co., NC.
93. vii. JOHN F. HOPPERS, b. May 1833, NC; d. Aft. 1900.
viii. FEMALE6 HOPPES, b. Bet. 1835 - 1840, Crittenden Co., AR.
33. JOHN7 HOPPES (ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Bet. 1802 - 1803 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died Aft. 1880. He married SARAH SULLIVAN January
10, 1826 in Lincoln Co., NC97. She was born Circa 1804 in NC, and died Bef. 185098.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
Yancy County Minute Docket
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Session
June 29, 1835
John Hopper along with
Willis McKiney, William Buchanan, Joseph L. Ray and Thomas (illigeble) took the
necessary oaths for the appointments and commisons issued by the last
Legislature.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Name 2: Jonathan Hoppes
Children of JOHN HOPPES and SARAH SULLIVAN are:
i. ELIZABETH8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1828, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. May 1917.
ii. CLARISSA HOPPES, b. Circa 1830, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. May 1917.
iii. NANCY HOPPES, b. Circa 1832, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. May 1917; m. THOMAS MCKINNEY, October
10, 1857, McDowell Co., NC99.
iv. SARAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1834, Burke or Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. May
1917; m. SAMUEL SAMPSON MCKINNEY, October 27, 1856, McDowell Co., NC100,101.
More About SARAH HOPPES:
Name 2: Salley Hoppes
v. NARCISSA HOPPES, b. Circa 1836, Burke or Yancy Co., NC.
vi. LUCINDA HOPPES, b. Circa 1838, Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. May 1917; m. CHARLES BIDDIX, April 25,
1862, McDowell Co., NC102; b. Circa 1844.
94. vii. JONATHAN HOPPES, b. Circa 1840, Yancy Co., NC; d. October 25, 1916.
viii. ALMENA HOPPES, b. March 20, 1842, Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. May 1917;
m. WILLIAM MCKINNEY, March 28, 1861, McDowell Co., NC103,104.
95. ix. JOSEPH H. HOPPES, b. April 20, 1845, Yancy Co., NC; d. April 03, 1926.
96. x. ZENAS ALEXANDER HOPPES, b. March 1848, Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. 1900.
34. GEORGE7 HOPPES (ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Bet. 1804 - 1805 in Lincoln Co., NC, and died Aft. 1850. He married (1) LUCINDA. He married (2) MARGARET ANN BAIN August 11,
1835 in Washington Co., TN105. She was born February 07, 1810, and died June 26, 1893.
Notes for GEORGE HOPPES:
Yancy County Minute Docket
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions
April and June Sessions
1838
Thomas Lloyd vs George
Hoppis and others
It appears to the court
that the judgment and execution in this case are irregular. Order that they be set aside and the case be
reinstated on the trial docket of this term.
Children of GEORGE HOPPES and MARGARET BAIN are:
97. i. MICHAEL B. H.8 HOPPES, b. March
10, 1837, Washington, TN; d. November 04, 1919.
ii. LOUISA HOPPES, b. Circa 1842, NC; m. ALEXANDER H. GILLIAM, May 12,
1861.
iii. MARY A. HOPPES, b. Circa 1843, NC; m. FRANK GUYMON, May 30,
1867.
iv. LOUANDIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1846, NC.
35. JACOB7 HOPPES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)106
was born Circa 1786 in Northampton Co., PA107, and died
February 1850 in Stark Co., OH108. He married MARIA REUTER July 22, 1806 in Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Oley
Twp., Berks Co., PA109.
She was born in PA.
Notes for JACOB HOPPES:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Jacob Hoppes, the oldest
son of Jacob Happes who eventually settled in Luzerne County, PA, was born
about 1786. In the War of 1812, the
younger Jacob Hoppes served in Captain George Ritter’s Company of Infantry in
the 1st Regiment (Shappell’s) of Pennsylvania Militia. Unfortunately, the
younger Jacob Hoppes died in February 1850, before the first act of Congress
under which he could have applied for bounty land.
MILITARY SERVICE FILE (Regt
Shappell’s, PA Militia)
Muster rolls of Captain
George Ritter’s Infantry Company in Shappell’s regiment (Ref. #1) indicate that
the Company’s place of residence was Ruscomanor, Berks County, PA and that the
unit rendezvoused at York, PA. Jacob
Hoppes’ dates of service were from September 1, 1814 until December 4, 1814, a
total of three months and four days.
For his service at a rate of pay of $8 per month, Jacob Hoppes received
$25.03.
REFERENCES
1. Jacob Hoppes military service record,
Captain George Ritter’s Company, 1st (Sharppell’s) Regiment, PA Militia, War of
1812, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About JACOB HOPPES:
Cause of Death: Consumption
aka Tuberculosis
Military service: Bet.
August 28, 1814 - March 05, 1815, Infantry of the 1st Regiment, PA Militia,
Captian George Ritter's Company
Occupation: Farmer
Children of JACOB HOPPES and MARIA REUTER are:
98. i. SOLOMON8 HOPPES, b. October
24, 1806, Berks Co., PA; d. Bef. 1870, Berks Co., PA.
99. ii. WILLIAM HOPPES, b. January 24, 1808, Berks Co., PA; d. September 11,
1899, Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH.
iii. LYDIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1810, Berks Co., PA; m. JAMES HILTON.
Notes for LYDIA HOPPES:
Reported to have married
James Hilton, looking for proof. Find
Lydia Fenstmacher living next to Jacob Hoppes & Mary Roose Hoppes on the
1860 Stark Co., OH census, roll 1038, page 113 dated 2 Jun 1860, with Jas.
Slentz as the Asst. Marshall.
100. iv. DANIEL HOPPES, b. 1811, Berks Co., PA; d. May 06, 1897, Stark Co.,
OH.
v. LEAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1818, Berks Co., PA; m. GEORGE LAYMAN, February
16, 1847, Stark Co., OH110.
101. vi. JACOB HOPPES, b. April 04, 1819, Berks Co., PA; d. May 17, 1897,
Stark Co., OH.
36. MICHAEL7 HOPPES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)111
was born Circa 1789 in Northampton Co., PA112, and died Bet.
1871 - 1872. He married MARY ANNE KLEES Circa
1815. She was born May 14, 1792 in PA,
and died Bet. 1872 - 1873.
Children of MICHAEL HOPPES and MARY KLEES are:
102. i. ISAAC8 HOPPES, b. May
1816, Luzerne Co., PA; d. November 18, 1892.
103. ii. JACOB HOPPES, b. September 1820, PA; d. March 01, 1854, PA.
iii. SALOME HOPPES, b. October 24, 1824, PA; d. February 26, 1856; m. JAMES BLACK, May 24,
1855; b. October 25, 1821; d. November 30, 1862.
104. iv. GEORGE H. HOPPES, b. Circa 1825, PA; d. January 18, 1882.
105. v. JOHN HOPPES, b. April 30, 1827, Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA; d.
December 23, 1909, Sullivan Co., PA.
vi. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1828, Lycoming Co., PA; d. December 30,
1894; m. JOHN M. BROWN, November 1888; b. May 30, 1817; d. November 14,
1897.
vii. WILLIAM HOPPES, b. Circa 1830, Lycoming Co., PA.
106. viii. DANIEL T. HOPPES, b. October 1834, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Circa 1910.
107. ix. HENRY HOPPES, b. January 03, 1836, Lycoming Co., PA; d. November
24, 1860.
37. JOHN7 HOBBES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)113
was born December 1790 in Northampton Co., PA114, and died
February 16, 1863 in Luzerne Co., PA114. He married ELIZABETH BAIR Circa
1825. She was born April 1804 in PA,
and died March 17, 1876.
More About JOHN HOBBES:
Name 2: John Hoppes
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
More About ELIZABETH BAIR:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
Children of JOHN HOBBES and ELIZABETH BAIR are:
i. HANNAH8 HOBBES, b. Bet.
1825 - 1830, Luzerne Co., PA; m. J. G. DODSON.
108. ii. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. January 27, 1827, Luzerne Co., PA; d. February
01, 1898.
109. iii. PETER HOBBES, b. May 05, 1828, Luzerne Co., PA; d. July 26, 1902.
iv. LUCINDA HOBBES, b. Circa 1831, Luzerne Co., PA; m. JOHN H. TOMLIN, December
21, 1855.
v. ELIZABETH HOBBES, b. Circa 1833, Luzerne Co., PA; m. GEORGE MILLER.
vi. SARAH HOBBES, b. Circa 1835, Luzerne Co., PA.
110. vii. JACOB HOBBES, b. September 03, 1838, Luzerne Co., PA; d. February
23, 1913.
viii. SUSAN ANN HOBBES, b. Circa 1840, Luzerne Co., PA; m. (1) JOHN ROOT; m. (2) ? MCHENRY.
ix. MARGARET CATHERINE HOBBES, b. Circa 1842, Luzerne Co., PA.
x. MARY ADELAIDE HOBBES, b. Circa 1846, Luzerne Co., PA; m. (1) AMMI SUTLIFF; m. (2) BLAND PLACE.
38. ELIZABETH7 HOPPES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)115
was born Circa 1792 in Northampton Co., PA116, and died
January 25, 1879 in Monroe Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN117. She married ISAAC HAGERMAN. He died 1846 in Van Wert Co., OH.
Children of ELIZABETH HOPPES and ISAAC HAGERMAN are:
111. i. JACOB8 HAGERMAN, d.
February 10, 1885.
ii. MARY POLLY HAGERMAN, m. JESSE B. GROSCOST.
iii. WILLIAM HAGERMAN, d. September 1847, Van Wert Co., OH; m. MARY ANN BARLEAN, December
06, 1840.
112. iv. CATHERINE HAGERMAN, b. Circa 1823, PA.
v. ELIZABETH HAGERMAN, b. March 1826; d. December 09, 1907; m. WILLIAM HARVEY, April 30,
1846.
vi. ISAAC HAGERMAN, b. Circa 1829118; d. June 26,
1870; m. MARY ZIMMERMAN, October 19, 1852, Kosciusko Co., IN.
More About ISAAC HAGERMAN:
Occupation: 1850, Farmer
vii. BARNETT HAGERMAN, b. Circa 1832; d. April 03, 1849.
Notes for BARNETT HAGERMAN:
Age at death was 17.
viii. ESTHER HAGERMAN, b. Circa 1834118; m. WARREN WASHINGTON FAULKNER, November
15, 1854, Kosciusko Co., IN.
ix. SARAH HAGERMAN, b. Circa 1836119; d. June 05,
1927; m. DAVID MARKEY, March 27, 1856, Kosciusko Co., IN.
39. CATHARINE7 HOPPES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)120
was born August 27, 1796 in Northampton Co., PA, and died May 10, 1872 in
Pulaski Co., IN. She married GEORGE SHELHEART
1816. He was born February 23, 1791 in
Germany, and died October 20, 1872 in Pulaski Co., IN.
More About CATHARINE HOPPES:
Date born 2: September 06,
1795, PA
More About GEORGE SHELHEART:
Spelling Variations:
Shellheart/Shellhart
Children of CATHARINE HOPPES and GEORGE SHELHEART are:
i. JOHN8 SHELHEART, b. April
01, 1817, PA; d. January 11, 1860, Pulaski Co., IN; m. COHRIA SHANBERGER, August
07, 1841, Seneca Co., OH121.
ii. GEORGE SHELHEART, JR, b. November 16, 1818, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
28, 1888, Pulaski Co., IN; m. RACHEL WEYERWANDT, October 16, 1850, Pulaski Co., IN122.
iii. JACOB SHELHEART, b. February 01, 1820, PA; d. January 11, 1860,
Pulaski Co., IN.
iv. ABIGAIL SHELHEART, b. March 20, 1824, PA; d. March 21, 1877, IN; m. PHILLIP WALTHER, July 13,
1843, Seneca Co., OH123.
v. POLLY SHELHEART, b. January 15, 1828, OH; d. May 25, 1898, IN; m. (1)
PETER
ZEHNER,
May 23, 1846, Richland Co., OH123; m. (2) JONAS GOOD, November 29,
1849, Pulaski Co., IN124.
vi. JOSEPH SHELHEART, b. March 07, 1829, OH; d. April 02, 1869, Pulaski
Co., IN.
vii. SUSANNA SHELHEART, b. March 07, 1829, OH; d. April 04, 1872, Pulaski
Co., IN.
40. GEORGE H.7 HOPPES (JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)125
was born Circa 1804 in Northampton Co., PA126, and died
October 06, 1854 in Luzerne Co., PA. He
married CATHARINE BENSCOTER Circa 1829 in Luzerne Co., PA. She was born May 1806 in PA, and died
January 11, 1885.
More About GEORGE H. HOPPES:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
More About CATHARINE BENSCOTER:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
Children of GEORGE HOPPES and CATHARINE BENSCOTER are:
i. NANCY8 HOPPES, b. January
1830, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900; m. WILLIAM H. MOSER.
ii. ROSANNA HOPPES, b. February 24, 1832, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1912;
m. ELISHA B. MEYERS; b. Circa 1828.
113. iii. JONAS B. HOPPES, b. July 20, 1836, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Bet. July 01,
1890 - 1898.
114. iv. ELIAS HOPPES, b. March 16, 1834, Luzerne Co., PA; d. January 10,
1917.
v. HANNAH HOPPES, b. December 22, 1838, Luzerne Co., PA; d. May 02,
1905; m. JOSEPH H. GROSS, December 26, 1861.
vi. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. April 07, 1840, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900; m.
JOHN
D. WILLIAMS, 1881; b.
December 1836, Wales; d. Aft. 1900.
vii. SARAH HOPPES, b. November 15, 1842, Luzerne Co., PA; d. December
31, 1890.
More About SARAH HOPPES:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
viii. EMELINE AMY HOPPES, b. January 08, 1845; m. JACOB D. BUDMAN, Bef. 1912.
115. ix. GEORGE BENJAMIN HOPPES, b. Bet. January 04, 1847 - 1848, Luzerne Co., PA; d.
February 20, 1926.
41. ANNA MARY7 HOPPESS (HENRY6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
March 27, 1796 in Wythe Co., VA127,128. She married DAVID WYNN October 21,
1819.
Children of ANNA HOPPESS and DAVID WYNN are:
i. NANCY E.8 WYNN, m. JACOB LEONARD, November
02, 1848.
ii. EDWARD WYNN, m. POLLY A. CRIGGER, December 11, 1847.
116. iii. BARBARA WYNN, b. December 05, 1821, VA; d. February 23, 1863,
Lawrence Co., IL.
iv. SOPHIA WYNN, b. July 10, 1835, Wythe Co., VA129;
m. (1) WILLIAM F. GORDON, July 31, 1850; m. (2) ADAM GROSECLOSE,
January 16, 1869, Wythe Co., VA; b. March 28, 1829, Wythe Co., VA130.
Notes for ADAM GROSECLOSE:
Pulaski County Virginia
Biographies
ADAM GROSECLOSE - was born
in Wythe county, Virginia, February 18, 1829, a son of Elias and Reginnah
(DUTTON) GROSECLOSE. He first married
Elizabeth LANTERN, who was born November 22, 1830, and died of diptheria on the
29th of November 1858. Of their union
were born one sone and one daughter: James E., November 1, 1856, and Mary A.,
January 16, 1858. On January 16, 1869,
in Wythe county, Sophia, daughter of David and Mary (HOPPES) WYNN, became the
wife of Adam GROSECLOSE. She was born
in Wythe county, July 10, 1835. In
1872, Mr. GROSECLOSE took up his residence in Pulaski county, and follows the
trade of carpenter and millwright for a livelihood. In 1875 he was elected justice, and served through a term of four
years, declining a re-election when the nomination was tended him. He receives his mail at Radford Furnace,
Pulaski county, Virginia.
42. HENRY7 HOPPESS (HENRY6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
July 16, 1798 in Wythe Co., VA131,132, and died Bet. 1851 - 1852. He married POLLY WARD November 30,
1826 in Wythe Co., VA133.
She was born Circa 1808, and died Aft. 1880 in TX134.
Notes for HENRY HOPPESS:
Wythe Co., VA Court Records
December 10, 1822 Henry
Hoppess, Jr., appointed Wythe Co., Militia Consitable.
December 9, 1823 appointed
Deputy Sheriff of Wythe Co. and on March 14, 1826 was reappointed.
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Asst. Marshall on the 1850
Carroll Co., VA census.
More About HENRY HOPPESS:
Name 2: Henry Hoppess, Jr.
Baptism: October 14, 1798,
Rith Creek, VA
Children of HENRY HOPPESS and POLLY WARD are:
i. ELIZA8 HOPPESS, b. 1828,
Wythe Co., VA; m. CHARLES B. DICKINSON, Circa 1850.
ii. JOHN P. HOPPESS, b. Circa 1829, Wythe Co., VA; d. Aft. 1850.
iii. JAMES H. HOPPESS, b. Circa 1831, Wythe Co., VA; m. (1) NANCY J. WRIGHT, February
08, 1859, Cass Co., MO; m. (2) MARTHA MCCLENDEN, March 20, 1882.
Notes for JAMES H. HOPPESS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
James H. Hoppess was born
in Wythe County, VA about 1831, the second oldest son of the lawman Henry
Hoppess and his wife Mary (Polly) Watson Ward.
He married Nancy J. Wright in Cass County, MO on February 8, 1859.
MILITARY FILES
James H. Hoppess’ CSA
service files in the National Archives (Ref. #1) document that he enlisted as a
Private in Co. F, 6 Regiment MO Infantry at Springfield, MO on January 1, 1862
for the period of one year. He was
present throughout 1862 except for some days prior to October 16, 1862 he spent
in the hospital. On his Company’s
muster roll for January/February 1863 he is designated a Teamster and Present,
but then as a Private and Present on the next two rolls through June 1863. On July 4, 1863, the same day Lee withdrew
from Gettysburg, Grant captured Vicksburg, MS where Co. F, 6 MO INF had been
entrenched. The Company’s muster roll
for July/ August 1863 notes: July 4th we were ordered by
Lieut. Gen’l Pemberton to
march out in front of the breastworks and stack arms, as he had capitulated on
terms. July 7th we were paroled.
James Hoppess’ parole papers stated that:
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, JULY 7, 1863
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,
KNOW YE THAT:
I J. H. Hoppess a private of Co. F, 6th Reg’t Mo. Vols, C. S. A.,
being a prisoner of War, in the hands of the United States Forces, in virtue of
the capitulation of the City of Vicksburg and its Garrison, by Lieut. Gen. John
C. Pemberton, C. S. A., Commanding, on the 4th day of July, 1863, do in
pursuance of the terms of said capitulation, give this my solemn parole under
oath ---
That I will not take up
arms again against the United States, nor serve in any military police or
constabulary force in any Fort, garrison or field work, held by the Confederate
States of America, against the United States of America, nor as a guard of
prisons, depots or stores, nor discharge any duties usually performed by
Officers or soldiers, against the United States of America, until duly
exchanged by the proper authorities.
(signed)
J H Hoppess
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sworn to and subscribed
before me at Vicksburg, Miss, this 7th day of July, 1863
S. W. Forgy Cap 31 Reg’t Ills Vols,
AND PAROLING OFFICER.
The muster roll of Co. F, 6
MO INF for September/October 1863 reports James H. Hoppess as being Absent,
with the remark: Absent without leave since Sept 12, 1863. The next muster roll for November/December
1863 remarks: Deserted Sept 12, 1863.
The final muster role in his file is for the period January/February 1864 and
indicates that Jas Happers is now a Pvt in Co. A, Shanks’ Reg’t, Missouri Cav.
A “Historic Roll” in his File dated Mobile Bay March 14, 1865 indicates that
James Hoppess was 28 years old when he enlisted, was born in Wythe Co.,
Virginia, was a farmer by
occupation, and was
residing at Harrisonville, Cass County, MO.
This Roll also states that he: Served in M. S. G. as Teamster, Co. A.
10th Cav, 8 Div went to Trans Miss. Dept. Sept. 1863.
REFERENCES
1. James H. Hoppess’ Company F, 6
Regiment MO INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
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Genealogical Records:
Midwest Pioneers, 1600's - 1800's
Kansas Territorial Settlers
of 1860, Part II: Born in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Page 101
shows Jas. Hoppess in
Lykins Co., KS, Township Paola, as a 27 year old farmer.
Need to obtain Vol. 8, page
41 to see who else is listed in this household.
iv. FRANCES A. HOPPESS, b. August 27, 1832, Wythe Co., VA.
Notes for FRANCES A. HOPPESS:
Died 2-7-183? Buried at Rural Retreat Cemetery, marker
badly deteriorated.
More About FRANCES A. HOPPESS:
Burial: St. Paul's Church
Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA
117. v. SUSAN ILLIA HOPPESS, b. August 27, 1832, Wythe Co., VA; d. January 02,
1877, Smyrna, TX.
vi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOPPESS, b. Circa 1835, Wythe Co., VA; d. October 05, 1861135;
m. SUSAN J. HEDRICK, January 13, 1858, McLennan Co., MO136.
118. vii. THOMAS JEFFERSON HOPPESS, b. Circa 1838, Wythe Co., VA; d. October 05, 1867.
43. BARBARA ANN7 HOPPIS (JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
September 18, 1799 in Wythe Co., VA, and died October 20, 1880 in Scioto Co.,
OH. She married JOHN SNOOK March 13,
1819 in Scioto Co., OH. He was born
September 06, 1797, and died October 09, 1865 in Scioto Co., OH.
More About BARBARA ANN HOPPIS:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
More About JOHN SNOOK:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
Children of BARBARA HOPPIS and JOHN SNOOK are:
119. i. ELI8 SNOOK, b. Circa
1820.
ii. LOUISA SNOOK, b. 1821, Scioto Co., OH137; d.
1823, Scioto Co., OH137.
More About LOUISA SNOOK:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
iii. MARIA SNOOK, b. Circa 1822.
iv. J. H. SNOOK, b. Circa 1824.
v. TABITHA SNOOK, b. Circa 1824.
vi. EPHRAIM SNOOK, b. June 24, 1827, Scioto Co., OH137,138;
d. April 09, 1830, Scioto Co., OH139.
More About EPHRAIM SNOOK:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
vii. ANGELINE SNOOK, b. Circa 1834.
viii. JERAMIAH SNOOK, b. Circa 1836.
ix. ALMIRA SNOOK, b. Circa 1842.
44. CHRISTENA7 HOPPIS (JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
July 23, 1800 in Wythe Co., VA140, and died October 30, 1861
in Randolph Co., IL140.
She married DANIEL WOOLFORD February 03, 1820.
He was born October 28, 1794 in Bath Co., VA, and died September 10,
1879 in Randolph Co., IL.
Notes for CHRISTENA HOPPIS:
WEEKLY RANDOLPH COUNTY
DEMOCRAT, Saturday Dec 14, 1861
DIED:--Of typhoid fever,
October 30th ult., at her residence one mile west of Blair Post
Office, Randolph County
Ill., Christinna, wife of Daniel WOLFORD, formerly of Sciota
County, Ohio. Aged 61 years 3 months and 7 days.
More About CHRISTENA HOPPIS:
Cause of Death: Typhoid
Fever
More About DANIEL WOOLFORD:
Name 2: Daniel Wolford
Children of CHRISTENA HOPPIS and DANIEL WOOLFORD are:
120. i. FREDERICH8 WOOLFORD, b. 1821;
d. November 12, 1861, Randolph Co., IL.
121. ii. JACOB WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1829; d. Bef. 1900.
122. iii. GEORGE WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1832.
123. iv. MARY J. WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1834.
v. HANNA WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1837141; m. JACOB N. BLAKMORE142, February 17, 1859, Randolph Co., IL142.
vi. CHRISTINE WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1841143; m. GEORGE H. RUST, July 14,
1859, Randolph Co., IL144.
45. WILLIAM7 HOPPIS (JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1802 in Wythe Co., VA145, and died Aft. 1880. He married MARGARET ALBERN Circa
1827.
More About WILLIAM HOPPIS:
Occupation: Blacksmith
Residence 1: 1837,
Washington Co., TN
Residence 2: 1840, Arkansas
Residence 3: 1850, MO
Residence 4: 1860, TX
Children of WILLIAM HOPPIS and MARGARET ALBERN are:
i. JOHN8 HOPPIS, b. Bet.
1825 - 1830, Scioto Co., OH; d. February 20, 1883.
ii. FEMALE HOPPIS, b. Bet. 1825 - 1830, Scioto Co., OH.
iii. FEMALE2 HOPPIS, b. Bet. 1830 - 1835, Phillips Co., AR.
iv. MALE HOPPIS, b. Bet. 1830 - 1835, Phillips Co., AR.
v. MICHAEL HOPPIS, b. Circa 1838, Phillips Co., AR.
More About MICHAEL HOPPIS:
Military service: Civil War
Union Soldier
Residence: MO after Civil
War
vi. ANDREW HOPPIS, b. Circa 1846, Phillips Co., AR.
vii. CORNELIUS HOPPIS, b. Circa 1848, Hickory Co., MO.
124. viii. THOMAS B. HOPPIS, b. Circa 1850, Hickory Co., MO.
46. MICHAEL A.7 HOPPIS (JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
July 04, 1814 in Scioto Co., OH, and died January 07, 1887. He married (1) RACHEL REYNOLDS October
04, 1833. She was born November 03,
1816146, and died November 10, 1850 in Scioto Co., OH147. He married (2) RUTH HUBBARD August 17,
1851. She was born February 25, 1826 in
VA, and died July 17, 1914 in AR.
Notes for MICHAEL A. HOPPIS:
Newton County Arkansas
Will Book A, Pages 356-357
Spelling corrected
I, Michael Hoppis, of Mills
Creek in the County of Newton, and state of Arkansas, Farmer, being of sound
and disposing mind and memory do make publish and declare this to be my last
will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time
heretofore make record as to my worldly estate and all the property, real
personal or mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I
shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise bequeath and dispose
thereof in the manner following to wit:
My will is that all my just
debts and funeral expenses shall by my executors hereinafter named, be paid out
of my estate as soon after my decease as shall by them be found convenient.
I give devise and bequeath
to my beloved wife Ruthy Hoppis all my household furniture and personal
property except what is hereafter stated in this my last will to have and to
hold the same to her and her executors administrators and assigns forever.
I also give to her the use
improvements and incomes of my dwelling house and it's appurtenances situated
in Sec 14 Township 16 Range 20 W 160 A in Newton Co., Arkansas.
Also the Land situated in
Sec 28 and 24 Sec Township 16W Range 20 W and containing 160 acres to have and
to hold the same to her for and during the term of her natural life.
I give and bequeath to my
Daughter Millie A. Hoppis one horse also my land situated in Scioto Co., Ohio
in Sec 14 Township 2 Range 20 comprising about 89 acres to have and to hold the
same together with all the profits and income thereof to her the said Millie A.
Hoppis her heirs executors administrators and assigns, to her and their use and
benefit forever.
I give devise and bequeath
to my son James Hoppis the sum of $5.00.
I give devise and bequeath
to my son Andrew Hoppis the sum of $5.00
I give devise and bequeath
to my Daughter Josephine Morrison the sum of $80.00 which I have already paid
unto her.
I give devise and bequeath
to my nephew John Roberts the sum of $5.00
I give devise and bequeath
to my son Fremont Hoppis one horse.
I give devise and bequeath
to my son Edmond Hoppis one horse.
I give devise and bequeath
to my son Scott Hoppis one horse.
I give devise and bequeath
to my son Michael Hoppis one horse.
All the rest and residue of
my estate real personal and mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed or
to which I shall be entitled at my decease I give devise and bequeath to my
beloved wife Ruthy Hoppis.
And lastly, I do nominate
and appoint my said sons Fremont Hoppis and Edmond Hoppis to be executors of
this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I the
said Michael Hoppis have to this my last will and testament consisting of two
sheets of paper subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 7th day of January
in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and eighty seven.
Signed sealed published and
declared by the said Michael Hoppis as and for his last will and testament in
the presence of us who at his request and in his presence.
Duly Recorded This 17 day
of April AD 1889
B. F. Ruble
Clerk and Recorder
More About MICHAEL A. HOPPIS:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
More About RACHEL REYNOLDS:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
More About RUTH HUBBARD:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
Children of MICHAEL HOPPIS and RACHEL REYNOLDS are:
125. i. JOHN8 HOPPIS, b. Circa
1836, Scioto Co., OH; d. July 25, 1872.
ii. CATHARINE HOPPIS, b. August 23, 1837, Scioto Co., OH148;
d. April 09, 1844, Scioto Co., OH149.
More About CATHARINE HOPPIS:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
126. iii. JAMES ANDREW HOPPIS, b. February 14, 1838, Scioto Co., OH; d. September
11, 1914.
127. iv. ANDREW JACKSON HOPPIS, b. May 03, 1840, Scioto Co., OH; d. January 02,
1907.
v. BARBARA HOPPIS, b. December 24, 1844, Scioto Co., OH150;
d. September 27, 1845, Scioto Co., OH151.
More About BARBARA HOPPIS:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
128. vi. JOSEPHINE HOPPIS, b. May 28, 1849, Scioto Co., OH; d. October 22,
1919.
Children of MICHAEL HOPPIS and RUTH HUBBARD are:
vii. ALICE8 HOPPIS, b. June
03, 1852, Scioto Co., OH151; d. December 01, 1854, Scioto
Co., OH151.
More About ALICE HOPPIS:
Burial: Rideout Cemetery,
Scioto Co., Ohio
viii. PARKER HOPPIS, b. February 12, 1854, Scioto Co., OH; d. November
01, 1886.
More About PARKER HOPPIS:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
129. ix. FREMONT HOPPIS, b. September 13, 1855, Scioto Co., OH; d. April 26,
1926.
x. LEOLA HOPPIS, b. Circa 1859, Scioto Co., OH.
130. xi. EDMUND HOPPIS, b. January 1862, Scioto Co., OH; d. Aft. 1900.
xii. MILIE HOPPIS, b. June 1865, Scioto Co., OH.
131. xiii. SCOTT HOPPIS, b. September 1866, Scioto Co., OH; d. 1931.
132. xiv. MICHAEL HOPPIS, b. July 14, 1868, Scioto Co., OH; d. February 04,
1951.
47. JOHN7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
July 10, 1782 in Deep Creek, NC152, and died August 02, 1857
in Fayette Co., OH. He married NANCY ANN BROWN December 22,
1806. She was born November 08, 1788 in
Deep Creek, NC, and died September 28, 1847.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
WILL, 4AUG1856, BK I, PAGE
156, FAYETTE CO., OH
The last will and testament
of John Hoppes of Wayne Twp. Fayette County, Ohio. I give and devise my effects
to my children as follows:
1. To Elen Mark, late Elen
Hopps and daughter of my son Jacob Hoppes an equal tenth portion.
2. To the heirs (children)
of my daughter Polly, deceased wife of Wm. Taylor one equal tenth portion to be
divided equally between them except fourty dollars which is to be deducted out
of said tenth portion, the said Wm. Taylor having purchased of me a horse which
was not paid for to the amount of fourty dollars and which said amount of
fourty dollars for that consideration is to be deducted from Polly's share.
3. To Elizabeth Alder, my
daughter wife of James Alder and the heirs of her body one equal tenth portion.
4. To my daughter Jane and
heirs of her body, wife of Samuel Bryan one equal tenth portion.
5. To my son Henton Hoppes
and the heirs of his body one equal tenth portion.
6. To my son John Hoppes
and the heirs of his body one equal tenth portion.
7. To Nancy Patrick, my
daughter, wife of Francis Patrick and the heirs of her body one equal tenth
portion.
8. To Margaret McCoy, my
daughter, wife of Abram McCoy and heirs of her body one equal tenth portion.
9. To my daughter, Sarah
Hoppes and the heirs of her body one equal tenth portion.
10. To my son Henry Hoppes
and the heirs of his body one equal tenth portion.
And I hereby make and
ordain my worthy son Henton Hoppes sole executor of this my last will and
testament, and the said executor is instructed and empowered hereby to sell all
my effects,(personal and real property) and divide the proceeds to the
aforesaid devisees and above specified after paying any debts that I may owe
and paying such reasonable expenses as may accrue, or be his duty to invest the
portions of such of any aforesaid devisees, as are minors in such manner as to
him shall seem safe and profitable until they shall become of age when he shall
pay the same to them.
No claims of accounts
against me by any of my aforesaid devisees are to be allowed or paid by
executor, in addition to the amount herein before granted to my said devisees.
But it must be understood that by agreement between me and said Francis Patrick
by which he is to stay on the place with me while I live and is to be at one
half of the expense of keeping up the house and to do the farm work. That he,
said Francis Patrick is to have one half of the proceeds of the farm. Therefore
one half of the
grain raised and one half
of the hay made and one half of the hogs and one half of the increase of the
sheep in the place belong to him and are his in addition to the portion devised
to my daughter Nancy, his wife.
In witness whereof, I, John
Hoppes, the testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
His
John (X) Hoppes
mark Seal
Signed, sealed and
acknowledged by said John Hoppes as and for his last will and testament in the
presence of us who in his presence of each other and at his request have hereto
subscribed our names as witnesses and we further certify that the interlination
of the words, "heirs of her body, heirs of his body when referring to Elizabeth
Alder, James Bryan, Henton Hoppes, and Margaret McCoy were made by the consent
and instruction of the testator and before he signed the will and that the
interlination of the words, "in such manner" immediately after the
words, "as are minors" was also made at the time of the execution of
this will by the testator.
Abner Dixon
James H. Gillette
George B. Gardner
The State of Ohio
Fayette County ss
We Abner Dixon and George
B. Gardner being duly sworn in open court this tenth day of August A. D. 1857
do pose and say that we were present at the execution of the last will and
testament of John Hopps deceased, hereunto annexed that we saw said testator
subscribe said will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his last
will and testament, and that the said testator at the time of executing the
same was of full age and sound mind and memory and not under any restraints and
that we signed the same as witnesses at his request and in his presence and in
the presence of each other.
Abner Dixon
George B. Gardner
Subscribed and sworn to in
open court on the 8th day of August 1857, before me
I. J. Willard P. S.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Baptism: September 29,
1792, Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Burial: Archer Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
More About NANCY ANN BROWN:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery,
Jay Co., IN
Children of JOHN HOPPES and NANCY BROWN are:
133. i. JACOB8 HOPPES, b.
November 05, 1807, Fayette Co., OH; d. October 04, 1834.
ii. POLLY HOPPES, b. October 28, 1809, Fayette Co., OH; d. Bet. 1847 -
1850; m. WILLIAM TAYLOR, November 29, 1827; d. Bet. 1872 - 1874.
iii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1811, Fayette Co., OH; d. June 1885; m. JAMES ALDER, November
18, 1838, Fayette Co., OH153; b. Circa 1814; d. 1882.
iv. JANE HOPPES, b. November 11, 1813, Fayette Co., OH; d. January
10, 1888; m. SAMUEL BRYANT, November 17, 1836; b. January 26, 1816; d. February
10, 1905.
134. v. JOHN HOPPES, b. December 06, 1815, Fayette Co., OH; d. July 19,
1892.
135. vi. HENTON HOPPES, b. April 22, 1818, Fayette Co., OH; d. July 15,
1905, Fayette Co., OH.
vii. NANCY HOPPES, b. February 02, 1820, Fayette Co., OH; d. November
26, 1875; m. FRANCIS A. PATRICK, September 28, 1840; b. December 07, 1822, Ross Co.,
OH; d. April 09, 1906.
viii. AUSTIN HOPPES, b. November 1822, Fayette Co., OH; d. November 14,
1824, Fayette Co., OH.
More About AUSTIN HOPPES:
Burial: Archer Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
ix. SOLOMON HOPPES, b. February 1826, Fayette Co., OH; d. August 10,
1827, Fayette Co., OH.
More About SOLOMON HOPPES:
Burial: Archer Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
x. MARGARET HOPPES, b. April 11, 1827, Fayette Co., OH; d. May 03, 1855;
m. ABRAHAM MCCOY, December 24, 1844, Fayette Co., OH154; b. November
13, 1822, Fayette Co., OH; d. May 11, 1903.
xi. SARAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1829, Fayette Co., OH; d. Bet. 1857 - 1881.
136. xii. HENRY HOPPES, b. July 02, 1831, Fayette Co., OH; d. February 04,
1915, Fayette Co., OH.
48. DANIEL7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
October 29, 1784 in Deep Creek, NC155, and died August 21,
1855 in Madison Co., IN156.
He married SUSANNA BOOCO October 20, 1807 in Gallia Co., OH157,158,159. She was born February 15, 1791 in NC160,
and died May 28, 1870 in Madison Co., IN160.
Notes for DANIEL HOPPES:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Daniel Hoppes, who was born
October 29, 1784 at Deep Creek, NC and died on August 21, 1855 in Madison County,
IN, was the second son of Georg Heinrich Happes. Lester C. Hoppes’ book (Ref.
#1) provides the following biographical sketch:
Daniel was born near Surrey
Court House, North Carolina, October 29th, 1784. At the age of about seven
years he was taken by his
parents to Marietta, Ohio, and from there to Gallia County where he grew to
young manhood and on October 20th, 1807, he was married to Susannah Booco,
Samuel W. Blagg officiating. Of his wife
we have no definite record more than family tradition relates that she was
carried away from her home by a band of Indians. How long she remained with the Indians or how she made her escape
we have not been able to learn.
Daniel joined the colors
and was in the War of 1812. He was in
later years called General Dan but research has failed to disclose that Daniel
ever held a commission higher than Aide-de-camp on the staff of General Andrew
(Old Hickory) Jackson with whom he fought in the battle of New Orleans on
January 1 – 8, 1815. After the close of
the war Daniel returned to Gallia County, where he devoted the next twenty-five
years of his life to farming and rearing his family of ten children . . .
.
Daniel Hoppes, being
possessed with the pioneering spirit, prevalent in the family, fell in with the
tide of
emigration in the year
1840, and with at least the major part of the family, migrated from the scenes
of his 40 or more years activity in Ohio to the new state of Indiana. The family traveling accommodations consisted
of an old time schooner-bodied, wide-tread, lynchpin wagon, containing the
family and all their worldly possessions.
As a pioneer Daniel practically blazed his own trail down the Ohio river
to the Indiana line, thence taking a Northwestwardly direction he called a halt
in central Indiana where is now Madison County. The journey of about 350 miles through a wilderness with only
sparce settlements here and there was no doubt fraught with many hardships and
dangers as the trail led through the hilly country along the Ohio, through
swamps and dense forests; but what of a few hardships to the old pioneer who
had faced the cannon’s mouth at New Orleans and who had been accustomed to a
life of toil and self denial from his youth?
He was taking his family to the "Promised Land." A land not "flowing with milk and
honey" of its own accord, perhaps, but as the axe was laid to the root of
the tree, and the land was cleared and drained, it did indeed, in after years
become a land of much milk and honey in accordance with the old, old promise,
or rather, reprimand. "In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread."
Upon his arrival in
Indiana, Daniel with his family settled on a piece of timber land, and at once
began his "clearing" preparatory to building a house and planting his
crops. He built a typical log house
common in that day and was soon at home, contented in helping the children and
his neighbors carve the great state of Indiana out of the wilderness, which
only a few years before had been the domain of the famous Tecumseh and his red
skinned warriors.
Daniel lived only about fifteen years to enjoy his new
home, and in the old Booco Cemetery some five or six miles southeast of
Anderson, on the highest knoll stands a small white marble slab about three feet
high with the following inscription:
Daniel Hoppes
Died
August 21, 1855
Aged
72 Years
PENSION FILE (25473-160-55)
Daniel Hoppes’ pension file
(Ref. #2) contains a muster roll the 3rd Regiment (Stewart’s) Ohio Militia. It
shows he was a 4th Corporal in Company H commanded by Captain Adam Kious and
that he served for 20 days from July 28, 1813 to August 16, 1813. The pension
file contains no evidence that he served beyond this 20-day period, nor did
Daniel Hoppes claim any additional service.
In addition to the muster roll, the file contains three depositions, two
by Daniel Hoppes and one by his widow Susannah. The earliest deposition states:
State of Indiana
Madison County
Before me the undersigned
an acting Justice of the Peace of said County this day personally appeared
Daniel Hoppas, aged sixty nine years, a resident of Madison County in the state
of Indiana, who being by me duly sworn, according to law, declares that he is
the identical Daniel Hoppas who was a 4th Corporal in the Company commanded by
Captain Adam Kiass in the __ Regiment of Ohio Militia commanded by Colonel
_______ Stewart and Major ________ Waddall in the war with Great Britain
declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that he was ordered
into service under the “General Call”, from Fayette County, Ohio, on the ____
day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fourteen and actually served
in said war for the term of thirty two days, and was honorably
discharged at Upper
Sandusky Ohio, on the _____ day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen by reason of peace. His
discharge gave him a credit for a full tour of six months service. He is unable to present his original
certificate of discharge as the same is lost or or destroyed. He refers to the muster rolls of said
Company for proof. He makes this
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be
entitled under the “Act of Congress granting bounty lands to certain officers
& soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United
States” passed 28th September 1850.
his
(signed) Daniel x
Hoppas
mark
P. H. Lerneu
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year first within written. And I hereby certify that I
believe the said Daniel Hoppas to be the identical man who served as aforesaid
and that he is of the age within stated.
(signed)
Peter H. Lerneu
Justice of the Peace
This document was dated
12th day of June A. D. 1851 by James Hazlett, Clk
Daniel Hoppes received a
letter dated March 26, 1852 written for the U. S. Pension Office Commissioner
in Washington, DC, which stated: “As you served under Capt. Keas only from 28th
July to 16th Aug 1813, your claim is disallowed.” After Congress passed another Act in March 1855 granting bounty
land to military veterans, Daniel Hoppes reapplied and gave the following
deposition:
State of Indiana
County of Madison
On this the ninth day of
April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Daniel Hoppas, aged seventy seven years, a resident of Madison
County, in the State of Indiana, who being duly sworn according to the law,
declares that he is the identical Daniel Hoppas, who was a Fourth Corporal in
the Company commanded by Captain Adam Kiass, in the ___ Regiment of Ohio
Militia, commanded by Colonel ____ Stewart and Major ______Waddell, he
believes, in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the
18th day of June, 1812, that he was drafted at Fayette County, and the State of
Ohio, on or about the _____ day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
thirteen for the term of (indefinite) and continued in actual service in said
war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged
at Fayette County in the
State of Ohio, on or about the ____ day of August, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen. His discharge
became lost or destroyed.
He makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under
the act approved March 3rd, 1855. He
also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this of
any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefore except his
application made under that act of September 28th 1850, which failed – the
rolls not showing a sufficient length of service to entitle him.
his
(signed)
Daniel x Hoppas
mark
We William H. Mershou and
Joseph Howard, residents of Madison County, in the State of Indiana, upon or
oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed, by his mark, and
acknowledged by Daniel Hoppas, in our presence, and that we believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be.
(signed)
William H. Mershou
Joseph
Howard
Four months later Daniel
Hoppes died. After his death, the
Pension Office issued Land Warrant #14,080 for 160 acres in his name. His widow
then made the following deposition:
State of Indiana
County of Madison
On this seventh day of
April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before
me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and state aforesaid Susan
Hoppas, aged sixty four years, a resident of Madison County, in the State of
Indiana, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow
of Daniel Hoppas deceased, who was a 4th Corporal in the Company of Adam Kiass,
in the ___ (she cannot state the No.) Regiment of Ohio Militia, commanded by Colonel
_______ Stewart, in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States,
on the 18th day of June, 1812, that her said husband was drafted at Fayette
County, in the State of Ohio, on or about the 28th day of August, A. D. one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen, for the term of six months and continued
in actual service in said war for the term of some twenty one days, (she is
unable to state the precise
number of days.) and was
honorably discharged at (thinks) Urbanna, State of Ohio, on the ____ of
September (cannot state the exact day of the month.)A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen.
She further states that she
was married to the said Daniel Hoppas, in Gallia County in the State of Ohio,
on the (can’t recollect) day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
six by one Samuel Blagg, a Justice of the Peace, and that there is no public or
private record of her said marriage that she knows of, and that her name before
her said marriage was Booco, that her said husband died at Madison County, in
the State of Indiana, on the 22nd day of August, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under
the "Act approved March 3, 1855."
She herewith returns Land Warrant “No. 14,080” for 160 acres, issued to
her late husband since his death.
her
(signed)
Susan x Hoppas
mark
REFERENCES
1. Hoppes, Lester C., History of the
Hoppes Family and Our Ancestry (Including some of the better known families in
America), Corbin, Kansas, 1925, pp. 39 – 45.
2. Daniel Hoppas Pension File
#25473-160-55, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About DANIEL HOPPES:
Baptism: April 03, 1785,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About SUSANNA BOOCO:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Marriage Notes for DANIEL HOPPES and SUSANNA BOOCO:
Oct. 18, 1807 date provided
by Harry Hoppes.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and SUSANNA BOOCO are:
137. i. SAMUEL8 HOPPES, b. January
18, 1808, Gallia Co., OH; d. Bet. 1867 - 1870.
138. ii. ISAAC HOPPES, b. 1810, Gallia Co., OH; d. 1890.
139. iii. ALFRED HOPPES, b. March 01, 1812, Gallia Co., OH; d. July 20, 1892,
Madison Co., IN.
140. iv. LEANNAH MARY HOPPES, b. Circa 1814, Gallia Co., OH; d. July 01, 1888.
141. v. DANIEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1817, Gallia Co., OH; d. 1870.
vi. MARIAH HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1830, Gallia Co., OH; m. EPHRAIM ALESHIRE.
vii. PETER HOPPES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1830, Gallia Co., OH.
142. viii. ANDREW JACKSON HOPPES, b. March 26, 1827, Gallia Co., OH; d. March 23,
1877.
143. ix. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. February 10, 1829, Gallia Co., OH; d. August 06,
1901, Madison Co., IN.
144. x. SUSANNAH HOPPES, b. April 11, 1831, Gallia Co., OH; d. July 04, 1895.
xi. GEORGE B. HOPPES, b. March 29, 1835, Madison Co., IN160;
d. May 08, 1854, Madison Co., IN160.
More About GEORGE B. HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
145. xii. SOPHRONA HOPPES, b. 1837, Madison Co., IN; d. Bef. 1880.
49. GEORGE7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
May 13, 1786 in Deep Creek, NC161, and died October 06, 1843
in Meigs Co., OH. He married JANE ELIZABETH HYSELL April 15,
1807 in Gallia Co., OH162,163. She was born March 26, 1791 in Culpepper Co., VA, and died April
14, 1879 in OH.
Notes for GEORGE HOPPES:
WILL, 29 MAY 1843, MEIGS
CO., OH
In the name of the
Benivolent Father of all: I, George Hoppes, of the Township of Salisbury,
County of Meigs, and the State of Ohio, being of sound mind and memory do make
and publish this my last Will and Testament. And first, after my decease, my
wish is that my body be interred in a decent and Christian like manner after
which I wish that my funeral expenses and just debts to be paid - I then give
and devise my estate in the following manner, that is to say -
Item 1st - I give and
bequeath to my beloved wife Betsy Hoppes all use of all of the real estate of
which I am or may be in possession at the time of my decease except what is
herein after accepted and also all the stock, household goods, furniture,
farming tools, and so forth, also all the debts of which may be due me either
by note or otherwise at my decease during her natural life or so long as she
remains my widow; but should she marry after my decease, then and in that case
she shall only have her right of dower in my estate.
Item 2nd - I give, devise
and bequeath to my son Eli Hoppes, the lot of land containing 25 acres upon
which my house stands and orchards stands, it being 25 acres off the west end
of lot No. 304 in the Township No. 1 in the County of Meigs to have possession
of the same at the decease of my said wife and as soon as he gets possession as
aforesaid he shall pay each of his 4 sisters the following sum in trade; that
is to say to my daughter, Nancy Russell, the sum of $15.00 in trade, my
daughter, Elizabeth Russell, the sum of $15.00 in trade, my daughter, Catharine
Hysell, the sum of $15.00 in trade and my daughter, Rhoda Russell, the sum of
$15.00 in trade.
Item 3rd - I give and
devise to my son Frederick Hoppes a lot of land containing 25 acres being the
west end of lot No. 306 in Township No. 1 in the County of Meigs to have
possession immediately after the decease of my wife, to have the use of a
certain 3 acre field which lies on the west side of the public road and on the
west end of said lot No. 306 immediately after my decease and not to have the
use or possession of the balance of said lot until the decease of my said wife.
Unless he, the said Frederick, should marry and should he marry before her
decease then he is to have full and free possession of said lot. Also give and
devise to my said son, Frederick Hoppes, a certain young sorrel mare, saddle,
and bridle, 1 bed, bedstead, and bedding -
Item 4th - After the
decease or death of said wife such part of the personal property thereof and
may then remain unconsumed and unexpended I give and devise to my daughters
Nancy Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Catherine Hysell, and Rhoda Russell to be
equally divided among them.
Item 5th - I do hereby
nominate and appoint Eli Hoppes, my son, Executor of this my last Will and
Testament hereby authorizing and empowering him to collect the debts due me at
my decease and as soon and as fast as they severally become due and to receipt
in full for the same and also to pay all my just debts and to carry into effect
and see that the conditions contained in the several foregoing items of this my
last Will and Testament are fully complied with. In testimony whereof I
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-ninth (29th) day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty three A. D. (1843)
George Hoppes (His mark)
and seal.
Signed and acknowledged by
George Hoppes as his last Will and Testament in our presence and signed by us
as witnesses in his presence:
Signed: John C. Hysell and
James Smith
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MILITARY SERVICE
PERSONAL SUMMARY
George Hoppes, the third
son of Georg Heinrich Happes, was born May 13, 1786 at Deep Creek, NC. He
served in Captain Roadarmor and Newson’s mounted company of Major Womeldorf’s
Regiment of Ohio Militia for 35 days from August 1 to September 4, 1813. He died on October 6, 1843 in Meigs County,
OH. His six surviving children are
listed in his will of May 29, 1843 (Ref. #1 and listed above).
PENSION FILE (4967-120-55)
After his death, his widow
Elizabeth Hysel married William McCullough who, in turn, died in January
1853. About a year and a half after her
second husband’s death, Elizabeth McCullough applied as an unmarried widow for
bounty land to which she might be entitled under the Congressional Act of
September 28, 1850 because of George Hoppes’ service (Ref. #2). In her deposition, she stated:
State of Ohio
County of Meigs
On this 30th day of August
A. D. 1854, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and
for the Count & State aforesaid, Elizabeth McCullough Aged 63 years a
resident of Salisbury in said County of Meigs and State of Ohio, who being duly
sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William McCullough
deceased, who died in Salisbury on the 17th Jany 1853, that previous to her
marriage to the said McCullough she was the widow of George Hoppess deceased
who was a private in the company commanded first by Capt Roadamour for some 10
days & then by Capt Nathan Newsom, in the Reg commanded by ________ in the
war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day June 1812,
that her said Husband Volunteerd at Gallipolis Ohio on or about the 1st day of
August 1813 for the Term of Forty Days and continued in actual Service in said
War for the Term of Thirty Five
days, and was honorable
discharged at ________ on or about the 4th day of September 1813.
She further states that she
was married to the said George Hoppes, in Gallia County Ohio, on the 10 day of
April 1807 by one Samuel Blagg a Justice of the Peace, & that her name
before her said Marriage, was Elisabeth Hysel, that her said Husband died in
Salisbury Ohio on the 16 day of October AD 1843 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which She may be entitled under
the Act passed Sep 28th 1850. She
further declares that She knows of no record proof either Public or private by
which She can prove her marriage to her said Husband George Hoppes.
her
(signed)
Elisabeth x McCullough
mark
On September 8, 1854,
Edward Hysell age 67 supported Elisabeth McCullough’s application by stating in
part that: Elisabeth McCullough before her marriage to the said William
McCullough was the widow of George Hoppes with whom he was personally
acquainted since the year 1801 that the said George Hoppes volunteered for a 40
days Tour on or about the 1st day of August 1813 and served some few days under
Capt Roadarmour, & then served the balance of the Tour under Capt Nathan
Newsom, that the said Elisabeth McCullough was married to George Hoppes by
Samuel Blagg Esqr in the month of April (I believe about the 10th day of said
month) in the year 1807, in the County of Gallia & State of Ohio that he
was personally present and was an eye witness of said marriage, that Elisabeth
McCullough is now a widow, that George Hoppes died in Salisbury Ohio on the
16th day of Oct 1843 . . .
Elisabeth McCullough’s
application also included a deposition by Philip Jones dated August 21, 1854,
which stated in part that: he was well acquainted with George Hoppes, who died
in Salisbury Some 11 years ago, that the said Hoppes Served as a private in the
company first commanded by Capt Roadarmour & then by Capt Nathan Newsom of
Mounted Riflemen, in the quota of Ohio militia, commanded by Genl Edward W.
Topper, War of 1812 from about the 1st of August 1813 to the 4th day of Sept
1813, that he was a fellow soldier with Said Hoppes in the Same Company’s
service for which he received Land Warrant No 81,766 for 40 Acres that he is
acquainted with Elisabeth McCullough widow of the said Wm McCullough deceased
who died on the 17 Jany 1853 in Salisbury O., that before her marriage to the
said McCullough, she was the widow of George Hoppes, before mentioned, that
said Hoppes died in Salisbury Ohio on the 16 of Oct 1843 that the said George
& Elisabeth Hoppes he was well acquainted with for about 47 years that they
lived together as man & wife & Raised a Family of 5 children all of
whom he is acquainted with, that during his acquaintance with the Family he
never heard to the contrary but that George & Elisabeth were Lawfully
married the truth of which he has no doubt & that the said Elisabeth is the
identical widow (formerly) of George Hoppes deceased, & now the widow of
the said Wm McCullough.
Elisabeth McCullough was
asked to support her application more fully by producing George Hoppes’
military discharge, the availability of which had not been mentioned in her
original submission. On November 9,
1854 she provided a second deposition, which stated in part that: when her
first Husband George Hoppess returned from the Army about the 4th day of Sept
1813, he brought home with him his written Certificate of discharge, to her
certain knowledge that she had seen it & heard it read, that about the time
of the death of George Hoppess in 1843 the discharge to her personal knowledge was yet in his possession, since
which his papers have been scattered, and she presumes that the original certificate of discharge has been lost or
mislaid as she has examined the papers and it cannot be found, and that
she verily believes said certificate of
discharge to be lost And further saith not.
When Congress passed the
second bounty land act for veterans of the War of 1812 on March 3, 1855,
Elisabeth McCullough submitted a
preprinted application form containing the following information (with entries
to the form underlined):
State of Ohio, ss:
COUNTY OF Meigs
On this 19 day of March A.
D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for
the county and State aforesaid,
Elizabeth McCullough aged ____ years formerly the widow of George Hoppess, a
Resident of Salisbury Meigs County in
the State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to Law: declares that she is
the widow of the identical George
Hoppess who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captains Roadarmor &
Newsom in the ____ Regiment of Mounted Men commanded by Ohio Militia in the war
with Great Britain, declared by the United
States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, that he George Hoppess
volunteered at Gallipolis on or about the First day of August A. D. 1813, for the term of Forty
days, and continued in actual service in said War, for the term of 34 days including Travel and was honorably
discharged at Franklinton on or about the 28 day of August A. D. 1813, and
for the above Service of George
Hoppess, She has received Land Warrant No 102271 for 40 acres dated 30 day of November 1854, that she is not in possession
of the same having sold it, that she has made no other application for Land Bounty except for the 40 acres under
Act of Sep 1850 that she is not as she believes entitled to further Bounty Land under any act except that of 3rd of March 1855, that proof of her
marriage to George Hoppess and of his death
is now on file in the Pension office with her application for Bounty
Land.
She makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, to which she may be entitled
under the "Act Granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who
have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States" passed 3rd
of March 1855, that she is now a widow.
She further states that she was married to the said George Hoppess in
Gallia County Ohio on the 10th day of April 1807 by one Samuel Blagg Esqr &
that her name before her marriage was Elizabeth Hysle that her said Husband
died at Salisbury Ohio 16 Oct 1843.
her
(signed)
Elisabeth x McCullough
mark
Witness (signed)
Margaret Steward
Lucetta King
REFERENCES
1. See Hoppesgenerations publication
Wills and Estates. (Will listed above)
2. George Hoppess Pension File
#4967-120-55, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About GEORGE HOPPES:
Baptism: September 10,
1786, Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
More About JANE ELIZABETH HYSELL:
Died 2: April 15, 1879
Children of GEORGE HOPPES and JANE HYSELL are:
i. NANCY8 HOPPES, b. October
01, 1808, Gallia Co., OH; d. 1870; m. (1) ROBERT RUSSELL, February 23, 1826, Meigs Co., OH164;
m. (2) JOHN H. HYSELL, 1848; b. Circa 1816.
146. ii. ELI HOPPES, b. March 03, 1810, Gallia Co., OH; d. March 17,
1894.
147. iii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. October 07, 1811, Gallia Co., OH; d. January 01,
1850.
iv. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. February 07, 1815, Meigs Co., OH; d. November 11,
1887; m. WILLIAM HYSELL, March 14, 1832; b. March 1810, Culpepper Co., VA; d.
October 12, 1884.
v. ELECTA HOPPES, b. March 10, 1817, Meigs Co., OH; d. 1836.
vi. RHODA HOPPES, b. February 18, 1819, Meigs Co., OH.
vii. GEORGE C. HOPPES, b. October 07, 1823, Meigs Co., OH; d. Bet. 1840 -
1843.
148. viii. FREDERICK HOPPES, b. Bet. April 03, 1827 - 1828, Meigs Co., OH; d.
February 08, 1901.
50. CATHERINE7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
April 22, 1788 in Deep Creek, NC165. She married GEORGE POOR November 01,
1806 in Gallia Co., OH166,167. He was born 1770 in Gallia Co., OH, and died May 26, 1837 in
Madison Co., IN168.
More About CATHERINE HOPPES:
Baptism: September 21,
1788, Deep Creek, NC
Marriage Notes for CATHERINE HOPPES and GEORGE POOR:
October 13, 1806 date
provided by Harry Hoppes
Children of CATHERINE HOPPES and GEORGE POOR are:
149. i. ELIZABETH8 POOR, b. November
03, 1807; d. Aft. 1880.
150. ii. HENRY POOR, b. February 03, 1809, OH; d. July 22, 1880, Miami
Co., IN.
151. iii. GEORGE POOR, b. April 10, 1811, OH; d. September 07, 1869,
Madison Co., IN.
iv. HANNAH POOR, b. 1812.
152. v. WASHINGTON POOR, b. 1814.
vi. MELISSA POOR, b. Bet. 1816 - 1820.
153. vii. ARCHIBALD POOR, b. 1818.
154. viii. ALEXANDER POOR, b. 1821, OH.
ix. FEMALE POOR, b. Bet. 1822 - 1826.
x. MALE POOR, b. Bet. 1822 - 1826.
155. xi. WILLIAM WASHINGTON POOR, b. November 07, 1826.
156. xii. JOHN H. POOR, b. October 12, 1827, Madison Co., IN; d. January 23,
1905, Madison Co., IN.
51. HANNAH7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
October 18, 1793 in Deep Creek, NC169, and died Aft. 1850170.
Notes for HANNAH HOPPES:
Never married, listed as
deaf and dumb on the 1850 census.
More About HANNAH HOPPES:
Baptism: November 17, 1793,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Child of HANNAH HOPPES is:
157. i. WILLIAM8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1809, Gallia Co., OH; d. Circa 1847, Franklin Co., IN.
52. BARBARA7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
February 04, 1796 in Deep Creek, NC171. She married WILLIAM DENNEY March 20,
1812 in Gallia Co., OH172.
He was born 1791 in Surry Co., NC, and died October 03, 1854.
More About WILLIAM DENNEY:
Nickname: Tuch Bill
Child of BARBARA HOPPES and WILLIAM DENNEY is:
i. RANSOM8 DENNEY, b. Circa
1815.
53. ELIZABETH7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
July 03, 1798 in Deep Creek, NC173, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860
in Madison Co., IN. She married ISAAC ALESHIRE May 03,
1816 in Gallia Co., OH174.
He was born Circa 1791, and died Bef. 1850 in Madison Co., IN175.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Baptism: September 20,
1798, Rith Creek, VA
Burial: Tucker Cemetery,
Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ELIZABETH HOPPES and ISAAC ALESHIRE are:
158. i. ISAAC8 ALESHIRE, b. Circa
1828.
ii. JACOB ALESHIRE, b. Circa 1833.
54. HENRY7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
December 15, 1799 in Deep Creek, NC176, and died Aft.
1870. He married (1) ELIZABETH ALESHIRE. She was born Circa 1809 in OH177,
and died Bet. 1860 - 1870. He married
(2) LUCINDA Bet. 1860 - 1870. She was born
Circa 1841.
More About HENRY HOPPES:
Baptism: October 12, 1800,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Children of HENRY HOPPES and ELIZABETH ALESHIRE are:
159. i. MARIA8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1821, Meigs Co., OH; d. Aft. 1870.
160. ii. ELIAS HOPPES, b. Circa 1824, Meigs Co., OH; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880.
161. iii. JOEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1826, Meigs Co., OH; d. September 18, 1863.
162. iv. JOSIAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1828, Meigs Co., OH; d. March 18, 1899, KS.
v. JACKSON HOPPES, b. Circa 1831, OH; d. Aft. 1870.
vi. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1835, OH; m. MATTHEW MOORE, April 10,
1860, Elizabeth's residence.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH HOPPES and MATTHEW MOORE:
NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST
GENEALOGICAL RECORD; VOLUME 10; PART 1; JAN., 1932
ARTICLE: NEBRASKA
MARRIAGE RECORDS - RICHARDSON COUNTY,
PAGE 9
Apr. 10, 1860, Matthew
Moore and Elizabeth Hoppes, at residence
of Elizabeth Hoppes, by Thos. Davis, M. G.
163. vii. ADELPHIA HOPPES, b. July 1837, Madison Co., IN; d. December 10, 1906,
Madison Co., IN.
viii. HENRY HOPPES, b. Circa 1844, Madison Co., IN; d. November 22,
1904, Anderson, Madison Co., IN178,179.
Notes for HENRY HOPPES:
Anderson Morning Herald
November 22, 1904
UNFORTUNATE HOOD HOPPES
KILLED.
Quaint Character Met
Horrible Death Under Wheels of a Train.
HAD LIVED IN THIS CITY MOST
ALL OF HIS LIFE.
Was Deaf and Failed to Hear
the Approaching Train From Behind Him.
Hood Hoppes, a town
character known to every resident of the city, was run down and instantly
killed by a fast train on the Big Four at about 4:30 o'clock yesterday. The unfortunate man was literally ground to
pieces and his remains were strewn along the tracks for a considerable
distance. When the mangled form arrived
at the morgue, the peculiar clothing was about the only means of
identification.
For some time poor old Hood
had been making his home with his sister, Mrs. Ed Lane, of Pitt street. Yesterday afternoon it is supposed that he
was going to the home of his half brother, Albert Hoppes, near the brick yard
east of the city. No one witnessed the
sad death, of the old man, but it is believed that while walking on the Big
Four tracks he failed to hear an approaching train from the west, and was
struck and ground to death under the wheels.
The train which probably killed Hoppes was an east bound passenger, No.
16. The train is a fast one and the engine's crew evidently did not know that
they had struck a man, for the train made no stop or report of the accident.
The discovery of the
mangled form was made by R. J. Sturgis, of 1841 Ohio Avenue and his neighbor,
Charles Williams. The body was lying near the Scatterfield Road crossing at the
Chestnut Grove schoolhouse, about a mile east of the city. The upper rack of the engine probably struck
the unfortunate Hood in the back of his head, and the body was cast under the
heavy wheels of the locomotive.
The two men, horrified at
their ghastly find, notified Sell's morgue and the ambulance was sent to the
scene. The wagon attendants were compelled to pick up portions of the torn and
bleeding flesh in a rubber sheet. The
head was crushed beyond recognition and the brains were scattered along the
rails. Both limbs were cut and broken and the arms and body were fearfully
crushed.
After the remains were
removed to the morgue Coroner Trueblood was called and he at once began a
search for the dead man's relatives. It required no little effort to learn the
old man's real name.
From C. V. Griffith it was
learned that his correct name is Henry Hoppes and his age is thought to be
about sixty-eight.
For years Hood Hoppes has
been a familiar character about the city and every man, woman and child
doubtless knew the old fellow on sight.
He had many peculiar fancies and he was always bedecked with blue
clothes, brass buttons and badges and pins.
Hood generally called himself a "Prohi," and his "Who ye
fer" was his familiar form of salutation.
Hundreds of little humorous and pathetic stories are told about Hood,
but Mrs. Stephen Funk and Jack Griffith knew him better perhaps than any one
else in the city. For many years he
made his home with them, going back and forth at regular intervals.
A year of more ago Hood was
struck by a street car on south Meridian Street and severely injured. He was taken to St. John's Hospital and in
spite of the fact that the physicians gave him up for dead, he recovered and
soon left the institution. Some months
later the feeble-minded old man was struck by a freight car while wandering
about in the Panhandle Yards, and a portion of his left foot taken off. After recovering from that accident, Hoppes
was taken to the county infirmary where he remained until a few months ago.
Hoppes, while widely known
in the city on account of his peculiar traits, is practically unknown as a
boy. Even the oldest citizen remembers
him only as old Hood. His father's name
could not be learned last night, but persons who have known him for years gave
it as their opinion that he was born in Madison County. A sister, Mrs. Ed Lane, living east of the
city, is his closest known relative, and a half-brother, Albert Hoppes, also
residing east of the city, is his only other relative here. It is likely that the body will be buried at
the county's expense.
****
Anderson Morning Herald
November 23, 1904
HOPPES IS BURIED BY THE
LOCAL ELKS
Members of the Order Acted
as Pall Bearers at the Funeral
The funeral of Hood Hoppes,
the unfortunate and well-known Madison county character, who was crushed to
death under a Big Four train Tuesday evening, occurred yesterday
afternoon. Members of the order of Elks
took charge of the remains and accompanied the body to Bucco cemetery as
pall-bearers. Although Hoppes was not
an Elk, he was one of the leading figures at the Elks' fair last winter, and
that, with other motives, led the organization to take the action it did.
The pall-bearers were Jack
Griffith, Charles Cox, Frank Brennan, W. C. Rousch, Tom Kane and Charles
Smith. Beautiful tributes were sent by
Mrs. C. V. Griffith, Mrs. Ella Castlin and others.
More About HENRY HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco Cemetery,
Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Nickname: Hood Hoppes
164. ix. EPHRIAM HURL HOPPES, b. December 18, 1845, Madison Co., IN; d. August 27,
1916, Norton Co., KS.
x. LUCINDA HOPPES, b. Circa 1848, Madison Co., IN; m. HENRY HARRISON; b. Circa
1841, OH.
Children of HENRY HOPPES and LUCINDA are:
xi. G. H.8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1861, Madison Co., IN.
xii. J. W. HOPPES, b. Circa 1863, Madison Co., IN.
165. xiii. ALBERT HOPPES, b. May 01, 1867, Madison Co., IN; d. August 15,
1943.
55. JACOB7 HOPPES (GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
January 11, 1804 in Gallia Co., OH180, and died 1877 in
Randolph Co., IN. He married HANNAH DAVIS October 25,
1824 in Fayette Co., OH181.
She was born 1805 in PA182.
Notes for JACOB HOPPES:
Jacob reared his grandson,
John M. Smith after his mother's death at age 12.
Children of JACOB HOPPES and HANNAH DAVIS are:
166. i. ELIZABETH8 HOPPES, b. Circa
1825, Fayette Co., OH; d. Aft. 1877.
167. ii. ISAAC HOPPES, b. Circa 1827, Fayette Co., OH.
168. iii. ELIZA J. HOPPES, b. Circa 1830, Fayette Co., OH; d. 1865.
169. iv. JAMES HOPPES, b. Circa 1831, Fayette Co., OH; d. May 17, 1864.
v. ABRAHAM HOPPES, b. Circa 1833, Fayette Co., OH182;
d. Aft. 1864; m. THANKFUL A. WALLACE, December 30, 1860.
170. vi. CLARISSA HOPPES, b. Circa 1836, Fayette Co., OH.
vii. MALE HOPPES, b. Circa 1838, Fayette Co., OH; d. Bef. 1850.
viii. CLARINDA JOSEPHINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1843182; m. HENRY O. CURRENT, August
15, 1863.
ix. CAROLINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1850, Randolph Co., IN182.
56. GEORGE7 HOPPERS (JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
February 06, 1791 in Deep Creek, NC183, and died Bet. 1842 -
1850. He married MARY DILLARD January
28, 1814 in Surry Co., NC184. She died Aft. 1860.
More About GEORGE HOPPERS:
Name 2: George Happes
Baptism: May 13, 1791, Deep
Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Property: June 01, 1832,
Alabama Doc. No. 8719 for 82.40 acres of land Vol 300 Page 107
Children of GEORGE HOPPERS and MARY DILLARD are:
171. i. NANCY J.8 HOPPERS, b. 1814,
Surry Co., NC; d. Bet. 1850 - 1858, Madison Co., TN.
172. ii. MARTHA HOPPERS, b. Circa 1815, Surry, NC; d. Aft. 1870.
173. iii. JAMES E. HOPPERS, b. Bet. 1816 - 1817, Surry Co., NC; d. Aft. 1843.
174. iv. JOHN A. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1819, Surry Co., NC; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
175. v. WILLIAM P. HOPPERS, b. January 17, 1821, TN; d. March 27, 1908.
vi. SUSANNAH HOPPERS, b. Circa 1824; m. WILLIAM PARKER LACY, April 08,
1845; b. Circa 1829; d. 1893.
176. vii. FRANKLIN HOPPERS, b. Circa 1828, Madison Co., TN; d. February 12,
1863.
viii. GEORGE W. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1830, Madison Co., TN; d. Aft. July 1863.
Notes for GEORGE W. HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
George Hoppers was born in
Madison County, TN about 1830, two years after his brother Franklin. Unlike several of his brothers, he was at
home in Tennessee at the outbreak of the Civil War. He disappears from sight after July 1863.
B. MILITARY FILES
George Hoppers enlisted as a
Private in Company C, 27th Regiment of TN Volunteers on August 15, 1861 at
Trenton, TN for a 12-month tour of duty (Ref. #1). This Company subsequently became Company G, 27th Regiment TN
Infantry. This Regiment was organized
September 10, 1861 and reorganized in May 1862.
On December 26, 1861,
George Hoppers was furloughed for seven days because he contracted
pneumonia. At the Battle of Shiloh on
April 6 & 7, 1862, he was wounded and again furloughed. A muster roll of Company G, 27th TN Infantry
for July and August 1862 indicates that he still was on furlough at this time.
A record in the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, TN (Ref. #2)
provides the additional information that G. W. Hoppers enlisted as a Private in
Company D, 14th (Neely’s) Cavalry at Bells Depot, TN on July 1, 1863 for the
duration of the War. On July 20, 1863, he was furloughed because of illness and
still was absent as of May 11, 1864.
There is no further information about this soldier.
REFERENCES
1. George Hoppers’ Co. G, 27 TN Infantry
CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service,
Washington, DC.
2. Confederate Army Service Records,
Reel #57, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
177. ix. REBECCA HOPPERS, b. Circa 1831, Madison Co., TN.
178. x. SAMUEL C. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1834, Madison Co., TN; d. January 25, 1863,
Memphis, TN.
179. xi. THOMAS D. HOPPERS, b. October 03, 1838, Madison Co., TN; d. Aft.
November 1892.
xii. MARY JANE HOPPERS, b. February 04, 1840, Madison Co., TN; d. June 22,
1917; m. (1) SAMUEL S. SMITHWICK, January 27, 1862; b. Circa 1841, TN; d. Bef. 1878;
m. (2) THOMAS BROWN, Circa 1877; b. Circa 1842, NC.
xiii. HENRY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1841, Madison Co., TN.
xiv. SARAH ELIZABETH HOPPERS, b. Circa 1842, Madison Co., TN; d. 1897; m. (1) JAMES AMOS LATHAM; b. Circa
1838, TN185; m. (2) WILLIAM PARKER LACY; b. Circa 1829; d. 1893.
57. EDWARD7 HOPPERS (JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
October 12, 1795 in Deep Creek, NC186, and died Aft.
1850. He married SALLY GIBBONS March 30,
1819. She was born Circa 1799.
More About EDWARD HOPPERS:
Baptism: April 03, 1796,
Deep Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Children of EDWARD HOPPERS and SALLY GIBBONS are:
i. GIRL8 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1820.
Notes for GIRL HOPPERS:
No further records, assumed
died early.
180. ii. MALE HOPPERS, b. Circa 1820, Surry Co., NC; d. Bef. 1850.
181. iii. JOHN HOPPERS, b. Circa 1822, Surry Co., NC; d. November 20, 1887.
iv. FEMALE HOPPERS, b. Circa 1824.
182. v. CHARLES HOPPERS, b. July 31, 1826, Surry Co., NC; d. February 15,
1889.
vi. PINKNEY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1829, Surry Co., NC.
Notes for PINKNEY HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Pinkney Hoppers was born
about 1829 in Surry County, NC, two years after his older brother Charles
Hoppers. In the Census of 1850, he was
enumerated in Lumpkin County, GA as a 21-year old living in his parents’ household.
B. MILITARY FILES
Pinkney Hoppers was
enrolled as a Private in the 12th Battalion of GA Light Artillery (Ref.
#1). His date and place of enrollment,
as well as his company and tour of duty were not stated. He was captured at Athens, GA on May 8,
1865. No additional information is
available about his CSA service.
C. REFERENCES
1. Pinkney Hoppers’ 12 Battalion GA
Light Artillery CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes,
used by permission.
vii. SARAH HOPPERS, b. Circa 1832, Surry Co., NC.
viii. NANCY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1835, Surry Co., NC.
ix. BABE HOPPERS, b. Circa 1838, Habersham Co., GA.
x. NANCY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1840, Habersham Co., GA.
58. JOHN7 HOPPERS (DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
March 06, 1790 in Surry Co., NC187, and died January 26,
1857. He married (1) SUSANNAH SPURLIN. She died Circa 1822. He married (2) POLLY GOODMAN April 05,
1827. She was born June 12, 1788 in
Ashe Co., NC, and died April 26, 1880.
Notes for JOHN HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
John Hoppers, who was born
March 6, 1790 at Deep Creek, NC and died on January 26, 1857 in Ashe County,
NC, was the oldest son of Daniel Hoppes married to Mary Fender. He served as a Private in 1st Company
(Captain Gideon Lewes’ Detached Militia from Ashe County), 5th NC Militia for
24 days from February 16 to March 11, 1815.
John Hoppers married Susannah Spurlin about 1809, and had a family of
two boys and two girls before his wife died about 1822. He then married Mary (Polly) Goodman on
April 5, 1827.
PENSION FILE (WC 33727)
John Hoppers’ service was
rendered after the War of 1812 officially had ended. A muster roll of Captain Lewes’ Company of Detached Militia from
Ashe County, NC (Ref. #1) contains the following notation: Rendezvoused at
Wadesboro on the 28 of February, 1815, at which place I received orders, on the
1 March, 1815, to return with my company to place of residence, where we
arrived on the 11 of March, 1815, and were discharged. In May 1853, John Hoppes
made the following deposition (Ref. #2):
State of North Carolina
Ashe County
On this 19th day of May
1853 personally appeared before me, John Carson, a Justice of the Peace in and
for the said County John Hoppas aged sixty three years – a resident of Ashe
County in the State of North Carolina - who being duly sworn according to law
declares that he is the identical John Hoppas, who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Gideon Lewis in the 5th Regiment of North Carolina
detached militia commanded by Col. Graham in the War with Great Britain
declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that he was drafted
at Harrises Muster Ground in Ashe County, N. Carolina on or about the month of
August 1814 for the term of six months service, and was called into service
sometime about the month of February 1815, was mustered into service at
Wadesboro, State of North Carolina, about the last of February 1815, and
continued in actual service in said war for the term of about twenty four days
and was honorably discharged at Wadesboro, N. Carolina on or about the 11th of
March 1815, that he herewith sends his written discharge, reference is made to
the muster rolls of said company, that he traveled in going and returning to
his home whilest in said service about three hundred miles.
He makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under
the "Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have
been engaged in the military service of the United States" passed the 28th
of September 1850.
(signed)
John Hoppers
Two years later John
Hoppers submitted another application for bounty land under the Act of 1855,
which stated:
State of North Carolina
Ashe County
On this 5th day of April A.
D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for
the county and state aforesaid, John Hoppes aged 65 years, a resident of the
County of Ashe in the State of North Carolina, who after being duly sworn
according to law declares that he is the identical John Hoppes who was a
private in the Company commanded by Capt Gideon Lewis in the 5th Regiment of
North Carolina Militia commanded by Col. Graham in the war with Great Britain
declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812. That he was drafted
at Ashe County on or about the month of Sept A. D. 1814 for the term of six
months and continues in service is said war for the space of Fourteen days or
upward and was honorably discharged at Wadesboro on or about the first of March
A. D. 1815.
He makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under
the Act passed 3rd March 1855.
He states that he made
application for bounty land under the Act passed the 28th Sept 1850 but was not
allowed, that he has never
made any other applications nor has he recd any bounty land from the United
States.
And I do appoint James
Calloway of Wilksboro (?), N. C. my at_(?) to prosecute my claim for bounty
land
under the Act passed the
3rd March, 1855
(signed) John Hoppers
We, Jacob Hoppers and
Jessee M. D. Caudill, residents of the County of Ashe, State of North Carolina
upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by John Hoppers in our presence and that we believe from the
appearance and statement of the applicant that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be.
his
(signed)
Jacob X Hoppus
mark
Jesce
M. Caudill
On March 9, 1878 Congress
passed an act granting pensions to widows of veterans of the War of 1812. John Hoppers’ widow Mary Hoppers applied for
a widow’s pension, using a form prepared by R. W. Walker of Washington, DC. Her
application (with entries to the form underlined) stated:
WAR OF
1812
CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR SERVICE
PENSION
State of North
Carolina County of Alleghany ss.
On this Thirteenth day of
July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, personally appeared
before me J. J. Gambill Clerk of the Sup. Court, the same being a court of
record within and for the County and State aforesaid, (1) Mary Hoppers, aged 90
years, a resident of Alleghany County, in the State of North Carolina, who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) John
Hoppers deceased, who was the identical (3) John Hoppers, who served under the
name of (4) John Hoppers as a (5) Private in the Company commanded by Captain
Gideon Lewis in the ______ Regiment of __________, commanded by _________ in
the war of (6) Eighteen hundred and Twelve, that her husband (7) was drafted at
Gap Civil on or about the 10th day of August A.D. 1814 for the term of 6
Months, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of (8)
______________ and whose
services terminated, by
reason of (9) His honorable discharge at Wadesboro, N. C. on the __ day of ________ A. D. ________. She further states that the following is a
full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: (10)
22 years of age, weight 175 lbs, height 5 feet 7 inches, blue eyes and dark
hair, was a farmer residing in what was then Ashe Co NC, was born in Surry
County, N. C. She further states that she was married to the said John Hoppers,
at the city (or town) of ________________, in the county of Ashe, and in the
State of North Carolina, on the Fifth day of April A. D. 1827 by one (11)
Richard Gentry, who was a (12) Justice of the Peace: and that her name before
her said marriage was Mary Goodman: and she further states that (13) the said
John Hoppes had been married before to Susan Spurlin who died about the year
1822 and that her said husband (14) John Hoppers, died at Ash Co, in
the State of North
Carolina, on the 26th day of January A. D. 1857; and she further declares that
the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband
since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: (15) the counties of Ashe
an Alleghany in the State of N.C. She
makes this declaration for the purposed of obtaining the Pension to which she
may be entitled under Sections 4736 to 4740, inclusive, Revised Statutes, and
the Act of March 9, 1878, and hereby appoints R. W. WALKER, of Washington, D.
C., her true and lawful attorney, to prosecute her claim.
And she further declares
that John Hoppers made an application for (16) Bounty land warrant and that a
land warrant was issued and that her residence is Gap Civil, county of
Alleghany State of North Carolina, and that her post office address is Gap
Civil N. C.
her
Mary X Hoppers
mark
Witness:
(signed) A. F. Reeves
T.F. Peisaons (?)
Also personally appeared
Jacob Hoppers, aged 76 years, residing at No. ________ street in Alleghany Co
NC, and William Hoppers, age 63 years, residing at No. ________ (street in
Alleghany Co NC, who being duly sworn state that they have known the said
claimant for) 56 years and 50 years, respectively: that they were (present when
the said claimant did sign (or) make her mark) to the foregoing declaration:
that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant
and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she
represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify
her as the person who was the wife of the identical (17) John Hoppers, who
rendered the service alleged in the above application (in the company of
Captain Gideon Lewis, in the regiment of _____________ in the war of eighteen
hundred & twelve) by the following facts and circumstances, viz:
(18) The said Jacob Hoppers
was present and saw them married and the said William Hoppers was the son of
the said John by his first wife.
Witness: his
(signed) A. F. Reeves
Jacob J Hoppers
mark
his
T.F. Peisaons (?) William 2 Hoppers
Mark
Mary Hoppers application of
July 13, 1878 was rejected on September 23, 1878 for a variety of reasons
including insufficient service prior to February 17, 1815, inadequate documentation
of her marriage to John Hoppers, and inadequate documentation that she had not
been married prior to her alleged marriage to John Hoppers. On October 4, 1878, additional depositions
were taken by the Superior Court of Alleghany County to attempt to overcome the
observed deficiencies. On April 26,
1880, Mary Hoppes, who had been destitute since the death of John Hoppers, died
in Sparta, NC. After considerable additional
pleas emanating from NC and review by Pension Office officials, on April 11,
1884 the Pension
Commissioner Wm. W. Dudley
indicated that claim # 31515 – 1812 “of Mary Hoppers, decd, for pension, is
ready for allowance upon receipt of evidence showing the date of her death –
and whether she left any minor children under sixteen years of age”. Her pension was finally issued on May 9,
1884 at eight dollars a month from March 9, 1878 to April 26, 1880, her
date of death.
REFERENCES
1. John Hoppes military service record,
Captain Lewis Company, North Carolina, War of 1812, the National Archives
and Records Service,
Washington, DC.
2. John Hoppess Pension File #WC 33727,
1812, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About JOHN HOPPERS:
Name 2: John Hoppes
Baptism: May 30, 1790, Deep
Creek, NC - Moravian diaries
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About POLLY GOODMAN:
Burial: Elk Creek Church
Cemetery
Children of JOHN HOPPERS and SUSANNAH SPURLIN are:
183. i. WILLIAM8 HOPPERS, b.
January 24, 1810, Ashe Co., NC; d. February 06, 1892.
ii. MARY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1814, Ashe Co., NC; m. JOHN ROUPE.
More About MARY HOPPERS:
Nickname: Polly
184. iii. NANCY HOPPERS, b. July 01, 1819, Ashe Co., NC; d. November 11,
1911.
185. iv. DANIEL HOPPERS, b. April 11, 1821, Ashe Co., NC; d. November 02,
1882.
59. SARAH7 HOPPERS (DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
May 27, 1797 in Surry Co., NC187, and died November 13,
1829. She married HENRY WAGONER. He was born 1793, and died 1895.
More About SARAH HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of SARAH HOPPERS and HENRY WAGONER are:
i. SUSAN8 WAGONER.
ii. MATILDA WAGONER, b. October 31, 1819; d. April 04, 1898; m. JOSIAH CAUDILL; b.
November 29, 1818; d. January 29, 1887.
More About MATILDA WAGONER:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About JOSIAH CAUDILL:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
60. JACOB7 HOPPERS (DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
Circa 1802 in Ashe Co., NC, and died March 09, 1896. He married (1) KIZIAH LANDRETH. She was born
Circa 1805 in Ashe Co., NC, and died April 03, 1880. He met (2) CAROLINA COMBS in Never married but fathered six children with
her. She was born 1842, and died 1909.
More About JACOB HOPPERS:
Name 2: Jacob Hoppes
Notes for KIZIAH LANDRETH:
Living alone next to sons
Stephen and Daniel Hoppers in Cranberry Twp., Alleghaney Co., NC in 1870.
More About CAROLINA COMBS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of JACOB HOPPERS and KIZIAH LANDRETH are:
186. i. DANIEL8 HOPPERS, b. July
24, 1824, Ashe Co., NC; d. Circa 1899.
ii. MARY M. HOPPERS, b. January 01, 1826, Ashe Co., NC; d. November 26,
1901; m. DANIEL JOINES, Circa 1849; b. October 16, 1828; d. January 01,
1910.
187. iii. CATHERINE HOPPERS, b. July 22, 1830, Ashe Co., NC; d. November 08,
1923.
188. iv. STEPHEN HOPPERS, b. December 30, 1832, Ashe Co., NC; d. January 31,
1919.
189. v. JACOB J. HOPPERS, b. December 10, 1838, Ashe Co., NC; d. October 27,
1862.
190. vi. JOHN HOPPERS, b. July 13, 1840, Ashe Co., NC; d. August 30, 1862.
vii. DELIAH HOPPERS, b. Circa 1846, NC188.
Children of JACOB HOPPERS and CAROLINA COMBS are:
viii. JACOB8 COMBS, b. October
20, 1863, NC; d. July 14, 1928.
ix. HENRY COMBS, b. 1865, NC.
x. WILEY COMBS, b. August 31, 1867, NC; d. February 07, 1946.
xi. ISOME COMBS, b. October 1871; d. July 1947.
xii. ROBEY COMBS, b. March 12, 1872, NC; d. June 25, 1951; m. LETTIE ANN UNKNOWN; b.
December 25, 1872, NC; d. June 25, 1926.
More About ROBEY COMBS:
Burial: Landmark Union
Baptist
xiii. CAROLINA COMBS, b. Circa 1873, NC; d. Bef. 1880.
xiv. JULIE C. COMBS, b. March 12, 1878, NC; d. April 01, 1879.
61. LYDIA7 HOPPERS (DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
October 06, 1804189, and died August 04, 1879189. She married THOMAS JOINES Circa
1820. He was born January 15, 1802 in
Wilkes Co., NC189, and died April 26, 1866189.
More About LYDIA HOPPERS:
Burial: Thomas Joines
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About THOMAS JOINES:
Burial: Thomas Joines
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Child of LYDIA HOPPERS and THOMAS JOINES is:
i. DANIEL8 JOINES, b. October
16, 1828; d. January 01, 1910; m. MARY M. HOPPERS, Circa 1849; b. January 01, 1826, Ashe Co., NC; d.
November 26, 1901.
Generation
No. 8
62. MICHAEL8 HOPPES (JACOB7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1804 in Northampton Co., PA, and died 1896
in OH. He married SARAH MILLER 1824. She was born December 19, 1804 in PA, and
died October 14, 1886 in OH.
More About MICHAEL HOPPES:
Burial: St. Jacobs
Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
More About SARAH MILLER:
Burial: St. Jacobs
Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
Children of MICHAEL HOPPES and SARAH MILLER are:
191. i. PAUL9 HOPPES, b.
December 25, 1829, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. April 17, 1905.
192. ii. AUGUSTUS A. HOPPES, b. April 07, 1834, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
04, 1924, Marshall Co., IN.
iii. LAVINA HOPPES, b. Circa 1842, Seneca Co., OH.
193. iv. ASA ESRA HOPPES, b. February 11, 1843, Seneca Co., OH; d. July 19,
1919.
63. MARY MAGDALENE8 HOPPES (JACOB7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 23, 1805 in Northampton Co., PA,
and died August 16, 1893. She married PETER BREINER. He was born December 07, 1808 in PA, and
died March 25, 1875.
More About MARY MAGDALENE HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of MARY HOPPES and PETER BREINER are:
i. SOLOMON9 BREINER190, b. 1831.
ii. MICHAEL BREINER190,
b. 1834.
iii. LYDIA BREINER190,
b. 1837.
iv. POLLY BREINER190,
b. 1839.
v. MARY ANNA BREINER190,
b. 1840.
vi. SUSANNA BREINER190,
b. 1842.
vii. JOSEPH BREINER190,
b. 1844.
64. MARY MAGDALINE8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 23, 1805 in Northampton Co., PA,
and died August 16, 1862. She married PETER STEIGERWALT. He was born Bet. February 23 - 24, 1802 in
PA, and died April 09, 1870.
More About PETER STEIGERWALT:
Date born 2: February 24,
1802, PA
Children of MARY HOPPES and PETER STEIGERWALT are:
i. DAVID9 STEIGERWALT191, b. 1830.
ii. AARON STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1832.
iii. GIDEON STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1835.
iv. LYDIA STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1838.
v. JOSEPH STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1838.
vi. POLLY STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1845.
vii. JOEL STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1848.
viii. REBECCA STEIGERWALT191,
b. 1850191.
65. JOHN8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 01, 1807 in Northampton Co., PA, and
died January 10, 1886. He married ELIZABETH LEIBY March 10,
1833. She was born August 13, 1816 in
PA, and died Bet. July - September 04, 1883.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
More About ELIZABETH LEIBY:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
Children of JOHN HOPPES and ELIZABETH LEIBY are:
194. i. WILLIAM9 HOPPES, b. May 11,
1834, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. November 16, 1865, W. Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co.,
PA.
ii. MARY ANN HOPPES, b. December 18, 1835, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July
15, 1900.
Notes for MARY ANN HOPPES:
Listed as idiotic on census
schedules.
More About MARY ANN HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
iii. SYLVIA L. HOPPES, b. Circa 1839, Schuylkill Co., PA.
195. iv. DAVID L. HOPPES, b. November 06, 1840, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July
20, 1916.
v. JOHN HOPPES, b. August 30, 1843, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. November
1850, Schuylkill Co., PA192.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Died 2: November 1849
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
Cause of Death: Croup
vi. MARY MAGDALENE HOPPES, b. Circa 1846, Schuylkill Co., PA.
196. vii. SOLOMON L. HOPPES, b. December 23, 1848, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June
23, 1929, PA.
viii. SALLY ANN HOPPES, b. Circa 1852, Schuylkill Co., PA.
ix. REBECCA HOPPES, b. Circa 1854, Schuylkill Co., PA.
x. THOMAS HOPPES, b. March 02, 1856, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June 18,
1857, Schuylkill Co., PA.
xi. JULLIANA HOPPES, b. February 15, 1859, Schuylkill Co., PA193;
d. February 28, 1862, Schuylkill Co., PA193.
More About JULLIANA HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
66. HESTER8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 15, 1812 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died June 12, 1903. She married BENJAMIN ZEHNER Circa
1829. He was born March 08, 1815 in PA,
and died June 17, 1886.
Children of HESTER HOPPES and BENJAMIN ZEHNER are:
i. SOLOMON9 ZEHNER, b. 1829.
ii. NATHAN ZEHNER, b. 1830.
iii. LEVI ZEHNER, b. 1832.
iv. TIMOTHY ZEHNER, b. 1834.
v. SALINDA ZEHNER, b. 1837.
vi. HANNAH ZEHNER, b. 1839.
vii. CHARLES ZEHNER, b. 1841.
viii. THOMAS ZEHNER, b. 1843.
ix. MARY ZEHNER, b. 1847.
x. MEDESA ZEHNER, b. 1849.
67. JUDITH8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 26, 1814 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died November 28, 1906 in Eden Twp., Wyandot Co., OH. She married LEONARD BALLIET April 03, 1836 in Tamaqua, PA194,
son of STEPHEN BALLIET and CATHERINE ZEHNER. He was born
December 21, 1815 in PA195, and died September 14, 1911 in
Wyandot Co, Eden Twp, OH.
More About JUDITH HOPPES:
Date born 2: October 26,
1814, Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of JUDITH HOPPES and LEONARD BALLIET are:
197. i. CATHERINE9 BALLIET, b. June
09, 1839; d. March 31, 1922, Plankington, SD.
ii. JOSIAH BALLIET196,
b. Circa 1840197.
iii. LEONARD BALLIET198,
b. Circa 1842199.
iv. AMANDA BALLIET200,
b. 1844201; d. 1891; m. JOHN AMLIN, 1865; b. Circa 1844; d. December 1906, Crookston,
MN.
v. STEPHEN BALLIET202,
b. Circa 1846203.
vi. EMANUEL BALLIET204,
b. Circa 1848205.
68. DAVID8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 23, 1816 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died May 14, 1896 in PA. He married HANNAH GULDNER Circa
1843. She was born November 02, 1820 in
PA, and died August 10, 1896 in PA.
More About DAVID HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
More About HANNAH GULDNER:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
Children of DAVID HOPPES and HANNAH GULDNER are:
i. MARY M.9 HOPPES, b. April
01, 1844, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. August 31, 1926; m. DAVID ZETTLEMOYER; b.
February 05, 1844; d. October 22, 1921.
ii. EMALINE HOPPES, b. March 15, 1846, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
23, 1931; m. DANIEL REX206;
b. February 25, 1846, PA; d. November 15, 1927.
198. iii. SOLOMON D. HOPPES, b. June 18, 1848, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
04, 1902, PA.
iv. SARAH HOPPES, b. March 29, 1851, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
05, 1914; m. JAMES ZETTLEMOYER; b. May 29, 1849; d. October 07, 1897.
v. SUSAN HOPPES, b. 1853, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1920; m. WILSON LECHLEITNER; b.
1848, PA; d. 1921.
vi. JUDITH HOPPES, b. December 14, 1855, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 09, 1896; m. DANIEL DREISBACH; b. December 16, 1855.
vii. DAVID HOPPES, b. January 03, 1858, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
28, 1860, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About DAVID HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
viii. AMANDA HOPPES, b. September 20, 1860, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
December 17, 1863, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About AMANDA HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
ix. LOUISE HOPPES, b. 1863, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1929; m. EPHRAIM SHELLHAMMER; b.
1864; d. 1928.
x. HANNAH HOPPES, b. April 06, 1866, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June 04,
1934; m. WILLIAM F. MIDDLECAMP, June 23, 1888; b. March 14, 1864, Schuylkill Co.,
PA; d. September 20, 1945.
xi. ALICE HOPPES, b. April 11, 1869, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. November
11, 1869, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About ALICE HOPPES:
Burial: St. Peters
Cemetery, Mantzville, Schuylkill Co. PA
69. JOSEPH8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1821 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and died
February 19, 1861. He married ELIZABETH Circa
1845. She was born Circa 1824.
Children of JOSEPH HOPPES and ELIZABETH are:
199. i. NATHAN HENRY9 HOPPES, b.
December 04, 1846, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. September 26, 1921.
200. ii. EMELINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1849, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. March 27,
1928.
iii. DANIEL W. HOPPES, b. March 14, 1851, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July 15,
1876, IA207; m. SERELDA INEZ DEUEL, Bet. 1870 - 1875, Iowa; b. December 16, 1854; d.
1896.
More About DANIEL W. HOPPES:
Burial: Otsego Cemetery,
Jefferson, IA
201. iv. FRANKLIN MICHAEL HOPPES, b. February 08, 1857, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
December 27, 1925.
70. NATHAN8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1821 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and died
November 21, 1892 in Jefferson, IA. He
married MARY M. SHELLHAMMER Circa 1843.
She was born Circa 1826 in PA, and died January 01, 1893 in Jefferson,
IA.
More About NATHAN HOPPES:
Burial: Otsego Cemetery,
Fayette Co., IA
More About MARY M. SHELLHAMMER:
Burial: Otsego Cemetery,
Fayette Co., IA
Children of NATHAN HOPPES and MARY SHELLHAMMER are:
202. i. JOSEPH H.9 HOPPES, b. October
29, 1844, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. May 10, 1918.
ii. CERELDA C. HOPPES, b. Circa 1849, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. HENRY SOALES, September
04, 1878.
iii. SUSANNAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1852, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. DEWITT RIPPETS, January
12, 1879.
203. iv. ELIZABETH W. HOPPES, b. February 29, 1852, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 16, 1920.
204. v. NATHAN MELVIN HOPPES, b. October 23, 1855, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
12, 1926, Fayette Co., IA.
205. vi. CHARLES W. HOPPES, b. August 14, 1858, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. Aft.
1900.
206. vii. MATILDA HOPPES, b. Circa 1865, Schuylkill Co., PA.
207. viii. LEONARD JOSIAH HOPPES, b. February 1868, Marshall Co., IN; d. Aft. 1900.
71. MICHAEL8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 17, 1822 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died February 03, 1902. He married CATHERINE BALLIET Circa
1844. She was born June 03, 1825 in
Schuylkill Co., PA, and died August 30, 1912.
More About MICHAEL HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
More About CATHERINE BALLIET:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of MICHAEL HOPPES and CATHERINE BALLIET are:
i. MARY MAGDALENE9 HOPPES, b.
December 15, 1845, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June 11, 1931; m. NATHAN GILBERT, Circa
1864; b. December 29, 1839, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. August 26, 1912.
ii. REBECCA HOPPES, b. January 22, 1847, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. May 01,
1926; m. (1) JOHN REINBOLD; m. (2) REUBEN NOTHSTEIN, 1875; b. June 24, 1845, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
October 22, 1935.
iii. CATHERINE A. HOPPES, b. November 1850, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. September 01,
1936; m. ADAM HENRY, 1900.
iv. BENNEVILLE HOPPES, b. January 21, 1854, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. March
11, 1854, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About BENNEVILLE HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
208. v. CHARLES HENRY HOPPES, b. April 08, 1856, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1935.
209. vi. MICHAEL A. HOPPES, b. June 11, 1859, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
01, 1920.
72. JACOB8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February 15, 1797, and died April 10, 1888
in Beaver Twp., Columbia Co., PA208. He married MARY ?.
Children of JACOB DREISBACH and MARY ? are:
210. i. ABRAHAM9 DREISBACH, b.
October 05, 1818, PA.
ii. RUTHANA DREISBACH, b. February 05, 1821; m. JOHN LEVAN, March 02,
1841; b. June 28, 1812; d. September 04, 1888.
211. iii. ISAAC DREISBACH, b. December 13, 1822.
iv. GEORGE DREISBACH, b. August 06, 1829.
v. JOHN JACOB DREISBACH, b. Circa 1832.
vi. AARON DREISBACH, b. October 1838.
vii. ANN DREISBACH, b. Circa 1839.
73. ISAAC8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 10, 1807208. He married MARIA MAGDALENA SCHELLHAMMER. She was born July 04, 1804208.
Children of ISAAC DREISBACH and MARIA SCHELLHAMMER are:
i. HENRY9 DREISBACH, b. Aft.
1825208.
ii. CATHERINE DREISBACH, b. Circa 1829208.
iii. SOPHIA DREISBACH, b. February 03, 1835208.
iv. MARY MARGARET DREISBACH, b. 1837208.
v. CHRISTINA DREISBACH, b. December 02, 1838208.
vi. STEPHEN DREISBACH, b. April 14, 1840208.
vii. RACHEL DREISBACH, b. August 23, 1843208.
viii. ROSETTA DREISBACH, b. February 21, 1846208.
74. JOHN8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1809.
He married HARRIET HOUCH.
Child of JOHN DREISBACH and HARRIET HOUCH is:
i. ELIZABETH9 DREISBACH.
75. GEORGE W.8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1810 in PA.
He married (1) HANNAH ?. She was born
Circa 1812. He married (2) LUCY BREINARD Circa
1830.
Notes for GEORGE W. DREISBACH:
1850 Census Schedule,
Roaring Creek Twp., Columbia Co., PA, Roll 769, Page 281, Lines 8-18, dated
Nov. 20, 1850.
Children of GEORGE DREISBACH and HANNAH ? are:
i. SARAH9 DREISBACH, b.
Circa 1841.
ii. ELIAS DREISBACH, b. Circa 1844.
iii. AMANDA DREISBACH, b. March 05, 1846.
iv. ELIZABETH DREISBACH, b. Circa 1848.
v. SUSANNA DREISBACH, b. February 05, 1848.
vi. GEORGE DREISBACH, b. July 30, 1851.
Children of GEORGE DREISBACH and LUCY BREINARD are:
vii. YOST W.9 DREISBACH, b.
1832.
More About YOST W. DREISBACH:
Namesake: Grandfather, Yost
Wilhelm Dreisbach
viii. MARY ANN DREISBACH, b. 1834.
ix. RAYENA DREISBACH, b. 1836.
x. HANNAH DREISBACH, b. 1838.
xi. HARRIET DREISBACH, b. 1840.
76. WILLIAM8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 17, 1811 in Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne
Co., PA, and died January 23, 1893 in Columbia Co., PA. He married (1) ELLEN HOUSLER. She was born Circa 1813. He met (2) ISABELLA STENNINGER.
More About WILLIAM DREISBACH:
Burial: Numidia Reformed
Cemetery, Locust Twp., Columbia Co., PA
Children of WILLIAM DREISBACH and ELLEN HOUSLER are:
i. CHRISTINE9 DREISBACH, b.
December 24, 1832.
ii. MARY H. DREISBACH, b. August 1834.
iii. SARAH DREISBACH, b. Circa 1837.
iv. LEWIS DREISBACH, b. September 03, 1841.
v. WILLIAM DREISBACH, JR., b. Circa 1843.
Children of WILLIAM DREISBACH and ISABELLA STENNINGER are:
vi. STEPHEN9 DREISBACH.
vii. ELLEN DREISBACH.
viii. FRANKLIN S. DREISBACH.
77. NATHAN8 DREISBACH (CHRISTIANA7 HOPPES, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 14, 1816 in Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co.,
PA, and died March 22, 1906 in PA. He
married SARAH LEVAN February 03, 1835.
She was born June 04, 1814 in PA.
Children of NATHAN DREISBACH and SARAH LEVAN are:
i. RUTH ANN9 DREISBACH, b.
Circa 1846.
ii. NATHANIEL LEVAN DREISBACH, b. May 06, 1854.
iii. WILLIAM ALBERT DREISBACH, b. January 21, 1857.
78. DAVID8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born August 17, 1807 in Northampton Co., PA, and
died March 28, 1883. He married ELIZABETH FELLER May 31,
1834 in Fairfield Co., OH. She was born
April 07, 1816 in Fairfield Co., OH, and died January 10, 1887.
Children of DAVID HOPPES and ELIZABETH FELLER are:
i. COLLINDA9 HOPPES, b.
December 25, 1835, Hancock Co., OH; d. February 02, 1899; m. DANIEL CROFT, February
04, 1855; b. November 22, 1826; d. January 06, 1912.
More About COLLINDA HOPPES:
Name 2: Salind Hoppus -
Lutheran and German Reformed Con
Christening: March 15,
1835, Salem/Glick Church, Bloom Township, Fairfield Co., OH, sponsor Elisabeth
Dunkel
ii. MATILDA HOPPES, b. August 17, 1836, Hancock Co., OH; d. December 25,
1889; m. GEORGE CROSSLEY, April 19, 1857; b. June 20, 1829, Fairfield Co., OH;
d. July 11, 1891.
iii. NANCY HOPPES, b. June 26, 1838, Hancock Co., OH; d. June 18, 1909;
m. HENRY JACKSON BLYMER, November 05, 1861; b. December 31, 1838; d. February
23, 1921.
212. iv. GEORGE W. HOPPES, b. February 04, 1845, Hancock Co., OH; d. March 28,
1925.
213. v. WILLIAM M. HOPPES, b. July 26, 1848, Hancock Co., OH; d. November 20,
1932.
vi. MARY JANE HOPPES, b. March 05, 1854, Hancock Co., OH; d. April 11,
1856, Hancock Co., OH.
vii. ELIZABETH CATHERINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1856, Hancock Co., OH; m. MORGAN YATES, February
08, 1876, Hancock Co., OH.
79. CHRISTIAN8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 13, 1811 in Schuylkill Co., PA,
and died April 24, 1893 in Kosciusko Co., IN.
He married LYDIA GLICK January 01, 1833 in Fairfield Co., OH209. She was born February 27, 1815, and died
January 14, 1881 in Kosciusko Co., IN.
Notes for CHRISTIAN HOPPES:
Last Will and Testament of
Christian Hoppis
I, Christian Hoppis of
Kosciusko County, Indiana, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament.
Item 1. I give and bequeath and devise to my son
Phillip Hoppis the Real Estate upon which I now reside in Kosciusko County,
Indiana, and described as follows to wit:
The East half (1/2) of the south east quarter (1/4) of
section thirteen
(13) Township Thirty-one (31) Range six (6) East,
containing eighty
(80) acres more or less
upon the condition that my
said son Phillip Hoppis shall pay to my daughters Sarah Elder, Lydia Ann
Correll's children - said Lydia Ann Correll being deceased - and the children
of Julia Ann Haddix - said Julia Ann Haddix being deceased, and Phoebe Jane
Elder and Elizabeth Huff and Leah Angeline Boyer, the sum of eight hundred
dollars at my death to be by them divided as follows to wit:
Said Sarah Elder is to have one sixth of said eight hundred
dollars.
The children of said Lydia Ann Correll are to have
on sixth. The
children of Julia Ann Haddis are to have one sixth
and Phoebe Jane
Elder, Elizabeth Huff and Leah Angeline Boyer are
each to have one
sixth of said eight hundred dollars.
Item 2. I devise and bequeath to the children of
said Lydia Ann Correll, deceased, one sixth (1/6), and to the children of Julia
Ann Haddix, deceased, one sixth (1/6) and to Sarah Elder one sixth (1/6) and to
Phoebe Jane Elder, one sixth (1/6) and to Elizabeth Huff one sixth (1/6) and to
Leah Angeline Boyer one sixth (1/6) of all the personal property of which I am
now or of which I may die seized and possessed.
Item 3. My said son Phillip Hoppis is to pay the
expenses of my funeral and last sickness.
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this (7th) seventh
day of May in the year 1881.
his X
mark (Christian Hoppis)
Attest
L. H. Haymond
Signed and acknowledged by
said Christian Hoppis as his last will and testament in our presence and signed
by us in the presence of the Testator and of each other - Andrew J. Bates
Hiram McSherry
In the matter of the }
Petition of Phillip Hoppis }
To Probate Will of } No. 6346 Probate of Will
Christian Hoppis, Desd. }
Comes now Philip Hoppis by
Wood and Boroser, his attorneys and files the following petition in this matter
in these words, to wit: (here insert)
also an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of
Christian Hoppis, late of said county deceased, in these words to wit (here
insert) and on Motion of Counsel aforesaid this cause was submitted to the
court for hearing and determination and the court having heard the evidence
add____, and being sufficiently advised in the _______ do now find that the
subscribing witnesses to said instrument in writing to wit: Andrew J. Bates of said subscribing witness
is now deceased and that Hiram McSherry the only other surviving witness to
said instrument in writing is a non resident of the State of Indiana. That on the seventh day of May 1881, the
said Christian Hoppis did sign his name to said instrument in writing as and
for his last will and testament and that at the same time said instrument in
writing was attested and subscribed by the said Andrew J. Bates and Hiram
McSherry and that the signatures of the said Christian Hoppis, Andrew J. Bates
and Hiram McSherry are the genuine
signatures of said testator and witnesses respectively and that the testator
was at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing as
aforesaid of full age (that is more than 21 years of age) of sound and disposing
mind and memory and not under any coercion or restraint.
It is therefore ordered,
adjudged and decreed by the Court that said instrument in writing is the last
will and testament of the said Christian Hoppis late of said County and State
deceased, and that said last will be and the same is hereby admitted to probate
and record and the clerk is ordered to record said last will and the foregoing
record of proof thereof in the record of wills of said county in his office.
State of Indiana
Kosciusko County
I, William D. Wood, Clerk
of the Kosciusko Circuit Court, do hereby certify, that the above and foregoing
last will and testament of Christian Hoppis, late of said County and State was
this day admitted to probate and record.
Which said will together with such proof and order of said Court have
been duly recorded in Record of Wills No. 4 on pages 581 - 582 - 583 in this
Office.
Witness my mane and
the seal of said court at office this 27th
day of April
1893. William D. Wood, Clerk K.C.C.
LS
State of Indiana
Kosciusko County
I William D. Wood clerk of
the Kosciusko Circuit Court, do hereby certify the above and foregoing to be a
true copy of the last will and testament of Christian Hoppis deceased late of
said County and State and of the order of Court admitting the same to probate
and record.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at
Warsaw this 27th day of April, 1893.
signature of Willaim D. Wood, Clerk
Kos. Cir. Ct.
More About CHRISTIAN HOPPES:
Burial: Packerton Cemetery,
Clay Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN
More About LYDIA GLICK:
Burial: Packerton Cemetery,
Clay Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN
Children of CHRISTIAN HOPPES and LYDIA GLICK are:
214. i. SARAH JANE9 HOPPES, b.
December 13, 1832, Fairfield Co., OH; d. May 20, 1901.
215. ii. LYDIA ANN HOPPES, b. April 30, 1835, Fairfield Co., OH; d. October 24,
1871.
iii. JULIA ANN HOPPES, b. June 27, 1837, Fairfield Co., OH; d. January 02,
1879; m. JOHN K. HADDIX, November 20, 1853, Kosciusko Co., IN; b. January
1834, VA; d. December 05, 1883.
More About JULIA ANN HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
More About JOHN K. HADDIX:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
216. iv. PHOEBE JANE HOPPES, b. June 08, 1840, Fairfield Co., OH; d. April 23,
1902.
v. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. May 03, 1842, Fairfield Co., OH; d. February 06,
1927; m. JAMES C. HUFF, October 30, 1862; b. May 27, 1837; d. January 27,
1916.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Burial: Claypool Cemetery,
Kosciusko Co., IN
More About JAMES C. HUFF:
Burial: Claypool Cemetery,
Kosciusko Co., IN
217. vi. PHILLIP HOPPAS, b. October 25, 1844, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. February
25, 1915, Kosciusko Co., IN.
vii. JOHN HOPPES, b. September 15, 1847, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. March
15, 1848, Kosciusko Co., IN.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Burial: Packerton Cemetery,
Clay Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN
viii. LEAH ANGELINA HOPPES, b. 1851, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. 1937, IN; m. JACOB BOYER, November
02, 1872; b. January 01, 1846, PA; d. January 07, 1928, IN.
More About LEAH ANGELINA HOPPES:
Burial: Eel River Church
Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN
More About JACOB BOYER:
Burial: Eel River Church
Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN
80. LYDIA8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 01, 1813 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died December 11, 1859 in Whitley Co., IN.
She married JONATHAN DUPLER October 23, 1831 in Perry Co., OH. He was born April 07, 1810 in Perry Co., OH, and died June 05, 1889 in Whitley
Co., IN.
More About LYDIA HOPPES:
Burial: December 13, 1859,
Thorncreek Twp., Whitley Co., IN
More About JONATHAN DUPLER:
Burial: Thorncreek Twp.,
Whitley Co., IN
Children of LYDIA HOPPES and JONATHAN DUPLER are:
218. i. MATILDA9 DUPLER, b. April
15, 1835, Perry Co., OH; d. April 11, 1879, Whitley Co., IN.
219. ii. DIANA DUPLER, b. July 11, 1837, Perry Co., OH; d. February 07,
1923, Whitley Co., IN.
iii. ELIZABETH DUPLER, b. March 22, 1840, Perry Co., OH; d. June 21, 1865,
Whitley Co., IN.
220. iv. HANNAH DUPLER, b. April 04, 1843, IN.
v. REUBEN DUPLER, b. February 17, 1845, IN; d. Circa 1862.
vi. PHILIP DUPLER, b. June 13, 1847, IN; d. July 15, 1857, Whitley Co.,
IN.
221. vii. CATHERINE DUPLER, b. May 22, 1852, Thorncreek Twp., Whitley Co., IN;
d. September 05, 1922, Whitley Co., IN.
222. viii. MARY AMANDA DUPLER, b. April 16, 1856, Thorncreek Twp., Whitley Co., IN;
d. December 11, 1937, Union Twp., Whitley Co., IN.
81. JOHN8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1815 in Fairfield Co., OH. He married NANCY WILLIAMS July 13,
1837.
Child of JOHN HOPPES and NANCY WILLIAMS is:
223. i. JOHN9 HOPPES, b.
December 1846, OH.
82. SOLOMON8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 05, 1812 in Schuylkill Co., PA210,
and died October 02, 1900 in Kosciusko Co., IN. He married (1) LEAH FESLER STACKHOUSE Circa 1836.
She was born January 19, 1819 in NY, and died December 20, 1879 in
Kosciusko Co., IN. He married (2) MARGARET TODD CREIGHTON October
03, 1882 in Kosciusko Co., IN. She was
born October 1843 in OH.
Notes for SOLOMON HOPPES:
Warsaw Daily Times,
January 6, 1942
Served as secretary of the
Kosciusko County Agricultural Society in 1855.
****
Northern Indianian
October 4, 1900
HOPPIS, SOLOMON
DEATH: Solomon Hoppis, a pioneer settler of Clay
township, passed away Monday evening.
He would have been 88 years old had he lived unthil this coming
Friday. He was born in Seneca, Ohio,
October 5, 1812 and died October 2, 1900.
He leaves a family of five children, one having preceded him in death,
21 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren. He was united in his second marriage to Mrs. Margaret
Creighton. The funeral took place at
Mt. Pleasant where burial was made.
More About SOLOMON HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
More About LEAH FESLER STACKHOUSE:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
Marriage Notes for SOLOMON HOPPES and MARGARET CREIGHTON:
October 5, 1882 date
provided by Harry Hoppes.
Children of SOLOMON HOPPES and LEAH STACKHOUSE are:
i. SARAH JANE9 HOPPES, b. May 07,
1837, Seneca Co., OH; d. January 20, 1907; m. MARION J. MINEAR, October
07, 1855, Kosciusko Co., IN; b. October 16, 1831; d. March 24, 1902.
More About SARAH JANE HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
More About MARION J. MINEAR:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Kosciusko Co., IN
224. ii. AMANDA A. HOPPES, b. August 24, 1840, Seneca Co., OH; d. June 02,
1910.
225. iii. GEORGE L. HOPPES, b. October 10, 1843, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. May 10,
1897.
iv. CYNTHIA MATILDA HOPPES, b. May 03, 1845, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. May 13, 1915;
m. HENRY M. HILLIGAS, March 03, 1869.
226. v. MAHLON H. HOPPUS, b. February 20, 1855, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. July 23,
1914.
227. vi. MILTON HOPPUS, b. February 1859, Kosciusko Co., IN.
83. DANIEL8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 28, 1818 in Fairfield Co., OH, and
died November 06, 1896 in OH. He
married (1) JANE JOHNSON December 19, 1847.
She was born 1826 in OH, and died February 02, 1852. He married (2) HELEN STANTON September
04, 1856. She was born September 30,
1835 in MD211, and died August 03, 1926 in Springfield, Clark
Co., OH211.
More About DANIEL HOPPES:
Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery,
Springfield, Clark Co., OH
More About HELEN STANTON:
Burial: August 05, 1926,
Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and JANE JOHNSON are:
228. i. WILLIAM E.9 HOPPES, b. June
07, 1850, Pickaway Co., OH; d. April 11, 1918, Clark Co., OH.
ii. SARAH HOPPES, b. 1852, Pickaway Co., OH; d. Aft. 1900; m. ? WARD.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and HELEN STANTON are:
iii. JOHN J.9 HOPPES, b.
September 1857, Pickaway Co., OH; d. July 12, 1945, Springfield, Clark Co.,
Ohio; m. HATTIE MERRELL, December 29, 1890; b. April 1870, Auburn, NY; d.
August 06, 1956, OH.
Notes for JOHN J. HOPPES:
Who Was Who in America,
Volume IV, Marquis Company, 1969
Page 490
Hoppes, John J., mechanical
engineer, manufacturer, born Circleville, Ohio 1857; son of Daniel and Helen
(Stanton) Hoppes; educated in public schools; married Hattie Merrell of Aubion,
New York on December 29, 1890. Entered
manufacturing business at Springfield, Ohio, 1886; inventor of the Hoppes
system of heating and purifying water for steam boilers, also Hoppes system of
de-aerating water, designer of Hoppes hydro-electric plant for small streams;
holder of 45 patents, now President of Hoppes Manufacturing Company, Everwear
Manufacturing Company, and Hoppes Water Wheel Company. Member of the City Council, Springfield,
1887 - 1888; member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, 1895 - 1896;
City Commissioner under commission manager form of government, 1913 - 19
(originator of this form of government); member of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers; member of the Mason Shriner Club, Springfield
County. Home: Springfield, Ohio.
Deceased.
More About JOHN J. HOPPES:
Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery,
Springfield, Clark Co., OH
More About HATTIE MERRELL:
Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery,
Springfield, Clark Co., OH
229. iv. FLAVIUS JOSEPH HOPPES, b. April 16, 1859, Pickaway Co., OH; d. February 16,
1941.
230. v. CHARLES EDWIN HOPPES, b. March 11, 1867, Scioto Co., OH; d. May 11, 1948.
84. SALOME8 KISTLER (MARY MAGDALENA7 HAPPES, MICHAEL6, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 18, 1809 in PA, and died November 04,
1886 in Allen Co., IN. She married JOHANNES GERMAN Circa
1826.
More About SALOME KISTLER:
Religion: Lutheran
Child of SALOME KISTLER and JOHANNES GERMAN is:
i. MARIA9 GERMAN, b. 1827.
More About MARIA GERMAN:
Baptism: March 11, 1827,
Heidelberg Union Lutheran Church
85. SOLOMON8 HOPPES (CHRISTIAN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born August 13, 1809 in Northampton Co., PA, and
died December 11, 1890. He married MARY MAGDALENA SNYDER Circa
1831. She was born December 30, 1810 in
Lehigh Co., PA, and died May 05, 1899.
Notes for SOLOMON HOPPES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Solomon Hoppes, the oldest son of 214 Christian Happes, was
born on August 13, 1809. His military
service during the Civil War lasted for six weeks (Ref. #1). On June 18, 1863, he enlisted at Tamaqua, PA
as a Private in Captain Martz's Company, 27 Regiment Pa Militia when General
Lee's units invaded Pennsylvania. On
June 28, 1863, his unit was instrumental in helping to destroy the railroad
bridge connecting Wrightsville and Columbia, south of Harrisburg, PA, which
would have provided easy access for Confederate units to cross over the
Susquehanna River and reach Harrisburg, Lancaster, and/or Philadelphia. His unit was disbanded on July 31, 1863
after the emergency was over. After the
Civil War, he served as a Captain in the PA State Militia.
The four oldest sons of
Solomon Hoppes (Daniel, Joseph S., Elias S., and Solomon Snyder Hoppes) also
served in the Civil War. An article in
a Mahanoy City, PA newspaper published in fall 1899 (Ref. #2) reported:
The writer's attention was, last evening, directed to an item
appearing in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Record. It refers to the Hoppes brothers, Daniel,
Joseph, Elias S. and Solomon S., all of whom are well-known in town, which we
take great pleasure in publishing. The
article is as follows:
An interesting feature of
the G. A. R. parade last Tuesday was the presence in the line, with Severn
Post, of Mahanoy City, of four brothers, all of whom saw hard service and
received wounds during the civil war.
They are Daniel, Joseph S., Elias S. and Solomon S. Hoppes. Daniel and Solomon are members of Severn
Post; Elias is a member of Post 606, of Jacksonville, Pa., and was famous
during the war as the "Curly-headed Scout." He was also one of General Grant's provost guard. Joseph is a member of Post No. 4_4(?) of Lehighton,
and is a well-to-do farmer at the old homestead. Daniel is a prosperous
merchant in Mahanoy City; Elias is a farmer at Wannamaker, Pa., and Solomon is
a bookkeeper for the Carpenter Steel Company, at Reading. The father of these four soldiers also
shouldered a gun and went to the front when General Lee invaded Pennsylvania,
although at that time conducting a large and prosperous business. The Hoppes "boys" are well-known
in this city.
REFERENCES
1. Solomon Hoppes' Co. E, 27 Regiment PA Militia INF Military
Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Mahanoy City ___________, When Veteran Meets Veteran - Then Come
Reminiscences of the War - Scenes and Incidents - Attending the National
Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Held in Philadelphia Last Week,
____ber 12, 1899.
Summaries by Dr. Harrison
N. Hoppes, used with permission.
More About SOLOMON HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
More About MARY MAGDALENA SNYDER:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of SOLOMON HOPPES and MARY SNYDER are:
i. LEAH9 HOPPES, b. October
19, 1832, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January 02, 1907; m. ELIAS NOTHSTEIN; b. June
24, 1820, PA; d. November 16, 1878.
More About LEAH HOPPES:
Burial: Ben Salem Cemetery,
Carbon Co., PA
More About ELIAS NOTHSTEIN:
Burial: Ben Salem Cemetery,
Carbon Co., PA
231. ii. DANIEL HOPPES, b. September 16, 1834, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
December 03, 1915.
iii. LYDIA HOPPES, b. December 11, 1836, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
12, 1904; m. DAVID H. KISTLER, November 09, 1858; b. June 03, 1836, PA; d. February
19, 1918.
More About LYDIA HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
iv. SALOME HOPPES, b. May 26, 1839, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June 02,
1918; m. DANIEL ZIEGLER; b. January 27, 1832, PA; d. August 22, 1899.
v. MARY MAGDALENA HOPPES, b. March 02, 1841, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
31, 1906; m. DAVID S. LONGACRE, Circa 1861; b. August 16, 1833, PA; d. August 10,
1905.
More About MARY MAGDALENA HOPPES:
Burial: Ben Salem Cemetery,
Carbon Co., PA
More About DAVID S. LONGACRE:
Burial: Ben Salem Cemetery,
Carbon Co., PA
232. vi. JOSEPH S. HOPPES, b. April 07, 1843, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. March 09,
1917.
233. vii. ELIAS S. HOPPES, b. December 16, 1844, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January
15, 1910.
234. viii. SOLOMON SNYDER HOPPES, b. October 18, 1846, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. October
28, 1907.
ix. KITTI ANNA HOPPES, b. May 10, 1848, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. January 01,
1849, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About KITTI ANNA HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, Schuylkill Co., PA
x. FEIEN ANNA HOPPES, b. September 25, 1849, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
January 26, 1851, Schuylkill Co., PA.
More About FEIEN ANNA HOPPES:
Burial: Zion's Old Stone
Church, W. Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA
235. xi. GEORGE WASHINGTON HOPPES, b. February 13, 1853, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 21, 1924, Carbon Co., PA.
86. LYDIA8 HOPPES (CHRISTIAN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born August 31, 1818 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died August 29, 1902. She married DAVID HARTUNG December
20, 1836. He was born July 29, 1815 in
PA, and died September 22, 1899.
Children of LYDIA HOPPES and DAVID HARTUNG are:
i. SALOME9 HARTUNG, b. 1838212.
ii. REBECCA HARTUNG, b. 1840212.
236. iii. CATHERINE HARTUNG, b. December 29, 1842; d. January 12, 1899, Kosciusko
Co., IN.
iv. CAROLINE HARTUNG, b. 1846212.
v. LEWIS HARTUNG, b. 1849212.
87. ANDREW8 HOPPES (CHRISTIAN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 19, 1826 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and
died August 19, 1894. He married SUSANNAH MOSER November 09,
1847. She was born May 19, 1827 in PA,
and died March 09, 1890.
Notes for ANDREW HOPPES:
Biographical & Portrait
Encyclopedia of Schuylkill Co., PA
pages 292-293
Andrew Hoppes, a well known
business man, and large real estate owner of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania, is a son of Christian and Salma (Stegerwald) Hoppes, and was born
on January 19, 1826, in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania.
His great-grandfather was a
native of the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, and emigrated to the United States at
a very early date. He became a citizen
of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, which at that time had not been separated from
the county of Northampton. He died in
that county. His son, Michael Hoppes,
grandfather of the subject, was born in Northampton county, and continued a
resident in the vicinity of his birthplace throughout life, which he passed in
the peaceful pursuit of agriculture.
During the War of Independence he shouldered a musket and took part in
the memorable conflict which resulted in our national freedom. At the time of the birth of Christian
Hoppes, he was a citizen of West Penn, Schuylkill county, where he passed the
remainder of his life. Christian Hoppes
adopted the occupation of his father, and at the time of his death was the
possessor of a farm having an acreage double the ordinary farm. He was a Republican in politics, and a
member of the Lutheran church. His
family, besides his wife, consisted of twelve children, six sons and six
daughters.
Andrew Hoppes was united in
marriage to Susanna Mosser, a daughter of Jacob Mosser, a native, and formerly
a resident of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Hoppes died on March 9, 1890, at the age of sixty-five years. This marriage resulted in an issue of twelve
children: Dennis M., in the mill business at Mahanoy City, and married to Sarah
Fetterhoff; Jacob M., married to Sallie E. Matthias, a resident of Mahanoy
City; Emmanuel, deceased, Angelina, wife of William K. Hill, a farmer residing
near Kempers, this county; Sarah, wife of Charles Brode, a resident of Barnesville,
Schuylkill county, Israel, a stationary engineer in Mahanoy City; Owen,
deceased; William M., a salesman of Mahanoy City; Alvina, wife of S. Calvin
Zeigler, a cigar manufacturer of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Emma L., wife of Adam
Wingert, a blacksmith by trade, resident of Mahanoy City, Andrew Grant, a
jeweler, located in Middletown, Schuylkill County; George; a resident of
Mahanoy City.
Mr. Hoppes was educated in
the common schools, and for a short time attended a Normal school in the State
of New Jersey. He learned the milling
trade and while in West Penn, operated a saw-mill and grist-mill, in
conjunction. He also owned in the
vicinity of West Penn two farms, aggregating two hundred and eight-five acres,
and a piece of timber land in the Blue Mountains containing eighty acres. In 1877, he came to Mahanoy City and erected
a flouring-mill, which he still owns.
This mill is thirty-five feet wide, seventy-feet deep and four stories
in height. In connection with this he
is the possessor of considerable realty in Mahanoy City, in the shape of
dwelling-houses and store-rooms which yields a very fair rental.
Mr. Hoppes is a well-to-do
citizen, has a large acquaintance throughout Mahanoy City and Schuylkill
county, and is generally looked upon as a man of good business qualifications
and tact. He is a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Evangelical church.
More About ANDREW HOPPES:
Burial: Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., PA
More About SUSANNAH MOSER:
Burial: Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., PA
Children of ANDREW HOPPES and SUSANNAH MOSER are:
237. i. DENNIS H.9 HOPPES, b.
September 09, 1848, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. May 31, 1896.
238. ii. JACOB M. HOPPES, b. February 24, 1850, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. July
02, 1927.
239. iii. EMANUEL M. HOPPES, b. November 16, 1851, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
November 13, 1872.
iv. ANGELINA HOPPES, b. November 16, 1853, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 12, 1936, Philadephia, PA; m. WILLIAM K. HILL.
v. SARAH JANE HOPPES, b. March 28, 1856, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1931; m. CHARLES BRODE, March 24,
1874, Salem Evangelical Congreational Church, Mahanoy City, PA213.
240. vi. ISRAEL M. HOPPES, b. March 26, 1858, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1935,
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co., PA.
vii. OWEN HOPPES, b. February 01, 1860, Schuylkill Co., PA; d.
February 03, 1860.
More About OWEN HOPPES:
Burial: Emanuel Evangelical
Cemetery, Andreas, Schuylkill Co., PA
241. viii. WILLIAM M. HOPPES, b. June 03, 1861, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. December
02, 1922.
ix. CATHERINE ALVINA HOPPES, b. July 21, 1863, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. 1930; m. SYLVESTER CALVIN ZEIGLER, March 20,
1883, Salem Evangelical Congreational Church, Mahanoy City, PA.
x. EMMA L. HOPPES, b. January 03, 1866, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. ADAM WINGERT, May 27,
1884, Salem Evangelical Congreational Church, Mahanoy City, PA214.
242. xi. ANDREW GRANT HOPPES, b. August 25, 1868, Schuylkill Co., PA.
243. xii. GEORGE W. HOPPES, b. May 22, 1877, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. June 29,
1923.
88. JESSE8 HOPPES (JOHN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 10, 1819 in Schuylkill Co., PA,
and died January 30, 1913. He married CATHARINE WALDRIDGE February
07, 1844 in Boone Co., IL215. She was born Bet. April 1825 - 1826 in NY, and died Aft. 1900.
More About CATHARINE WALDRIDGE:
Spelling Variations:
Catharine Wooldridge
Children of JESSE HOPPES and CATHARINE WALDRIDGE are:
i. SALLY ANN9 HOPPES, b. March
05, 1848, IA; d. September 27, 1939; m. WILLIAM HEINRICH GREGART, November 17, 1866; b. May 05, 1842, Germany; d. July
13, 1917.
ii. ROSALIE HOPPES, b. Clayton Co., IA.
iii. AMELIA HOPPES, b. Clayton Co., IA.
iv. CLARINDA HOPPES, b. Clayton Co., IA; m. ? HOWE.
244. v. JOSEPH JOHN HOPPES, b. January 15, 1844, IL; d. November 13, 1926.
vi. MARY MALVINA HOPPES, b. October 31, 1851, Clayton Co., IA; d. December
14, 1933; m. FRANCIS MARION RATHBURN, April 12, 1869; b. February 18, 1846, Lee Co., IA;
d. December 17, 1912.
245. vii. DANIEL J. HOPPES, b. August 03, 1856, Clayton Co., IA.
viii. ESTELLA CATHARINE HOPPES, b. January 05, 1861, Clayton Co., IA; d. June 12,
1942; m. NATHAN CYRUS ESTEY, October 25, 1879.
ix. LYDIA MAE HOPPES, b. Circa 1863, Clayton Co., IA; m. (1) HENRY RICE; m. (2) FRANK C. PAYNE.
89. DANIEL BOONE8 HOPPES (JOHN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1825 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and died
July 25, 1912 in Canada. He married FRANCES MARY HANNAH August 03,
1856. She was born July 13, 1832 in OH,
and died February 03, 1922.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and FRANCES HANNAH are:
246. i. WARNER L.9 HOPPES, b.
December 08, 1857, Clayton Co., IA; d. 1939, Emmet Co., IA.
247. ii. VICTOR HOPPES, b. Circa 1860, Clayton Co., IA; d. 1937.
iii. DELIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1864, Clayton or Hardin Co., IA.
iv. ORVILLE HOPPES, b. October 1869, Hardin Co., IA; d. Aft. 1900; m. JENNIE CLEMONS, Circa
1899; b. December 1874; d. Aft. 1900.
248. v. EDGAR HOPPES, b. Circa 1872, Hardin Co., IA; d. 1953.
90. SAMUEL8 HOPPES (JOHN7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 08, 1833 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and died
July 12, 1924 in Harrison Co., IA. He
married EMMA Circa 1863. She was born April
1840 in IL, and died Aft. 1900.
More About SAMUEL HOPPES:
Burial: Woodbine Cemetery,
Fayette Co., IA
Children of SAMUEL HOPPES and EMMA are:
249. i. ERNIE GRANT9 HOPPES, b. July
1864, Marshall Co., IA; d. Aft. 1900.
ii. SAMUEL C. HOPPES, b. July 1868, Marshall Co., IA; d. Aft. 1900; m. LELIA, Circa 1897;
b. August 1871, IL; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. BERTHA ANN HOPPES, b. November 1875, Marshall Co., IA.
More About BERTHA ANN HOPPES:
Nickname: Minnie
iv. CLARA ELLA HOPPES, b. November 23, 1875, Marshall Co., IA216;
d. March 20, 1972, Orange Co., CA216.
v. SUSIE HOPPES, b. September 1885, Marshall Co., IA.
91. FREDERICK8 HOPPES (ADAM7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1819 in Burke Co., NC, and died January 31,
1865. He married RUTH BUCHANAN February
17, 1846. She was born August 1825 in
NC, and died 1902.
Notes for FREDERICK HOPPES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Fredrick (Ebe) Hoppes, the
oldest son of Adam and Catharine (Link) Hoppes, was born in 1819 in Burke
County, NC. He married Rutha Buchanan
on February 17, 1846. He enlisted at Knoxville, TN on September 15, 1863 for a
three-year term and was mustered into Company M, 8th Regiment TN CAV as a
Private at Nashville, TN on March 31, 1864 (Ref. #1). In the VOLUNTEER
ENLISTMENT records of Knoxville, TN, he was described as 44 years old, a
farmer, of height 5 feet, 11 inches, and as having blue eyes, dark hair, and a
dark complexion. He was listed as
Present on all Company muster rolls through November/December 1864. However,
the muster roll for January/February 1865 states: Died Feb 1st 1865 at Genl.
Hosp. Asylum U. S. A. Knoxville, Tenn.
Actually, Fredrick Hoppes died of tuberculosis on January 31, 1865,
because a letter dated Feb 1st, 1865 from the U. S. Army General Hospital,
Knoxville, TN to the Commanding Officer of his unit, Company M, 8 TN CAV,
states that Fredrick Hoppes of your Company died in this Hospital on the 31st
day of January of Consumption (Ref. #2).
The underlying conditions
that prompted Fredrick (Ebe) Hoppes to leave his family and enlist in the Army
are vividly described in the 1935 book Cabins in the Laurel about the Toe
Valley area of mountainous western North Carolina, where Ebe Hoppes and his
family were living (Ref. #3):
The Rock Creek section
between Bakersville and the Roan had no Negroes at all, and has none today,
because colored people have a well-founded belief that if they venture up there
they might not come back alive. The
southern part of the county was generally in favor of the Secession Convention
and the northern part opposed. The vote
finally went against the convention 576 - 548.
. . . By the spring of 1864 a Home Guard, made up of Confederate
sympathizers above the age of conscription, was formed to punish the guerillas
and catch the deserters. A
war-within-a-war developed which instead of relieving the defenseless families
increased their suffering.
Doc Hoppas, the (grand)son
of a Union soldier, says, It makes me mad to even think of the Home Guard for
the way they done my daddy and my grandmammy.
When the war come, they drove off all the men into one army or the
other, and then after a while they said they had to have a Home Guard to take
care of the women and children. Hit was
a militia they raised up, but they didn't take care of 'em. They took from 'em. They was the hatefullest, thievin' bunch
there was. Down at Jim Bailey's they
come in and found a little cloth in the loom Aunt Polly was weavin' to make
John some clothes and they cut if out and took it with 'em. If a family hadn't a thing to depend on but
their cow's milk, they'd kill her for beef right in the yard and leave 'em with
nothin'.
My daddy was Allison Hoppas
that was the son of Ebe Hoppas that's buried with Yankee soldiers at
Knoxville. His pappy was Adam Hoppas .
. . . When he come to this country he
married Old Link's daughter and heir-ed all the Grassy Creek land from him, but
he lost it again puttin' up money on slaves.
My grandmammy seen hard
times after grandpap went with the Union.
She was a Buchanan, sister to Lewis Buchanan that was my wife's
grandpap. This here militia knowed
grandpap was with the Union but they suspicioned he was home layin' out. One day they come and got grandma and said
they'd make her tell where he was so they could get him. She told them the truth - all she
knowed. He was gone to the War and she
hadn't seen him no more'n they had.
They wouldn't believe her and kept at her until finally they dragged her
out to the fence and lifted up the top rail where it sets, alternating one on
top of the other at the joints, and put her fingers in between and walked on
the rails. They thought then she'd have
to tell, but she couldn't tell what she didn't know. When she was give out and they got tired of that, they picked on
my daddy that was just a little boy. He
had a great big pet dog and they figured he'd tell anything to keep 'em from
hurting his dog. Of course he couldn't
tell them neither. Then they said if he
wouldn't they'd make him chop up his dog with an axe. And that's what they done.
He had to hack him to pieces on the door stone to the house. When I heard him tell that when I was
growin' up, I turned Republican right then, and I been so ever since. Two of us children was Democrats and two
Republicans, so we just killed each other's votes regular, come election.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
On September 30, 1865,
Leonard Buchanan, who was three years younger than his sister Rutha Buchanan,
made the following sworn statement:
State of North Carolina
County of Mitchell
This day personally
appeared before me Stephen M. Greene one of acting Justices of the Peace for
said County Leonard Buchanan who maketh oath in due form of law that he by
virtue of his office as a Minister of the Gospel in conformity to the laws of
this State on the 17th day of February 1846 celebrate and solemize the bonds(?)
of matrimony between Fredrick Hoppess and Ruth Buchanan and joined them
together as man and wife.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this the 30th day of September 1865.
(signed) Leonard
Buchanan
On April 27, 1866, Rutha
Hoppus appeared before a clerk of the Court of Mitchell County, NC to file a
WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION. In it she
stated that the location of her marriage to Fredrick Hoppus was Cane Creek,
Mitchell County, NC. A month later, on May 18, 1866, she filed another WIDOW'S
CLAIM FOR PENSION in which she gave her age as 38 and stated that her minor
children were Isabelle Suffronia born 10th December 1849, Elisabeth Jane born
22nd December 1850, Mary Matilda born 12th January 1853, Adam born 25th of
December 1854, Asey Emeline born 21st February 1857, Caleb Greenberry born 16th
October 1858, Louisa Delaware born 28th October 1860; all of whom were living
in Mitchell County, NC. Her post office
address was Jonesboro, TN.
Rutha Hoppes' claim for a
widow's pension was supported by the following sworn statement from the
Commanding Officer of his Company:
State of Tennessee
County of Washington
On this 18th day of June
1866 personally appeared before me Nelson McLoughlin who being duly sworn on
his oath doth say that he is the identical Nelson McLoughlin who was a Captain
of Company M, 8th Tenn Cavalry Volunteers and that Fredrick Hoppus was a member
of his Company and that on or about the 1st of December 1864 he was sent to the
Hospital at Knoxville Tenn and that on or about the 5th day of February 1865 he
the deponent received a notice of the death of the said Fredrick Hoppus from
the Surgeon in charge of said Hospital.
(signed) Nelson
McLoughlin
Late
Capt Co. M 8th Tenn Cav
On August 16, 1866 the
pension office admitted Rutha Hoppus to the pension roll under Certificate No.
81,497 at a monthly rate of $8 commencing February 1, 1865. The following year,
on December 17, 1867, she signed a Claim of Widow for an Increase of Pension
before the Circuit Court of Jennings County, IN. At this time, she stated she
was a resident of Geneva Township, was 40 years old, a pensioner under Certificate
No. 81,497, and had the following children under 16 years of age: Mary M. born
Jany 12th 1853, Adam born December 25th 1855, Axie E. born February 21st 1857,
Caleb Greenberry born October 16, 1858, and Louisa D. born October 28th 1860. She also stated: Betsy Jane is now over
sixteen years old but was not on the 25th day of July 1866. She was born on the 22nd day of December
1850. All of said children are now living in Jennings County, Indiana. Ruth
Hoppus' witnesses were her older brother James Buchanan and his wife Isabella,
who also were residents of Geneva Township, Jennings County, IN. Apparently, Ruth had moved her family to
Indiana to be close to her older brother.
Rutha Hoppus' claim also
was bolstered by an affidavit from her sister-in-law, Elizabeth (Hoppes) Mace
wife of Wiley Mace, who testified on November 23, 1867 before a clerk of the
County Court of Mitchell County, NC that:
She was present soon after
the birth of the following named children of the said Fredrick Hoppus and Rutha
Hoppus at the time and place as follows (to wit) Mary M. Hoppus was born
January twelfth 1853 at Madison County North Carolina, Adam Hoppus was
born twenty fifth day of December 1855
at Madison Co. N.C., Axie E. Hoppus was born on the twenty first day of February
1857 at Madison County North Carolina.
That the said Elisabeth Mace acted or stayed with the said Rutha Hoppus
as nurse, and that no public baptismal
or other records were ever kept of the births of said children.
The fact that Rutha Hoppus signed
documents with her son Adam's birth date as Christmas Day 1854 in one claim and
as Christmas 1855 in another did not go unobserved by the pension
examiners. On June 13, 1868, the Acting
Commissioner sent a letter to Rutha Hoppus at Queensville, IN, which pointed
out:
In your claim for Increase
of pension as widow of Frederick Hoppus No. 81497 you give the date of birth of
Adam as December 25th 1854 in your original declaration while in declaration
for Increase it appears December 25th 1855.
Your affidavit giving the correct date of birth and explaining
discrepancy is required. The old
certificate must be surrendered before the claim can be allowed.
On June 22, 1868, Rutha
Hoppus responded before the Jennings Circuit Court in the following manner:
Rutha Hoppus being duly
sworn upon her oath declares that her son Adam who is named in her application
for increase in pension was born December 25th 1854, and not December 25th
1855. That she does not know how the
error occurred in her said application unless it was through the mistake of her
attorney.
On May 10, 1869, Rutha
Hoppus' claim for an increase in her widow's pension passed the final internal
review of the pension office examiners. Her Certificate No. 81497 was reissued
at the rate of Eight dollars per month, commencing February 1st, 1865, and two
dollars per month additional for each of the above-named children, commencing
Twenty fifth day of July, 1866, deducting former payments.
The final claim in the
Pension File was addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions and stated:
I, Rutha Hoppus a pensioner
under pension certificate number 81,497, hereby apply for the arrears due me
under the Act granting arrears of pensions, January 25th 1879. My Post-Office is Scipio, Jennings County,
Indiana.
Rutha Hoppus died in
1901/02. She had been paid at the rate of $12 per month to August 4, 1901 and
was dropped from the pension roll on December 31, 1902.
REFERENCES
1. Fredrick Hoppus' Co. M, 8 TN CAV Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Fredrick Hoppes' Pension File WC-81,497 the National Archives
and Records Service, Washington, DC.
3. Sheppard, Muriel Earley, Cabins in the Laurel, originally
printed in 1935, reprinted by the University of North Carolina Press, 1991,
pages 56-60.
More About FREDERICK HOPPES:
Name 2: Ebe Hoppes
Burial 1: Knoxville
National Cemetery, Knox Co., TN
Burial 2: Plot #1341,
Knoxville National Cemetery
Children of FREDERICK HOPPES and RUTH BUCHANAN are:
250. i. JAMES ALISON9 HOPPES, b. January
1846, Buncombe Co., NC; d. Aft. 1900.
ii. KATE HOPPES, b. Circa 1848, Buncombe Co., NC; m. DAVID BUCHANAN, March
04, 1866.
iii. ISABELLE SOPHRONIA HOPPES, b. December 10, 1849, Buncombe Co., NC.
iv. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. December 22, 1850, Buncombe Co., NC.
v. MARY MARTHA HOPPES, b. January 12, 1853, Madison Co., NC.
251. vi. ADAM HOPPES, b. December 25, 1854, Madison Co., NC; d. Aft. 1900.
vii. AXIE EMELINE HOPPES, b. February 21, 1857, Madison Co., NC.
viii. CALEB GREENBERRY HOPPES, b. October 16, 1858, Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880.
ix. LOUIZA DELAWARE HOPPES, b. October 28, 1860, Yancy Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880.
92. ADAM P.8 HOPPES (SAMUEL7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Bet. 1820 - 1825 in Burke Co., NC, and died
Bet. 1845 - 1847. He married ESTHER M. LUSK February 18,
1842 in Buncombe, NC217.
She was born June 13, 1828 in Buncombe Co., NC.
Children of ADAM HOPPES and ESTHER LUSK are:
252. i. SAMUEL JASPER9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1842, Buncombe Co., NC.
253. ii. WILLIAM HENRY CLAY HOPPES, b. January 1846, Buncombe Co., NC; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. SOPHRONIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1847, Buncombe Co., NC; m. GEORGE EVANS, September
12, 1865, Madison, NC218,219.
93. JOHN F.8 HOPPERS (JACOB7 HOPPES, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 1833 in NC, and died Aft. 1900. He married ELIZABETH F. ? Circa
1864. She was born February 1848 in MS,
and died Aft. 1900.
Children of JOHN HOPPERS and ELIZABETH ? are:
i. WILLIAM L.9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1867, AR.
ii. JOHN W. HOPPERS, b. September 1868, AR; d. Aft. 1900; m. GERTRUDE ?, 1895; b. July
1879, AR; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. ROSA HOPPERS, b. Circa 1871, Sebastian Co., AR.
iv. LAURA C. HOPPERS, b. October 1877, Sebastian Co., AR; d. Aft. 1900; m.
? MIZE, Circa 1890;
d. Bef. 1900.
v. ROBERT C. HOPPERS, b. February 1879, Sebastian Co., AR.
94. JONATHAN8 HOPPES (JOHN7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1840 in Yancy Co., NC, and died
October 25, 1916. He married MIRINDA BIDDIX Circa
1862. She was born Circa 1840, and died
Circa 1875.
Notes for JONATHAN HOPPES:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Jonathan Hoppes, born about
1840 in Yancey County, NC, was the seventh child and oldest son of John Hoppes
married to Sarah Sullivan. Near the
outset of the War, he married Miranda Biddix.
MILITARY FILES
Moore’s Register (Ref. #1)
indicates that Jonathan Hopas joined Company B, 54th Infantry Regiment on April
1st, 1862 at McDowell County, NC. His
Confederate Service record in the National Archives (Ref. #2) provides the
additional information that he was born in Yancey Co., NC, was a farmer, stood
five feet, eight inches tall, and was 21 years old. He enlisted at Marion, NC and was mustered in at Camp Mangum on
May 19, 1862. Private Jonathan Hopas or Hoppes was listed as Present of the
muster rolls of Co. B., 54 Regiment North Carolina State Troops for the
periods: July/August 1862, September/ October 1862, November/December 1862,
November 1862 to March 1, 1863, and March/April 1863. During the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, he was severely
disabled by a gunshot wound in his right leg.
His name Appears on a List of killed, wounded and missing of Early’s Division,
in the attack, of Federal Cavalry, on the wagon train near Williamsport, Md.,
July 6, 1863. On July 21, 1863 he was
admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, VA and was transferred to
Raleigh, NC on July 25, 1863. For the
remainder of 1863, he is listed on his Company’s muster rolls as Absent
wounded.
Beginning on January 1,
1864 his status was changed to Without leave and the name Jonathan Hoppes, Co.
B, 54 Reg’t Appears on a List of deserters and absentees without leave. He
probably never returned to service; on the last muster roll in his Service File
for the period September/October 1864, he still is listed as Absent without
leave.
On July 27, 1906, Jonathan
Hoppes of Elenboro, Rutherford County, NC applied for admission to the North Carolina
Soldier’s Home at Raleigh, NC (Ref. #3). He stated that he was 66 years of age,
not currently married, of fair complexion, 5 feet, 8 inches in height, a farmer
by occupation, that his nearest relative is Joe Hoppas of North Cove, NC, that
because of bad health he is absolutely broken down and is on the pension roll,
and that he is unable to provide for and support himself. His application was approved. About ten years later on March 2, 1916, he
was again living at Elenboro when he applied to be admitted to the North
Carolina Soldier’s home for a second time. This time he listed his nearest
relative as his son Noah Hoppes of Bostie, NC. The cover sheet for J. H.
Hoppes’ Application for Admission to the Home for Disabled Ex-Confederate
Soldiers indicated that he was admitted to the Home on April 6, 1916 and that
he died about six months later on October 25, 1916.
REFERENCES
1. Moore, John W., Roster of North
Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, Raleigh 1882, Volume III, Page
535.
2. Jonathan Hoppes’ Company B, 54
Regiment NC INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
3. North Carolina Department of Art,
Culture, and History, Xerographic copies of J.H. Hoppas’ Applications for
Admission to the North Carolina Soldiers’ Home, March 22, 1973.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
Children of JONATHAN HOPPES and MIRINDA BIDDIX are:
i. LAURA9 HOPPES, b. Circa
1863, McDowell Co., NC.
254. ii. ZENAS HOPPES, b. June 18, 1867, McDowell Co., NC; d. July 20,
1948.
255. iii. NOAH HOPPES, b. June 18, 1869, McDowell Co., NC; d. November 15,
1941.
iv. CALHOUN HOPPES, b. Circa 1875, McDowell Co., NC; m. AUSTRALIA BIDDIX, May 31,
1896; b. Circa 1882.
95. JOSEPH H.8 HOPPES (JOHN7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 20, 1845 in Yancy Co., NC, and died
April 03, 1926. He married MARTHA MCKINNEY February
1867. She was born April 30, 1849 in
NC, and died February 04, 1928.
Notes for JOSEPH H. HOPPES:
Joseph H. Hoppes, a younger
brother of 2341 Jonathan Hoppes who fought in a Confederate Infantry unit,
enlisted on February 1, 1865 in Mitchell County, NC for a three-year period and
was mustered into Company C, 13 TN CAV as a Private, apparently on March 10,
1865 (Ref. #1). (Earlier, Joseph Hoppes' name had appeared on a muster rolls of
Company A, 49th Regiment of Confederate Infantry whose muster roll for July/August 1863 records him as a Private
and indicates that he was Absent and sick in hospital.) The Company Descriptive Book of Co. C, 13
TN CAV described Joseph Hoppes as age 18, 6 feet tall, and a farmer with gray
eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
He was listed as Present on a muster roll of Company C, 13 TN CAV for
May/June 1865 and was discharged at Knoxville, TN on September 5, 1865.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
(Continued under spouse's notes)
In late 1883, Joseph Hoppes
applied for an invalid pension claiming he had contracted rheumatism prior to
his discharge. An Adjutant General's report to the pension office in January
1884 states: No evidence of alleged disability. Regt'l Hospit. Records not on file (Ref. #2). After Congress
passed the Act of June 27, 1890, however, Joseph H. Hoppes received an invalid
pension of $12 per month under Certificate No. 618,417.
Subsequently, the Bureau of
Pensions may have received information that Joseph Hoppes had also been a
Confederate soldier or else simply needed additional information, because they
appointed a special examiner, F. P. Gray, to investigate his case. On August 29, 1894, the special examiner
visited the home of Joseph Hoppes in McDowell County, NC and took the following
statement:
I am about 50 years old, a
farmer, and Mica, N.C. is my post office.
I served in A, 49 NC Inf (CSA) from the latter part of 1861 till the
latter part of 1863, and in C, 13 Tenn Cav from Feb 1, 1864 till Sept 5, 1865
which constitute my whole military service.
I am pensioned at the rate
of $12. under Act of June 27, 1890 for rheumatism, heart disease, dropsy and
disease of left testicle and I claim pension under the old law on account of
rheumatism and heart disease which I contracted in May 1865 while on what has
been called the "Stoneman raid."
It was somewhere on the Yadkin River, but I can not say whether it was
in Wilkes or Caldwell Co., when first affected but with much difficulty I stayed
in the ranks until we were on the return through Saulsbury, N.C., (where we
heard that Lee had surrendered). When
on the first day's march from Saulsbury, I was left behind not being able to
keep in my place in the ranks.
Capt Jenkins (I have heard
told he lives somewhere in Tenn) told James Swofford (of North Cove, NC) to
fall out of ranks and take care of me.
I think it was rheumatism. It
was worst in my right foot and leg.
They swelled badly and gave severe pain. Afterward - when I had to fall out of ranks - I was attacked in
the breast and left shoulder. These
have troubled me ever since the war. My
heart has troubled me also ever since that time. It commenced to pain me severely and all at once the pain will
stop and my heart will rapidly flutter and I become dizzy. I was never sick
that I can remember before I was attacked with rheumatism in 1865.
No, I never was off duty
while I was in the rebel army. Joseph
and Henry McKinney were in my company in the rebel army and are now my
neighbors. During the time I left my
company in the rebel army and before I enlisted in the 13th Tenn Cav, I was
about home more or less. And was for several months of that time operating with
the Home Guards arresting deserters etc. I can't remember whether I was
physically examined when I joined the 13th Tenn Cav.
Q. Did your regimental surgeon prescribe for
you or give you medicine when you were excused from the ranks?
A. Yes. Dr. Blackburn was
called at night to where Swofford had made a bed for me and he sent me some
medicine which so eased me that I rested very well that night.
Q. How long before you recovered from your
first sickness just mentioned?
A. I was better the next morning so that I went
in the ranks and stayed there till we arrived at Knoxville, though I suffered
much all the way.
Q. What did you think ailed you?
A. I think the doctor called it
rheumatism. It was in April or May and
it rained a great deal during the whole trip.
There was scarcely a man I think but what was ailing on our return. The good news of the surrender had a
tendency to keep up spirits but in spite of that many sickened and died and
some were drowned while swimming the rivers. The drowning was done at night.
Some horses were drowned too.
Q. Were you excused from
duty much after that?
A. There was little need to be excused for we
had no duty to do. We just answered the
Roll Call and went back to camp, but I was continually troubled while in camp
till I was discharged and have never seen a day since when I have been free
from this trouble.
Q. Who do you think would best remember these
particulars especially your first attack and your condition when you came home?
A. James Swofford, my neighbor, and Thos Jaynes
of Bridgewater, Burke, N. C. were with me and will remember. Marville Green
came home with me and could tell how I was troubled on the way. He lived near Bakersville, N. C. but I hear
he is dead. Joseph McKinney was in my
Co. in the rebel army and has known me about all my life. He is my near neighbor and Daniel Washburn a
neighbor has known me about all my life.
Henry McKinney is the only other comrade of the rebel army that I know
of and he also has known me all my life but of late years he has been drinking
very hard so that I don't know what dependence can be placed in his
statement. He lives within two miles of
here. Others of my company may recollect about my trouble in the Federal army
but Thos Jaynes and James Swofford remember it well.
Q. Who has given you medical treatment since
the war?
A. Dr. Harrison now dead
first treated me and since he died I have had no doctor, but have bought patent
medicines and used medicines (home made) that my neighbors would
recommend. I have used a good deal of
"poke root" for rheumatism and for heart disease I use "Star
root" and "heart leaves" making tea of them. My blood seemed to
be bad for a long time and for that I had "sarsaparilla root" and
used that till I am much better. I had
itching of the hands with scaly places and my skin would rise in welts.
During the first few years
after the war I would have days of occasional relief but my rheumatism and
heart trouble increased so that I would have no days excepted and for the last
fifteen years the trouble has been continuous and I have done but little work
in that time. My wife has helped me on
the farm ever since we married and now she does more that I do besides her own
work. In fact I can do but little
now. For several years what she and the
children can not do I have to hire done of let it go undone. A mention of an accident excites me and
affects my heart. I have to be very
careful all the time. Some times I dare not bring a little tin pail of water
from the spring.
(signed) Joseph
H. Hoppes
Deponent
From the numbering of the
depositions and the pages taken by the special examiner, it is clear that he
interviewed a number of other individuals during his investigation. Unfortunately, the only other deposition
that still is in the Pension File is the following statement made by Martha
(McKinney) Hoppes on August 30, 1894:
I am about 47 years old, a
housekeeper and assistant of the farm, and my post office is Mica, N. C.
I am the claimant's
wife. My first acquaintance with him
was about a month after his discharge from the Union army. It was at the house of Joseph McKinney. It was after we were married that I first
knew of his disabilities, but it was but a short time. Just how many days it was after we were married
I do not know, but it might have been a month and possibly more than a month.
Q. When did you first have help from Dr.
Harrison?
A. I can not tell. My
husband often went to him for medicine for his breast trouble. The first visible indications of his breast
trouble was a sort of smothering fluttering and trembling. He would tremble so that I could see it at a
distance. I remember that during the
first year of our marriage - 1867 - he
farmed on George Greenlee's land. He
planted corn and prepared ground for fall wheat and would often give out and
have to quit a while and some days would be able to do nothing. It may have been during the first year of
our marriage that he went to Dr. Harrison for medicine. It was about six or
seven years after we were married that Dr. Harrison came and stayed all night
with us. We never had a doctor till we
were obliged to for they charged so much we were too poor to pay their bills,
but we did our own doctoring with such medicines as we could make that would be
recommended by our neighbors. The trouble
has been quite gradual. I can remember
of no year but that it was a little worse with him than the preceding
year. While his chief pain was in his
breast affecting his heart, he was troubled with rheumatism in his shoulders,
hands, and knees. For the last fifteen
years he has had serious spells, the greatest trouble being with his
heart. Very many nights I have to sit
up with him and often these spells last a week and my neighbors come and sit up
with him. Now he hardly dares to do
anything for fear the usual consequence will set in. I do more on the farm than he does but we are not able to hire our
work done and he is not able to do it.
My statement is correctly
recorded.
(signed) Martha
M. Hoppes
Deponent
Unfortunately for Joseph
Hoppes, the outcome of his testimony to special examiner Gray was a total
disaster. In September 1895, he was
dropped from the pension rolls because of his prior service in the Confederate
army, considered to be an act of disloyalty.
Moreover, his case had been referred to another special examiner who
operated out of eastern Tennessee. On March 28, 1896, the new special examiner,
H. L. Williams, submitted the following negative report to the Commissioner of
Pensions:
I have the honor to return
herewith the papers in claim Ctf. No. 618,417 of Joseph Hoppes, Co. C. 13th
Tenn. Cav., whose post-office address is Mica, Mitchell Co., N. C., and who is
an applicant for pension under the general law on account of rheumatism and
disease of heart. The claimant was a
pensioner on the rolls of the Knoxville Agency at $12 per month under Act of
June 27th 1890, but his name was dropped from the rolls September 9th, 1895, on
account of disloyalty, he having served in Co. A, 49th N. C. Vol. Confederate
Army. The claim was referred for
special examination July 19, 1894, to determine its merits in reference to the
general law; and came to me for further examination in Johnson County, Tenn,
for the testimony of Dr. L. P. Blackburn, an original affiant. Dr. Blackburn died some months ago. His reputation was not good. He served a term in the penitentiary for
counterfeiting, and his testimony in pension claims has always been considered
to be worthless. I interviewed comrades
George Emment & Hugh Vance named in the list, and Henry Linebach, Carter
Co., Tenn., also Dr. James M. Cameron, Asst. Surg., Elizabethton, Tenn. but
none of them could recall the claimant at all.
I submit herewith the testimony of comrade Waitstill Hodge, though it is
of but little value to the claim.
I think that the claim is
of doubtful merit. The claimant served
in the Confederate Army for probably two years, and the record shows that he
was "sick in hospital", Aug 31st, 1863 - He enlisted in the Federal
Army Feb. 1st 1865, and soon afterwards started on the Stoneman Raid to North
Carolina. He alleged that he contracted
rheumatism on said raid while on the Yadkin River in N. C., about May
1865. Two of his comrades corroborate
his allegations, and deponent Swofford states that he was detailed to wait on
claimant while on the raid between Salisbury and Morganton, N. C. This witness seemed to think that the cold
weather and exposures experienced on the trip to Wytheville cause claimant's
disability. Comrade Janes, however,
testifies that claimant suffered from a badly swollen leg, ankle, and foot
while the regiment was in the Doe River Cove, Tenn., before it ever got to N.
C.; this witness could not have been mistaken as to the time for he states that
he did not go with the regiment any further than the Doe River Cove. The regiment left Knoxville, Tenn, in April
1865, going through East Tennessee to N. C., passing through the Doe River
Cove. There was no "dangerous
waters" or bad weather encountered between Knoxville and Doe River Cove, as
I have learned from hearing the history of the said (raid) repeated again and
again.
The claimant did not give a
true statement to Special Examiner Gray because he stated that he had not been
sick in the Confederate service. I
think the claim should be further examined for the purpose of determining prior
soundness. What was the nature of the
sickness for which claimant was in hospital in 1863, and what hospital was he
in? He should be confronted with the
record and required to state the facts.
I recommend that claim be returned to Mica, Mitchell Co., N. C. for an
additional statement from claimant, as indicated, and that he be required to
give the names of other of his comrades in the Confederate Army. Henry
McKinney, Mica, Mitchell Co., N. C. should also be seen. The Commissioner of Pensions accepted the
recommendation of Special Examiner Williams, and a new special examiner, S. M.
Arnell, Jr., was appointed to obtain additional information, especially about
Joseph Hoppes' hospitalization while in the Confederate service and prior
injury to his leg, ankle and foot prior to reaching North Carolina on
Stoneman's Raid. On July 11, 1896,
Joseph Hoppes made the following statement at his home to Mr. Arnell in
McDowell Co., NC:
I am about 53 years old, am
a farmer, and my P.O. is Mica, Mitchell Co, N. C.
I am the claimant in this
case, I claim pension on account of rheumatism and heart trouble, contracted
while a member of Co. C, 13 Tenn. Cav., sometime in the spring of 1865, but I
cannot give the exact date. It was
while we were on what was known as Stoneman's raid. I first felt the rheumatism on the night we camped near Yadkin
Factory in Yadkin Co., N. C. I remember
it rained very hard that night and I was permitted to stay in an old house, but
I had gotten wet that day and had to remain in my wet clothes all night, and
the next morning when the command was given to march I was unable to get in my
saddle and was assisted in by James Swofford.
I had no opportunity to dry myself that night, had no fire, and if I
remember right it was in an old stone house.
I had been in the army something like three months when I was
attacked. After leaving Yadkin Co., we
went to Wytheville, Va., and then to Salisbury, N. C. We had to ford several rivers and it was powerful cold and
sleety. It had been raining and we had
to swim nearly all the streams sometimes carrying our ammunition on our
shoulders. When crossing New River, I
don't remember the state it was in, several men and horses were drowned. When we reached Salisbury, I was in a pretty
bad fix. The hurting in my foot and leg
was some better, but a trouble with my heart had developed. I was very nervous and shaky, and had a pain
in my heart, which nearly prevented me from riding, and which caused my breath
to be very short. I thought I would die at times. No, I am not certain it was in May. It was either in April or May.
No, I don't think Lee had surrendered.
We heard of the surrender after we reached Salisbury. No, I was never
off duty and never in hospital while in the Union Army. Yes, I had to ride from Salisbury to
Knoxville, I just made out to get there that was all. No service was required for us after we reached Knoxville. I was discharged with my company. I was suffering with the heart trouble and
rheumatism then and have been ever since.
I haven't seen a real well day since, neither can I say that I have had
a real good nights rest since. Those
who have already testified are the only ones who I think could be able to
testify as to my condition while in the army with the possible exception of
Thomas Green and Joseph Buchanan both of Bakersville, N.C.
Q. Had you any sickness while in the
Confederate army?
A. I never did to my knowing.
Q. Were you not in the hospital sick Aug 31,
1863, or about that time?
A. No sir, I was not, or at least I have no
recollection of it. I was detailed as
nurse for a week or two, but I do not remember when, or at what hospital. I know I waited upon sick soldiers for a
while and helped bury the dead ones, can't remember the place. No, I never had any rheumatism in my life
before the Stoneman raid. While in the
Confederate army I was in camp a part of the time and a part of the time on the
march. Yes, I suppose I was exposed
some, but not near so much as while in the Union Army. Yes, I got wet some. Yes, I expect we must have had to ford some streams but I don't recollect. Yes, I had to lay out on the bare ground several times. I was in the Home Guard for about six months
before I enlisted in the Union Army. I
was not exposed during that time. I was
well and hearty when I went through to the Yankees to the best of my
recollection. I have no recollection of
having any rheumatism or heart trouble while in the Confederate army. My bunk mates while in the Confederate army
were Henry McKinney of Mitchell Co., Joe McKinney of this county, and Henry Mc
Kinney who lives somewhere west, don't know his address. The Henry McKinney of Mitchell Co. is a
great drunkard and not reliable. The
only other man I can remember with me in the Confederate army was Thomas M.
Janes and come to think about it I don't know that I knew him until after I
came home from the Confederate army. My
memory is very poor. I remained at
Knoxville two or three months after enlistment. I was well while there. I
was not well from the time I left Knoxville until we reached Yadkin Factory,
but I cannot remember what was the matter with me. Don't know that I had any rheumatism until I reached Yadkin
Factory as not but I was bad off there.
It seems like it was bad weather from the time we started until we
reached Salisbury. I think it
brightened up after that. It does seen
to me like my foot and leg was hurting me some before I got to Yadkin Factory
but the main attack was while there. My
foot and ankle swelled so that I was unable to wear my boot and had to carry it
in my hand. The swelling extended
almost to my knee.
Yes, I am acquainted with
John W. Carver. He went with us as far
as Doe River Cove in Tenn. He stopped
there sick. Yes, I think it would be
true if Carver states that I was complaining with my foot and leg at Doe River
Cove. I might have been complaining
when we reached there, I expect I was.
We rode night and day on the raid.
No, I can't swear positively that I had no trouble with my foot and leg
while at Knoxville before the raid.
Yes, I can swear positively that I had no trouble with my foot and leg
before I enlisted in the Union army. I
think I would be safe in that I have no recollection of being sick up to that
time. I can't recollect that my foot
and leg was disabled while at Doe River Cove, but if it was it must have
resulted from exposure and hard riding.
It is my recollection that it was cold and wet. For the five years
before I joined the Confederate army I lived in this immediate neighborhood,
among my neighbors were William McCalls, North Cove, McDowell Co., NC; Daniel
Washburn, Mica, Mitchell Co, NC; Robert McCall, North Cove, McDowell Co.,
NC. They would know my conditions prior
to enlistment. I had no serous sickness
prior to my enlistment in the Union Army.
Have understood your questions and my answers are correctly recorded.
The same day the special
examiner also took a deposition from Joseph Hoppes' neighbor William A.
McCalls, who declared:
I am 77 yeas old, am a
farmer, and my P.O. is North Cove, McDowell Co., N.C.
I am acquainted with the
pensioner Joseph Hoppes, have known him from his infancy up to the present
time. Up to the time he went into the
Confederate army he lived within five miles of me, and I would see him about
once a week on the average. His father
did all his milling with me and the claimant usually brought the grain to the
mill. He was about eighteen years old
when he joined the army, appeared to be strong and healthy and had no
disability - that I know of. I saw him
after his return from the Confederate army.
He deserted and came home. He
was then in good health. I was with him
occasionally but heard no complaint. I
was a Union man and kept an eye out for those who were seeking to avoid service
in the Confederate army. I saw him only
shortly before he made his way through to the Union lines. Nothing then appeared to be the matter with
him. I next saw him while Stoneman was
returning from Salisbury to Knoxville.
He came by my house and stopped two or three hours one night with
me. He was then in bad condition. I do not know what was the matter with him,
and only that he was not in near as good health as he was before going into the
Union army. I remember one thing was
that he was unable to get into his saddle without considerable trouble. He was complaining considerably when he came
home from the army. He tried to work
for me soon after his return, but was not able to do much. He has not been strong since his
return. I do not know what he is
suffering from. No, I never heard him
complain of the rheumatism before he went into the Union army. I had not heard
him complain of any disease whatever. I
have since heard him complain of not being well. I think he said he was attacked in the foot first. I do not know that he has the
rheumatism. Have understood your
questions and my answers are correctly recorded. I am not related to the claimant and have no interest in his
claim.
Joseph Hoppes' Pension File
does not contain the summary report of the third special examiner, S. M.
Arnell, Jr., who took his deposition and that of William McCalls on July 11,
1896. Such a report, moreover, would have accomplished very little toward
having Joseph Hoppes' name reinstated on the pension rolls. All the congressional laws of that day
required pensioners to have remained loyal to the Federal government. In fact, it appears that once the first
special examiner had the sworn statement of Joseph Hoppes that he enlisted as a
Confederate Army soldier, further special examinations were meaningless under
the prevailing laws. In any case,
Joseph Hoppes continued to apply for a pension under the subsequent acts of
Congress, only to be rejected each time on the basis of his Confederate
military service. Earlier, about 1904,
his health and finances had deteriorated to the point that he had entered the
National Soldier's Home in Washington County, TN. On December 6, 1912, the Commissioner of Pensions wrote the following
letter to the Director of the National Soldiers Home answering questions about
Joseph Hoppes' pension status:
The Honorable Secretary of
the Interior has forwarded to me and I received this morning your communication
of the 3rd instant with reference to the pension case, certificate #618417, of
Joseph Hoppes, late of Co. C, 13th Tenn. Cav., and in reply I have to advise
you that this soldier was at one time pensioned under the act of Congress
approved June 27, 1890, and in 1895 his name was dropped from the rolls because
he was not entitled to pension under that law, having rendered voluntary
service in the Confederate army prior to his enlistment in the Union army.
In May 1907 he filed an
application for pension under the act of February 6, 1907, which was rejected
in February 1908 for the same reason that his name had been dropped from the
rolls under the other law.
May 24th last he filed an
application under the act approved May 11, 1912, which has just been rejected
for the same reason.
The records of the War
Department show that he enlisted in Co. C, 13th Tenn. Cav., February 1, 1865,
from which he was honorably discharged September 5, 1865, and the Confederate
archives on file in the War Department show that he enlisted in the Confederate
army in Co. A, 49th North Carolina Infantry, March 20, 1862, and served therein
until the close of 1863. This service
is a bar to granting him a pension under any of the laws referred to.
The joint resolution of
Congress approved July 1, 1902, which was passed for the relief of certain
persons who had rendered service in the Confederate Army and subsequently
enlisted in the Union army, confers no relief upon this soldier for the reason
that it expressly provides that it shall not apply to persons who rendered
prior service in the Confederate Army or Navy who enlisted in the Union Army
after the first day of January 1865.
The action taken in the
claims filed by the soldier referred to was strictly in accordance with the
provisions of the law and the same will have to be adhered to.
As your letter was addressed
to the Secretary of the Interior I may add that if the soldier believes that
the rejection of his last claim was erroneous, he has the right within a year
to appeal from the action of this Bureau to the Secretary of the Interior.
Joseph Hoppes continued to
hope that someday he again would receive a pension from the Federal government.
On December 27, 1915, he wrote the following touching letter to the
Commissioner of Pensions in his own handwriting from the National Soldiers Home
in TN:
I was born in North
Carolina in 1844 and when the war broke out between the states I joined the
Southern army only a boy then and I left the Southern army and went to Tenn.
and joined the Union army. I was a
member of Company C, 13 Regt. Tenn. Cavalry.
Mustered in February 1st 1865.
Honorably discharged September 5th 1865. I applied for a pension and was
granted one under act of Congress passed in 1890 granting a pension from $6 to
$12.00 per month. I received a pension under said act at the rate of $12.00 per
month for 4 years. The then Secretary
of the Interior (Hoke Smith) ruled me out on account of being in the Southern
army as I understand it. I am informed
that some have been reinstated. If so
could you and would you through and by the Secretary of the Interior reinstate
me? I married my present wife in 1867 and raised a large family, now in our
declining years and not able to work through and by the infirmities of old age
we are obliged to live apart. I am in a Soldiers home in Tenn. and my wife at
home separated for the need of funds to keep us through the ruling of one man
of which might possibly be wrong in it.
Would you reinstate me through this administration; by such a humane act
as that my wife and I might spend our declining years together by one noble and
humane act of this administration, so we may be able to tell of it to our
friends of that true devotion to the boys in blue of 50 years ago so that we
can truly support with our friends and the friends of the boys in blue of this
administration by our votes. As it is I
surely feel like a man without a country by taking my pension from me. Hoping
to have a favorable reply from you in the near future. I am your humble servant.
(signed) Joseph
Hoppes
National
Soldiers Home
The Commissioner of
Pensions reply must have provided Joseph Hoppes with continued hope, because he
took a three-month leave of absence from the National Soldiers Home to return
to North Carolina and filed the following deposition in 1916:
NORTH CAROLINA
MITCHELL COUNTY
In the Claim for
Restoration to the Pension Roll of Joseph Hoppes, late of Company C., 13th
Regiment of United States Volunteers. Certifcate No. 618,417.
Personally came before me
the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County and State
aforesaid, Joseph Hoppes, claimant named above, who being by me duly sworn as
the law in such cases directs on his oath says as follows:
That prior to the year 1895
he was a pensioner of the Pension Roll of the U. S., rated at $12.00 per month
for disability result of service and in the line of duty and on what is known
as the Stoneman Raid in the year 1865 and that on account of disability
contracted while in said service and in the line of duty on said Stoneman Raid
he contracted rheumatism and disease of the heart, that his pension for said
disability began in the year 1890 and in the year 1895 his name was stricken
from the said pension roll, for some unknown cause.
More About JOSEPH H. HOPPES:
Burial: Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Polk Co., IA
Notes for MARTHA MCKINNEY:
Joseph H. Hoppes Pension
File Cont'd.
That he enlisted in said
service on February 1st, 1865, at Knoxville, Tennessee, he having been a
month's previous to said date during the whole month of January 1865 endeavoring
to get through the lines to join the Union troops and on account of the way
being blocked by the Rebels it was impossible to get through prior to the date
of enlistment and that when he did reach Knoxville, Tennessee his Company and
Regiment were making preparations to start on said Stoneman's raid, that while
on said raid and near the town of Salisbury, North Carolina, he was stricken
down with rheumatism and disease of the heart and was left behind on account of
said sickness near Salisbury, unable to keep up with his command, but kept
pressing forward and endeavoring to keep up with the command while it would
have been dangerous to be left behind on account of the enemy, he having all
the while he traveled to keep his boot in the saddle for the reason that his
foot was so swollen that he could not get his boot on.
That he was not placed in
any Hospital for treatment for said disease for the reason that there was no
Hospital to be placed (in). That as to
the charge of having served in the Confederate army will say, that while a kid
he ran away from home, being only sixteen years of age and against the will of
his parents and enlisted in the Confederate service as a Drummer boy and
remained in said service about one year and came home and went through the
lines and joined the Federals. That he
was at the time of joining the Federal army free of any disability. That he has been a continued sufferer from
the said disabilities from the date of his sickness while on the Stoneman's
Raid to the present time and unable to perform manual labor and he on account
of his sickness and poverty had to take refuge in the National Soldiers Home at
which place he has remained for the past twelve years. That in justice to himself and in
remuneration for aforesaid services he asks that his name be replaced on the
Pension Roll giving him a pension adequate to his disability, said pension
dating back to the date of his having been dropped from the pension roll. That his age is 72 years and his present
Post Office is Altapass, Mitchell County, N. C., he having gone to his home in
a furlough for ninety days.
On May 2, 1917, Joseph Hoppes, while residing at the National
Soldiers Home, filled out a Bureau of Pensions questionnaire dated April 28,
1917. Among his responses were the
statements that he lived at Marion, McDowell County, NC and at Mica, Yancey
(now Mitchell) County, NC at the time of his enlistment; that his wife was
still living and currently residing at Altapass, NC; and that they had had
eleven children, nine still living, with the youngest being an 18-year-old boy.
Five days later, Joseph Hoppes appeared before a Notary
Public of Washington County, TN and made the following deposition concerning
his date and place of birth in response to a Bureau of Pensions inquiry:
In the matter of Pension of
Joseph Hoppes, late of Co, "C" of the 13. Tenn. Vol. Cavy. Personally
appeared before me the undersigned authority in and for the aforesaid
County duly authorized to administer
oaths, Joseph Hoppes, 73, years and states as follows:
On the 28. ultimo the
Bureau of Pensions made a call in my claim, for pension, under Act of May 11,
1912, Cert. # 618,417, as to date and place of birth. I have to state that there is no public nor church record of my
birth, and my father and mother moved about a good deal as he was a Cabinet
Maker, and just went here and yonder wherever his work called him, and in this
way, it seems that the old family record, if such, was lost, misplaced or destroyed,
and they have both been dead for about thirty years. My father's name was John and mother's name was Sarah (called
Sally). Father always told me that I was born on the 20. day of April, 1844 at
or in Yancey, County, N.C., since divided into two counties (Yancey and
Mitchell). When I was three, four, of 6
years of age, father moved from there to Lincolnton, County, N. C., the town of
Lincolnton, and lived there a year or longer, and then moved to McDowell County,
N. C., to a place called North Cove, and there I lived with father and mother
until I went into the Confederate service, Co. "A" of the 49. N. C.
Infy, and then subsequently in Co. "C" of the 13. Tenn. Cav.
Have lived in McDowell,
Co., N. C. nearly ever since service.
My brothers and sisters alive and at home from 1850 to 1860 are as
follows: Jonathan, (Joseph myself),
Alexander, and sisters as follows: Betsy, Clarisa, Nancy, Sallie, Lucinda, and
Almenia.
Along with his affidavit, Joseph Hoppes submitted a copy of
his family's 1850 enumeration he
received from the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce. It showed that when the Census was taken on
August 26, 1850, he was listed as being five years old, which would indicate
that his actual date of birth would have been April 20, 1845 and not April 20,
1844, as stated above. Joseph Hoppes' persistence and confidence paid off. He was reinstated to the pension rolls under
Certificate No. 618,417 and returned to Altapass, NC to live with his wife. On
March 7, 1922, he applied for another pension under the Act of May 1, 1920 from
his home in Altapass. He died there on
April 3, 1926 and was again deleted from the pension rolls on April 9,
1926. At the time of his death, he was
receiving a pension of $72 per month.
Joseph Hoppes' widow Martha signed a DECLARATION FOR WIDOW'S
PENSION under the Act of May 1, 1920 on April 27, 1926. In it she stated that
she was born April 30, 1849, and that she was married to Joseph Hoppes in
February 1867 under the name Martha McKinney at Grassy Creek, Mitchell County,
NC by Jack Dixon. Fortunately, there was a 90-year-old witness, Teenie Woody,
to their marriage by Rev. Jake Dixon, a Baptist Minister. Martha Hoppes received her widow's pension
of $30 per month under Certificate No. 1537,155. She died at Marion, NC on
February 5, 1928.
C. REFERENCES
1. Joseph Hoppes' Co. C, 13 TN CAV Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Joseph Hoppes' Pension File WC 1537,155 the National Archives
and Records Service, Washington, DC.
More About MARTHA MCKINNEY:
Burial: Grassy Creek
Presbyterian Cemetery
Children of JOSEPH HOPPES and MARTHA MCKINNEY are:
256. i. EBON9 HOPPES, b. October
1868, McDowell Co., NC; d. January 15, 1936.
257. ii. JOHN H. HOPPES, b. June 1870, McDowell Co., NC; d. Circa 1912.
258. iii. JOSEPH WILLARD HOPPES, b. June 15, 1874, McDowell Co., NC; d. April 04,
1959.
259. iv. WAITSTIL H. HOPPES, b. June 1876, McDowell Co., NC; d. Aft. 1900.
v. HATTIE HOPPES, b. October 23, 1877, McDowell Co., NC; d. January
12, 1959; m. JAMES M. SWOFFORD, October 04, 1894; b. February 04, 1875; d. January
07, 1919.
vi. MARY HOPPES, b. October 1882, McDowell Co., NC.
vii. JANE HOPPES, b. October 1885, McDowell Co., NC; m. GREEN MCKINNEY, December
08, 1907; b. Circa 1881.
260. viii. GEORGE W. HOPPES, b. December 1887, McDowell Co., NC; d. October 17,
1953.
ix. BENJAMIN H. HOPPES, b. May 1892, McDowell Co., NC; d. September 12,
1960; m. ZANIE H. ?; d. March 29, 1972, Burke, NC.
x. COLEMAN HOPPES, b. July 10, 1894, McDowell Co., NC220;
d. Circa 1960; m. ALICE HEILMAN, February 24, 1919, McDowell Co., NC; b. May 06,
1898, Yancy Co., NC; d. November 1983.
More About COLEMAN HOPPES:
Burial: Grassy Creek
Presbyterian Cemetery
Military service: June 05,
1917, WW I Draft Registration
Residence: 1920, Marion
Twp., McDowell Co., NC
261. xi. WILLIAM MCKINLEY HOPPES, b. September 20, 1899, McDowell Co., NC; d. December
07, 1973, McDowell Co., NC.
96. ZENAS ALEXANDER8 HOPPES (JOHN7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 1848 in Yancy Co., NC, and died Aft.
1900. He married MINERVA KIRKPATRICK
October 23, 1870. She was born Circa
1842 in Wayne Co., MO, and died Bef. 1900.
More About ZENAS ALEXANDER HOPPES:
Residence: 1900, Black
River Twp., Wayne Co., MO
Children of ZENAS HOPPES and MINERVA KIRKPATRICK are:
i. CARY J.9 HOPPES, b. Circa
1878, Williamson, IL.
ii. DORA F. HOPPES, b. January 1880, Williamson, IL; d. Aft. 1900; m. GEORGE W. LUKE, 1896; b.
October 1873, IL; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. HATTIE Z. HOPPES, b. March 1882, Wayne Co., MO; d. Aft. 1900; m. THEODORE E. LEWIS, February
23, 1897; b. January 1874, MO; d. Aft. 1900.
262. iv. JOHN A. HOPPES, b. October 12, 1884, Wayne Co., MO; d. January 1972,
Vincennes, Knox Co., IN.
v. MAGGIE HOPPES, b. August 1892, Wayne Co., MO.
97. MICHAEL B. H.8 HOPPES (GEORGE7, ADAM6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 10, 1837 in Washington, TN, and died
November 04, 1919. He married (1) NANCY B. BARRON March 12,
1854. She was born January 1832 in IN,
and died February 26, 1908. He married
(2) JOSEPH ANN BRIDGES October 04, 1908.
She was born February 20, 1840 in Barren Co., KY.
Notes for MICHAEL B. H. HOPPES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Michael Hoppers, the only
son of George Hoppes and Margaret (Bains) Hoppes was born March 10, 1837 in
Washington County, TN. His mother died
shortly thereafter, and his father married a second wife. He was raised by his maternal grandfather
Bains and later by the Cox family. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was
living in Madison County, AR on Jackson's Creek near War Eagle Creek. About the
beginning of fall 1862, Confederate soldiers swarmed through the area looking
for men under 35 years of age to conscript into service. Against his will but
for his self preservation, Michael Hoppers joined Company B, 3rd Regiment AR
Conscripted Infantry, Confederate States of America (CSA). At the Battle of
Prairie Grove on Dec 7, 1862, he and many of his comrades deserted the
Confederate Army. On February 23, 1863,
at Fayetteville, AR, he enlisted in the Union Army for a term of three years
and was mustered in as a Corporal in Company B, 1st Regiment AR INF (Ref. #1).
He was recorded as Present on his Company's muster rolls through
September/October 1863. The next
bimonthly roll indicates he was Absent sick in Hospital Fort Smith November 17,
1863. He returned for duty during the January/February 1864 period, but again
was Absent on the July/August 1864 muster roll because this time he was on
scout in Madison Co. since August 28th 1864. He was Present for the next three
muster rolls through January/February 1865 but in March/April 1865 was Absent
on detached service since March 1865 with one section of artillery. He was
mustered out with his Company at Fort Smith, AR on August 10, 1865.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
After Congress passed the
Act of June 27, 1890, he applied for a pension on August 2, 1890. In his DECLARATION FOR INVALID PENSION, he
stated he was age 53; a resident of Dallas County, MO; and was now unable to
earn support by manual labor by reason of disease of lungs and rheumatism. He was granted an invalid pension under
Certificate No. 630,778 at the rate of $8 per month (Ref. #2).
He may then have applied
for an increase in pension because on May 22, 1894 the Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior requested that the Chief of the Record and Pension
Office, War Department, provide a full military and medical history of Michael
Hoppers Co. B, 1 Reg't Ark. Vol. Inf., who held Certificate No. 630,778. In
addition to the military service information extracted from the Company muster
rolls, the War Department replied the next day that medical records show him
treated as follows: as Michael Hoffer, Cpl. Co. B, 1 Ark Inf. May 8 to 9, 64
Intermit fever, returned to duty; as Michael Hoppers, June 23 to July 4, 64
Diarrhoea, returned to duty; July 30 to Aug. 2, 65 for Intermittent fever,
returned to duty. Nothing additional
found.
Almost two years later,
however, the Bureau of Pensions decided to appoint a special examiner because
they apparently learned that Michael Hoppers had served some time in the
Confederate army as an involuntary conscript.
On February 27, 1896, at Urbana, Dallas County, MO, Michael Hoppers gave
the following deposition to special examiner S. A. Shipman:
I am 59 years old. I get mail at Urbana, Dallas Co., Mo. Live 2 ½ East. Am a farmer by occupation.
I served in Co.
"B", 1st Ark. Vol. Inf.
Enlisted in February 1863, and was discharged August 10, 1865. This is all the service I rendered the U. S.
during the war 1861 - 1865. Prior to this service, I was conscripted into the
Confederate Army about October of November 1862. I was living in Madison Co. Ark. at the time I was conscripted
near Huntsville. The name of the
organization I was assigned to was the third (3rd) Ark. Regiment Conscripts,
Co. "B". A man called Adams was the Colonel. I can't just now think of the name of my
Captain. He lives at Ft. Smith,
Ark. I stayed with this organization of
the Confederacy until the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. when I deserted the
Confederate Army. I think this battle
took place in January 1863. I joined
the Union Army as above stated. I was
conscripted as before stated and my service was not voluntary, and I had no
sympathy with the Southern cause as was shown by my action in deserting them as
I did.
I am now drawing a pension
of $8.00 per month under the Act of
June 27, 1890. Am paid at Topeka, Kansas.
Nathan Cox, 7 miles south
of Huntsville, Madison Co. Arkansas; James Powell, Huntsville, Madison Co.
Ark.; Peter Smith, on War Eagle in Madison Co. Ark. in same community with Cox
know the circumstances under which I was forced into the Confederate ranks. I can't think of others right now but
perhaps they can. Cox & Powell was
conscripted with me, and Smith is familiar with all the circumstances. I am still unable to recall the name of my
captain in the Confederacy. Cox, Powell
or Smith may be able to remember his name.
The number of my pension
certificate is 630788. Am pensioned for Bronchitis, diarrhea, & piles.
I have heard this statement
read and it is correct.
(signed) Michael
Hoppers
On December 18, 1896,
Nathan H. Cox, with whom Michael Hoppers grew up after he was orphaned, gave
the following deposition to another special examiner, W. E. Thompson:
I am 63 years of age, am a
farmer, get mail at Gibtown, Jack Co., Texas.
I knew Michael Hoppers from
the time he was 7 or eight years old.
Knew him here in Madison Co., Ark.
I was in the same service
with him in the C. S. A. army.
There was a crowd of
Confederates here and they picked us up.
They came to our houses and took us off. I do not know the date.
It was sometime in 1862. We were
in like three or more months. We
deserted at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.
Myself and Michael Hoppers and some others deserted at the same time. I do not now remember who the others were.
Our Captain was Ad Kinson,
don't know his given name, but think it was BenAt Kinson. Our Colonel was named Williams. "No, I did not see the crowd that took
Hoppers off to the Confederate army.
Several went with us to Clarksville on Ark. River." I do not know what authority the men had to
take us but they did it, and we were considered conscripts. We deserted at Prairie Grove and went home
and then went to the federals. I think
there was only a few days between the time I went to the Federals and the time
he went to them, say 3 days to a week - may have been the same day.
We were then in Co. B, 1
Ark. Inf. and M. O. August, 1865.
I think James Powell was
with us in both armies.
I do not know the name of a
man that came and took us from home and put us in the Confederate army. "I know that I was afraid not to go for
fear of being shot."
On December 30, 1896, the
same special examiner visited Drake's Creek, Madison County, AR and obtained
the following sworn statement from James Powell:
I am near 66 years of age,
am a farmer, get mail at Drake's Creek, Ark.
I knew Michael Hoppers before he was grown. I knew him on up to the time he went into the war. Hoppers lived on Jackson's Creek near War
Eagle Creek, and there came in a Confederate force there for men. Gibson was in command of near - one hundred
or so-and a law had been passed calling for all men under 35 years of age to
enlist in the C.S.A. army. Gibson
stated that all that would go in there could select their own company and if they
did not go he would take them and put them where he pleased. Then it was that Mr. Hoppers went in; he
selected his company rather than be put in some company he might not want to
serve in. He went into Park's Company. That Regiment was all conscripts. We called it the 3 Ark. Conscript Regiment. It was commanded by Saml. Peel. That was in
1862, and I think in the fall, some 2 or 3 months before the Battle of Prairie
Grove [Dec 7, 1862 W. E. T.]. I know I
was at home sick at time of the battle and he deserted then and came to my
house from the battle of Prairie Grove.
He told me when he came to my house he had deserted then. Several deserted then.
I think he lay out around
here, & hid out in the mountains until he went to the Federals. He was in my Co. in the Federal service, Co.
B, 1 Ark. Inf. He went into the Federal
army, before I did. I was at home sick
when he went in. When I first knew him
in the Federal service he was doing duty but he had diarrhea. I understood he was a Union man, was opposed
to going into the Confederate army, and was really conscripted but allowed to
select his own company and he deserted the C. S. A. service and went to the
Federals because that was his choice. I
had talked with him before the war and he was a Union man.
Special Examiner W. E.
Thompson addressed his report about Michael Hoppers' claim to the Commissioner
of Pensions on December 30, 1896; it declared:
I have the honor to report
in the above named case.
Papers came to me for the
testimony of Peter Smith, James Powell and Nathan H. Cox as to the manner in
which Mr. Hoppers went to the C. S. A. service. I can not make much of these witnesses.
The simple truth is a call
was made for all men under 35 years of age, and it was understood that if they
did not enlist they would be forced in; so they enlisted.
Peter Smith has moved to
Berryville, Carroll Co., Ark., within 12 miles of Mr. Stockslager's
headquarters.
Mr. Nathan H. Cox has been
a resident of Texas some two years, but he was back here for a few days on a
visit & I found him for a few minutes.
Mr. Cox says the Col. of C.S.A. Reg. was named Williams and the Captain
was Ben. F. Atkinson who was a very few years ago a prominent hardware merchant
of Ft. Smith, Ark.
It will be seen Mr. Hoppers
says Colonel was "Adams." I
think Williams is correct.
I can get no clearer
evidence here as to the C.S.A. service.
The "archives" might be searched and if thought necessary
Capt. B. F. Atkinson of Ft. Smith, Ark., might be seen. Atkinson is a fine, reliable man as there is
in Ft. Smith, or was a few years ago. I
knew him.
The recommendation of
Special Examiner W. E. Thompson was accepted by the Commissioner of Pensions.
On February 26, 1897, another special examiner, G. E. Brown, took the
deposition of B. F. Atkinson at Fort Smith, AR, who stated:
I am 59 years of age,
occupation merchant, P. O. address 309 7th St., Fort Smith, Ark.
I was a Captain of Co.
I, I think, 3 Ark. Inf commanded by
Col. Adams. I was with said organization two or three months and cannot recall
the pensioner Michael Hoppers. I was
with them winter of 1862-3. Yes, I was
with them at the Battle of Prairie Grove.
I can state that the whole
Regiment was made up of conscripts and fully 90 percent were Union in
sentiment, and I was satisfied would desert at the first opportunity which they
did. Nearly all the Regiment or the
majority joined the Union Army soon after said battle. The Lt. in my Co. was Parks from Van Buren
Co. No, he was from Huntsville, Ark.
Nearly all the Regiment were from the mountain districts of Madison and
adjoining counties. I cannot name a
person connected with the Regiment as I was with them but a short time as above
stated.
Captain B. F. Adkinson's
testimony about the conscription of men into the 3rd Regiment of AR INF must have
satisfied the Bureau of Pensions that Michael Hoppers had not voluntarily
served in the Confederate Army, because the remaining documents in his Pension
File do not address the issue of his Confederate service. In 1905, his date of
birth became the primary concern. On May 29, 1905, S. W. Bain, a resident of
Elixir, Dallas County, MO, testified that:
I am well and personally
acquainted with the above named Michael Hoppers, and have been all his
life. He was born on the 10th, day of
March 1837. He was born in my fathers
house and partially reared by him as he was left an orphan at an early
age. I make the above statement from an
investigation of old family records now in my possession. Also from personal knowledge of the above
facts.
In addition to the
affidavit of S. W. Bain, on December 15, 1905, a transcript of an old Cox
family bible was made by a Notary Public of Dallas County, MO; the bible contained the following information:
FAMILY
RECORD
"Names of persons and
their ages":
Margerett Bains was born
the seventh day of Feb. 18___.
Micheal Hoppers was born
the 10th, day of March 1837.
Sinclair Cox was born on
the 6th, day of Feby. 1845.
Samuel Cox was born the
27th, day of May. 1847.
Elizabeth Caroline Cox was
born on the 16th, day of Nov. 1849.
James Bary Cox was born on
the 29th, day of March 1852.
Robert Lee Cox was born on
the 8th, day of August 1854.
Josefine Tennessee? Cox was
born on the 12th, day of July, 1856.
I certify that the above is
a true and exact copy of "family record" as furnished me by one of
the above names parties, Robert Lee Cox.
The above record is contained in the old family bible belonging to
Robert Lee Cox.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this the 15th, day of
Dec. 1905.
When Congress passed the
Act of May 11, 1912, Michael Hoppers promptly applied for a new pension. On May 16, 1912, he signed a DECLARATION FOR
AGE-SERVICE PENSION as a 75-year-old resident of Urbana, Dallas County, MO. At
this time he was receiving a pension of $20 per month under Certificate No.
630,788. He stated his personal description at enlistment was as follows: age
28 years; height 5 feet 8 inches: complexion fair; hair dark; eyes blue; and
when enrolled a farmer.
Three years later, on April
10, 1915, Michael Hoppers completed a Bureau of Pensions survey dated January
2, 1915. Among his responses were the following items: his wife's name was
Josepham (Bridges) Hoppes; they were married October 4, 1908 at Urbana, MO by
Judge Thomas; that he previously had been married to Nancy (Barron) Hoppes on
March 12, 1854 but she had died on February 22, 1908 at Urbana, MO; that his
present wife had previously been married to Henry Franklin on October 2, 1860,
but that he had died on June 24, 1895 in Hickory County, MO and had never
rendered military service; and that the names and dates of birth of his
children were: William F. Hoppers born
January 9, 1855; George M. Hoppers born December the 13, 1856; John H. Hoppers
born December 8, 1859; Jasper G. Hoppers born 1862; Elisabeth Caroline Hoppers
born March 28, 1865; Samuel L. Hoppers born June 22, 1867; Leah E. Hoppers born
October 25, 1869; and Louisa J. Hoppers born (and) died in 1870.
Michael Hoppers died on
November 4, 1919 at his home near Urbana, MO.
At that time he was receiving a pension of $40 per month under the Act
of May 11, 1912 and Certificate No. 630,778. Ten days later his widow Josepham
(or Joan Ann) Hoppes age 79 signed a DECLARATION FOR WIDOW'S PENSION under the
Act of April 19, 1908 as amended by the Act of September 8, 1916. She stated
that she had been born February 20, 1840 at Baron County, KY and was married to
Michael Hoppers on October 4, 1908 near Urbana, Dallas County, MO by J. W.
Thomas, a Justice of the Peace. The
last document in Michael Hoppers' Pension File is a certified copy of his
marriage license to Joan Franklin (nee Bridges) of Pittsburg, Hickory County,
MO and the certification that John W. Thomas, Presiding Judge of the County
Court of the County of Dallas, MO, married them at his residence on October 4,
1908.
REFERENCES
1. Michael Hoppers' Co. B, 1 AR INF Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Michael Hoppers' Pension File SC 630,778 the National Archives
and Records Service, Washington, DC.
More About MICHAEL B. H. HOPPES:
Name 2: Michael B. H.
Hoppers
Burial: Howard Cemetery,
Urbana, Dallas Co., MO
More About NANCY B. BARRON:
Burial: Howard Cemetery,
Urbana, Dallas Co., MO
Children of MICHAEL HOPPES and NANCY BARRON are:
263. i. WILLIAM F.9 HOPPERS, b.
January 09, 1855, Madison Co., AR; d. 1896.
264. ii. GEORGE MICHAEL HOPPERS, b. December 31, 1856, Madison Co., AR; d. May 10,
1940.
265. iii. JOHN HENRY HOPPERS, b. December 08, 1859, Madison Co., AR; d. May 02,
1946.
266. iv. JASPER G. HOPPERS, b. April 08, 1862, Madison Co., AR; d. March 17,
1932.
v. ELIZABETH CAROLINE HOPPERS, b. March 28, 1865, Madison Co., AR; d. March 06,
1923; m. JAMES WILLIAM CARTER, October 19, 1890, Dallas Co., MO221.
More About ELIZABETH CAROLINE HOPPERS:
Burial: Howard Chapel
Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas Co., MO
267. vi. SAMUEL LAFAYETTE HOPPERS, b. June 23, 1867, Dallas Co., MO; d. August 13,
1948.
vii. LEAH E. HOPPERS, b. Bet. October 25, 1869 - 1870, Dallas Co., MO; d.
October 16, 1933; m. (1) JOHN C. PIPPIN, December 09, 1886, Dallas Co., MO222;
m. (2) GEORGE L. THOMAS, Circa 1890.
More About LEAH E. HOPPERS:
Burial: Howard Chapel
Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas Co., MO
viii. LOUISA J. HOPPERS, b. 1870, Dallas Co., MO.
98. SOLOMON8 HOPPES (JACOB7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 24, 1806 in Berks Co., PA223,
and died Bef. 1870 in Berks Co., PA224. He married (1) MARGARETHA RAU July 16, 1831
in Reading, Berks Co., PA225. She was born in PA, and died Bef. 1844 in PA. He married (2) SARAH HASSLER August 19,
1844 in Falkner Swamp Church, Berks Co., PA226. She was born Circa 1822 in PA, and died 1892
in Berks Co., PA.
Notes for SOLOMON HOPPES:
Solomon is on the 1860
Berks Co., Census. He took communion in
the fall of 1865 at Zions (Spiess) Church, but is missing on the 1870
census.
History of Berks Co., PA by
Montgomery - look up on Tues. July 22, 1997 by Berks Co. Roots Web Volunteer
"Solomon Hoppes for
many years was engaged in making pumps in Oley Twp., Berks Co. and was well
known. His wife was of the Rowe Family
and they had three children: Obediah,
Amos and Daniel R."
More About SOLOMON HOPPES:
Baptism: May 24, 1807,
Zions-Spiess Church, Berks Co., PA
Occupation: Pump Maker,
Berks Co., PA
Religion: Lutheran
Residence: Spent entire
life in Berks Co., PA
More About MARGARETHA RAU:
Name 2: Margaretha Rowe
Children of SOLOMON HOPPES and MARGARETHA RAU are:
268. i. OBEDIAH9 HOPPES, b.
February 18, 1832, Berks Co., PA; d. May 28, 1912, Roann, Wabash Co., IN.
269. ii. AMOS HOPPES, b. November 30, 1833, Berks Co., PA; d. March 15, 1912,
Stark Co., OH.
270. iii. DANIEL R. HOPPES, b. February 10, 1835, Berks Co., PA; d. February 08,
1900, Berks Co., PA.
271. iv. CATHARINE HOPPES, b. March 27, 1836, Berks Co., PA; d. June 26, 1900.
v. MARY LAVINA HOPPES, b. October 11, 1841, Berks Co., PA; m. HIRAM HEARTLINE, August
05, 1860, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks Co., PA227.
Children of SOLOMON HOPPES and SARAH HASSLER are:
272. vi. WILLIAM H.9 HOPPES, b. October
08, 1850, Berks Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900.
vii. EZRA HOPPES, b. Circa 1852, Berks Co., PA.
Notes for EZRA HOPPES:
Died early.
viii. SARAH HOPPES, b. December 24, 1855, Berks Co., PA228;
m. WILLIAM SCHITTLER, August 06, 1881.
ix. ELLEN ROSE HOPPES, b. Circa 1859, Berks Co., PA228,229;
d. October 1870, Berks Co., PA230.
Notes for ELLEN ROSE HOPPES:
Died early.
More About ELLEN ROSE HOPPES:
Died 2: October 1869
Cause of Death: Scarlet
Fever
99. WILLIAM8 HOPPES (JACOB7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)231 was born January 24, 1808 in Berks Co., PA232,233,
and died September 11, 1899 in Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH234. He married SARAH ANN LEE October 26,
1834 in Berks Co., PA235.
She was born November 21, 1814 in PA236, and died
December 31, 1877 in Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH236.
More About WILLIAM HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Union Cemetery,
Alliance, Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH
Cause of Death: Old age
More About SARAH ANN LEE:
Burial: Mt. Union Cemetery,
Alliance, Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH
Cause of Death: Palsy
Children of WILLIAM HOPPES and SARAH LEE are:
i. MARY L.9 HOPPES, b. August
12, 1836, Berks Co., PA237,238; d. May 28, 1921, Stark Co.,
OH239,240.
More About MARY L. HOPPES:
Burial: May 29, 1921, Mt.
Union Cemetery, Stark Co., OH
Cause of Death: Cerebral
Hemmorrhage
Medical Information:
Arterial Sclerosis
ii. ADELINE HOPPES, b. August 21, 1838, Berks Co., PA; d. January 25,
1921, Stark Co., OH241,242.
More About ADELINE HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Union Cemetery,
Stark Co., OH243
iii. REBECCA L. HOPPES, b. Circa 1841, Stark Co., OH; m. SAMUEL B. PROSPER TEA, December 13,
1860, Stark Co., OH244.
iv. ABIGALE HOPPES, b. June 12, 1842, Stark Co., OH245;
d. June 17, 1900, Stark Co., OH245.
More About ABIGALE HOPPES:
Burial: Mt. Union Cemetery,
Alliance, Stark Co., OH
Cause of Death: Paralysis
v. VALERIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1844, Stark Co., OH; m. WILLIAM FITZPATRICK,
August 19, 1869, Stark Co., OH.
vi. WILLIAM G. HOPPES, b. 1846, Stark Co., OH; d. May 05, 1864, Stark Co.,
OH.
273. vii. PRESTON HOPPES, b. September 29, 1847, Stark Co., OH; d. June 14,
1932, Stark Co., OH.
viii. LOUISE JANE HOPPES, b. March 1852, Stark Co., OH246;
d. 1926; m. WILLIAM BUSBY, Circa 1872; b. February 1850, OH246.
Notes for WILLIAM BUSBY:
William and Louisa had one
child, name unknown, who had died before the 1900 census was taken.
Marriage Notes for LOUISE HOPPES and WILLIAM BUSBY:
Date based on 1900 Census
Schedule, Washington Twp., Stark Co., OH, Series: T623; Microfilm: 1323; Book: 1; Page: 329.
100. DANIEL8 HOPPES (JACOB7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1811 in Berks Co., PA247,248,
and died May 06, 1897 in Stark Co., OH249. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANN SAMMS January 24,
1845 in Stark Co., OH250.
She was born in OH, and died February 28, 1869. He married (2) MARIAH BOWEN February 23,
1870 in Kosciusko Co., IN251. She was born Circa 1840 in IN.
He married (3) MARGARET BAIRD February 19, 1874 in Kosciusko Co., IN251.
More About DANIEL HOPPES:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
Cause of Death: Old age
Occupation: Farmer
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and ELIZABETH SAMMS are:
i. MALISA9 HOPPES, b. Circa
1847, Stark Co., OH.
274. ii. JOHN HOPPES, b. Bet. July 1849 - 1850, Stark Co., OH; d. Aft.
1900.
iii. JANE HOPPES, b. Circa 1852, Kosciusko Co., IN.
iv. AMANDA HOPPES, b. Circa 1854, Kosciusko Co., IN; m. JOSEPH G. WOODS, February
22, 1872.
275. v. KETTURAH HOPPES, b. June 1860, Kosciusko Co., IN; d. March 19, 1948.
vi. MINERVA HOPPES, b. 1865, Kosciusko Co., IN252; d.
1953253; m. JESSEE K. SHAFFER, November 04, 1883.
More About MINERVA HOPPES:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
101. JACOB8 HOPPES (JACOB7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 04, 1819 in Berks Co., PA253,
and died May 17, 1897 in Stark Co., OH254. He married MARY ELIZABETH ROOSE255 December 13, 1844 in Stark Co., OH256,257. She was born January 06, 1827, and died
April 07, 1904 in Stark Co., OH.
Notes for JACOB HOPPES:
Canton Repository
May 19, 1897
Alliance, May 10 -
{Special} - Jacob Hoppes, a pioneer resident of this township, died
Tuesday. While attending the f uneral
of a brother at Beech Church about 13n days ago, he was siezed with a chill
from which he never recovered.
More About JACOB HOPPES:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Notes for MARY ELIZABETH ROOSE:
Living with daughter Mary
Jane and her husband Martin Byers on the 1900 census.
More About MARY ELIZABETH ROOSE:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
Cause of Death: Old age
Children of JACOB HOPPES and MARY ROOSE are:
276. i. LYDIA ANN9 HOPPES, b. March
1846, Stark Co., OH; d. Aft. 1920.
ii. SARAH EDNA HOPPES258,
b. Circa 1848, Stark Co., OH; d. Aft. May 1897; m. JAMES H. TAYLOR, February
04, 1869, Stark Co., OH.
iii. NANCY HOPPES259,
b. 1849, Stark Co., OH260; d. February 1850, Stark Co., OH261.
More About NANCY HOPPES:
Name 2: Mary Hoppes
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
Cause of Death: Rash
277. iv. ELIZABETH ANN HOPPES, b. January 23, 1851, Stark Co., OH; d. December 26,
1934, Stark Co., OH.
278. v. MARY JANE HOPPES, b. February 1853, Stark Co., OH; d. Aft. 1897.
vi. JOSEPH F. HOPPES262,
b. Circa 1855, Stark Co., OH; d. 1861, Stark Co., OH.
More About JOSEPH F. HOPPES:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
vii. PRESTON G. HOPPES, b. 1858, Stark Co., OH; d. 1861, Stark Co., OH.
More About PRESTON G. HOPPES:
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery,
Stark Co., Ohio
viii. SOPHIA SAMATHA HOPPES263,
b. April 1861, Stark Co., OH264; d. Aft. 1910; m. DAVID I. GRIMES, February
02, 1882, Stark Co., OH265; b. March 1858, OH266;
d. Aft. 1910.
Notes for DAVID I. GRIMES:
David and Sophia had no
children.
279. ix. ELMER JACOB HOPPES, b. Circa 1864, Mt. Union, Stark Co., OH; d. July 14,
1893, Mt. Union, Stark Co., OH.
x. AMANDA MATILDA HOPPES267,
b. Circa 1867, Stark Co., OH268; d. Aft. May 1897; m. ? HAMLIN269.
280. xi. THOMAS FRANKLIN HOPPES, b. December 12, 1870, Stark Co., OH; d. March 25,
1947, Orange, CA.
102. ISAAC8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 1816 in Luzerne Co., PA, and died
November 18, 1892. He married NEITTA MOCK. She was born June 1832 in PA, and died Aft.
1900.
More About ISAAC HOPPES:
Burial: Plunketts Creek
Cemetery, Lycoming Co., PA
Children of ISAAC HOPPES and NEITTA MOCK are:
281. i. ELNORA E.9 HOPPES, b. August
22, 1850, Lycoming Co., PA; d. May 08, 1936, Lycoming Co., PA.
ii. ELIZABETH ANN HOPPES, b. December 1852, Lycoming Co., PA; m. GEORGE M. HOWARD; b. August
1849, ME; d. August 20, 1912.
iii. ELIAS S. HOPPES, b. Circa 1855, Lycoming Co., PA.
iv. JOSEPH HOPPES, b. Circa 1858, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Aft. 1880.
v. ETTA M. HOPPES, b. December 19, 1862, Lycoming Co., PA; d. August
05, 1923; m. CHARELS F. ADE, 1889; b. July 1862.
vi. ADELINE M. HOPPES, b. Circa 1863, Lycoming Co., PA.
282. vii. AUGUSTUS HOPPES, b. Bet. December 19, 1865 - 1866, Lycoming Co., PA;
d. February 16, 1955.
viii. MICHAEL JESSE HOPPES, b. Circa 1869, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Aft. 1880.
ix. WILLIE HOPPES, b. Circa 1871, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Aft. 1880.
x. DAISY ELLEN HOPPES, b. September 08, 1877, Lycoming Co., PA; d.
September 20, 1910; m. LOUIS E. LANGLEY, Circa 1905.
103. JACOB8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 1820 in PA, and died March 01,
1854 in PA. He married SUSANNAH DIETZ. She was born August 29, 1830, and died
February 12, 1864.
More About SUSANNAH DIETZ:
Burial: Family Cemetery,
Hoppestown, Lycoming Co., PA
Children of JACOB HOPPES and SUSANNAH DIETZ are:
i. MARY JANE9 HOPPES, b.
February 07, 1848, PA; d. January 03, 1933; m. (1) FREDERICK ALLVORD; b. August
19, 1848, Schuylkill Co., PA; m. (2) JOHN FARNSWORTH.
ii. ELLEN HOPPES, b. Circa 1851, PA; m. GEORGE W. RAMSEY, January
02, 1870; b. Circa 1851.
iii. SOPHIA HOPPES, b. Circa 1854, PA; m. WINFRED S. GILES.
104. GEORGE H.8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1825 in PA, and died January 18,
1882. He married MARIA BODINE MCCARTY Circa
1858. She was born April 05, 1837 in Lycoming
Co., PA, and died June 04, 1922.
More About GEORGE H. HOPPES:
Burial: Mauch Chunk
Cemetery, Lycoming Co., PA
More About MARIA BODINE MCCARTY:
Burial: Niskey Hill
Cemetery, Bethlehem, Lehigh Co., PA
Occupation: 1890, Owner of
the Eagle Hotel, Main St., S. Bethlehem, PA
Residence: 1890, Eagle
Hotel, Main St., S. Bethlehem, PA
Children of GEORGE HOPPES and MARIA MCCARTY are:
i. MARY9 HOPPES, b.
December 01, 1859, Carbon Co., PA; d. December 25, 1883.
More About MARY HOPPES:
Burial: Niskey Hill Cemetery,
Bethlehem, Lehigh Co., PA
ii. GARRET LINDERMAN HOPPES, b. March 04, 1862, Carbon Co., PA; d. January 01,
1910.
More About GARRET LINDERMAN HOPPES:
Burial: Niskey Hill
Cemetery, Bethlehem, Lehigh Co., PA
Occupation: 1890, Manager
of the Eagle Hotel
Residence: 1890, Eagle
Hotel, Main St., S. Bethlehem, PA
105. JOHN8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 30, 1827 in Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA,
and died December 23, 1909 in Sullivan Co., PA. He married (1) SUSAN LEWIS October 21, 1858 in Lycoming Co., PA. He married (2) LUCINDA LAIR Circa
1870. She was born Circa 1852 in PA,
and died December 30, 1883.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
John Hoppes was born April 30, 1827 in Lycoming County,
PA. He enlisted at Williamsport, PA on
September 5, 1864 at age 37 for one year in Company I, 207th Regiment, PA
Volunteer Infantry (Ref #1). A Muster and Descriptive Roll for his Company
states that he was a farmer with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion,
and was 5 feet, 5 inches in height. He
was listed as Present in Company muster rolls for the periods up to October 31,
1864; for November/December 1864; for January/February 1865; and for
March/April 1865. A Company Descriptive
Book mentions that he Served as a private. Was present and participated in the
engagements of Bermuda Hundred front Va Nov 17/64, Fort Steadman Va., Mch 25/65
and the general attack on the rebel lines in front of (Richmond). His unit was discharged at Alexandria, Va.
on May 31, 1865, at which time he had been paid $33.33 bounty with $33.34
bounty due. A Hospital Muster Roll for
the US General Hospital at Fairfax Seminary, VA indicates he was attached to
the hospital on May 19, 1864 and still was Present as of June 30, 1865.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
May 22, 1880, John Hoppes of Plunkett's Creek Township,
Lycoming County, PA appeared before the Orphans Court to apply for an Invalid
Pension (Ref. #2). In his declaration
he stated that while at Poplar Grove, VA. in February he contracted typhoid
fever, which has affected his head, throat and back and he still suffers from
same. He claimed to have been treated
in the following hospitals: City Point, VA from February 1865 until the latter
part of March; at the Field Hospital for a few days in May 1865; at Fairfax
Seminary near Alexandria, VA from May 1865 until June or July 1865; and at
Augur General Hospital from June of July 1866 until discharge on July 20, 1865.
The Adjutant General's Office of the War Department informed the Commissioner
of Pensions on July 15, 1882 that John Hoppes was Mustered out on Individual
Muster out Roll at Augur Genl Hospl near Alexandria Va. July 20/65. Company
Morning Reports show him as follows: Febr. 28th, 1865 Taken to Field Hospital;
March 31,'65 Returned from Hospital; May 17, '65 Taken to Field Hospital, since
to Fairfax Seminary Hospital. The records of this office furnish no evidence of
disability alleged. Cause for which in
Hospital not stated. On October 5,
1882, the Surgeon General's Office of the War Department reported that John
Hoppas, Pri Co. I, 207th Pa., was admitted to G. H. Fairfax Seminary near
Alexandria Va. May 19th 1865 with "Aphonia" and transferred July 7th
1865, and John Hoppes, Pri. Co. I, 207th Pa. Vols, was admitted to Augur G. H.
near Alexandria Va. July 8th 1865, "Convalescent" and discharged from
service July 23, 1865, remarks, G. O. 77.
The next item in John Hoppes' Pension File dated September 11, 1884
indicates he was at Petersburg, VA on April 2, 1865 and was Sent to hospital
sick May 17/65. Five years later, on October 25, 1889, the Bureau of Pensions
asked the War Department for additional information about John Hoppes' military
and medical history. Their response
stated: Medical Records that have been indexed (or discovered) since the report
of Mch 28, 1883 was made show the following additional information: Treated: as
John Hoppis, Pri., Co. I, 207 Pa. Vols., May 17 to 19/65 Remit. "Fever."
On July 6, 1890, John Hoppes signed his name to another form
titled: DECLARATION FOR ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION claiming catarrh throat (or
heart) disease, and kidney trouble. He finally received his long-sought pension
sometime thereafter under certificate 355161.
Meanwhile John Hoppes
continued to fill out paperwork related to his pension claim. In response to
the Bureau of Pensions' five-part questionnaire dated October 14, 1899, he
answered only question No. 5, stating: I am a widower. Have no wife living. Have three living children but they are all
over 16 years of age. On February 14,
1907, he filled out the DECLARATION FOR PENSION Form under the Act of February 6,
1907. On it, he stated that his places
of residence since leaving the service were near Proctor, PA until about May
1872; then Murray Run, PA to about March 1876; and then near Proctor, PA again
until within the last five or six years when he resided at Hillsgrove, Sullivan
County, PA. In April 1907, he received a reissue of his Pension No. 355161
dated April 1, 1907 under the Act of February 6, 1907 indicating his new
pension amount would be $20 per month effective February 16, 1907.
John Hoppes died December
23, 1909 and was dropped from the pension rolls. Although not mentioned by name in his Pension File records, he
had four children: Rosetta Hoppes born May 22, 1871, who married John Gumble on
April 15, 1892; Clara Hoppes born March 27, 1873, who married Nathaniel Grier
on April 25, 1892; Sylvester Hoppes born about 1874, who married Kathleen
Burgit on October 29, 1913; and Harriet Hoppes born March 7, 1878, who married
Robert Clegg on January 7, 1896 (Ref. #3).
Mr. John Gumble of Laporte, PA handled John Hoppes' funeral expenses.
Among the bills in John Hoppes' Pension File was one for $4 paid by John Gumble
to Ruben Hakes for digging grave for John Hoppes at Barbours Mills Dec 24 and
25, 1909. In a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, John Gumble's lawyer
stated that The undertaker's bill was $62.70 and Sullivan County, the County in
which the pensioner died, under a state law, paid $50.00 upon the undertaker's
bill. The balance of $12.70 has not
been paid by any one. Mr. Gumble
understood that the Government would only reimburse him to the extent of the
pension actually earned from the date of the last payment, October 4, 1909, to
the date of the pensioner's death, December 23, 1909, at $20.00 per month,
which would amount to $52.66. For this
reason, he did not pay the balance of the undertaker's bill. In their final accounting, the Bureau of
Pensions paid John Gumble $53.33.
REFERENCES
1. John Hoppes' Co. I, 207 PA INF Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. John Hoppes' Pension File # 355161, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
3. See HARRY'S 19TH CENTURY HOPPES SUMMARY FILE published on the
Hoppesgenerations Web site.
Summaries by Dr. Harrison
N. Hoppes, used with permission.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Burial: Barbours Cemetery,
Lycoming Co., PA
Occupation: 1880, Laborer
Children of JOHN HOPPES and LUCINDA LAIR are:
i. ROSETTA9 HOPPES270, b. May 22, 1871, Sullivan Co., PA; d. August 29,
1968; m. JOHN GUMBLE, April 15, 1892; b. August 29, 1868; d. 1954.
ii. CLARA B. HOPPES270,
b. March 27, 1873, Sullivan Co., PA; m. NATHAN WOODSIDE SOLIDAY GRIER, April 25, 1892, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA.
iii. SYLVESTER WESLEY HOPPES270,
b. Circa 1874, Sullivan Co., PA; m. KATHLEEN BURGIT, October 29, 1913, Lycoming Co., PA271.
iv. HARRIET HOPPES272, b.
March 07, 1878, PA; d. March 08, 1956; m. ROBERT CLEGG, January 07, 1896, Lycoming Co., PA; b. October 27,
1869, England; d. November 01, 1942.
106. DANIEL T.8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 1834 in Lycoming Co., PA, and died
Circa 1910. He married (1) SUSANNAH DIETZ Circa
1856. She was born August 29, 1830, and
died February 12, 1864. He married (2)
MARY
BATTIN
Circa 1860. She was born September 20,
1843 in PA. He married (3) DESDEMONA RITCHIE Circa
1883. She was born Bet. August 15, 1858
- 1861 in PA, and died August 08, 1926.
More About SUSANNAH DIETZ:
Burial: Family Cemetery,
Hoppestown, Lycoming Co., PA
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and MARY BATTIN are:
283. i. GEORGE HOWARD9 HOPPES, b. May 13,
1861, Lycoming Co., PA; d. April 13, 1945.
ii. SUSAN DORA HOPPES, b. August 1862, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900; m. WARREN WATSON; b. March
1854; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. HENRY HOPPES, b. Circa 1872, Lycoming Co., PA; Adopted child.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and DESDEMONA RITCHIE are:
iv. MARY G.9 HOPPES, b. Bet.
December 12, 1886 - 1887, Lycoming Co., PA; d. June 24, 1950; m. (1) CHARLES L. BABCOCK; b. March
1867, PA; d. 1943, PA; m. (2) OSCAR BARNES, September 28, 1907; b. May 16, 1874; d. September
02, 1959.
284. v. BLANCHE A. HOPPES, b. July 1889, Lycoming Co., PA.
vi. JESSIE ADZUMA HOPPES, b. April 12, 1891, Lycoming Co., PA; d. Circa 1959;
m. CLAUDE ENGLISH.
vii. ROBERT P. HOPPES, b. March 1894, Lycoming Co., PA; d. 1937.
viii. HAYSE H. HOPPES, b. Bet. September 28, 1899 - 1900, Lycoming Co., PA;
d. June 03, 1970.
107. HENRY8 HOPPES (MICHAEL7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 03, 1836 in Lycoming Co., PA, and died
November 24, 1860. He married MARY ELIZABETH DUNLAP Circa
1856. She was born November 08, 1842,
and died January 26, 1914.
More About HENRY HOPPES:
Burial: Family Cemetery,
Hoppestown, Lycoming Co., PA
Children of HENRY HOPPES and MARY DUNLAP are:
i. AUGUSTA ELLEN9 HOPPES, b. August
1859, Lycoming Co., PA; d. May 05, 1946; m. COURTLAND EUGENE MILLER, October
24, 1895, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA.
More About AUGUSTA ELLEN HOPPES:
Christening: February 05,
1864, Proctor, Lycoming Co., PA
ii. MARIA BERLINE HOPPES, b. 1861, Lycoming Co., PA.
108. SAMUEL8 HOPPES (JOHN7 HOBBES, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 27, 1827 in Luzerne Co., PA, and
died February 01, 1898. He married SUSAN U. BENSCOTER April
22, 1849 in Luzerne Co., PA. She was
born January 01, 1831 in PA, and died Aft. 1900.
Children of SAMUEL HOPPES and SUSAN BENSCOTER are:
i. SARAH MELISSA9 HOPPES, b.
February 22, 1850, Luzerne Co., PA.
Notes for SARAH MELISSA HOPPES:
Died early.
285. ii. CHARLES PARKER M. HOPPAS, b. June 04, 1851, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. JACOB EUGENE HOPPES, b. June 30, 1868, Mason Co., IL273;
d. January 03, 1946, San Diego Co., CA273; m. PEARL CHAMBERLAIN, Circa
1899, Johnson Co., NE274; b. October 1873, NE; d. Aft. 1900.
More About JACOB EUGENE HOPPES:
Name 2: Jacob D. Hoppes
iv. ANNA ROSS HOPPES, b. October 06, 1854, Mason Co., IL; m. FRANCIS MARION MOSLER, December
15, 1870, Mason Co., IL275.
286. v. ADELIA JOSEPHINE HOPPES, b. November 11, 1856, Mason Co., IL; d. February 01,
1941, Vesta, Johnson Co., Ne.
287. vi. STEPHEN A. HOPPES, b. May 02, 1861, Mason Co., IL; d. Aft. 1900.
288. vii. WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN HOPPAS, b. May 31, 1864, Mason Co., IL; d. Aft. 1900.
viii. MONEMA J. HOPPES, b. April 03, 1866, Mason Co., IL.
109. PETER8 HOBBES (JOHN7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 05, 1828 in Luzerne Co., PA, and died
July 26, 1902. He married PHOEBE JANE MCDANIELS May 10,
1857. She was born June 08, 1837 in
Sussex Co., NJ, and died March 12, 1918.
More About PETER HOBBES:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
More About PHOEBE JANE MCDANIELS:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
Children of PETER HOBBES and PHOEBE MCDANIELS are:
289. i. DAVILLO M.9 HOBBES, b. January
01, 1858, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900.
ii. FRANKLIN P. HOBBES, b. 1859, Luzerne Co., PA; d. 1928.
Notes for FRANKLIN P. HOBBES:
Single and living with his mother
in Luzerne Co., PA on the 1910 Census, Enumeration District 121
More About FRANKLIN P. HOBBES:
Burial: Muhlenberg PO
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
290. iii. CHARLES BURTON HOBBES, b. November 09, 1862, Luzerne Co., PA; d. May 13,
1936.
291. iv. CLARENCE ELMER HOBBES, b. March 31, 1867, Luzerne Co., PA; d. August 29,
1948.
292. v. FRED L. HOBBES, b. Bet. September 08, 1873 - 1874, Luzerne Co., PA;
d. 1956.
293. vi. OSCAR D. HOBBES, b. October 01, 1875, Luzerne Co., PA; d. October
1940.
110. JACOB8 HOBBES (JOHN7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 03, 1838 in Luzerne Co., PA, and
died February 23, 1913. He married EVALINE H. MASTERS April 12,
1868. She was born June 1847 in PA, and
died January 18, 1919.
Notes for JACOB HOBBES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Jacob Hoppes was born in Luzerne County, PA on September 3,
1838, the third son of John Hoppes married to Elizabeth Bair. He enlisted at Shickshinny,
PA on August 18, 1862 and was mustered into service as a Private in Co. F, 143
Regiment PA INF at Wilkes Barre, PA on September 8, 1862 (Ref #1). Throughout the War until his discharge at
Hart Island in New York Harbor on June 12, 1865, he was listed as Present on
the muster rolls of his Company except for several occasions when he was
detached on special assignment. The detached service reported in his Service
File began or occurred on February 25, 1863 when he was assigned to guard
Headquarters, on April 10, 1863 when he guarded the Brigade Commissary, in
September/October 1863 when he again guarded the Brigade Commissary, in the
months of January through August 1864 when he served as a guard at the Brigade
Commissary, and in January/February 1865 when he was detached to guard recruits
to the front. At the time of his discharge on June 12, 1865, he had been paid a
bounty of $25, with another $75 due. Eighteen of the muster rolls in his
Service File spell his surname with a double "p", and one with a
double "b".
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
Apparently, Jacob Hoppes was fortunate during his three-year
tour of duty and suffered no wounds, injuries, or debilitating diseases (Ref
#2). He first applied for a pension under
the Act of June 27, 1890; in his DECLARATON FOR INVALID PENSION dated July 12,
1890, he stated that he was a resident of Union Township, Luzerne County, PA
and was suffering from piles and rheumatism in his shoulder. On October 7,
1893, he filed another DECLARATON FOR INVALID PENSION listing his infirmities
as piles, rheumatism, and disease of heart.
This time his application was approved and he received a pension under
certificate No. 866,418.
On May 4, 1898, Jacob Hoppes filled out the Bureau of
Pensions' five-part questionnaire as follows:
No. 1. Yes. - Eva Hoppes - Eva Masters
No. 2. Apr. 12, 1868 - Union township, Rev. C. P.
Cresthwaite
No. 3. Record of marriage certificate exists.
No. 4. no.
No. 5 yes. Hayden R., Harry L., S. Roscoe, May E.
Born: 1st one Jan. 19, 1869, 2nd one July 4, 1873, 3d one Nov. 28, 1876, 4th
one Nov. 8, 1879.
The questionnaire was
signed Jacob Hoppes.
After Congress passed the
Act of February 6, 1907, Jacob Hoppes signed a DECLARATON FOR PENSION on August
18, 1907 in which he stated that his personal description at the time of his
enrollment was: height, 5 feet, 4 inches; complexion, Fair; color of eyes,
Dark; color of hair, Dark; and that his occupation was a Farmer. Throughout the declaration, his surname was
spelled Hobbes, but he signed the document Jacob Hoppes.
Jacob Hobbes died on
February 23, 1913 in Shickshinny, PA.
His date of birth on his Death Certificate was given as September 3,
1838 and his occupation as a retired farmer. His date of burial was specified
as February 25 1913, and his place of burial as Raburn. His parents were listed as John Hobbes and
Elizabeth Baer.
On March 15, 1913, Jacob's
widow signed a DECLARATION FOR WIDOW'S PENSION as Eva Hoppes. On June 17, 1913,
Rev. J. F. Andreas, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church signed an
affidavit stating he was a successor to Rev. M. P. Crosthwite. I have the
records made by him, in said records I find one relating to the marriage of
Jacob Hoppes to Eva Masters. The record
is as follows: Jacob Hoppes (a farmer) was married on April 12th, 1868 to Eva
Masters by Rev. M. P. Crosthwite. Mr.
Hobbes at time of his marriage was 30 yrs. of age and Eva Masters 22 yrs. They were married at Samuel Master's in the
presence of the family.
On August 11, 1913, her
brother William H. Masters provided another affidavit in which he stated:
I have known Jacob Hoppes
or Hobbes and his wife Eva Hoppes or Hobbes for sixty (60) years or more. I knew him as a soldier under the name of
Jacob Hoppes and as the husband of the claimant under the name of Jacob Hobbes
and know that they are one and the same person. My means of knowing the above facts are, I was raised in the same
neighborhood where they both lived, I served with him in the Civil War in Co.
F, 143 Regiment Pennsylvania Vol. Inf. and have known both of them ever
since. Some of the family spell the
name Hoppes and the rest spell it Hobbes.
I think it is a German name and Hobbes might be the way to spell it in
English.
Eva Hoppes' claim was approved
and a widow's certificate No. 763375 was issued. Eva Hoppes died at 131 Prospect Street, Wilkes - Barre, PA on
January 18,1919. At the time of her death, she was receiving a widow's pension
of $25 per month.
REFERENCES
1. Jacob Hoppes' Co. F, 143 PA INF Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Jacob Hoppes' Pension File # WC 763-375, the National Archives
and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summaries by Dr. Harry
Hoppes
More About JACOB HOBBES:
Burial: Rayburn Cemetery,
Shickshinny, PA
Residence: Shickshinny, PA
More About EVALINE H. MASTERS:
Burial: Rayburn Cemetery,
Shickshinny, PA
Children of JACOB HOBBES and EVALINE MASTERS are:
294. i. HAYDEN R.9 HOBBES, b. January
19, 1869, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900.
ii. HARRY L. HOBBES, b. July 04, 1873, Luzerne Co., PA.
295. iii. SAMUEL ROSCOE HOBBES, b. November 28, 1876, Luzerne Co., PA; d. 1936.
iv. MAY E. HOBBES, b. November 08, 1879, Luzerne Co., PA.
111. JACOB8 HAGERMAN (ELIZABETH7 HOPPES, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) died February 10, 1885. He married (1) MARY ELLA HOAGLAND May 30, 1849.
He married (2) ELIZA M. FAULKNER November 20, 1851 in Kosciusko Co., IN. She was born Circa 1831 in NY.
Child of JACOB HAGERMAN and ELIZA FAULKNER is:
296. i. ROSWELL D.9 HAGERMAN, b. June
01, 1854, Monroe Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN; d. December 04, 1915, Edna, Labette
Co., KS.
112. CATHERINE8 HAGERMAN (ELIZABETH7 HOPPES, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1823 in PA. She married JOSHUA SHAFFER December 23, 1841 in Van Wert Co., OH.
Children of CATHERINE HAGERMAN and JOSHUA SHAFFER are:
i. SARAH9 SHAFFER, m. ALLEN WALTERS, January
03, 1865.
297. ii. ELIZABETH SHAFFER.
iii. LOUIS SHAFFER.
298. iv. MARTHA G. SHAFFER.
v. ELIZA E. SHAFFER, b. 1856.
vi. FEMALE SHAFFER, b. 1859.
113. JONAS B.8 HOPPES (GEORGE H.7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 20, 1836 in Luzerne Co., PA, and died
Bet. July 01, 1890 - 1898. He married REBECCA SCOTT July 04,
1861. She was born September 1835, and
died March 25, 1916.
Notes for JONAS B. HOPPES:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Jonas B. Hoppes was born on
July 20, 1836 in Luzerne County, PA. He
married Rebecca Scott of Lake Township, Luzerne County, PA on July 4,
1861. Like his cousin Jacob Hoppes, he
enlisted at Shickshinny, PA on August 18, 1862 for three years and was mustered
into service as a Private in Co. F, 143 Regiment PA INF at Wilkes Barre, PA on
September 8, 1862 (Ref. #1). He was
listed on Company muster rolls as Present for the periods to October 31, 1862;
November/December 1862; January/February 1863; March/April 1863; May/June 1863;
July/August 1863; September/October 1863; November/December 1863;
January/February 1864; and March/April 1864. The Company muster roll for
May/June 1864 indicates that he was Absent wounded in action on May 5, 1864.
The muster roll for July/August 1864 notes that he was Absent (Sick 1 Division
5 Corps hospital), while the roll for September/October 1864 records that he
was Absent (sick USA Genl Hospital, Germantown Pa.). He rejoined his unit during November/December 1864 and was
present until mustered out at Hart Island, New York Harbor on June 12, 1865, at
which time he had been paid $25 in bounty money with $75 still due him. The muster rolls of Company F, 143 PA INF
also indicate that Jonas B. Hoppes was promoted to Corporal on January 25,
1864, and to Sergeant on January 1, 1865.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
Jonas Hoppes began his
quest for a Civil War pension about 1878 (Ref. #2). A document in his Pension File is a response sent by the Adjutant
General's Office to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. It begins by
saying: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th
day of June, 1878, requesting a "Statement of Service" of Jonas B.
Hoppes. The report stated in part: . .
. Wounded in action May 5, 1864, absent.
Co. was in action said date at the Wilderness, Va. Nov. & Dec. 1864,
present. Same to April 30, 1865. He was mustered out with Co June 12, 1865,
as Jonas B. Hoppus, Sergt. . . .The records of this office do not furnish any
evidence this man was injured Jan 1863, or show nature or location of the wound
he received in action at the Wilderness May 5, 1864.
The first application in
Jonas Hoppes' Pension File signed by him is dated November 30,1878. In it, he claims that on or about the 25 day
of Jan. 1863 while cutting timber to be used in building Fort Slocum,
Washington, D. C. he hurt and injured himself in the back so that he was
helpless for three or four weeks, and that the injury continues to hurt him so
much that he has been unable to work three fourths of the time for the last
year, and that he was attended by Dr. Scott Assistant Surgeon of the 143d Regt
Pa., and that he has learned that Dr. Scott is now dead, and that while on Hart
Island, NY was treated by Joseph Lewis Hospital Steward 143 Regt Pa. Vols. And
that he is now dead.
(signed) Jonas B Hoppes
Over a year later, Jonas B.
Hoppes prepared a sworn statement before a notary public to the effect that: I
am unable to furnish (?)ence of a commissioned officer other than such as I
have already furnished for the following reasons: I was detailed with others to
cut wood for use in camp was chopping on side hill when a log was liken to fall
upon me and in trying to get out of the way I fell and hurt my back very bad.
Some of my comrades carried me to camp. I was badly hurt and do not remember
what officer was in command of detail at time.
I have made diligent search and inquiry and am unable to find officer having
person knowledge of my injury. In my
opinion there was no commissioned officer present in cutting wood. We usually separated into squads of from six
to a dozen men in one it might be there was no officer present.
My post office address is
Ruggles Luzerne Co Pa.
(signed) Jonas
B. Hoppes
In a medical report dated
Scranton Oct 4, 1882, two "examining surgeons" summarized their
physical examination of Jonas Hoppes.
Their report states in part:
Height, 5 6½; weight
135; complexion, dark; age, 46; pulse, 72; respiration 17.
Applicant states that while
in the service, in making a quick movement to escape a rolling log, he was
taken suddenly with a "crick in the back" from which he recovered
& resumed duty in a few days. We
can now find no deformity in any part of the back - in bone or muscle. But from his statements, think it possible
he may at times have attack of lumbago.
The disability is in no ratable degree.
On January 5, 1884, Jonas
Hoppes wrote a letter on his own behalf to the Hon W. W. Dudley, Commissioner
of Pensions. The first portion of
Jonas' letter thanked all the notaries and the pension attorneys who had helped
him pursue his claim to date. He
indicated that to date he had not been able to pay any of them a cent. He
continued by stating: I am very
poor. While in the Army I was wounded
& treated in (Cuyler) Germantown Philadelphia hospital also while in Service in the freshet of 1865
the high water took of(f) my house with all that I had and with a family of 6
children and a mother 76 years of age and poor health I tell you that the very
least help would come good I have to keep my t(w)o sons out of School to help
support the family their ages 17 &
15 years.
Apparently, Jonas Hoppes
received a prompt reply because on January 29th, 1884 he wrote a letter to Mr.
O. P. G. Clarke, Acting Commissioner, which declared in part: As I have already
stated that I doctored my Self by using liniments of verrs (?) kinds and
plasters. I used hemlock pi(t)ch pine pi(t)ch plasters and Oil of Spike as I
was advised by friends and neighbors but I used mostly the Allcock's Indian
Rubber porous plasters but without much relief but have suffered a great
deal. Then in 1870 I comenced Doctoring with Mr Spencer and my reason for
not doctoring more is that doctor Scott that is the doctor that treated me at
the time of my being hurt Said that it was not likely that I ever would get
over it . . . .
Meanwhile, the Pension
Bureau was actively seeking additional information about Jonas Hoppes' medical
record while on active duty. On February
1, 1884, the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department submitted another
report to the Commissioner of Pensions adding the finding that Company Morning
Reports Jany 26 - 1863 (state) sick.
nature not stated. On May 22,
1884, the Surgeon General's Office of the War Department prepared a report
detailing Jonas' gunshot wound (GSW), which stated that:
Jonas B. Hoppus, Corpl. Co.
F, 143 Penn Vols, received a severe G. S. W. right finger (index) amputated. At
the battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 5-7-1864
That Jonas B. Houpus, Corpl. Said Co & regt. Entered Carver G. H.
Washington, D. C., May 10/64 from field hospital, with G. S. W. of right index
finger, received May 5/64, and was transferred May 14/64 - That Jonas B.
Hoppus, said Co & regt entered Cuyler G. H. Germantown Philadelphia, Pa,
May 15/64, with G. S. W. of right upper extremity, furloughed May 26/64,
readmitted June 12/64, and returned to duty July 7-1864 - that James Hoffus, Pr
said Co & regt entered Hospl. of 1st Div, 5th A. C. August 26/64 with "Remittent fever" and was sent to
G. H. Aug. 27-64 - that James Hoppus Pr. Said Co. & regt. entered 5th A. C.
Depot Field Hospl City Point, Va Aug 27-64 with Remittent fever, and was sent to
D. G. H. Sept 8/64 that Jonas B.
Hoppus, Corpl. Said Co & regt. entered Douglas G. H. Washington, D. C.
Sept. 9, 64, with Tertiari intermittent fever and Diarrhea, furloughed Nov. 2
readmitted Nov. 22, and returned to duty Nov. 26, 1864. No hospl records of 143 Pa. Vols. were ever
on file in this Office.
Jonas Hoppes' claim was
approved, and he received an Invalid Pension of $6 per month under certificate
No. 293,311 for injuries of the back. After Congress passed the Act of June
27th, 1890, Jonas Hoppes filed out a form titled Declaration for an Original
Disability Pension on August 26, 1890, claiming he was suffering from
dyshepsia, back and hip injuries, heart disease, wound in forefinger, general
debility, and injury of left foot.
Unfortunately, Jonas Hoppes died July 1, 1898 in Lake Township, Luzerne
County of dropsy due to heart trouble according to his attending physician. At
the time of his death, he owned 71 acres of land (valued at $923), a house
($100), a barn ($150), three horses
($30), and a cow ($10).
Jonas' widow, Rebecca
(Scott) Hoppes ultimately was awarded his pension under her certificate WC
483-983. She died on March 23, 1916.
Her children that were mentioned in connection with her pension were three
sons: Byron George, Arthur, and Wm. E. Hoppes, and a daughter Mrs. Ransom
Baird.
REFERENCES
1. Jonas Hoppes' Co. F, 143 PA INF Military
Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. Jonas Hoppes' Pension File # WC 483-983, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary provided by Dr.
Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.
************************************
Men from Camp Luzerne
*Hoppes, Jonas B. (Hoppus)
Sgt.
Co. F 143 PA Inf.
1836 - 1898
Buried at Chestnut Grove Cemetery,
Loyalville United Methodist Church, Luzerne Co.,
PA
More About JONAS B. HOPPES:
Burial: Harvey's Grove
Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
Children of JONAS HOPPES and REBECCA SCOTT are:
i. SARAH C.9 HOPPES, b. Circa 1862,
Luzerne Co., PA; d. 1951; m. RANSOM BAIRD; b. 1856; d. 1919.
ii. ESTHER HOPPES, b. 1864; m. ? RACE.
iii. BYRON GEORGE HOPPES, b. September 1866, Luzerne Co., PA.
iv. ARTHUR W. HOPPES, b. April 1868, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900; m. SUSIE J. DAVIS, Circa 1898;
b. May 1883, PA; d. Aft. 1900.
Notes for ARTHUR W. HOPPES:
A Poem by Arthur W. Hoppes
Harvey's Lake, PA
AT REST
Gone from our side the one
we loved
From toil and sorrow free.
Gone to that land of peace
and rest
There with the Lord to be.
Gone from our side is
Father dear
Gone from this world of
care.
To rest with Jesus up above
There is no sorrow there.
Oh how we miss his loving
face
His kind and gentle word.
His steps was music to my
ears
But they are no longer
heard.
I hope e're long to see
again
The face we loved so well.
Be free from all the toil
and care
And with the savior dwell.
He was a soldier brave and
true
A father good and kind.
But Jesus called him to his
arms
And we are left behind.
The one loved is now at
rest
Sweet rest from all life's
cares.
He taught us if we served
the Lord
We'd meet each other there.
So let us strive that prize
to gain
That when life's work is
o'er.
We'll meet the dear ones
that we love
Where we will part no more.
v. EMMA K. HOPPES, b. Circa 1870, Luzerne Co., PA; m. GEORGE HONEYWELL276.
vi. WILLIAM E. HOPPES, b. July 1871, Luzerne Co., PA; m. MAGGIE ?, Circa 1900; b.
October 1881, PA.
Notes for WILLIAM E. HOPPES:
Wife's name is reported to
be Edna Pearl Scott, further research needed for verification.
vii. DAISY HOPPES, b. 1873.
viii. HANNAH HOPPES, b. 1875.
299. ix. MARY R. HOPPES, b. December 12, 1882, Luzerne Co., PA; d. June 30,
1953, PA.
114. ELIAS8 HOPPES (GEORGE H.7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 16, 1834 in Luzerne Co., PA277,
and died January 10, 1917. He married
(1) CATHERINE FOSSIC. He married
(2) MARY ELIZABETH KRAMER Circa 1864.
She was born September 1832 in PA, and died December 18, 1914.
Notes for ELIAS HOPPES:
Columbia and Montour
Counties, Pennsylvania
Page 967
Elias Hoppes, a well known
and respected resident of Berwick, was born March 16, 1838, in Luzerne county,
Pa., son of George and Catherine (Benscotter) Hoppes.
George Hoppes was born in
Luzerne county, where he followed farming and spent his life. He married Catherine Benscotter, of the same
county, and they had eight children, Hannah, Elias, Rose, Ann, Jonah, Sarah,
George and Emma. Of these, Hannah,
Elias, George and Emma survive. Jonah
served in the Civil war.
Elias came to Columbia
county in boyhood and when the Civil war broke out was a resident of Summer
Hill, Briarcreek township. On Oct. 22,
1862, at Camp Curtin, he enlisted for service in the Union army, being mustered
in Oct. 28th as a member of Company H, 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
under Capt. Theodore McD. Price and Col. James Johnson, and after a faithful
service of nine months was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., July 27,
1863. During this time he took part in
many battles but escaped without any serious injury. He then returned to Columbia county and settled at Berwick in
1864 entering the employ of the Jackson & Woodin Company now the American
Car & Foundry Company, in whose employ he has continued ever since, being
one of the oldest in point of service as well as one of the most valued
employees of the company. Mr. Hoppes
was one of the first policemen in the borough.
He is a member of Capt. C. C. Jackson Post, No. 159, G. A. R. and of the
Berwick Beneficial Association.
On Feb. 19, 1873, Mr.
Hoppes was married to Mrs. Mary (Kramer) Smith, who was born Sept. 18, 1832, in
Luzerne county, a daughter of Abram and Parilla (Santee) Kramer, natives of
Luzerne county, where they spent their lives, the father was farmer and
stockman. They have six living
children: George who is a resident of Berwick; Maude who is the wife of George
Schrod, of Bridgeport, Conn.; Jennie, who is the wife of Ruben Craver, of
Foreland, Pa., and Clarence, Elizabeth and Sterling, all of whom reside at
Berwick. Mr. and Mrs Hoppes are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs.
Hoppes is a charter member of the Woman's Relief Corps of Berwick. By her first marriage, she became of mother
of four sons: David of Scranton, Pa., Frank, of Berwick; Daniel, of Wayne
county, and Charles of California. The
father died in Luzerne county. He was a
veteran of the Civil War.
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Columbia and Montour
Counties, Pennsylvania, Page 1217
Elias Hoppes was born near
Shickshinny, Pa., March 10, 1837. After
attending common schools he was engaged as a teamster for the Jackson &
Woodin Company, at Berwick, and also worked at the Foundryville plant of
Jackson & Woodin. At present he is
a police officer for their successors, the American Car and Foundry Company, in
the plant at Berwick. He married Mrs. Mary (Kramer) Smith, widow of Hiram Smith
and daughter of Alexander and Parmelia Kramer, who had the following children:
Albert, who married and had children: Mary, Abram, Andrew, John, Alfred,
Josephine and Parmelia; Lucinda, who married a Snyder and had Mary, Vincent,
William, Albert (whose children were Myrtle, Joleta, Lee and Lloyd) and Emma
(who married a Swank and had two children, Lloyd and Charles) ; and Mary, who
was first married to Hiram Smith, to which marriage were born Eliza, Mary,
Charles, David (who married and had a son Edward), Frank (who married and had
Lily and Mary), and Daniel (who married and had Clinton and Bessie). The second marriage of Mary was to Elias
Hoppes, and they had children as follows: George T.; Maud, who married George
Schrod; Jennie, who married Reuben Craver; Hanley, deceased, who was buried in
the Pine Grove cemetery, Berwick; Clarence J.; and Sterling, who married Fannie
Frey.
Clarence J. Hoppes obtained
a public school education at Berwick, attending the Market street school. During 1886 - 87 he learned painting and was
employed under Colonel Seely in the paint department of Jackson & Woodin
Company, continuing there until 1896.
An earnest church worker
and a serious thinker on religious subjects, it was in this year that both he
and his wife became impressed with convictions that led them to unite in the missionary
work being done by the Volunteers of America, and during 1896 - 97 - 98 - 99
they traveled as missionaries over a wide extent of the country, the work
taking them to Philadelphia, Norristown and other places in the state, and to
Bound Brook, N. J. Mr. Hoppes' health
failing, he decided to return to Berwick.
Coming back in the latter part of 1899, he entered the paint department
of the American Car and Foundry Company.
On July 12, 1912, he went into the passenger coach department, of which
he was made assistant foreman. Being
thoroughly acquainted with the details of the business and reliable in every
way, the company has more than once sent him as representative to New York
City.
Mr. Hoppes was united in
marriage with Jessie Gordner, who was born Jan. 29, 1872, a daughter of
Jonathan R. and Sarah Jane (Zehner) Gordner, of Jordan township, Lycoming
county. They have one son, Gordner
Elias, born Nov. 7, 1894. Mr. and Mrs.
Hoppes are members of the Bower Memorial United Evangelical Church. He votes with the Prohibition party and has
served the city in the office of register assessor. He is identified with Washington Camp No. 105, P. O. S. of A.
***************
ELIAS HOPPES
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Elias Hoppes, the oldest
son of George Hoppes and Catharine (Benscoter) Hoppes, was born in Luzerne
County, PA on March 16, 1834. He was
enrolled at Camp Curtin, PA as a Private in Company H, 178 Reg't PA Drafted
Militia Infantry for a period of nine months on October 22, 1862 and was
mustered in at Harrisburg, PA on October 28, 1862 (Ref. #1). Company muster
rolls for the periods October 22 to December 31, 1862; January/February 1863;
March/April 1863; and May/June 1863 list him as Present.
They contain no indications
that he was injured of hospitalized. He was discharged on July 27, 1863 at Camp
Curtin.
A biography of Columbia and
Montour County inhabitants (Ref. #2) contains additional information about
Elias Hoppes' service. It reports that:
Elias came to Columbia
county in boyhood and when the Civil war broke out was a resident of Summer
Hill, Briarcreek township. On Oct.22,
1862, at Camp Curtin, he enlisted for service in the Union army, being mustered
in Oct. 28th as a member of Company H, 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
under Capt. Theodore McD. Price and Col. James Johnson, and after a faithful
service of nine months was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., July 27,
1863. During this time he took part in
many battles but escaped without any serious injury. He then returned to
Columbia county and settled at Berwick in 1864 entering the employ of the
Jackson & Woodin Company now the American Car & foundry Company, in
whose employ he has continued ever since, being one of the oldest in point of
service as well as one of the most valued employees of the company. Mr. Hoppes was one of the first policemen in
the borough. He is a member of Capt. C.
C. Jackson Post, No. 159, G. A. R., and of the Berwick Beneficial Association.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
On June 5, 1880, Elias Hoppes
provided the information (Ref. #3) required on a DECLARATON FOR ORIGINAL
INVALID PENSION Form, stating that his
personal description is as follows: Age 42 years; height, 5 feet 8 inches;
complexion, dark; hair, brown; eyes, dark.
That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in
the line of duty at Yorktown, in the State of Va, on or about the 3 day of
March, 1863, he contracted chronic diarrhea, caused by causes incident to the
service. . . He gave his residence as Berwick, Columbia County, Pa. Elias Hoppes signed the Form with his mark.
Apparently, his claim was
allowed and Elias Hoppes received a pension of $8 per month under certificate
226,347. In April 1888, he applied for
an increase in pension and was examined by a board of physicians in Danville,
Montour County, PA, under Section 4, Act of Congress approved July 25, 1882,
which required that all examinations shall be thorough and searching, and the
certificate contain a full description of the physical condition of the claimant
at the time . . . On April 18, 1888,
the board reported:
. . . we have carefully
examined this applicant, who states that he is suffering from the following
disabilities, incurred in the service, viz: chronic diarrhea and resulting
hemorrhoids, nervousness & affection of heart, weakness & pains in back
& rectum . . Pulse rate per minute, 73; respiration 21; temperature, 99°;
height 5 feet, 8 ¾ inches; weight, 134 ½ pounds; age 51 years.
He makes the following
statement upon which he bases his claim for Increase. At Yorktown Va. (has
forgotten the date but in the year 1862) he contracted chronic diarrhea which
resulted in hemorrhoids, his nerves are weak and heart is affected. Has also pains in back and rectum. Can only do very light work and that not
more than 1/3 of the time.
Upon examination we find
the following objective conditions:
Tongue is slightly coated and pharynx congested. Auscultation and
percussion reveal the lungs and heart to be healthy. Liver and spleen are not enlarged. Rectum is relaxed and there
are 5 hemorrhoidal tumors varying in size from a chestnut to a hazelnut
surrounding the rectum inside the sphincter. Hemorrhoids are not ulcerated or
bleeding but appear as though they might easily bleed. Complexion is florid and nutrition only
slightly impaired. He appears to be of
a neurotic temperament - nerves are somewhat unsteady and memory is not good. .
. . He is, in our opinion, entitled to
an 8/18 rating for the disability caused by hemorrhoids & results.
The next item in Elias
Hoppes' Pension File is the Bureau of Pensions' five-part questionnaire, which
was sent to Berwick, PA and cited his pension certificate No. 226,347. In a response dated September 13, 1897, he
answered the five questions as follows:
No. 1. Yes.
Eliza Hoppis Mary E. (maiden
name)Creamer. She was a widow, Mary E.
Smith
No. 2. By Rev Hotenstien at Berwick 1873
No. 3. all right
No. 4 Yes. Catherine Fausey Divorced in 1872. had
no children with my first wife
No. 5 Yes. I have six (living): Maud, Jennie,
Lizzie, Clarence, Georg, Sterling, 28, 26, 24, 22, 19, 17 as near as I can tell
On February 12, 1898, Elias
Hoppes filled out a similar questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions. This time his answer to question number five
was substantially different; he responded: George Hoppes 32 (&) 4 m(onths),
Maud 30, 6 moth, Hanly dead, Jennie 27, 1m, Clarence 24½ , Lizzie 22, 2m,
Sterling 18 Jan last. On both
questionnaires, he signed his name with his mark.
On April 1, 1911, Elias Hoppes applied for a pension increase
because he had reached the age of 75.
Because he was unable to document his age (and some of the information
in his pension documents indicated he had not yet reached 75 years of age), his
claim was rejected. On May 13 1911, his
Berwick, PA attorney John Evans wrote to the Bureau of Pensions in Washington,
D. C. concerning his Inv. Ctf. # 226,347, stating:
Referring to the above entitled pension claim, we have your
letter under date of April 22 - 1911 in answer to our declaration and filed
April - 1911 and supplemental affidavit dated April 4 - 1911, in which you
state:
"Your above entitled claim for pension under act of
February 6 - 1907 and filed April - 1911 is rejected on the ground that the
evidence does not show and you have declared your inability to prove that you
were 75 years of age on the date of execution of your application, March 30-
1911."
Since the former declaration of April 12 - 1911, I find a
record made in pencil on loose sheet of paper and given his wife and children
by his mother more than thirty years ago, in which she made a record that he
was born of the 16th day of March 1836 and to which has been added the date of
birth of his several children.
I have known personally, Elias Hoppes the applicant for fifty
years during all of which time he has lived in Berwick, and to the best of my
knowledge, I think he is 75 years of age and justly entitled to the increase in
pension requested under the act of Feb. 6 - 1907.
With no family bible record kept, with parents, brothers and
sisters all dead, what further records does your department require than the
proofs already submitted . . .
For whatever reason, at some time during the next nine months
Elias Hoppes decided to change his legal representation. On January 27, 1912, his new attorney Conway
W. Dickson of Berwick wrote to the US Pension Agent in Philadelphia, PA,
stating:
Mr. Elias Hoppes has requested me to write to you for a blank
application for an increase in pension.
His pension number is #226347, and he belonged to 178th Regiment, Penna.
Drafted Militia.
He was born March 16th, 1836 as it appears in the family
Bible, and accordingly would have been entitled almost a year ago to the
customary increase from $15.00 to $20.00.As a matter of fact, Mr. Hoppes has
been receiving $17.00, the $2.00 being for back pension, as I understand it.
Kindly send me this blank application, and tell me if it is
possible to get Mr. Hoppes the $5.00 extra, which he has been entitled to since
March 16th, '12. I would appreciate
this information greatly.
The next month, Mr. Dickson wrote the following letter dated
February 24, 1912 to the Pension Commissioner in Washington, D. C.:
Your letter of February 17th addressed to Elias Hoppis, has
been handed over to me because Mr. Hoppis can neither read or write.
You stated in that letter that he was not entitled to his
pension under Act of February 6th, 1907, filed February 7th, 1912, because
"the evidence does not show, and you are apparently unable to furnish
proof" as you stated it.
Mr. Hoppis took an affidavit I believe, as to the amount of
that claim and his age. I also believe
there were two witnesses stating that they had known him, who also took an
affidavit as to Mr. Hoppis' age as shown by the Family Bible, which is the best
evidence the Law knows, to be more than seventy five years.
Will you please tell me what more I can do to prove the age
of Mr. Hoppis? Mr. Hoppis is no friend
of mine, I have claims against him now that I cannot collect. I have no interest in this matter except
that he is old and unable to write a letter to you himself.
On May 20, 1912, Elias Hoppes filled out another DECLARATON
FOR PENSION under the Act of May 11, 1912,
which provided a pension of $22.50 per month for any honorably discharged Civil
War soldier who had served six months but less than one year. This time the increased amount was approved. On April 2, 1915, he answered a Bureau of
Pensions questionnaire, which provided the additional information that he was
(first) married in 1864 in Founderville by Rev. Huttenstene to Cathrin Fossic,
divorce granted September 20, 1872; that his second wife had been married
previously to Hiram Smith on June 24, 1848 but that he died in battle in 1863;
that his second wife (Mary Elizza Hoppes) died on December 18, 1914; and that
his six children were born in the year indicated: George (1865), Annie M.
Shrader (1867), Jennie E. Cramer (1870), Clarance S. (1872), Elizzie Newton
(1876), and Sterling D. (1880).
Elias Hoppes died on
January 10, 1917, and was dropped from the pension rolls, at the monthly rate
of $22.50, on February 26, 1917.
REFERENCES
1. Elias Hoppes' Co. H, 178 PA Regiment Drafted Militia Military Service File, the National
Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
2. From the Biographical History of Columbia and Montour Counties,
page 967.
3. Elias Hoppes' Pension File # SC 226-347, the National Archives
and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summaries by Dr. Harrison
N. Hoppes, used with permission.
More About ELIAS HOPPES:
Date born 2: March 10,
1837, Near Schickshinny, PA
Burial: Pine Grove
Cemetery, Columbia Co., PA
Marriage Notes for ELIAS HOPPES and CATHERINE FOSSIC:
Marriage date recorded as
January 05, 1864, five years after Daniel Hoppes birth.
Child of ELIAS HOPPES and CATHERINE FOSSIC is:
i. DANIEL9 HOPPES, b. Circa
1859, Columbia Co., PA.
Children of ELIAS HOPPES and MARY KRAMER are:
300. ii. GEORGE T.9 HOPPES, b. March
31, 1865, Columbia Co., PA.
301. iii. MARY ANN HOPPES, b. October 30, 1867, Columbia Co., PA.
iv. HANLEY HOPPES, b. Bet. 1868 - 1869, Columbia Co., PA; d. Bef. 1880.
302. v. JENNIE HOPPES, b. January 07, 1870, Columbia Co., PA.
303. vi. CLARENCE J. HOPPES, b. December 25, 1872, Columbia Co., PA; d. Aft.
1900.
vii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. January 01, 1876, Columbia Co., PA; m. ? NEWTON.
304. viii. STERLING D. HOPPES, b. January 18, 1880, Columbia Co., PA; d. March 17,
1948, Berwick, PA.
115. GEORGE BENJAMIN8 HOPPES (GEORGE H.7, JACOB6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Bet. January 04, 1847 - 1848 in Luzerne Co.,
PA, and died February 20, 1926. He
married (1) MATILDA HATTON 1865. She
died Circa 1908278.
He married (2) CATHERINE ELISABETH HUFFMAN February 14, 1899 in Luzerne Co., PA. She was born August 06, 1853 in Luzerne Co.,
PA, and died Aft. May 28, 1932279.
Notes for GEORGE BENJAMIN HOPPES:
Children could belong to first
wife, Matilda Hatton, but given the date of marriage George gave in his pension
file, I have placed them with Catherine Huffman. Further research needed.
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
George W. Hoppes was born
on January 4, 1847/48 at Scranton or Huntington, Luzerne County, PA. He entered the service as an 18-year-old
substitute for a period of three years and was mustered in as a Private in
Company H, 45 Regiment PA Infantry at Scranton on July 26, 1864 (Ref. #1). At that time, his occupation was listed as a
laborer, his eyes as grey, his hair as dark, his complexion as dark, and his
height as 5 feet, 3 inches. A summary
roll of gains and losses for Company H, 45 PA INF indicates that he joined a
front line unit as a Recruit from depot on September 5, 1864, was missing in
action on September 30, 1864 at the Battle of Pegram's Farm, was listed as
Absent, prisoner of war instead of missing in action on January 31, 1865 while
his unit was at Petersburg, VA, continued to be listed as a prisoner of war to May
1865, and was discharged on June 3, 1865 at Annapolis, MD. Furlough papers in
his Service File indicate that George Hopes, a Hostler by profession, was
permitted to go to Shickshinney, PA on furlough for the period March 13 to
April 13, 1864 and then was required to return to his station at Camp Parole,
MD. Other data in his Service File
indicated that his place of discharge was Camp Parole and that he was
Discharged June 3/65 on account of Disability.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
George Hoppes first applied
for a Civil War pension when he filled out the Form titled DECLARATION FOR AN
ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION (Ref. #2). On
June 26, 1888, he stated that at Hatcher Run in the State of Va. on or about
the 27th day of October 1864 he contracted typhoid fever and inflammation of
the stomach and weakness of the back, resulting from prison life. The witnesses to his Declaration were Jonas
B. Hoppes and Jonas' son Arthur W. Hoppes.
In response to a Bureau of
Pension's request dated September 8, 1888, on October 25, 1888, the Adjutant
General's Office of the War Department replied that:
Prisoner of War Records
show him captured at Reams Sta. Va. September 30, 64. Paroled at N. E. Ferry, N.C. Mar 1, 1865. Reported at College
Green Bks., Md., Mar 8th 1865, sent to Camp Parole, Md., where he arrived Mar
9, 1865, furloughed March 13, 1865 for 30 days, ret'd May 16, 1865 (no medical
certificate on file recommending an extension of furlough) mustered out June
3rd, 1865. The records of this office
furnish no evidence of disability.
Three years later, on
September 30, 1891, George Hoppes prepared an affidavit providing additional
information for his pension claim. He explained an injury he sustained after
the War by stating: on or about the 24th day of Dec. 1884 . . . while splitting
stove wood, the wood slipt and I cut my thumb off close to my hand.
On June 22, 1892, he wrote
an affidavit claiming (in modernized spelling) that on October 27, 1864, while
engaged at Hatcher's Run I contracted a disease in my stomach and I was
confined to my bed for two months, and I have been troubled more or less since.
I fractured my left thigh on October 3, 1891 while loading logs onto railroad
cars and such disabilities are . . . of a permanent character. I contracted
disease of the rectum in January 1865 while in prison.
On April 24, 1893, he
appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Luzerne County, PA, to make another
affidavit, which stated in part:
I live in Luzerne Co.
Pa. Am 47 years old. I am the claimant in above stated pension
claim. At time of my enlistment I lived
at Bloomingdale, Luzerne Co., Pa. I lived there until about 1876. I then moved to Ruggles, Luzerne Co. Pa
where I have lived ever since to present time with the exception of about three
months time about five years ago I moved back to Bloomingdale and then returned
to Ruggles. My occupation has always been that of a common laborer. At the battle of Hatchers Run I think in the
latter part of October 1864 I was taken prisoner of War. Was taken to Solsbury Prison North
Carolina. I was confined in this prison
to best of my recollection five months and one day. I was then paroled and sent
to Anapolis. During my confinement in prison I became very much (?). My health was bad. I was sick at time of parole.
After arriving at Anapolis I was given a furlough and went home to
Bloomingdale Luzerne Co. Pa. Soon after arriving at Bloomingdale only one or
two days I was taken worse. I then had a long sickness of Typhoid Fever. I
stayed(?) at the house of Joseph B. Long(?) of Bloomingdale over few
weeks. I was then moved to John Baylors
a neighbor of Mr. Long(?) I remained there about one month. I got better so that I returned to Anapolis
and remained there until time of my discharge. My confinement in prison and
sickness with Typhoid Fever brought on a weakness and distress of my stomach
which has affected me ever since. After
being so (?) that I cannot work I am compelled to take medicines all the time. Ever since I been home I have been troubled
with distress of my back. Every few weeks I get so bad as to be unable to work
on account of my disease. I am
prevented(?) from working more than three fourths of my time and then I am
compelled to work in distress. So do my
self (?) I (?) do but little manual
labor. During my sickness with Typhoid
Fever when on furlough I was treated by Dr. S. H. Warner of Harveyville now
deceased. After my return from Army(?) I was treated by Dr. Warner occasionally
for some three or four years. I then
employed Dr. H. Bacon of Harveyville.
He treated me occasionally until 1876 when I went to Ruggles. I then employed Dr. Gullz of Lehman Luzerne
Co. Pa. He treated me occasionally for about five years when he moved away. I
then employed Dr. Ed Wilkinson of Lehman
he has treated me since that time. My doctors advise me what medicines
to take and I send to druggist and get it.
I take medicines every day. I am
unable to get exact dates where not able to work as I never kept any dates that
every few days I have to stop work for a couple of days often a week then am able to work some again.
I have a family to support and am compelled to work many times when not
really able to work. I am not able to
do more than one fourth the work of a well man and do my self (?) yet I often
do work when not in a fit condition to work.
(signed) George W. Hoppes
George Hoppes' request for
an Invalid Pension eventually was approved under Pension Certificate No.
863,840. The next item to appear in his
Pension File is his response to the Bureau of Pensions five-part questionnaire
dated January 15, 1898. On May 4, 1898,
George W. Hoppes provided the following answers:
No. 1. Yes.
Catharine E. Elizabeth maiden
name Huffman
No. 2. Oct 1st 1871 by Samuel Mc Vay
No. 3. Marriage Certificate
No. 4 No
No. 5 Yes. Rachel Mari Born Nov 8 1873, Elias
William (Born) Dec 24 1875, Charles William (Born) April 15 1880, Minnie May
(Born) March 13, 1883, Ethel Elizabeth Born Jan 27, 1889, Edward Lincoln Born
Jun 23 1895.
On December 9, 1908, George Hoppes filled out a DECLARATION
FOR PENSION under the Act of February
6, 1897. Its validity was accepted by
the Government. Later he also applied for a pension increase under the Act of
May 11, 1912. On April 8th, 1916,
George Hoppes now living at Anderson, Pa., RFE #1, appeared before a Justice of
the Peace and stated that:
There is no Church Record,
no Bible or Family Record. Bible with Family Record was burned up in the year
1859 in Calop Benscutors House in Union Township.
Lived in Ross Township
Luzerne County in 1850 to 1864 with John Taylor
Father name George
Hoppes Mother name Catherine Hoppes
Brothers Elias Hoppes and Jonas B. Hoppes. Sisters Rosanna Hoppes, Emaline
Hoppes
Born Jan 4th 1846 in
Scranton Lackawana County
George W. Hoppes died on
February 20, 1926, at Anderson, Lake Township, Luzerne County, PA. On the
Certificate of Death included in his Pension File, the causes of death were
given as prostatic hypertrophy and general debility. His date of birth was
given as January 4, 1847 and his parents as Geo. B. Hoppes and Katherine
Benscoter. He was buried on February
23, 1926 in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
On March 11, 1926, George
Hoppes' widow, Catharine Elizabeth (Huffman) Hoppes, signed a DECLARATION FOR
WIDOW'S PENSION. She stated she was
born August 6, 1853, in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, PA, that she was
married to George Hoppes on October 1, 1871 in Ross Township, Luzerne County by
Rev. Samuel McVey, and that neither she nor her husband had been married
previously. Her submission was the
beginning of a nightmare that never reached a satisfactory conclusion.
The Bureau of Pensions had
data from George W. Hoppes that he had been married to Matilda Hatton prior to
his marriage to Catherine E. Huffman, and they asked her to explain the
discrepancy. On May 15th 1926, Mr. C. H. Randall, a Justice of the Peace living
in Anderson, PA, wrote the following letter to the Pension Bureau on behalf of
Catherine Hoppes, in effect denying that George Hoppes had been married
previously:
In reply to Widow Division
W. O. 1243,109 George W. Hoppes H-45 Pa Inf, you ask for evidence of death of
the soldier's former wife Matilda. I have spent a whole lot of time among the
old residence of Hunlock Township Pennsylvania and I can not find any one who
ever heard tell of the soldier being married previous October first 1871 to
Catherine E. Huffman.
Now I do think that if a
widow needs a Pension she is deserving of it for the care she had for the last
three years of the soldier and she having fell three years ago and fractured
her ankle and two years ago fell and fractured her wrist you wanted evidence of affiants age. I have examined the family Bible and find
Catherine E. Huffman widow was born Aug 6th 1853. The widow has no home of her own and (is) not able to work to
support her self. Please do what you
can for the widow.
Before the Bureau of
Pensions had a chance to evaluate Mr. Randall's letter fully, he obtained the
following sensational affidavit:
On this Twenty ninth day of
June A. D. 1926, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly
authorized to administer oaths, Lewis M. Bahr, who being duly sworn according
to law, doth depose and say: I Lewis M. Bahr Merchant at Hollenbach, Bradford
County, Penna, age 71 years do affirm that I knew Matilda Hatton who was burned
to death near my place some eighteen years ago, I being an eye witness to the
burning building and also made examination of the fire and discovered human
bones, and some remnant of her clothe or that appeared to be part of her dress
and am positive that she was burned up by the fire.
On September 6, 1926, C. H.
Randall wrote the following letter to the Bureau of Pensions:
In reply to your letter of
July 6th 1926
Widow Division W. O.
1243,109 George W. Hoppes H-45 Pa Inf
I have hunted diligently
and find their never was a Divorce proceedings on record between the Soldier
and Matilda Hatten whom he married in 1865 and this being the case there is nothing
else to be done.
On October 27, 1926,
Catharine Hoppes completed another DECLARATION FOR WIDOW'S PENSION providing
the new information that she and George Hoppes had been married on February 14,
1899 by John Snyder, Justice of the Peace, at Bear Swamp, Luzerne County, PA.
This latest revelation
helped derail Catharine Hoppes' pension prospects. Almost three years later,
she received the letter below dated September 4, 1929 from the Widow Division,
which raised a host of issues, a number of which had already been addressed:
In your declaration for
widow's pension filed in this Bureau March 15, 1926, you allege you were
married to the soldier on October 1, 1871, at Ross Township, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, by Samuel V. McVey, minister, and in a declaration filed on
November 9, 1926, you allege you were married to the soldier at Bear Swamp,
Luzene County, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1899, by John E. Snyder, a Justice
of the Peace. These discrepancies should
be explained by you under oath and the correct date of marriage stated, or if
you married the soldier in 1871, was divorced from him and again married him in
1899, you should so state and give the date of divorce.
There should be furnished
the best obtainable proof of the fact and date of approximate date of the death
of the soldier's previous wife, Matilda Hatton, who the soldier stated in a
paper on file, died June 15, 1866, in Hunlock Township, Lucerne County,
Pennsylvania.
There should also be
furnished the sworn statements of two credible witnesses having the requisite
personal knowledge, showing whether you have remarried since the death of the
soldier on February 20, 1926.
On September 21, 1931,
Catherine Hoppes filed another DECLARATION FOR WIDOW'S PENSION, which only
compounded the discrepancies by stating she married George Hoppes October 1,
1860, at Union Township, Pennsylvania, by Rev. McVay, according to a Widow
Division letter dated February 10, 1932. Finally, in an affidavit dated May 28,
1932, Catherine Hoppes made the following statement:
I Catherine E. Hoppes was
born Aug 6 1853 in Union Twp, Luz Co Pa.
The Bible was lost near the time of my husband's Death which had the
family record therein. I had two Brothers & one sister all dead & Buried.
Neither of my brothers were in the War or Army. There is no record of my birth
and do not remember the town or Twp in which I was born. I lived with George W.
Hoppes Oct 1/ 1871 not legally married as my husband was not divorced from his
first wife. I was legally married to
George W. Hoppes, Feb 14/1899 by John E. Snyder Justice of the Peace.
With that, a fourth date
for her marriage entered the record. There were no subsequent documents in the
Pension File.
REFERENCES
1. George W. Hoppes' Co. H, 45 Regiment PA INF
Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington,
DC.
2. George W. Hoppes' Pension File # SC 863-840,
the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summaries by Dr. Harrison
N. Hoppes, used with permission.
More About GEORGE BENJAMIN HOPPES:
Name 2: George Washington
Hoppes
Burial: February 23, 1926,
Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA
Marriage Notes for GEORGE HOPPES and CATHERINE HUFFMAN:
In her Declaration for
Widow's Pension, Catherine gives different dates of marriage. October 1, 1871 in Ross Township, Luzerne
Co., by Rev. Samuel McVey; February 14, 1899 by John Snyder, Justice of the
Peace at Bear Swamp, Luzerne Co., PA; October 1, 1860
Children of GEORGE HOPPES and CATHERINE HUFFMAN are:
i. RACHEL MARIE9 HOPPES, b.
November 08, 1873, Luzerne Co., PA.
305. ii. ELIAS WILLIAM HOPPES, b. December 24, 1875, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. NANCY HOPPES, b. Circa 1878, Luzerne Co., PA; d. March 1880,
Luzerne Co., PA.
iv. CHARLES WILLIAM HOPPES, b. April 15, 1880, Luzerne Co., PA; d. Aft. 1900; m.
CLARA
EMMA
SITES,
October 01, 1898, Luzerne Co., PA280; b. November 11, 1875,
PA281; d. Aft. 1900.
306. v. MINNIE MAY HOPPES, b. March 13, 1883, Luzerne Co., PA.
vi. ETHYL ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. January 27, 1889, Luzerne Co., PA.
vii. EDWARD LINCOLN HOPPES, b. January 23, 1895, Luzerne Co., PA.
116. BARBARA8 WYNN (ANNA MARY7 HOPPESS, HENRY6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 05, 1821 in VA, and died February
23, 1863 in Lawrence Co., IL. She
married JEFFERSON VAUGHT December 11, 1843 in Wythe Co., VA282. He was born May 15, 1819 in Wythe Co., VA,
and died October 30, 1889 in Lawrence Co., IL.
More About BARBARA WYNN:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
More About JEFFERSON VAUGHT:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
Children of BARBARA WYNN and JEFFERSON VAUGHT are:
i. JAMES MADISON9 VAUGHT, b.
December 18, 1844, Crawford Co., IL; d. August 18, 1924, Fort Scott, KS; m. CELINA W. IRWIN, February
28, 1869.
ii. PETER JOSIAH VAUGHT, b. March 20, 1846, VA; d. October 08, 1925, Lawrence
Co., IL; m. (1) MARY DELONG, November 01, 1866; b. August 26, 1846; d. January
05, 1888, Lawrence Co., IL; m. (2) CHRISTINE WHITE, October 18, 1894; m. (3) NANCY SHIPLEY, July 21,
1900, Pinkstaff, IL.
More About PETER JOSIAH VAUGHT:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
More About MARY DELONG:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
iii. NANCY JANE VAUGHT, b. November 21, 1847, Lawrence Co., IL; d. June 21,
1917; m. AMOS ALEXANDER STEWART, November 26, 1866.
iv. DAVID WYNNE VAUGHT, b. April 26, 1849, Lawrence Co., IL; d. July 03,
1916, Lawrence Co., IL; m. MARY A. RIDER, June 04, 1876, Lawrence Co., IL; b. November 27,
1847; d. January 15, 1933, Lawrence Co., IL.
More About DAVID WYNNE VAUGHT:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
More About MARY A. RIDER:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
v. ANDREW JACKSON VAUGHT, b. June 20, 1851, Lawrence Co., IL; d. January 28,
1929, Lawrence Co., IL; m. MARY DORA ALLISON; d. 1938.
More About ANDREW JACKSON VAUGHT:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
More About MARY DORA ALLISON:
Burial: Derr Cemetery,
Pinkstaff, IL
vi. ELLA FRANCES VAUGHT, b. July 16, 1853, Lawrence Co., IL; d. February 04,
1929, Lawrence Co., IL.
vii. HEZEKIAH MARTIN VAUGHT, b. April 02, 1857, Lawrence Co., IL; d. February 15,
1929, Greenville, IL.
viii. JOHN WASHINGTON VAUGHT, b. March 10, 1860, Lawrence Co., IL; d. February 24,
1885, Lawrence Co., IL.
117. SUSAN ILLIA8 HOPPESS (HENRY7, HENRY6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born August 27, 1832 in Wythe Co., VA, and died
January 02, 1877 in Smyrna, TX. She
married ZACHARIAH MCGEORGE December 18, 1859 in TX. He was born April 24, 1827 in TN, and died August 05, 1907 in TX.
Notes for ZACHARIAH MCGEORGE:
During the Civil War,
Zachariah McGeorge served with the Consolidated Texas 17th Calvary and wounded in
the Battle of Mansfield, Lousianna on April 8, 1864. Wife Susan Hoppess McGeorge is said to have rode a mule from
Smyrna to Mansfield where she secured a wagon and brought him home to recover.
Children of SUSAN HOPPESS and ZACHARIAH MCGEORGE are:
i. THOMAS JEFFERSON9 MCGEORGE, b. Circa
1860, TX; d. Bet. 1860 - 1861, TX.
ii. MARY ELLEN MCGEORGE, b. 1861, Smyrna, Harrison Co., TX; d. 1886.
Notes for MARY ELLEN MCGEORGE:
In information provided by
Linda Markum, Mary Ellen married and had a child before her death. Further research needed.
iii. JEFFERSON FRANKLIN MCGEORGE, b. 1863, Smyrna, Harrison Co., TX; d. 1932.
Notes for JEFFERSON FRANKLIN MCGEORGE:
In information provided by
Linda Markum, Jefferson was married and had at least three children. Further research needed.
iv. EDWIN LEANDER MCGEORGE, b. 1865.
v. LAURA EUGENIA MCGEORGE, b. 1867; d. 1888.
vi. JULIA ANN MCGEORGE, b. 1870; d. 1908.
Notes for JULIA ANN MCGEORGE:
In information from Linda
Markum, Julia Ann married and possibly had four children. Further research needed.
vii. JOHN HENRY MCGEORGE, b. 1871; d. 1948.
Notes for JOHN HENRY MCGEORGE:
In information supplied by
Linda Markum, John married and had possibly six children. Further research needed.
307. viii. NORA GLEN MCGEORGE, b. January 14, 1875, Smyrna, Harrison Co., TX; d.
October 22, 1961, Galveston, TX.
118. THOMAS JEFFERSON8 HOPPESS (HENRY7, HENRY6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1838 in Wythe Co., VA, and died October
05, 1867. He married COELLO HOPPER February
17, 1861, daughter of JOEL HOPPER and SUSAN WINN. She was born
1844 in TN, and died 1875.
Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON HOPPESS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Thomas Jefferson Hoppess,
born in Wythe County, VA about 1838, was a younger brother of James H.
Hoppess. He married Coello Hopper of
Tipton County, TN on February 17, 1861.
MILITARY FILES
T. J. Hoppess enlisted on
March 19, 1862 for twelve months in Company G, Turnbull’s Battalion, AR, which
subsequently became Company I, 25th Regiment AR INF (Ref. #1). Shortly thereafter, he became sick and was
furloughed. Company muster rolls
through April 30 and July 1, 1862 indicate he was: Home on sick furlough. His Company’s muster roll for July/August
1862 states: Absent, Left west of the Miss River; for November/ December 1862:
Absent, Sent to Hospl Little Rock Ark; for January/February 1863: Absent, Sent
to Little Rock sick from Duvauls Bluff in Apl ’62; for March/April 1863:
Absent, Left sick on 20 days furlough Apl 1, 1862 West of Miss River; for
May/June 1863: Absent, Left West of Miss River Apl 1862; for July/August 1863:
Left sick in Ark Apl. 62 Dropped from Roll by order L L Noles
Maj Comdg Regt; and for
September/October 1863: Left west of Miss River sick Apl 62 Dropped by order
Maj Noles Comdg. From the above muster rolls, it appears that Thomas Jefferson
Hoppess became sick shortly after enlisting, was hospitalized and received a
20-day furlough on April 1, 1862, and never rejoined Co. I, 25 AR INF. Additional muster rolls in his Service File
provide the reason he no longer was available for duty with his original unit.
On June 13, 1862, T. J. Hoppess enlisted as a Private in Company G, Gause’s
Regiment, Trans-Mississippi Infantry at Camp Cache, AR for a period of three
years or the War. At various times, this unit was designated
as Matlock’s Battalion AR Cavalry; 4th Regiment (Gause’s Trans-Mississippi
Infantry, Gause’s Regiment AR Infantry; and 32nd Regiment AR Infantry.
Muster rolls for Company G,
Gause’s Regiment indicate that T. J. Hoppess was Present for the entire period
June 13, 1862 to August 31, 1863. The
Company’s muster roll for April 30 to August 31, 1863 indicates he was a
Brigade Teamster by order of Gen McRae. After that there are no further records
in his File. The fact that both Thomas
Jefferson Hoppess and his older brother James H. Hoppess left their original
units to reenlist in units in the Trans-Mississippi Department and became
teamsters there may be a sheer coincidence.
It could also indicate, however, that the two men were in communication
and that in September 1863 James Hoppess decided to emulate the actions of his
younger brother, Jeff.
Thomas Jefferson Hoppess
died shortly after the War on October 5, 1867.
Family tradition indicates that during the War he suffered a gunshot
wound that would not heal properly. He
was a sensitive individual with a tendency to wax poetic. After the birth of his son Walter Franklin
Hoppess in November 1861, he wrote the following poem (Ref. #2) to his dear
wife Coello on June 10, 1863 about the time he reenlisted in the unit that
became Company G, 32nd Regiment AR Infantry:
Dear wife once more to thee I write
While far from thee I stay.
Tis of thee I dream in the night
And forget thee not at day.
Thou art of all objects most dear,
The idol of my heart,
Nothing so quick can bring the tear
As from thee to have to part.
Dear wife one thing I ask of thee
And tis all I demand
Do you shed tears of grief for me
While I’m in a distant land.
The most lonesome hours of my life
Are while far from thee
Thinking of my child and my wife
And how happy we could be.
But ah; thank God the time will come
At least I in hope remain
When I shall meet you all at home
And live in peace again.
How happy then we shall be
No tears of grief to shed
Then no more from home will I go
To be mourned for as dead.
Tis not you alone I wish to see
But our sweet child most dear
It too I want to see
For it too I’ve dropped a tear.
It too claims a place within my breast
That nothing else can fill
Without it and then I could not rest
Nor let my heart
be still.
May heaven bless my babe and wife
And shield them from all harm
Secure to them the blessing of life
And their affections warm.
But should we never meet again
On earth my dearest dear
Of providence do not complain
Nor shed a single tear.
But let us live by faith divine
And on our savior rely
And all our sinfulness resign
Let us prepare to die.
My babe do thou teach it the way
That leads from earth to heaven
That it may stand in bright array
Prepared for God and heaven.
Then when called from earth to part
And all things that seem most dear
There will be something in my heart
That says All’s right never fear.
Then an unbroken family
I and them a heaven we’ll form.
There to live and reign eternally
Where parting will ever be done.
Oh; may this be our happy lot,
When time shall be no more,
And all sorrows shall be forgot
And parting shall be no more.
So fare you well a while my dear
Till we shall meet again
For you I’ll drop the silent tear
While I from you remain.
To Coello M. Hoppess From her Husband
It was a time of personal trial and tragedy. Thomas Jefferson Hoppess poured out his
deepest feelings in several other poems, as well. In one, he lamented:
I have lost a darling father
Sisters & brothers all are gone
To death or distant regions
And I am all alone.
In another, he pondered:
To think of leaving a nation
How often we sigh with regret
Our foes our friends and relations
Most assuredly we then must forget.
Ah! Think how bitter the parting
Such causes the tear to be starting.
REFERENCES
1. Thomas Jefferson Hoppess’ Company G,
32 Regiment AR INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
2. Descendants of Henry Hoppess,
Collection of Family Documents, Published In Hoppes Generations Treasures
Shared, Poetry.
Summary by Dr. Harrison D.
Hoppes, used with permission.
Children of THOMAS HOPPESS and COELLO HOPPER are:
308. i. WALTER FRANKLIN9 HOPPESS, b.
November 1861, DeView, AR; d. March 04, 1927, Hillsboro, TX.
ii. ADA LEE HOPPESS, b. September 13, 1866, Jackson Co., AR; d. April 25,
1950; m. COLLIN ADAM HUNLEY, February 1888; b. October 22, 1855, De Soto Co., MS;
d. August 25, 1922.
More About ADA LEE HOPPESS:
Burial: Dew, Freestone Co.,
TX Cemetery (behind the Methodist Church)283
iii. JEFFIE ELLA HOPPESS, b. January 1868, Jackson Co., AR; d. 1892, TX.
119. ELI8 SNOOK (BARBARA ANN7 HOPPIS, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1820.
He married MARGARET LEE.
Child of ELI SNOOK and MARGARET LEE is:
309. i. LAFAYETTE9 SNOOK.
120. FREDERICH8 WOOLFORD (CHRISTENA7 HOPPIS, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1821284, and died November
12, 1861 in Randolph Co., IL285. He married MARTHA UNKNOWN286. She was born Circa 1821.
Notes for FREDERICH WOOLFORD:
WEEKLY RANDOLPH COUNTY
DEMOCRAT, Saturday Dec 14, 1861
DIED:--Of typhoid fever, October
30th ult., at her residence one mile west of Blair Post Office, Randolph County
Ill., Christinna, wife of Daniel WOLFORD, formerly of Sciota County, Ohio. Aged 67 years 7 months and 3 days.
--Of the same, November
12th, Frederick WOLFORD, aged 40 years 11 months and 22
days.
More About FREDERICH WOOLFORD:
Cause of Death: Typhoid
Fever
Children of FREDERICH WOOLFORD and MARTHA UNKNOWN are:
310. i. JOSEPH9 WOOLFORD, b. June
10, 1850, Randolph Co, IL; Blair Twp.; d. November 28, 1903.
ii. DANIEL WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1854287.
iii. MARY WOOLFORD, b. Circa 1860288.
121. JACOB8 WOOLFORD (CHRISTENA7 HOPPIS, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1829289, and died
Bef. 1900. He married JULIA UNKNOWN290. She was born
Circa 1844290, and died Aft. 1900.
Children of JACOB WOOLFORD and JULIA UNKNOWN are:
i. MARTHA E. V.9 WOOLFORD, b. 1875290.
ii. EMMA WOOLFORD, b. 1866291.
122. GEORGE8 WOOLFORD (CHRISTENA7 HOPPIS, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1832292. He married MARTHA DIAL293,294 March 26, 1863 in Randolph Co., IL294.
Children of GEORGE WOOLFORD and MARTHA DIAL are:
i. JOHN9 WOOLFORD, b. 1865295.
ii. CLARA WOOLFORD, b. 1869295.
iii. LOUIS WOOLFORD, b. 1871295.
123. MARY J.8 WOOLFORD (CHRISTENA7 HOPPIS, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1834296. She married JAMES HEARD October 23,
1856 in Randolph Co., IL297.
Children of MARY WOOLFORD and JAMES HEARD are:
i. GEORGE9 HEARD, b. 1861298.
ii. IDA HEARD, b. 1867298.
iii. MARY E. HEARD, b. 1871298.
iv. FRANKLIN HEARD, b. 1873298.
124. THOMAS B.8 HOPPIS (WILLIAM7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1850 in Hickory Co., MO. He married SUSAN J. ? Circa
1870. She was born Circa 1848 in TN.
Children of THOMAS HOPPIS and SUSAN ? are:
i. MARY9 HOPPIS, b. Circa
1872, Sebastian Co., AR.
ii. FANNY L. HOPPIS, b. Circa 1875, Sebastian Co., AR.
iii. ROBERT A. HOPPIS, b. Circa 1878, Sebastian Co., AR.
iv. SUSAN HOPPIS, b. September 1879, Sebastian Co., AR.
125. JOHN8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1836 in Scioto Co., OH, and died July
25, 1872. He married SAREPTA SISLER December
25, 1866, daughter of WILLIAM SISLER. She was born
Circa 1841 in PA, and died May 17, 1914 in Lawrence Co., OH299.
More About SAREPTA SISLER:
Burial: May 20, 1916,
LaGrange, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH
Cause of Death: Facial
enysipilas
Medical Information:
Chronic alcoholism
Child of JOHN HOPPIS and SAREPTA SISLER is:
i. JOHN WILLIAM9 HOPPIS, b. Circa
1870, Scioto Co., OH.
126. JAMES ANDREW8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February 14, 1838 in Scioto Co., OH, and
died September 11, 1914. He married MARY ADELINE ARNOLD December
18, 1871300. She was born
December 14, 1852 in IN, and died Aft. 1926.
Notes for JAMES ANDREW HOPPIS:
History of Tennessee, The
Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, 1886
James Hoppes was born
February 14, 1838, in Scioto County, Ohio of which State his parents, Michael
and Rachel (Reynolds) Hoppes, were natives.
The mother died in 1858, and the father now lives in Arkansas, where he
follows farming, having formerly been a carpenter and a steam boat pilot. James was reared on a farm with his parents
to the age of eighteen, when he enlisted in Company B, thirteenth Missouri
Volunteers, Federal Army, and was in service three years and seven months. He was in the battle of Fort Donelson , and
his partner was in the same battle on the Confederate side. After the war he settled at the Grange Iron
Works of Stewart County, Tenn., where he followed the wagon-makers trade, and
in the spring of 1884 he formed a partnership with Mr. Edwards, with whom he
now continues. He was married, December
18, 1871, to Mary Arnold, a native of Indiana.
This union has been blessed in the birth of seven children, all of whom
are living: Annie, Fannie, Elizabeth, George, Sarah E., James and Thomas
W. The wife is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hoppes
is a Republican in politics and always has been. As a citizen of the county he is highly valued and respected.
Marriage Notes for JAMES HOPPIS and MARY ARNOLD:
December 15, 1870 marriage
date provided by Harry Hoppes
Children of JAMES HOPPIS and MARY ARNOLD are:
i. ANNIE M.9 HOPPIS, b. October
01, 1870, Stewart Co., TN.
ii. FANNIE HOPPIS, b. February 02, 1872, TN.
iii. ELIZABETH HOPPIS, b. September 12, 1874, TN.
iv. GEORGE ANDREW HOPPIS, b. February 15, 1877, TN301; d.
September 27, 1926, Detroit, MI301.
Notes for GEORGE ANDREW HOPPIS:
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
George Hoppes, the oldest
son of James Andrew Hoppes who served in Co.B, 22 Regiment OH INF during the
Civil War, was born in Erin, Tennessee on February 15, 1877. He enlisted in
February 1898 at Nashville, TN as a Private in Company M, 1 TN INF and was
discharged in November 1899 at San Francisco, CA (Ref. #1). At the time of
enlistment, his personal description was: height 5 feet 8 inches; light complexion;
hazel eyes; light brown hair, and a farmer by occupation.
On May 17, 1926, George
Hoppes applied for a pension under the Act of June 5, 1920 while residing in
Detroit, MI. He stated he was born on
February 15, 1877; had resided in Missouri and Detroit, MI since discharge, was
a railway switchman, and was partially unable to earn support because of an
injury to his left arm. A report from
the Adjutant General's Office to the Commissioner of Pensions dated June 15,
1926 indicates that he had been a blacksmith, that he was single at time of
enlistment, and that he had no unauthorized absences during his tour of duty.
On August 18, 1926, George
Hoppes was examined by a board of physicians at 333 West Fort Street, Detroit,
MI, under his pension claim No. 1,540,064. At this time, he was living at 435
Clinton Street, Detroit, MI. His former
occupation was listed as a railroad switchman and his president occupation as a
bill distributor on the CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION that was prepared by
the three-person board. It also was noted that he had a tattoo mark on his left
forearm. The board of physicians found
that he had rheumatism of his lumbar region that reduced his motion by
one-fifth. They also stated that
claimant has scar on anterior surface of left upper arm. Had 2 open operations on this arm. Flexion
of left shoulder joint is decreased one half.
Abduction in this joint is reduced 2/3.
This injury has reduced his earning power about one third.
Unfortunately, George
Hoppes never received a pension; a little over a month after his medical
examination, he was murdered in Detroit, MI.
On October 14, 1926, his mother Mary (Arnold) Hoppes sent the following
letter to the Veterans' Administration:
My son George died the 25th
day of Sept 1926, and I understand he had filed a claim as a Soldier of the
Spanish American War. His discharge was
sent to me - which shows he belonged to Co. M, 1st Regiment of Tenn Inft - and
was Honorably Discharged on the 23rd day of November 1899 - and that he served
about 18 months. He left no wife, and I
am his only Dependant, as he sent to me money along for a support; until he
died. He was buried in Detroit
Michigan. He was about 49 years old
when he died. Please write me if
anything was due him as a soldier - or if he had filed any claim for Pension,
or if I would be intitle to anything as his mother and only dependant; by
reason of his service in said War and greatly oblige yours.
(signed) Mrs
Mary Hoppes
On November 6, 1926, the
Servicemen's Bureau in Detroit, MI, sent a letter to the Commissioner of
Pensions inquiring about the status of George Hoppes' pension application. The letter stated:
The above named man died at
Detroit about September 27th, 1926. We have promised to write you in the
interest of the veteran's mother to learn whether or not he had ever been
granted a pension.
It is noted that this
office assisted him in filing a declaration for pension, which was forwarded to
your office May 17th, 1926.
If it is found that an
award of pension had been made, will you kindly advise us whether or not there
will be any sum due the man's mother?
It seems ironic that Mary
(Arnold) Hoppes never received a widow's pension after her husband James Andrew
Hoppes died in 1914 (because she could not prove that they had ever been
legally married) and then lost her oldest son George before his pension claim
was approved. Although George Hoppes'
Pension File does not contain any evidence that Mary Hoppes ever received any
money from the Bureau of Pensions, the fact that his claim was assigned
Certificate No. 2,325,189, is an indication that at some point George Hoppes'
original claim was approved.
REFERENCE
1. George Hoppes' Pension File C 2325,189, the National Archives and
Records Service, Washington, DC.
v. SARAH E. HOPPIS, b. December 12, 1880, Houston Co., TN.
vi. JAMES O. HOPPIS, b. March 1883, Houston Co., TN; m. DOXIE BELL; b. 1886,
Houston Co., TN.
311. vii. THOMAS W. HOPPES, b. August 15, 1884, Houston Co., TN; d. December
1964.
viii. GERTIE HOPPIS, b. April 07, 1888, Houston Co., TN.
ix. MCKINLEY HOPPIS, b. June 20, 1896, Houston Co., TN.
127. ANDREW JACKSON8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 03, 1840 in Scioto Co., OH, and died
January 02, 1907. He married RACHEL IVY HOWELL June 18,
1869 in Decatur Co., TN. She was born
December 01, 1852 in OH, and died April 14, 1934.
Children of ANDREW HOPPIS and RACHEL HOWELL are:
i. LAURA B.9 HOPPIS, b. May 30,
1870, Stewart Co., TN; m. WILLIAM CURREN PEGRAM.
312. ii. JAMES W. HOPPIS, b. May 20, 1872, Stewart Co., TN; d. February 12,
1948, San Francisco Co., CA.
iii. ELIZABETH E. HOPPIS, b. May 07, 1874.
313. iv. ADA S. HOPPIS, b. November 28, 1878, Brownsport Furnace, TN.
v. JOHN A. HOPPIS, b. October 29, 1882, Houston Co., TN.
vi. WILLIAM A. HOPPIS, b. Bet. July 27, 1883 - 1884, Houston Co., TN.
Notes for WILLIAM A. HOPPIS:
Worked for the L & N
(Louisville and Nashville) Railroad, at Radnor Yards, in South Nashville during
the big railroad strike of 1921.
vii. WALTER TURNER HOPPIS, b. September 21, 1885, Houston Co., TN.
314. viii. IDA MAY HOPPIS, b. September 25, 1888, Walnut Street, Erin, Houston
Co., TN; d. May 27, 1963.
128. JOSEPHINE8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 28, 1849 in Scioto Co., OH, and died
October 22, 1919. She married JASPER MORRISON Circa
1873. He was born July 10, 1853 in Scioto
Co., OH, and died August 16, 1936.
Child of JOSEPHINE HOPPIS and JASPER MORRISON is:
315. i. MICHAEL WILLIAM9 MORRISON, b.
December 18, 1876; d. May 09, 1907.
129. FREMONT8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 13, 1855 in Scioto Co., OH, and
died April 26, 1926. He married MALISSA D. EMERSON January
07, 1877 in White Co., AR302. She was born March 25, 1859 in Henry Co., TN, and died December
28, 1922.
Children of FREMONT HOPPIS and MALISSA EMERSON are:
316. i. CHARLES JAMES9 HOPPIS, b.
December 13, 1877, Newton Co., AR; d. May 12, 1937.
ii. JOHN WILLIAM HOPPIS, b. April 01, 1879, Newton Co., AR; d. May 16, 1960;
m. MAUDE SUSIE FARMER, June 06, 1904.
iii. MICHAEL HOPPIS, b. June 28, 1882, Newton Co., AR; d. April 13, 1889,
Newton Co., AR.
iv. GRANT ELLSWORTH HOPPIS, b. December 04, 1883, Newton Co., AR; d. October 07,
1884, Newton Co., AR.
More About GRANT ELLSWORTH HOPPIS:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
317. v. FREDERICK EDMUND HOPPIS, b. April 13, 1885, Newton Co., AR; d. May 09, 1934.
vi. MARY RUTH HOPPIS, b. April 03, 1888, Newton Co., AR; d. May 12, 1945;
m. WILLIAM HOMER COLE.
vii. MINNIE ALLIE HOPPIS, b. December 19, 1889, Newton Co., AR; d. December 03,
1967; m. THOMAS WALTER SHIREY.
viii. ALFORD BURTON HOPPIS, b. September 13, 1891, Newton Co., AR; m. MARY JANE LINDSAY.
ix. MILTON HARRISON HOPPIS, b. February 18, 1893, Newton Co., AR303;
d. August 10, 1967, Sallisaw, Sequoyah, OK303; m. JESSIE BEASLEY; b.
February 10, 1898; d. February 15, 1943.
More About MILTON HARRISON HOPPIS:
Social Security Number:
448-07-8481
318. x. ERNEST MCKINLEY HOPPIS, b. July 22, 1895, Newton Co., AR; d. December 09,
1960, Denver, CO.
xi. PEARLY VICTORY HOPPIS, b. August 14, 1897, Newton Co., AR; d. November 29,
1913.
xii. LUCY MARINDY HOPPIS, b. May 13, 1900, Newton Co., AR; d. May 01, 1961; m.
JESS
COLEMAN
TWIST;
b. July 25, 1889, OK; d. December 18, 1979.
130. EDMUND8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 1862 in Scioto Co., OH, and died
Aft. 1900. He married OVILLA N. CARVER January 22,
1890 in Newton Co., AK, daughter of ? CARVER. She was born
November 22, 1865 in IA304, and died October 19, 1950 in San
Luis Obispo, CA305.
Children of EDMUND HOPPIS and OVILLA CARVER are:
i. EARL B.9 HOPPIS, b.
November 1890, Newton Co., AR.
ii. PAUL B. HOPPIS, b. April 08, 1892, Newton Co., AR; d. July 18, 1990.
iii. WILLIAM C. HOPPIS, b. November 1894, Newton Co., AR.
iv. ANNIE R. HOPPIS, b. September 1896, Newton Co., AR.
131. SCOTT8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born September 1866 in Scioto Co., OH, and died
1931. He married NANCY I. CROSS December 04,
1887. She was born January 1872 in AR,
and died 1955.
Children of SCOTT HOPPIS and NANCY CROSS are:
i. MARY9 HOPPIS, b. Newton
Co., AR.
Notes for MARY HOPPIS:
SSDI shows a Mary Hoppis
born 09 May 1906 and dying 13 January 1988 in Hasty, Newton Co., AR but I'm not
sure if this Mary, child of Scott or a spouse to another Hoppis. Order SSDI application and see who it shows
she's a Hoppis by birth or marriage.
ii. ANNIE HOPPIS, b. Newton Co., AR.
iii. EMILY HOPPIS, b. Newton Co., AR.
iv. RUTH HOPPIS, b. Newton Co., AR.
v. REBECCA JANE HOPPIS, b. January 1890, Newton Co., AR; m. CHARLES WESLEY MYSINGER.
vi. FLORENCE HOPPIS, b. March 1892, Newton Co., AR.
vii. LOLA ISABEL HOPPIS306,
b. December 1894, Newton Co., AR.
viii. MILLIE O. HOPPIS, b. October 1896, Newton Co., AR.
ix. STELLA HOPPIS, b. January 1898, Newton Co., AR; m. JOHN HARL.
x. MELISSA HOPPIS, b. February 1900, Newton Co., AR.
319. xi. JOHN JAMES HOPPIS, b. 1908, Newton Co., AR; d. 1983, CO.
132. MICHAEL8 HOPPIS (MICHAEL A.7, JOHN6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 14, 1868 in Scioto Co., OH, and died
February 04, 1951. He married ELIZABETH H. REECE February 18,
1892. She was born October 16, 1870 in AR,
and died February 25, 1928.
More About MICHAEL HOPPIS:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
More About ELIZABETH H. REECE:
Burial: Hasty Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
Children of MICHAEL HOPPIS and ELIZABETH REECE are:
320. i. ARTHUR D.9 HOPPIS, b. December
10, 1892, Newton Co., AR; d. May 1978, AR.
321. ii. FRANK NEAL HOPPIS, b. April 16, 1898, Newton Co., AR; d. July 1976, OK.
322. iii. WILLIE HOPPIS, b. May 06, 1900, Newton Co., AR; d. May 21, 1973.
iv. HELEN HOPPIS, b. February 22, 1902, Newton Co., AR; d. January 06,
1946; m. GEORGE KENDRICK.
v. ALVIE HOPPIS, b. May 09, 1904, Newton Co., AR; d. May 11, 1982; m.
MARY
E. BRADEN; b. May 09,
1907; d. January 13, 1988.
More About ALVIE HOPPIS:
Burial: Sandhill Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
More About MARY E. BRADEN:
Burial: Sandhill Cemetery,
Newton Co., AR
133. JACOB8 HOPPES (JOHN7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 05, 1807 in Fayette Co., OH, and
died October 04, 1834. He married NANCY WILKERSON March
30, 1831.
More About JACOB HOPPES:
Burial: Archer Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
Child of JACOB HOPPES and NANCY WILKERSON is:
i. MARY ELLEN9 HOPPES, b.
November 15, 1831, Fayette Co., OH; d. July 11, 1902; m. ANTHONY W. MARK, June 06,
1850, Fayette Co., OH307; b. February 01, 1826; d. November
29, 1917.
134. JOHN8 HOPPES (JOHN7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 06, 1815 in Fayette Co., OH, and
died July 19, 1892. He married (1) SARAH CAYLOR March 07,
1839 in Fayette Co., OH307.
She was born April 26, 1815, and died April 19, 1884. He married (2) NANCY COONS REYNOLDS December
24, 1884 in Redkey, Jay Co., IN, daughter of MICHAEL COONS and ELIZABETH ALLISON. She was born February 24, 1832, and died
June 26, 1885. He married (3) MARY HOPPES September
05, 1886 in Jay Co., IN308, daughter of FREDERICK ALLDEFFER and MARY FRY. She was born Circa 1835 in OH.
Notes for JOHN HOPPES:
Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay
County, Indiana," Chicago; Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Reprinted by
Mayhill Publications of Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. Page 628
John Hoppes, who has been
identified with the interests of Jay County for almost half a century, was born
in Fayette County, Ohio, December 6, 1815, a son of John and Nancy (Brown)
Hoppes, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother born in
Ohio. They were married in Ohio, in
which State the father died. The mother
died some time before in Jay County, while on a visit to the home of our
subject. John Hoppes, the subject of
this sketch, was reared and married in his native State, and in August, 1842,
with his wife and two children started with his household goods packed in a
wagon, from Fayette County, Ohio, for Jay County, Indiana, bringing with them
three cows and twenty head of sheep.
After a tedious journey over rough and muddy roads, they arrived at
their destination, and settled on a tract of 160 acres of wild land in Richland
Township. Mr. Hoppes had come to the
county the year before, and erected a hewed log house 22 x 24 feet in
dimensions, on his land, this being at the time the largest house in Jay
County. The stock was then allowed to
roam at large, and many a time our subject has had to go a distance of two or
three miles to find his horse before going to work. Just after their arrival in the county one of his horses got
away, and he had to follow it through the State of Ohio, almost to Covington, Kentucky,
before capturing it, thus leaving his family for three days, before their goods
had been unpacked. Among his stock was
a pet colt which he found on his way back, in a field of oats near
Deerfield. Their trading was done at
Fairview, and the nearest water mill was at Mississinewa, to which place they
carried their grist on horseback. Game
of all kinds was in abundance, and night was made hideous with the howling the
wolves and other wild animals. Mr.
Hoppes did not spend his time hunting, but devoted his attention to clearing
his land and making a home for his family.
By preserving industry and excellent management he has succeeded well in
life, and is numbered among the most prosperous farmers in Richland Township,
he having started his sons in life, and still has 132 acres of choice land,
where he makes his home. Eight children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes, six of whom survive, all living within a
mile of the parental homestead. They
are as follows - - Elijah, who married Elizabeth Phillips; Sylvester, who
married Emeline Doughtery; John Henry married Mitchell Hollowell; James William
married Emma Rowe, Peter married Daisy Racer, and Nancy Jane, wife of (p629)
Albert Clore. Mr. Hoppes has aided
materially in the advancement of his county's interests. When the Pan Handle road was being built
through here, and when he was less able to give than at any other time, he
donated eighty acres of land, and $100 in cash, and also put in a great deal of
the tile along the road for which he never received any remuneration. In politics he casts his suffrage with the
Democratic party. He is a member of the
Dunkard church.
More About JOHN HOPPES:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery,
Jay Co., IN
More About SARAH CAYLOR:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery,
Jay Co., IN
Notes for MARY HOPPES:
Have not found marriage
record to the other Hoppes, but marriage record shows her as Mary Hoppes.
Children of JOHN HOPPES and SARAH CAYLOR are:
323. i. ELIJAH9 HOPPES, b. July
18, 1840, Fayette Co., OH; d. May 10, 1925, Jay Co., IN.
324. ii. SYLVESTER HOPPES, b. December 11, 1841, Fayette Co., OH; d. April 28,
1925, Jay Co., IN.
325. iii. NANCY JANE HOPPES, b. February 28, 1844, Jay Co., IN; d. December 22,
1931.
326. iv. JOHN HENRY HOPPES, b. October 05, 1847, Jay Co., IN; d. April 11, 1939.
v. JAMES WILLIAM HOPPES, b. January 04, 1849, Jay Co., IN; d. September 22,
1937; m. EMMA LOWE, January 18, 1872; b. May 12, 1849, Fayette Co., OH309;
d. March 07, 1925, Warren Co., OH309.
Notes for JAMES WILLIAM HOPPES:
Biographical and Historical
Record of Jay & Blackford Counties, Indiana 1887, Pg. 516
James W. Hoppes, an active
and enterprising agriculturist, engaged in farming in Richland Township, was
born on the homestead farm of his father, John Hoppes, in the same township,
January 4, 1849. He is the fourth son
of a family of six children, five sons and one daughter. He is of German extraction on his father's
side. His great-grandfather, George
Hoppes, was born in Germany, October 27, 1744, and was married to Elizabeth
Miller. George Hoppes emigrated to this
country shortly before the Revolutionary war, under General Washington. After the war he moved to Gallia County,
Ohio. To him was born eight children -
George, John (the grandfather of the subject of this sketch), Daniel, Isaac,
Elizabeth, Henry, Mary, and Jacob.
George settled in Meigs County, Ohio and John, in Fayette County, in the
same State, while Daniel, Isaac, Henry and Jacob moved to Indiana. John Hoppes, the father of the subject of
this sketch, settled in Jay County, Indiana on the 22nd day of August, 1842,
and settled on the farm on which he now resides. John Hoppes married Sarah Caylor. The subject of this sketch was married in Fayette County, Ohio,
on the 18th day of January, 1872, to Miss Emma Rowe, who was born May 12, 1849,
a daughter of Nathan and Margaret Rowe, who were natives of Fayette County,
Ohio, both now deceased. The subject of
this sketch, a few years since, bought seven head of thoroughbred shot-horn
cattle at Cynthiana, Kentucky, which he brought to Jay County, this being the
first herd-book registered animals of that strain brought to Jay County. His public sale of short-horns attracted
considerable attention. Politically Mr.
Hoppes was a staunch Democrat, and is identified in the counsel of that
party. In advocating Democratic
principles he is outspoken and frank, never leaving any one in doubt as to his
opinion upon any matter of public interest.
More About JAMES WILLIAM HOPPES:
Burial: Redkey Cemetery,
Redkey, Jay Co., IN
Notes for EMMA LOWE:
March 7, 1938 death date
provided by Harry Hoppes. Have death
certificate which reads March 7, 1925
More About EMMA LOWE:
Name 2: Emma Roe
Died 2: March 07, 1938
Burial: March 11, 1925,
Redkey Cemetery, Redkey, Jay Co., IN
Cause of Death: Acute
Myocardial Insuffiency
Medical Information:
Organic Heart Disease
327. vi. PETER COLEMAN HOPPES, b. January 28, 1855, Jay Co., IN; d. March 26, 1943,
Madison Co. IN.
vii. MARY M. HOPPES, b. November 13, 1857, Jay Co., IN; d. April 15,
1859, Jay Co., IN.
More About MARY M. HOPPES:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery,
Jay Co., IN
135. HENTON8 HOPPES (JOHN7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 22, 1818 in Fayette Co., OH, and died
July 15, 1905 in Fayette Co., OH. He
married SARAH GARRINGER August 11, 1845 in Fayette Co., OH, daughter of DAVID GARRINGER and SARINA YEOMAN. She was born October 19, 1826 in OH310,
and died June 04, 1914 in Fayette Co., OH310.
Notes for HENTON HOPPES:
History of Fayette County,
Ohio
R. S. Dill, 1881
Page 851
Henton Hoppes was born in
this township, four miles from Washington, April 22, 1819, and is the son of
John Hoppes, a North Carolinian, who came to the state at an early day, and
settled in Jackson County, then removed to the birthplace of our subject, where
the remainder of his life was spent.
Soon after his arrival in this township, he returned to N. Carolina,
where he took himself a wife, in the person of Nancy Brown. Together the young couple rode to Jackson
County to pack horses, thence to their township, where they settled on fifty
acres of land, purchased with money earned the bride weaving. The union resulted in twelve children, who
all lived to maturity, save two: Polly, Jacob, Betsy, Jane, John, Nancy,
Henton, Austin, Solomon, Margaret, Nancy P and Henry, the deceased being:
Austin, Solomon, Jacob, Polly, Nancy and Sarah. Mrs. Hoppes is a member of the Paint Baptist Church, was immersed
in the winter, when the ice was frozen thick, and died in the faith; her
husband was not a member of any church, but was known as an exemplary Christian
Man.
Our subject was married
August 11, 1848, to Sarah daughter of David and Serena (Yeoman) Garringer, who
bore him eight children, those living being: Samuel B., John W.,., Henry D.,
Albert J., and Joseph H. He and family
are members of the Paint Baptist Church; he holds the office of deacon and
trustee. He assisted in the erection of
Carr's Mills Baptist Church, in 1880, and has been greatly interested in the
Lord's work. The Paint Baptist Church
is located on land adjoining his farm and in 1880, the Scioto Predestination
Baptist Assoc. held their annual meeting in his beautiful grove.
He purchased the farm on
which he now resides, and which is situated near the village of Rock Mills, off
Jackson Yeoman, Jan. 23, 1865; it contained 280 acres, to which two have been
added. He also owns a farm of 86 acres
in Union Township; of of 134 acres on Paint Creek, in the same township, a a
farm of 114 acres in Jefferson Township, the total valuation of his real estate
being estimated at from 45,000 to 55,000 dollars, which has been accumulated by
hard labor and close economy, and is now in charge of himself and sons.
He and his family affiliate
with the Democratic party; are good citizens and true Christians. His son John is an ordained minister, a good
speaker, and hard worker in the Master's cause.
More About HENTON HOPPES:
Burial: Good Hope Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
More About SARAH GARRINGER:
Burial: June 07, 1914, Good
Hope Cemetery, Fayette Co., OH
Cause of Death: Cancer of
the nose
Children of HENTON HOPPES and SARAH GARRINGER are:
328. i. SAMUEL BRYANT9 HOPPES, b. June
15, 1846, Fayette Co., OH; d. November 25, 1935, Fayette Co., OH.
329. ii. JOHN WESLEY HOPPES, b. November 26, 1848, Fayette Co., OH; d. February
23, 1931, Union Twp., Fayette Co., OH.
330. iii. HENRY DAVID HOPPES, b. March 14, 1851, Fayette Co., OH; d. March 26,
1926, OH.
331. iv. ALBERT JAMES HOPPES, b. December 17, 1853, Fayette Co., OH; d. March 15,
1924, Fayette Co., OH.
332. v. JOSEPH HENTON HOPPES, b. May 04, 1857, Fayette Co., OH; d. September 06,
1921, Fayette Co., OH.
vi. SARAH J. HOPPES, b. June 16, 1860, Fayette Co., OH; d. August 03,
1860, Fayette Co., OH.
136. HENRY8 HOPPES (JOHN7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 02, 1831 in Fayette Co., OH311,
and died February 04, 1915 in Fayette Co., OH311. He married (1) LUCY RAINES 1853. She died October 1859. He married (2) SARAH JANE SMITH October 15,
1860. She was born September 05, 1838
in Fayette Co., OH312, and died April 25, 1878 in OH312. He married (3) AMY EMMA KERNS313 February 08, 1880, daughter of WILLIAM KERNS and REBECCA ?. She was born October 1847 in VA314,
and died October 13, 1929 in OH314.
Notes for HENRY HOPPES:
History of Fayette County,
Ohio
R. S. Dill, 1881
Page 688
The first member of the
Hoppes family came to Fayette County, Ohio, in 1806, four years before the
county was even organized. John Hoppes,
the father of Henry Hoppes, with whom the narrative deals, came from North
Carolina with his parents in 1804, and settled with them on the Ohio river in
Gallia county. In fact, the Hoppes
family has been identified with the history of this county for one hundred and
ten years, probably as long as any other family now represented within the
limits of the county. Henry Hoppes has
spent all of his eighty-three years in this county where he now is living, and
during that time has seen the county emerge from a primeval forest to it's
present condition of prosperity. He
served his country gallantly and well in the Civil War and spent two years at
the front. His whole life has been a
busy one, yet in the midst of his labors he has always found time to assist
those who were less fortunate than himself, and therefore well merits, the high
esteem with which he is held by friends and acquaintances.
Henry Hoppes, the son of
John and Nancy (Brown) Hoppes, was born in Wayne township, July 2, 1831, and as
stated, his parents were from North Carolina, and located in Ohio in 1804 on
the Ohio rive. John Hoppes grew to
manhood in Ohio and then returned to North Carolina, married and brought his
young bride to Fayette county in 1806. He
entered government land and cut out a farm from the dense forests which covered
the land at the time. When the War of
1812 came on, he enlisted for service in his country's defense and served
during that terrible struggle, returning to his farm in 1814 at the close of
the war. He and his wife reared a
family of twelve children, Henry, whose history is here related, being the only
one living. The other eleven children
are as follows: Mary, Jacob, Jane, Solomon, Betsy, John, Nancy, Henton,
Margaret, Austin and Sarah. It is
interesting to note that John Hoppes and his young bride, Nancy Brown, moved
from North Carolina to Ohio on pack horses and that the fifty acres on which
they settled in this county was purchased with money earned by the young bride
weaving.
Henry Hoppes attended
school in the little log school house near Paint reek in his home township,
finished his educational training in the Locust Grove school. He worked on the home farm until 1850, being
at that time nineteen years of age. He
then went to California, driving an ox team overland, and remained there for
nine years. While living in California
he was first married, but after the death of his wife, in 1859, he returned to
the county of his birth and bought a farm in Green township near Jamestown. He enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1861, and served for two years, after which he
returned to his farm, where he has since resided.
Mr. Hoppes was first
married in California in the fifties to Lucy Raines, and to this union two
children were born. Mrs. Sarah F. Sager
and Mrs. Alice Davis. The second
marriage of Mr. Hoppes was to Sarah J. Smith, and to this union two children
were born, Mrs. Minerva Cook and John.
The third marriage of Mr. Hoppes was to Amy Kerns, the daughter of
William and Rebecca Kerns. William Kerns
was a native of Fairfax, Virginia, and had a family of seven children, Eliza,
Amy, Mrs. Mariah Coe, Prescott, George W., John W. and Joseph S. Three of these children, Amy, Prescott and
Joseph S., are living. To the last
marriage of Mr. Hoppes was born one son, Valentine, who married Emma Winn and
has four children, Hazel, Donald, Leland and Howard H. Of these children, Hazel and Donald are
deceased.
Mr. Hoppes is a loyal
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and always takes an active interest in
the affairs of the local post. He has
been a member of the Baptist church for more than forty years and has always
lived a life consistent with its teachings.
He is now living a retired life on his excellent farm of eight acres in
Marion township, where he has been residing for more than half a century. His life has indeed been a busy one and full
of interesting experiences. He is a man
who is still hale and hearty and able to recount his famous drive across the
country to California in 1850, as well as his Civil-war experiences. His whole life has been such as to win for
him the esteem and good will of his fellow citizens, and no man in the county
is more beloved and highly respected.
*************
The Daily Constitution
Chillicothe, Missouri
Friday, May 27, 1927
Page 8
The above publication
speaks of Henry Hoppis' adventures to California for the Gold Rush -
information on this subject can be found at Hoppes Generations - Harry's Corner
- Diaries & Books.
More About HENRY HOPPES:
Burial: February 07, 1915,
Good Hope Cemetery, Fayette Co., OH
Military service: Bet. 1861
- 1863, 74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Religion: Baptist
Residence 1: Bet. 1850 -
1859, California
Residence 2: Bet. 1860 -
1915, Fayette Co., OH
More About SARAH JANE SMITH:
Burial: Good Hope Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
More About AMY EMMA KERNS:
Burial: Good Hope Cemetery,
Fayette Co., OH
Children of HENRY HOPPES and LUCY RAINES are:
i. SARAH FRANCES9 HOPPES, b. March
17, 1854, CA315; d. July 13, 1917; m. HENRY SAGER.
333. ii. ALICE HOPPES, b. April 26, 1857, CA; d. February 06, 1921,
Sedalia, Madison Co., OH.
Children of HENRY HOPPES and SARAH SMITH are:
iii. MINERVA ANN9 HOPPES, b. July
24, 1861, Green Co., OH; d. 1956; m. JOSEPH N. COOK, October 26, 1882.
334. iv. JOHN ALEXANDER HOPPES, b. March 17, 1869, MO; d. March 24, 1956.
Child of HENRY HOPPES and AMY KERNS is:
335. v. VALENTINE9 HOPPES, b.
February 14, 1881, Fayette Co., OH; d. May 08, 1944, Fayette Co., OH.
137. SAMUEL8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 18, 1808 in Gallia Co., OH, and died
Bet. 1867 - 1870. He married LAVINA SURBER. She was born Circa 1811 in VA, and died
1884.
Children of SAMUEL HOPPES and LAVINA SURBER are:
i. FEMALE9 HOPPES, b. Bet.
1830 - 1835, OH or IN.
336. ii. MARY HOPPES, b. Circa 1833, OH or IN; d. Bet. 1880 - 1920,
Madison Co., IN.
337. iii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1836, Madison Co., IN; d. October 27, 1909,
Madison Co., IN.
iv. JANE HOPPES, b. Circa 1838, Madison Co., IN.
338. v. GEORGE W. HOPPES, b. January 05, 1841, Madison Co., IN; d. March 05,
1899.
339. vi. ANDREW J. HOPPES, b. April 1843, Madison Co., IN; d. October 05, 1916,
Van Buren Twp., Madison Co., IN.
340. vii. NANCY E. HOPPES, b. July 1846, Indiana.
viii. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. 1849.
Notes for SAMUEL HOPPES:
Died early.
138. ISAAC8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1810 in Gallia Co., OH316,
and died 1890317. He married
(1) SARAH DYER. She was born
1817 in OH317, and died 1844317. He married (2) SARAH UNKNOWN. She was born August 09, 1818 in OH317,
and died July 28, 1876317.
More About ISAAC HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About SARAH DYER:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About SARAH UNKNOWN:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ISAAC HOPPES and SARAH DYER are:
341. i. JASPER9 HOPPES, b. June
01, 1837, Madison Co., IN; d. April 13, 1914.
342. ii. MAHALA HOPPES, b. Circa 1838, Madison Co., IN.
343. iii. ALFRED HOPPES, b. September 1840, Madison Co., IN; d. 1922, Madison
Co., IN.
344. iv. DANIEL HOPPES, b. March 1843, Madison Co., IN; d. October 05, 1909.
Children of ISAAC HOPPES and SARAH UNKNOWN are:
345. v. JOHN9 HOPPES, b. January
1848, Madison Co., IN; d. October 05, 1922.
vi. ANDREW JACKSON HOPPES, b. 1854, Madison Co., IN317; d.
March 22, 1863, Madison Co., IN317.
More About ANDREW JACKSON HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
139. ALFRED8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 01, 1812 in Gallia Co., OH317,
and died July 20, 1892 in Madison Co., IN317. He married MAHALA DYER. She was born 1820 in OH317,
and died February 15, 1875 in Madison Co., IN317.
More About ALFRED HOPPES:
Name 2: Alford Hoppes
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About MAHALA DYER:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ALFRED HOPPES and MAHALA DYER are:
346. i. DANIEL9 HOPPES, b.
November 05, 1834, Madison Co., IN; d. April 08, 1867.
347. ii. JOHN HUTCHINSON HOPPES, b. April 16, 1836, Madison Co., IN; d. March 03,
1911, Union Twp., Madison Co., IN.
iii. ANNA HOPPES, b. August 31, 1837, Madison Co., IN318;
m. WILLIAM M. DAVIS.
iv. MARIA JANE HOPPES, b. October 19, 1840, Madison Co., IN318;
d. August 17, 1906319; m. PHINEAS ROSS KENDALL; b. 1837;
d. 1917.
More About MARIA JANE HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
348. v. JACOB HOPPES, b. July 28, 1842, Madison Co., IN; d. July 08, 1914,
Anderson, Madison Co., IN.
vi. NANCY HOPPES, b. February 19, 1845, Madison Co., IN320;
m. CHRISTIAN LOUTT.
349. vii. ISAAC HOPPES, b. November 22, 1846, Madison Co., IN; d. October
17, 1903, Madison Co., IN.
350. viii. MARY ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. January 12, 1849, Madison Co., IN; d. December
17, 1868.
351. ix. FRANCIS MARION HOPPES, b. December 18, 1850, Madison Co., IN; d. 1922.
x. BARBARA HOPPES, b. Circa 1853, Madison Co., IN.
352. xi. RHODA HOPPES, b. March 28, 1855, Madison Co., IN.
353. xii. SARAH HOPPES, b. November 12, 1858, Madison Co., IN.
140. LEANNAH MARY8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1814 in Gallia Co., OH, and died July
01, 1888. She married STRANGEMAN STANLEY. He was born 1811, and died March 24, 1844321.
Child of LEANNAH HOPPES and STRANGEMAN STANLEY is:
354. i. HUTCH9 STANLEY, b. 1844;
d. Aft. 1910.
141. DANIEL8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1817 in Gallia Co., OH, and died
1870. He married (1) MARY CATHERINE POOR Bet. 1840 -
1842. She was born 1821 in OH, and died
1851. He married (2) MARY JOICE Aft.
1851. She was born Circa 1830 in OH.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and MARY POOR are:
i. ANNE W.9 HOPPES, b. January
22, 1841, Madison Co., IN; d. May 06, 1922; m. JOHN ALBERT GARDNER, 1860; b.
March 28, 1839, IN; d. July 08, 1913.
More About ANNE W. HOPPES:
Burial: Park Cemetery,
Fairmont, Grant Co., IN
ii. ISAAC HOPPES, b. Circa 1844, Madison Co., IN; d. April 10, 1865.
iii. SUSANNAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1846, Madison Co., IN.
iv. EDNA HOPPES, b. Circa 1848, Madison Co., IN.
v. CATHERINE HOPPES, b. Circa 1850, Madison Co., IN.
Children of DANIEL HOPPES and MARY JOICE are:
355. vi. MARY ELIZABETH9 HOPPES, b. Bet.
August 01, 1852 - 1857, Madison Co., IN; d. December 02, 1925.
356. vii. EMMA HOPPES, b. September 01, 1859, Madison Co., IN; d. January
25, 1903.
viii. CERELLA HOPPES, b. Circa 1862, Madison Co., IN.
357. ix. WILLIAM A. HOPPES, b. Bet. April 1864 - 1865, Madison Co., IN; d.
February 28, 1922.
x. BARBARA HOPPES, b. Circa 1866, Madison Co., IN.
358. xi. DANIEL H. HOPPES, b. November 1869, Madison Co., IN; d. June 10, 1942,
Madison Co., IN.
142. ANDREW JACKSON8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 26, 1827 in Gallia Co., OH321,
and died March 23, 1877321.
He married MARY A. CLEM December 18, 1845.
She was born July 1831 in Shenandoah, VA321, and died
October 22, 1900 in Madison Co., IN322,323.
More About ANDREW JACKSON HOPPES:
Burial: Clem Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
More About MARY A. CLEM:
Burial: Clem Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
Children of ANDREW HOPPES and MARY CLEM are:
359. i. ADDISON9 HOPPES, b. August
20, 1847, Madison Co., IN; d. November 29, 1908, Anderson, Madison Co., IN.
360. ii. MARCUS HOPPES, b. November 12, 1849, Madison Co., IN; d. March 02,
1921.
361. iii. MARY MAGDALENA HOPPES, b. April 10, 1852, Madison Co., IN; d. October 16,
1923.
362. iv. FRANCES HOPPES, b. March 25, 1855, Madison Co., IN; d. November 08,
1938, York Co., NE.
v. ALFRED MAYBERRY HOPPES, b. March 28, 1858, Madison Co., IN; d. 1926; m. EMMA ELLISON, July 19,
1877; b. January 1858, IN; d. 1927.
More About ALFRED MAYBERRY HOPPES:
Burial: Clem Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
More About EMMA ELLISON:
Burial: Clem Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
363. vi. ISAAC FRANKLIN HOPPES, b. May 03, 1861, Madison Co., IN; d. May 30, 1912.
364. vii. DAVID ERASTUS HOPPES, b. March 28, 1864, Madison Co., IN; d. May 27, 1915,
Union Twp., Madison Co., IN.
365. viii. WILLIAM JACKSON HOPPES, b. June 20, 1867, Madison Co., IN; d. December 23,
1946, Madison Co. IN.
366. ix. SARAH HOPPES, b. September 14, 1870, Madison Co., IN; d. December
02, 1925.
143. ELIZABETH8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February 10, 1829 in Gallia Co., OH324,
and died August 06, 1901 in Madison Co., IN325. She married JACOB RECTOR Circa 1845,
son of THORNTON RECTOR and NANCY LITTLE. He was born
October 14, 1827 in Madison Co., IN326, and died March 29,
1887 in Madison Co., IN327.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About JACOB RECTOR:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ELIZABETH HOPPES and JACOB RECTOR are:
367. i. ISAAC9 RECTOR, b. 1846;
d. 1928.
368. ii. MARY JANE RECTOR, b. 1849; d. 1900.
369. iii. DANIEL RECTOR, b. January 1850; d. 1942.
iv. THORNTON RECTOR328,
b. 1851329; d. 1932; m. RACHEL BROWN.
More About THORNTON RECTOR:
Name 2: Thomas Rector
v. NANCY S. RECTOR, b. 1853329; d. 1912; m. (1) HENRY MCCRAY, 1871; m. (2)
WILLIAM
B. CASE, 1908.
vi. JACOB RECTOR, b. 1854329; d. 1934; m. (1) SARAH LANDES, 1878; m.
(2) EMMA H. HAINES, 1882.
370. vii. HENRY RECTOR, b. August 1856; d. 1924.
viii. SARAH MARIAN RECTOR, b. May 26, 1857329; d. 1932; m. PETER LARCKER, Circa
1879.
371. ix. ELLIS JACKSON RECTOR, b. 1858; d. December 04, 1929.
x. CHARITY E. RECTOR, b. July 12, 1859330; d. 1914; m. ISAAC STANLEY, 1878; b.
1858; d. October 04, 1936.
372. xi. SAMUEL PETER RECTOR, b. 1862, Madison Co., IN; d. 1941.
373. xii. ALFRED RECTOR, b. July 1860, Madison Co., IN; d. 1954.
xiii. JASPER RECTOR, b. 1867330; d. 1923; m. LYDIA ELLEN BROWN.
xiv. SOPHRONA RECTOR, b. 1869330; d. 1955; m. JOHN RILEY ELLISON, 1892.
374. xv. WILLIAM C. RECTOR, b. April 1870; d. 1952.
144. SUSANNAH8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 11, 1831 in Gallia Co., OH331,
and died July 04, 1895331.
She married JEREMIAH CLEM March 11, 1850.
He was born August 21, 1829 in VA331, and died April
17, 1911331.
More About SUSANNAH HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About JEREMIAH CLEM:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Child of SUSANNAH HOPPES and JEREMIAH CLEM is:
i. MARGARETJ.9 CLEM332, b. Circa 1858.
145. SOPHRONA8 HOPPES (DANIEL7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1837 in Madison Co., IN, and died Bef.
1880. She married CASTLE CLEM Circa
1865. He was born March 1837 in VA, and
died Aft. 1900.
Child of SOPHRONA HOPPES and CASTLE CLEM is:
i. WILLIAM9 CLEM, b. Circa
1856, IN333.
146. ELI8 HOPPES (GEORGE7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born March 03, 1810 in Gallia Co., OH, and died
March 17, 1894. He married NANCY SMITH August 24,
1834. She was born February 12, 1817 in
OH, and died Aft. 1900.
Children of ELI HOPPES and NANCY SMITH are:
i. LURINDA LAVADA9 HOPPES, b. May 20,
1835, Meigs Co., OH; d. May 05, 1908; m. VINCENT CARTINGER, October 23, 1853.
ii. CLARISSA HOPPES, b. Circa 1837, Meigs Co., OH; m. WHITMAN BAILEY, October
28, 1857.
375. iii. JAMES HOPPES, b. February 29, 1840, Meigs Co., OH; d. January 30,
1920, Meigs Co., OH.
iv. LAURA HOPPES, b. Circa 1842, Meigs Co., OH; d. Aft. 1920; m. SAMPSON HYSELL, July 18,
1865, Meigs Co., OH; d. Bef. 1920.
v. SARAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1845, Meigs Co., OH; m. JAMES CHURCH, April 17,
1864.
vi. JANE HOPPES, b. Circa 1850, Meigs Co., OH; m. MILES HYSELL, October
05, 1873, Pomeroy, OH; b. Circa 1848, OH.
vii. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. September 17, 1854, Meigs Co., OH334;
d. August 03, 1928, Meigs Co., OH334.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Name 2: Libbie Hoppes
Burial: August 04, 1928,
Bradford Cemetery, Pomery, Meigs Co., OH
Cause of Death: Organic
Heart Disease
Medical Information:
Inflamatory rheumatism
376. viii. FREDERICK H. HOPPES, b. September 1860, Meigs Co., OH; d. Aft. 1900.
147. ELIZABETH8 HOPPES (GEORGE7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 07, 1811 in Gallia Co., OH, and died
January 01, 1850335.
She married JOHN RUSSELL July 02, 1829.
He was born 1808, and died September 1880.
Child of ELIZABETH HOPPES and JOHN RUSSELL is:
377. i. ELECTA9 RUSSELL, b. May
18, 1831.
148. FREDERICK8 HOPPES (GEORGE7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Bet. April 03, 1827 - 1828 in Meigs Co., OH,
and died February 08, 1901. He married
ELIZABETH GILBERT Circa 1847.
She was born January 1829 in OH, and died Aft. 1900.
Children of FREDERICK HOPPES and ELIZABETH GILBERT are:
378. i. ALBERT TOWNSEND9 HOPPES, b.
February 1848, Meigs Co., OH; d. June 30, 1897.
ii. MELISSA JANE HOPPES, b. Circa 1849, Meigs Co., OH; m. GEORGE W. FULTZ, December
31, 1865.
379. iii. ALONZO HOPPES, b. December 1852, Meigs Co., OH; d. November 30,
1904.
iv. JEMINA HOPPES, b. Circa 1853, Meigs Co., OH; d. 1858, Meigs Co.,
OH.
v. ELLA E. HOPPES, b. Circa 1859, Meigs Co., OH; m. J. D. GILLIAM, May 15,
1879.
380. vi. GEORGE LINCOLN HOPPES, b. September 1860, Meigs Co., OH; d. 1924.
381. vii. FREDERICK G. HOPPES, b. August 1863, Meigs Co., OH; d. Aft. 1900.
viii. DORA HOPPES, b. Circa 1864, Meigs Co., OH; m. WILLIAM W. RICHARDSON,
December 24, 1881.
ix. ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. Circa 1866, Meigs Co., OH.
382. x. ROSE L. HOPPES, b. June 11, 1869, Meigs Co., OH.
xi. MARY ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. August 08, 1872, Meigs Co., OH; d. Aft. 1900; m.
EDWARD
HYSELL,
Circa 1897; b. September 1860, OH; d. Aft. 1900.
More About MARY ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Nickname: Mollie
xii. LUCY HOPPES, b. Circa 1873, Meigs Co., OH; m. (1) MARTIN FULTZ; m. (2) WELLINGTON BLACK, April 24,
1892, Gallia Co., OH336.
149. ELIZABETH8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 03, 1807337, and
died Aft. 1880338.
She married ARCHIBALD JOICE May 06, 1824 in Gallia Co., OH339. He died Bef. 1850.
More About ARCHIBALD JOICE:
Name 2: Archibald Joyce
Children of ELIZABETH POOR and ARCHIBALD JOICE are:
i. POLLY9 JOICE, b. Circa
1830340.
383. ii. MALINDA JOICE, b. Circa 1832.
iii. THOMAS JOICE, b. Circa 1834340.
384. iv. JOHN JOICE, b. Circa 1836.
v. ELIZA JOICE, b. Circa 1840340.
vi. MARY A. JOICE, b. Circa 1842340.
150. HENRY8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February 03, 1809 in OH341,
and died July 22, 1880 in Miami Co., IN.
He married (1) MARGARET ADAMS. She was born
Circa 1805 in NC, and died February 03, 1878 in Miami Co., IN. He married (2) EMELINE ROBEY September
16, 1878 in Miami Co., IN342.
More About HENRY POOR:
Date born 2: February 03,
1804, Poor researcher's show his date of birth as 1804 and the 1860 cenus gives
age as 55
Burial: Peoria Cemetery,
Butler Twp., Miami Co., IN
More About MARGARET ADAMS:
Burial: Peoria Cemetery,
Butler Twp., Miami Co., IN
Children of HENRY POOR and MARGARET ADAMS are:
i. GEORGE9 POOR, b. Circa
1831343; m. FARABA S. YORK, April 29, 1852, Miami Co., IN344.
ii. NANCY POOR, b. Circa 1832345; m. WILLIAM ALESHIRE, August
23, 1851, Miami Co., IN346.
iii. ELIJAH POOR, b. Circa 1834347; m. SOSADA YORK, April 01,
1852, Miami Co., IN348.
385. iv. HENRY POOR, JR., b. 1836.
v. WASHINGTON POOR, b. Circa 1837349; d. 1913; m. MARTHA RAYMER, February 25,
1859, Miami Co., IN350; b. Circa 1834; d. April 02, 1920,
Peru, IN.
More About WASHINGTON POOR:
Burial: Peoria Cemetery,
Butler Twp., Miami Co., IN
More About MARTHA RAYMER:
Burial: Peoria Cemetery,
Butler Twp., Miami Co., IN
vi. NOAH POOR, b. Circa 1839351; m. MARY JONES, August 23,
1860, Miami Co., IN352.
vii. MARGARET POOR, b. Circa 1841353; m. JOSEPH ALESHIRE, Miami
Co., IN354.
viii. ISAAC POOR, b. Circa 1842355; m. ELIZABETH JONES, November
10, 1861, Miami Co., IN356.
ix. ARCHIBALD POOR, b. Circa 1844357; m. ISABEL WALTERS, November
19, 1865, Miami Co., IN358.
x. JOHN W. POOR, b. Circa 1846359; m. ELIZABETH PARR, March 05,
1868, Miami Co., IN360.
xi. MARY ELIZABETH POOR, b. Circa 1848361; m. HENRY COLEMAN, March 01,
1866, Miami Co., IN362.
xii. EDMOND POOR, b. Circa 1851363.
151. GEORGE8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 10, 1811 in OH364,
and died September 07, 1869 in Madison Co., IN. He married NANCY ADAMS365,366. She was born April 23, 1815 in NC367,368,369,
and died May 03, 1891 in Madison Co., IN.
More About GEORGE POOR:
Name 2: Georgie Poor
Burial: Gilmore Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
More About NANCY ADAMS:
Burial: Gilmore Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
Children of GEORGE POOR and NANCY ADAMS are:
i. MARGARET9 POOR, b. Circa
1831370.
ii. MARY POOR, b. Circa 1833370; m. GEORGE COTNER, February
25, 1858, Cass Co., IN371.
iii. EDMOND POOR, b. Circa 1835372; m. SARAH COTNER, January 13,
1857, Cass Co., IN373; b. April 17, 1837, Logansport, Cass
Co., IN.
Notes for EDMOND POOR:
Listed in Union Twp.,
Madison Co., IN on the 1860 census schedule, as 24 years of age, a bootmaker
with 3000 real property and 500 personal property. Head of household and literate.
iv. WILLIAM POOR, b. Bet. 1843 - 1846374.
386. v. GEORGE POOR, b. Circa 1845; d. 1890, NE.
vi. KATHERINE POOR, b. Circa 1847374; m. HIRAM HODSON, March 12,
1867, Madison Co., IN; b. Circa 1832, Indiana.
387. vii. ABRAHAM POOR, b. February 03, 1850; d. January 11, 1922.
388. viii. LORENZO POOR, b. February 21, 1854, Madison Co., IN; d. February
08, 1914, Union Twp., Madison Co. IN.
ix. MARTHA POOR, b. Circa 1856375.
152. WASHINGTON8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1814.
He married (2) SUSANNAH ?376.
Children of WASHINGTON POOR are:
i. GEORGE9 POOR, b. Circa
1840.
389. ii. JOSEPH POOR, b. Circa 1842.
iii. PETER POOR, b. Circa 1844.
Children of WASHINGTON POOR and SUSANNAH ? are:
iv. ADAM9 POOR, b. Circa
1858376.
v. ANNA E. POOR, b. Circa 1859376.
153. ARCHIBALD8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1818.
He married CHARITY ADAMS.
Children of ARCHIBALD POOR and CHARITY ADAMS are:
i. CATHERINE9 POOR, b. Circa
1846377.
ii. MARY POOR, b. Circa 1849378.
iii. ISAAC POOR, b. Circa 1850379.
154. ALEXANDER8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1821 in OH.
He married SARAH ?.
Children of ALEXANDER POOR and SARAH ? are:
i. ELIZABETH9 POOR, b. 1845380.
ii. WILLIAM POOR, b. 1846381.
iii. HANNAH POOR, b. 1847382.
iv. JOHN POOR, b. 1849383.
155. WILLIAM WASHINGTON8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born November 07, 1826. He married ALSEY. She was born
Circa 1835384.
Notes for WILLIAM WASHINGTON POOR:
Not certain that Washington
W. is the same person as William - further research is needed.
The 1860 Union Twp.,
Madison Co., IN census schedules reads:
William age 36
Alsy age 33
Catherine age 9
Permelia age 7
Emily age 5
John H. age 3
1870 Union Twp., Madison
Co., IN census schedule reads:
William Age 54
Alcy age 45
Nancy age 25
William J. age 15
Stephen L. age 12
Isaac F. age 11
Unclear at this time if
Emily age 5 in 1860 is one in the same as Nancy age 25 in 1880. Further research needed.
More About WILLIAM WASHINGTON POOR:
Name 2: Washington W. Poor
Children of WILLIAM POOR and ALSEY are:
i. CATHERINE9 POOR, b. Circa
1851385.
390. ii. PERMELIA POOR, b. Circa 1853.
iii. EMILY POOR, b. Circa 1855385.
iv. NANCY POOR, b. Circa 1855386.
391. v. JOHN H. POOR, b. September 09, 1858; d. August 08, 1924.
vi. WILLIAM J. POOR, b. Circa 1865386.
vii. STEPHEN L. POOR, b. Circa 1868386.
viii. ISAAC F. POOR, b. Circa 1869386.
156. JOHN H.8 POOR (CATHERINE7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 12, 1827 in Madison Co., IN387,388,
and died January 23, 1905 in Madison Co., IN388. He married PHEOBE ELLSWORTH. She was born April 11, 1831389,
and died March 28, 1906 in Madison Co., IN389.
More About JOHN H. POOR:
Burial: Huntsville
Cemetery, Madison Co., IN
More About PHEOBE ELLSWORTH:
Burial: Huntsville
Cemetery, Madison Co., IN
Children of JOHN POOR and PHEOBE ELLSWORTH are:
i. ROSETTA9 POOR, b. Circa
1849390,391.
ii. GEORGE POOR, b. 1851, Madison Co., IN391,392,393;
d. 1927, Madison Co., IN393; m. EDITH ?; b. 1860,
Madison Co., IN394,395; d. 1936, Madison Co., IN396.
More About GEORGE POOR:
Burial: Huntsville
Cemetery, Madison Co., IN
More About EDITH ?:
Burial: Huntsville Cemetery,
Madison Co., IN
iii. CATHERINE POOR, b. Circa 1853397.
iv. NANCY POOR, b. Circa 1855397.
v. WILLIAM POOR, b. Circa 1857397.
vi. SARAH M. POOR, b. 1860397.
vii. PHOEBE POOR, b. Circa 1874398.
157. WILLIAM8 HOPPES (HANNAH7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1809 in Gallia Co., OH, and died Circa
1847 in Franklin Co., IN. He married ANNA ABLE June 15,
1832.
More About ANNA ABLE:
Spelling Variations: Anna
Abel
Children of WILLIAM HOPPES and ANNA ABLE are:
392. i. ANTHONY9 HOPPES, b. April
09, 1834, Franklin Co., IN; d. September 07, 1909, Franklin Co., IN.
ii. LUCRETIA HOPPES399,
b. Circa 1836, Franklin Co., IN.
iii. HANNAH HOPPES399,
b. Circa 1838, Franklin Co., IN400.
Notes for HANNAH HOPPES:
Living with Henry Boff and
his family along with grandmother Hannah Hoppes in Springfield Twp., Franklin
Co., IN on the 1850 census.
393. iv. JOSIAH HOPPES, b. April 11, 1838, Franklin Co., IN; d. May 03,
1909, KS.
v. ALEXANDER HOPPES401,
b. 1842402.
394. vi. JAMES E. HOPPES, b. Circa 1846, Franklin Co., IN; d. March 06, 1886,
Clay Co., IN.
158. ISAAC8 ALESHIRE (ELIZABETH7 HOPPES, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1828. He married SARAH ANN ?. She was born
Circa 1827.
Children of ISAAC ALESHIRE and SARAH ? are:
i. JOHN W.9 ALESHIRE, b. 1847403;
m. EVALINE UNKNOWN; b. Circa 1849.
ii. ABRAHAM ALESHIRE, b. 1849403.
iii. DAVID ALESHIRE, b. 1842403.
iv. ELI ALESHIRE, b. 1854404.
v. ABIGAIL ALESHIRE, b. 1857404.
vi. ELIZABETH ALESHIRE, b. 1857404.
vii. ISAAC M. ALESHIRE, b. 1859404.
viii. CYNTHIA ALESHIRE, b. Circa 1866405.
ix. WILLIAM ALESHIRE, b. Circa 1867406.
x. SARAH A. ALESHIRE, b. 1869406.
xi. DANIEL ALESHIRE, b. 1871407.
xii. MARTHA A. ALESHIRE, b. 1873407.
159. MARIA8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1821 in Meigs Co., OH, and died Aft.
1870. She married EPHRAIM ALESHIRE. He was born Circa 1820 in OH, and died Aft.
1870.
Children of MARIA HOPPES and EPHRAIM ALESHIRE are:
i. DANIEL9 ALESHIRE, b. Circa
1845.
ii. ADAM ALESHIRE, b. Circa 1848.
Notes for ADAM ALESHIRE:
Name could be John, hard to
make out on the 1850 Miami Co., IN census schedule.
More About ADAM ALESHIRE:
Name 2: John Aleshire
iii. SOPHRONIA ALESHIRE, b. Circa 1849.
160. ELIAS8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1824 in Meigs Co., OH408,
and died Bet. 1870 - 1880. He married MARY ANN. She was born Circa 1826 in OH408,
and died September 1885.
Notes for ELIAS HOPPES:
1860 Nebraska Territorial
Census
Free Inhabitants in Falls City Precinct in the County
of Richardson
Post Office: Archer. Enumerated by A. D. Kirk
Dwl: Dwelling # Fm:
Family# S: Sex C: Color
Real: Real Property Value
Prsnl: Personal Property Value m: Married in the year
s: Attended School
l: Cannot read & write
Affliction: eg. Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper or
Convict.
Page No. 45. Dated: 10 Jul 1860
Dwl Fm Name Age S C
Profession Real Prsnl
Birth Place m s l Affliction
382 370 Hopper, Elias 34 m
Farmer 500 300
Ohio
Hopper, Mary A. 34 f Ohio
Hopper, Josiah 14 m
Indiana
Hopper, Josephine
12 f
Indiana
Hopper, Bettie 6 f
Indiana
Hopper, Susan 5 f
Missouri Df &
Dumb
Hopper, W. Layfaette 9/12 m
Nebr
Children of ELIAS HOPPES and MARY ANN are:
395. i. JOSIAH N.9 HOPPES, b. Bet.
February 07, 1844 - 1846, Madison Co., IN; d. July 31, 1909.
ii. JOSEPHINE HOPPES, b. March 15, 1848, Madison Co., IN409;
m. WILLIAM CURTIS, February 02, 1871, Richardson, NE; b. Circa 1845,
TN.
iii. MARY LAVINA HOPPES, b. January 1850, Madison Co., IN410;
d. Aft. 1900; m. HENRY CARDER, Circa 1867; b. January 1847, TN; d. Aft. 1900.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH HOPPES, b. November 16, 1853, Madison Co., IN; d. February
24, 1926.
396. v. SUSAN ANN HOPPES, b. January 06, 1856, Holt Co., MO; d. Bet. June 30,
1932 - 1933.
vi. W. LAFAYETTE HOPPES, b. Circa 1859, Richardson Co., NE; d. 1859,
Richardson Co., NE.
vii. JOHN HENRY HOPPES, b. August 21, 1861, Richardson Co., NE; d. October 20,
1948.
viii. ISABELL NANCY HOPPES, b. Circa 1865, Richardson, NE.
397. ix. NORA JANE HOPPES, b. October 11, 1867, Richardson Co., NE.
x. DORA HOPPES, b. October 11, 1867, Richardson Co., NE; m. ? FERKINS.
xi. MARY B. HOPPES, b. Circa 1869, Richardson, NE; d. Aft. 1880.
xii. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1874, Nebraska; d. Bef. 1885.
161. JOEL8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1826 in Meigs Co., OH, and died
September 18, 1863. He married SARAH ANN BRAY April 27,
1845. She was born February 14, 1828 in
IN, and died April 24, 1895.
Notes for JOEL HOPPES:
1860 Nebraska Territorial
Census
Free Inhabitants in Falls City Precinct in the County
of Richardson
Post
Office: Archer. Enumerated by A. D.
Kirk
Dwl: Dwelling # Fm:
Family# S: Sex C: Color
Real: Real Property Value
Prsnl: Personal Property Value m: Married in the year
s: Attended School
l: Cannot read & write
Affliction: eg. Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper or
Convict.
Page No. 45. Dated: 10 Jul 1860
Dwl Fm Name Age
S C Profession
Real Prsnl Birth Place m s l Affliction
381 369 Hoppes, Joel 36 m Farmer 800 350 Ohio
Hoppes, Sarah 33 f Ohio ˆ
Hoppes, Rachel 13 f
Indiana
Hoppes, Joel 8
m Indiana
Hoppes, Mary E. 5 f
Missouri
Hoppes, Margaret 4 f Nebr
Hoppes, San Francisco 1 f
Nebr
More About JOEL HOPPES:
Name 2: Joseph Hoppes
Military service: March 02,
1863, Civil War Enlistment Date
More About SARAH ANN BRAY:
Burial: Capp-Tucker
Cemetery, Madison Co., IN
Children of JOEL HOPPES and SARAH BRAY are:
i. RACHEL9 HOPPES, b. October
07, 1846, Madison Co., IN; d. April 14, 1892; m. (1) REASON RITTER; m. (2) ? BASICKER.
More About RACHEL HOPPES:
Burial: Capp-Tucker
Cemetery, Madison Co., IN
398. ii. JOSEPH S. HOPPES, b. June 01, 1852, Madison Co., IN; d. 1935.
iii. MARY E. HOPPES, b. March 05, 1854, MO.
iv. LYDIA MARGARET HOPPES, b. May 15, 1856, Richardson Co., NE; d. Aft. 1880;
m. ?
CAPP,
Circa 1877; d. Bef. 1880.
399. v. SAN FRANCISCO HOPPES, b. December 23, 1858, Richardson Co., NE; d. January
08, 1930.
vi. EMELINE M. HOPPES, b. November 05, 1862, Richardson Co., NE; m. WILLIAM CARROLL, October
29, 1882, Madison Co., IN411.
162. JOSIAH8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1828 in Meigs Co., OH, and died March
18, 1899 in KS412. He
married ELIZABETH HARRISON June 17, 1852.
She was born January 29, 1833 in OH, and died January 1923.
Notes for JOSIAH HOPPES:
Died in Leavenworth Kansas,
Hospital O.M.B. Ward 1. Served in the
11th Missouri Calvery.
Kansas Veterans residing in
NE in 1891
Name Rank Company, Unit Address Page
Hoppes, Josiah H. Corporal A, 16 Cavalry
Lewiston 182
Kansas Veterans Living in
Nebraska in 1893
Name Rank Company, Unit Address Page
Hoppes, J H Corporal A, 16 Cavalry Elyria 319
More About JOSIAH HOPPES:
Burial: Leavenworth
National Cemetery, Leavenworth Co., KS
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Children of JOSIAH HOPPES and ELIZABETH HARRISON are:
i. SOPHRONA DORA9 HOPPES, b. May 14,
1853, Madison Co., IN.
ii. ADELPHIA HOPPES, b. 1856, Richardson, NE; d. 1922; m. FRANCIS MARION BORDEN, February
09, 1877; b. MD.
iii. SARAH E. HOPPES, b. January 29, 1863, Richardson Co., NE; d. January
06, 1923; m. GEORGE WARNER, September 13, 1885; b. IL.
iv. HENRY HOPPES, b. Circa 1865, Nebraska or Indiana.
Notes for HENRY HOPPES:
Died young, no date
available at this time. 3-14-2001
v. WILLIAM CALVIN HOPPES, b. April 16, 1868, Madison Co., IN; d. May 09, 1932.
vi. ULYSSES MELVIN HOPPES, b. September 13, 1870, Madison Co., IN; d. Bet. 1880
- 1885.
vii. ALBERT A. HOPPES, b. July 26, 1873, Richardson Co., NE; d. Bet. 1880 -
1885.
viii. MARY E. HOPPES, b. December 25, 1876, Richardson Co., NE; m. BENJAMIN HARRIS, September
15, 1896.
163. ADELPHIA8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 1837 in Madison Co., IN413,
and died December 10, 1906 in Madison Co., IN.
She married EDMOND LANE. He was born
May 1815, and died September 20, 1914 in Madison Co., IN.
More About ADELPHIA HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About EDMOND LANE:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Residence: November 22,
1904, Pitt St., Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ADELPHIA HOPPES and EDMOND LANE are:
400. i. JAMES HARVEY9 LANE, b. 1863, NE;
d. December 27, 1931, Madison Co., IN.
ii. HENRY J. LANE, b. October 1865414.
iii. JOSEPH LANE, b. 1867415.
iv. FREDRICK LANE, b. 1870416.
v. ALBERT G. LANE, b. October 1872417.
401. vi. GEORGE LANE, b. 1874.
402. vii. CORA HOPPES LANE, b. 1876; d. 1902.
viii. SARAH LANE, b. 1876418.
164. EPHRIAM HURL8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 18, 1845 in Madison Co., IN419,
and died August 27, 1916 in Norton Co., KS419. He married MARTHA C. HELLING December
04, 1874 in Falls City, NE419. She was born August 15, 1856 in Nebraska420,
and died December 18, 1937 in Norcatur, KS420.
Notes for EPHRIAM HURL HOPPES:
Norcatur Dispatch
September 14, 1916
Ephriam Hoppes was born on
the 18th day of December, 1845 in Madison County, Indiana, and died on the 27th
day of August, 1916 at the Solider s' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas. He came west with his parents at the age of
five years to Richardson county, Nebraska, and moved to Norton county, Kansas
in the spring of 1886, where he lived for a number of years. He was married to Martha Helling, December
4, 1874. To this union ten children were
born. He leaves to mourn his loss a
wife, four sons: Henry, Daniel, James and Manley, and two daughters, Mary DePuy
and Sarah Shirley.
The funeral was preached by
Rev. A. J. Wertenberger, and interment was made in the Maple Grove cemetery in
the Colony.
Mr. Hoppes was a kind and
loving husband, a fond parent and was highly respected by all his friends and
neighbors.
More About EPHRIAM HURL HOPPES:
Name 2: Ephraim Herel
Hoppes
Burial: Maple Grove
Cemetery, Norcatur, Norton Co., KS
Notes for MARTHA C. HELLING:
Norcatur Dispatch
December 1937
Martha C. Hoppes
Martha C. Helling, a
daughter of James Dedrich and Mary Alice Helling was born at Falls City, Nebr.,
August 16, 1856. It was said that she
has been looking forth to the call and passed away restfully at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Sadie Shirley, near, Norcatur, December 18, 1937 at the age of
79 years, 4 months and 2 days at the age of 79 years, 4 months and 2 days.
She was united in marriage
to Ephriam Hoppes at Falls City, Nebraska, March 4, 1874. Their home was blessed with a family of ten
children, five of whom survive, Henry of Lyle, Kansas; Dan of Alliance, Nebr.;
Jim of Farnam, Neb., and Sadie Shirely of Norcatur, Ks. Her husband preceded
her in death Aug. 27, 1916. Dedrich,
Joe and Sydney Mable passed away in infancy.
Cass passed away in young manhood and Manly, a world war veteran, lost
his life by drowning.
Mother Hoppes came with the
family from Falls City in the spring of 1885 to a homestead northeast of
Norcatur in the Colony. In 1925 she
moved to Farnam, Nebr., where she made her home until August 9, 1937 when she
came to live with her daughter Sadie.
Through her illness she was
quite patient and determined not to be a burden to anyone. Gospel hymns were among her treasurers of
the soul which she enjoyed singing with the radio. Her request was that "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
be sung at this service, which she realized would be soon. She united with The Brethren Church in the
Colony in 1892.
Memories of her virtues
will be cherished by her five children, twenty grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren, together with many friends.
The funeral services were
conducted on Monday afternoon from the Community N.E. Church, sermon by Rev. R.
R. Pfeiffer of the Lutheran Church, and burial made beside the husband at the
Maple Grove Church, Colony, near where many years of her life was passed.
More About MARTHA C. HELLING:
Burial: Maple Grove
Cemetery, Norcatur, Norton Co., KS
Children of EPHRIAM HOPPES and MARTHA HELLING are:
403. i. HENRY EPHRIAM9 HOPPES, b. Bet.
July 06, 1876 - 1877, Richardson Co., NE; d. July 31, 1949.
ii. DANIEL O'CONHER HOPPES421,
b. April 1878, Richardson Co., NE422; m. DAISY LEOTA DOYLE, 1913, Box
Butte Co., NE423.
iii. MARY HOPPES424,
b. Circa 1880, Richardson Co., NE; m. UNKNOWN DEPUY425.
404. iv. SARAH HOPPES, b. March 1882, Richardson Co., NE.
v. DETRICH HOPPES426,
b. Circa 1884.
vi. JOE HOPPES426,
b. Circa 1886; d. Bef. 1916427.
405. vii. CASS I'BANIC HOPPES, b. November 18, 1887, Nebraska or Kansas; d.
December 05, 1915, Alta Vista, KS.
viii. JAMES A. HOPPES428,
b. January 16, 1889, KS; d. November 1977; m. DAISY L. WALKER, August 17,
1908, Greer Co., OK429; b. February 18, 1894430;
d. January 1972430.
Notes for JAMES A. HOPPES:
June 1890 birth date
provided by Harry Hoppes.
More About JAMES A. HOPPES:
Date born 2: June 1890
Burial: Farnan Cemetery,
Frontier Co., NE
ix. SIDNEY MABEL HOPPES431,
b. 1893, KS; d. 1894, KS.
x. MANUEL HOPPES431,
b. January 21, 1899, KS; d. September 03, 1917.
More About MANUEL HOPPES:
Nickname: Manley
165. ALBERT8 HOPPES (HENRY7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born May 01, 1867 in Madison Co., IN, and died
August 15, 1943. He married (1) GRACE. He married (2) FRANCES STANLEY February
13, 1890 in Madison Co., IN432. She was born March 1872 in IN, and died 1931.
More About ALBERT HOPPES:
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
More About FRANCES STANLEY:
Name 2: Nancy I Stanley
Burial: Bucco/Booco
Cemetery, Anderson, Madison Co., IN
Children of ALBERT HOPPES and FRANCES STANLEY are:
i. ROY9 HOPPES433, b. November 30, 1890, Madison Co., IN434;
d. December 26, 1912, Anderson, Madison Twp., IN434.
More About ROY HOPPES:
Name 2: Leroy Hoppes
Burial: Booco Cemetery,
Anderson, Madison Co., IN
ii. AUDRIE B. HOPPES435,
b. June 12, 1893, Madison Co., IN436; m. GUY R. PRATHER, July 03,
1913, Madison Co., IN436; b. September 09, 1886436.
Marriage Notes for AUDRIE HOPPES and GUY PRATHER:
July 13, 1913 date provided
by Harry Hoppes.
iii. DELORES HOPPES437,
b. April 12, 1903, Madison Co., IN438; m. ROY A. KIRBY439, April 14, 1920, Madison Co., IN440.
406. iv. HERCULES HOPPES, b. August 25, 1905, Madison Co., IN; d. July 1984.
166. ELIZABETH8 HOPPES (JACOB7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)441 was born Circa 1825 in Fayette Co., OH, and died Aft.
1877. She married (1) JOHN BARKER441. She
married (2) ? CARPENTER.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPES:
Residence: 1893, Redkey,
Jay Co., IN
More About JOHN BARKER:
Residence: 1893, Redkey,
Jay Co., IN
Child of ELIZABETH HOPPES and JOHN BARKER is:
i. JACOB9 BARKER, b. Circa
1860, OH442; m. M. ROACH442,
February 04, 1893, Jay Co., IN442; b. Circa 1864, IN442.
More About JACOB BARKER:
Occupation: 1893, Laborer
Residence: 1893, Redkey,
Jay Co., IN
More About M. ROACH:
Residence: 1893, Cass Co.,
IN
167. ISAAC8 HOPPES (JACOB7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1827 in Fayette Co., OH. He married (1) ELVIRA. She was born September 03, 1831, and died
July 05, 1850. He married (2) MARTHA ?.
Child of ISAAC HOPPES and ELVIRA is:
i. CAROLINE9 HOPPES, b. March
22, 1850, Randolph Co., IN; d. May 22, 1855.
Children of ISAAC HOPPES and MARTHA ? are:
ii. WILSON9 HOPPES, b. Circa
1858.
iii. JAMES HOPPES, b. Circa 1859.
iv. WALTER H. HOPPES, b. Circa 1871.
168. ELIZA J.8 HOPPES (JACOB7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1830 in Fayette Co., OH443,
and died 1865. She married JAMES SMITH March 13,
1859 in Jay Co., IN444.
He died January 01, 1895 in Knox Twp., Jay Co., IN.
Children of ELIZA HOPPES and JAMES SMITH are:
i. HENRY CLAY9 SMITH.
407. ii. JOHN M. SMITH, b. September 29, 1853, Richland Twp., Jay Co., IN.
169. JAMES8 HOPPES (JACOB7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1831 in Fayette Co., OH445,
and died May 17, 1864. He married BARBARA A. COULSON May 29,
1852.
Notes for JAMES HOPPES:
Accidently shot himself in
Civil War.
Children of JAMES HOPPES and BARBARA COULSON are:
i. HANNAH JOSEPHINE9 HOPPES, b. October
05, 1853; m. WILLIAM VINSON, October 08, 1869.
ii. SAMUEL HOPPES, b. Circa 1858; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
iii. SARAH E. HOPPES, b. September 01, 1860.
iv. MARY E. HOPPES, b. September 27, 1863; m. (1) ? CAIN; m. (2) CHARLES HARRIS, January
18, 1882; d. October 13, 1898.
170. CLARISSA8 HOPPES (JACOB7, GEORGE HEINRICH6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1)446 was born Circa 1836 in Fayette Co., OH447. She married SAMUEL KEESAR448 April 1855.
He died Bef. 1911449.
More About CLARISSA HOPPES:
Name 2: Clara Hoppes
Children of CLARISSA HOPPES and SAMUEL KEESAR are:
408. i. ANNA9 KEESIER.
ii. MARSHALL M. KEESIER450,
b. Circa 1857, IN451; m. ELLA HARPER, November 25, 1897, Jay Co., IN452;
b. Circa 1866, OH453.
More About MARSHALL M. KEESIER:
Occupation: 1897, Laborer
Residence: 1897, Redkey,
Jay Co., IN
More About ELLA HARPER:
Residence: November 1897,
IN
iii. SARAH KEESIER, b. March 31, 1862, Redkey, Jay Co., IN454;
m. (1) UNKNOWN FIERS455;
m. (2) DAVID SPEARS, May 06, 1911, Jay Co., IN456; b.
January 25, 1859, Franklin Co., IN456.
More About DAVID SPEARS:
Occupation: May 1911,
Farmer
Residence: May 1911,
Blackford Co., IN
171. NANCY J.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born 1814 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bet. 1850 -
1858 in Madison Co., TN. She married WILLIAM H. ELLINGTON Circa
1833. He was born Circa 1814 in VA457,
and died February 02, 1858.
More About NANCY J. HOPPERS:
Name 2: Nancy Hoppers
Children of NANCY HOPPERS and WILLIAM ELLINGTON are:
i. LEVITTA9 ELLINGTON, b.
Circa 1834, Madison Co., TN458.
ii. ELIZA J. ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1837, Madison Co., TN459;
m. TOMMY T. THOMPSON, May 17, 1861, Madison Co., TN.
iii. JULIA F. ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1840, Madison Co., TN460.
iv. GEORGEANNE ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1843, Madison Co., TN461.
Notes for GEORGEANNE ELLINGTON:
[Lacy Lines June 20,
2003.FTW]
Georgeann and Samuel
Radford Ellington were raised by Thomas Wilson after their parents death.
v. SAMUEL RADFORD ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1847, Madison Co., TN462.
vi. MARY ELLINGTON, b. 1850, Madison Co., TN463; d.
Bef. 1860, Madison Co., TN464,465.
172. MARTHA8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1815 in Surry, NC466,
and died Aft. 1870467.
She married SAMUEL ELLINGTON Circa 1832.
He was born Circa 1808 in VA468, and died Aft. 1870469.
Children of MARTHA HOPPERS and SAMUEL ELLINGTON are:
i. WILLIAM9 ELLINGTON, b.
Circa 1833470; m. ROWENA WILLIAMS, September 29, 1869, Madison Co., TN.
ii. GEORGE ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1834471.
iii. NANCY ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1838472.
iv. MARY ELLINGTON, b. Circa 1840473.
173. JAMES E.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Bet. 1816 - 1817 in Surry Co., NC, and died
Aft. 1843. He married CATHARINE TANNER January 30,
1841. She was born Circa 1819.
Child of JAMES HOPPERS and CATHARINE TANNER is:
i. GEORGE9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1854, Madison Co., TN; m. ALICE UNKNOWN; b. Circa 1874474.
174. JOHN A.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1819 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bet.
1860 - 1870. He married (1) ARCINA BRADY August 01,
1843. She was born Circa 1828, and died
1851. He married (2) MATILDA WEST November 06,
1851 in Shelby Co., TN475.
He married (3) NANCY ARMSTRONG July 26, 1860.
She was born Circa 1831 in TN, and died Aft. 1870.
Children of JOHN HOPPERS and ARCINA BRADY are:
409. i. JAMES T.9 HOPPERS, b. March
06, 1845, Marshall Co., MS; d. January 02, 1908.
ii. GEORGE C. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1849, Marshall Co., MS; d. Bef. 1860, TN.
Notes for GEORGE C. HOPPERS:
In correspondence shared by
Harry Hoppes, John A. Hopper of TN who is a decendant of George's brother
James, George died as a young child and is buried in Marshall Co., MS. They know they lived around Mount Pleasant
but the cemetery has not yet been located.
410. iii. WILEY P. HOPPERS, b. April 1851, Marshall Co., MS; d. 1924.
175. WILLIAM P.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 17, 1821 in TN, and died March 27,
1908. He married (1) ELIZABETH PERRY January 04,
1845 in Madison Co., TN. He married
(2) MARIA TODD-DAWES Bet. 1860 - 1870.
She was born Circa 1825 in TN, and died Bet. 1870 - 1873. He married (3) NANCY CARR December 04,
1873. She was born August 05, 1830 in
TN, and died January 12, 1914.
More About WILLIAM P. HOPPERS:
Burial: Bellview Cemetery,
Crockett Co., TN
Children of WILLIAM HOPPERS and ELIZABETH PERRY are:
i. MARTHA J.9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1850; m. WILLIAM M. LAWRENCE, January 15, 1872; b. Circa 1850.
ii. ARMISSA A. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1853; m. DAVID E. WAGSTER, December
21, 1871.
411. iii. D. M. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1854, TN; d. May 10, 1940.
iv. S. HOPPERS, b. 1856476.
Children of WILLIAM HOPPERS and MARIA TODD-DAWES are:
412. v. JOSEPH T.9 HOPPERS, b. May
20, 1855, TN; d. June 26, 1930, Crockett Co., TN.
vi. ROBERT L. HOPPERS, b. Circa 1857, Madison Co., TN; m. ELVIRA SEARCY, February
23, 1873.
176. FRANKLIN8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1828 in Madison Co., TN, and died February
12, 1863. He married UNKNOWN.
Notes for FRANKLIN HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Franklin Hoppers was born
about 1828, the fourth son of George Hoppers of Madison County, TN. As he and his brothers grew up, they
explored the frontier areas opening up ahead of them. His older brother John, for example, married Arcina Brady in
Mississippi in August 1843 and his younger brother Samuel married Sarah Rex in
Texas in June 1855. When the Civil War broke out, the boys in the family were
scattered with some fighting on each side.
MILITARY FILES
A Confederate Army muster
roll (Ref. #1) indicates that Franklin Hoppers, age 30, enrolled in Captain
James A. Cooper’s Company of Colonel Clark’s Recruits, MO Volunteers on March
12, 1862 in Stoddard County, MO for a term of three years or the War. He
brought a horse valued at $125 with him and horse equipment valued at $15. This
Company subsequently became Company B, 7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. In October 1862, Colonel Clark was captured
and his regiment appears to have been broken up and the companies
scattered. After a prisoner of war
exchange, Colonel Clark returned to Missouri and collected eight companies of
the regiment, which he organized into a battalion. A monthly report of
the Gratiot Street Prison
in St. Louis, MO for February 1863
indicates that Franklin Hoppers was captured in Stoddard County, MO on January
27, 1863, and confined in the Gratiot Street Prison on February 1, 1863. He died in the Prison Hospital on February
12, 1863 of chronic diarrhea. A document titled: Certificate For Government
Undertaker, John A. Smithers states that Frank Hoppers was six feet tall and
lists his cause of death as "Catarahal Fever".
REFERENCES
1. Franklin Hoppers’ Co. B, 7 Missouri Cavalry
Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington,
DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison D.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About FRANKLIN HOPPERS:
Cause of Death: Catarahal
Fever
Children of FRANKLIN HOPPERS and UNKNOWN are:
i. MINERVA ANN9 HOPPERS, b. 1852,
MO.
413. ii. J. WILLIAM HOPPERS, b. Circa 1855, MO; d. Bet. 1893 - 1894.
177. REBECCA8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1831 in Madison Co., TN. She married WILLIAM G. SMITHWICK January
09, 1850. He was born Circa 1823477.
Notes for REBECCA HOPPERS:
[Lacy Lines June 20,
2003.FTW]
In 1860, Rebecca is listed
as 19, William G. Smithwick as 38. In
1870, Rebecca is listed as 30 and William as 47.
Children of REBECCA HOPPERS and WILLIAM SMITHWICK are:
i. FRANCES9 SMITHWICK, b.
Circa 1853478.
ii. KATY SMITHWICK, b. Circa 1855479.
iii. CHARLES SMITHWICK, b. Circa 1857480.
178. SAMUEL C.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1834 in Madison Co., TN, and died
January 25, 1863 in Memphis, TN481. He married SARAH C. REX June 25, 1855.
She was born in IL, and died Aft. May 1889.
Notes for SAMUEL C. HOPPERS:
MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY
Samuel C. Hoppers, a
younger brother of Franklin and George Hoppers who served in Confederate
infantry units, was born into the family of George and Mary (Dillard) Hoppes
about 1834 in Madison County, TN. He married Sarah C. Rex in Texas on June
1855. A report of the Adjutant General's Office dated June 7, 1870 (Ref. #1)
stated: Samuel C. Hoppers was enrolled on the 11th day of August, 1862, at
Union Co., Ills in Co. F, 81st Regiment of Ills Volunteers, to serve 3 years,
or during the war, and mustered into service as a Private on the 26th day of
Aug 1862, at Camp Anna, in Co. F, 81st Regiment of Ills Volunteers, to serve
three years, or during the war. On the Muster-out Roll of Co. F of that
Regiment dated August 5th, 1865, he is reported "Absent. Left sick at
Memphis since February 15, 1863."
A report of the Surgeon
General's Office dated September 9, 1870, provided the additional information
that: It appears from the records filed in this Office, that Priv. S. C.
Hoppers, Co F, 81st Reg't Illinois Vols was admitted to No. 2 (Foundry) Genl.
Hospital, Memphis, Tenn, January 1st, 1863 for treatment of Phthisis, and died
January 25, 1863. It also appears from
the "List of Casualties" accompanying the "Monthly Report of
Sick and Wounded" of that Hospital, for January, 1863, (Asst Surgeon A. L.
Clark, 12th Ills. Vols. in charge) that the soldier above described died
January 25th, 1863, of Inflam. of bowels.
PENSION FILE INFORMATION
About three years after
Samuel Hoppers died, his widow Sarah C. Hoppers married Thomas Chadowen. On April 23, 1870, they appeared before the
County Clerk of Williamson County, IL to file additional paperwork concerning
the minor children of Samuel Hoppers. After being duly sworn, they made:
the following declaration
in order to obtain the pension provided by act of Congress for the children
under sixteen years of age; that they are the only legal guardian of George W.
Hoppers, Mary E. Hoppers, Rebecca Hoppers, and Martha J. Hoppers legitimate
children of Samuel C. Hoppers who enlisted under the name of Samuel C. Hoppers
as a private in Company F in 81st Regiment of Illinois Infantry Vols in the War
of 1861 and 1863, and who died at Memphis, Tennessee on or about March 1st 1863
of Dropsy and who bore at the time of his death the rank of private in Co F
81st Regt of Illinois Vols; that the mother of said children again remarried
being now the wife of Thomas B. Chadowen and was so remarried on the 28 day of
December AD 1865; that the above named children are the only surviving legitimate
children of said Samuel C. Hoppers who were under sixteen years of age at the
time of his death; that said children were the issue of the said Samuel C.
Hoppers and Sarah C. Hoppers his wife as follows to wit: George W. Hoppers was
born Nov 10th 1856, Mary E. Hoppers was born June 14, 1858, Rebecca Hoppers was
born August 7, 1860, and Martha J. Hoppers was born May 9th 1862.
That the father was married
under the name of Samuel C. Hoppers to Sarah C. Rex on the 28th day of June AD
1855 at Paris, Texas by one Farrer a Justice of the Peace there being no legal
barrier to such marriage; that the said children have not aid or abetted the
rebellion; that a prior application has been filed in their behalf by these
applicants but the papers seem to have been lost and cannot be found. The former application was filed by our
Attorney Jesse Bishop in the summer of 1866, the precise date not now
known. Post office address Marion,
Williamson County, Illinois.
On February 23, 1871, Sarah
C. Chadowen made another sworn statement in support of her application for a
pension for the children of Samuel C. Hoppers. She testified that:
She is the mother of George
W., Mary E., Rebecca T., and Martha J. Hoppers and that they were born in the
State of Tennessee with the exception of the youngest Martha J. and that she
can not produce the testimony of the attending physician as to the dates of
births of said children who were born in the State of Tennessee & can only
produce the testimony of her father and brother, George W. and William L. Rex,
as to the dates of their Births.
The County Clerk before
whom the sworn statements of April 23, 1870 and February 23, 1871 were made was
named J. W. Samuels. Apparently, he later was appointed the legal guardian of
the minor children of Samuel C. Hoppers, perhaps to ensure that any pension
monies received would be used for the benefit of the children and not for the
direct benefit of Sarah and Thomas Chadowen.
In any case, on March 26, 1889, Sarah A. Chadowen appeared before the
County Court of Williamson County and stated that this declaration is made for
the purpose of obtaining the pension due under a recent Act of Congress from
date of deceased soldier's death to the date of remarriage. In her declaration,
Sarah A. Chadowen frequently referenced data already on file with the pension
bureau. She stated in part:
That he died in the
Military Hospital at Memphis Tennessee on or about the year 1864, reference is
hereby had to the evidence on file in the case of JWSamuels Guardian of the
minor heirs of deceased soldier where the precise date of his death is
established, the numbering of said application is not now known, that her name
before her marriage to the deceased soldier was Rex; that neither of them had
been married previously; that they were married in Lamar County, State of
Texas, that reference is hereby had again to the evidence on file in the above
mentioned claim of Samuels as Guardian of deceased soldier's minors to
establish the fact and date of their marriage . . . That she relies upon the
evidence on file in the claim of the Guardian herein before referred, to
establish this claim; That JWSamuels of Marion Ills. is hereby appointed her
Attorney to prosecute this claim.
REFERENCE
1. Samuel C. Hoppers' Pension File WC 158-422, the National
Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
Children of SAMUEL HOPPERS and SARAH REX are:
414. i. GEORGE W.9 HOPPES, b.
November 10, 1856, TN; d. Aft. 1900.
ii. MARY E. HOPPERS, b. June 14, 1858, TN.
iii. REBECCA T. HOPPERS, b. August 07, 1860, TN.
iv. MARTHA J. HOPPERS, b. May 09, 1862, Williamson Co., IL; m. ELIAS SHADOWEN, November
10, 1878; b. Circa 1856, IL.
179. THOMAS D.8 HOPPERS (GEORGE7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born October 03, 1838 in Madison Co., TN, and
died Aft. November 1892. He married MARIAH FRANCES DAWS August 27,
1868 in Madison Co., TN482, daughter of WILLIAM DAWES and MARIAH TODD. She was born Circa 1850 in Madison Co., TN.
Children of THOMAS HOPPERS and MARIAH DAWS are:
i. ROBERT LEE9 HOPPERS, b.
February 05, 1870, Madison Co., TN; d. Bef. 1880.
415. ii. JAMES PERRY HOPPERS, b. April 14, 1873, Madison Co., TN; d. August 27,
1954.
iii. WILLIAM REUBIN HOPPERS, b. November 07, 1876, Madison Co., TN; m. ADDIE LOU PATTERSON, January
25, 1905; b. Circa 1883; d. November 1985.
iv. GERTRUDE HOPPERS, b. April 27, 1880, Madison Co., TN; d. April 21,
1967; m. THOMAS HARTWELL PITTS, March 18, 1900; b. March 28, 1874, MS; d. July 11,
1939.
v. NOONIE HOPPERS, b. March 31, 1882, Madison Co., TN; d. August 02,
1964; m. ARTHUR ELIJAH SMITH, September 23, 1899, Boonville, Prentiss, MS; b. May
18, 1873, Prentiss Co., MS.
180. MALE8 HOPPERS (EDWARD7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1820 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bef.
1850. He married MATILDA HODGE. She was born Circa 1820 in NC, and died Aft.
1850.
Child of MALE HOPPERS and MATILDA HODGE is:
i. D. H.9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1838, Nc; d. Aft. 1850.
181. JOHN8 HOPPERS (EDWARD7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born Circa 1822 in Surry Co., NC, and died
November 20, 1887. He married MARY UNKNOWN.
Children of JOHN HOPPERS and MARY UNKNOWN are:
416. i. BENJAMIN9 HOPPERS, b. May
13, 1867, Lumpkin Co., GA; d. June 03, 1947.
ii. NEATS HOPPERS.
iii. SALLY HOPPERS.
182. CHARLES8 HOPPERS (EDWARD7, JOHN6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 31, 1826 in Surry Co., NC, and died
February 15, 1889. He married NANCY M.. She was born August 26, 1839, and died
November 25, 1898.
Notes for CHARLES HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Charles Hoppers was born
about 1827 in Surry County, NC, the second son of Edward Hoppers married to
Sally Gibbons. In the Census of 1850,
he was enumerated in Lumpkin County, GA as a 23-year old living in his parents’
household.
B. MILITARY FILES
Charles Hoppers was
enrolled in Lumpkin County, GA as a Private in Company A commanded by Captain
John Dickerson of the 11 Infantry Battalion (GA State Guards) on July 4, 1863
by Major James T. Grindle for a period of six months (Ref. #1). No additional information is available about
his CSA service.
C. REFERENCES
1. Charles Hoppers’ Co. A, 11 Battalion
GA Infantry CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
Child of CHARLES HOPPERS and NANCY M. is:
i. BENJAMIN F.9 HOPPERS, b. July
07, 1876, GA; d. August 23, 1879.
183. WILLIAM8 HOPPERS (JOHN7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born January 24, 1810 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
February 06, 1892. He married CATHERINE Circa
1832. She was born November 05, 1807,
and died December 25, 1878.
More About WILLIAM HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of WILLIAM HOPPERS and CATHERINE are:
417. i. FRANKLIN J.9 HOPPERS, b.
January 16, 1833, Ashe Co., NC; d. January 15, 1918.
ii. KESSIAH HOPPERS, b. 1835, Ashe Co., NC; d. 1840, NC.
More About KESSIAH HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC483
184. NANCY8 HOPPERS (JOHN7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 01, 1819 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
November 11, 1911. She married DANIEL WAGONER June 27,
1837 in Surry Co., NC484.
He was born December 06, 1813, and died March 06, 1907.
More About NANCY HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About DANIEL WAGONER:
Burial: Shady Grove Church
Cemetery, Yadkinville, Yadkin Co., NC
Child of NANCY HOPPERS and DANIEL WAGONER is:
418. i. MARY POPLIN9 WAGONER, b. July
03, 1840, Ashe Co., NC; d. April 22, 1934.
185. DANIEL8 HOPPERS (JOHN7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born April 11, 1821 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
November 02, 1882. He married CINTHIA HILL Circa
1838. She was born Circa 1821 in NC.
More About DANIEL HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers - Wagoner
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of DANIEL HOPPERS and CINTHIA HILL are:
i. JANE9 HOPPERS, b. Circa
1838485.
ii. NANCY HOPPERS, b. Circa 1850.
iii. WILLIAM HOPPERS, b. Circa 1857.
186. DANIEL8 HOPPERS (JACOB7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 24, 1824 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
Circa 1899. He married (1) MATILDA TOLIVER April 01,
1847. She was born October 10, 1823 in
Ashe Co., NC, and died February 28, 1895.
He married (2) ALPHA WEAVER October 28, 1895.
She was born June 16, 1827, and died July 09, 1904.
Notes for DANIEL HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Daniel Hoppers, the
namesake of his grandfather 1.3 Daniel Hoppes, was born of July 24, 1824. On April 1, 1847 he married Matilda
Toliver. After she died on February 28,
1895, he married Alpha Weaver Wilson on October 28, 1895. Daniel Hoppers died about 1899.
MILITARY FILES
Daniel Hoppers first served
in the 21st VA Cavalry, but was charged with desertion on February 17, 1864,
found guilty of being AWOL, and sentenced to walk in a ring under guard for 8
hours per day. (Ref. #1) On July 13, 1864, as he was approaching his sixtieth
birthday, Daniel Hoppers was inducted into the Company B, 5th Regiment of NC
Senior Reserves as a Private at Flint Hill, Ashe County (Ref. #2). His age was listed as 47 years, 3 months;
his height as 5 feet, 5 inches; his complexion as dark; his hair as dark; his
eyes as blue; and his occupation as farmer.
A Company muster roll for the period October 31, 1864 to February 28,
1865 records that Daniel Hoppes was AWOL.
REFERENCES
1. Jeff Weaver, Civil War Soldiers from
Ashe and Alleghany County, North Carolina G – L,
http://members.aol.com/jweaver301/nc/ashe.htm.
2. Daniel Hoppers’ Company B, 5 NC
Senior Reserves CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records
Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About MATILDA TOLIVER:
Burial: Family Cemetery,
Top of Doughton Mt., Alleghany Co., NC
More About ALPHA WEAVER:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery,
Piney Creek, NC
Children of DANIEL HOPPERS and MATILDA TOLIVER are:
i. MARY JANE9 HOPPERS, b.
January 06, 1847, Ashe Co., NC; d. February 28, 1927; m. WILLIAM D. WAGONER, February
11, 1869; b. December 14, 1842; d. September 13, 1884.
More About MARY JANE HOPPERS:
Burial: Hoppers Cemetery,
Peach Bottom Mtn., Ashe Co., NC
More About WILLIAM D. WAGONER:
Burial: Hoppers Cemetery,
Peach Bottom Mtn., Ashe Co., NC
419. ii. EMILY HOPPERS, b. February 05, 1848, Ashe Co., NC.
420. iii. JACOB C. HOPPERS, b. May 27, 1849, Ashe Co., NC; d. November 13, 1932.
iv. ELIZABETH HOPPERS, b. Bet. December 12, 1850 - 1851, Ashe Co., NC486;
d. April 13, 1863486.
More About ELIZABETH HOPPERS:
Burial: Matilda Hoppers
Cemetery
v. NANCY HOPPERS, b. September 14, 1852, Ashe Co., NC; d. April 04,
1865.
More About NANCY HOPPERS:
Burial: Matilda Hoppers
Cemetery
421. vi. SARAH HOPPERS, b. June 05, 1854, Ashe Co., NC; d. September 17,
1941.
vii. MATILDA HOPPERS487,
b. April 10, 1856, Alleghany, NC; d. August 26, 1953; m. (1) NATHAN TAYLOR, February
26, 1881; m. (2) WILLIAM A. SMITH, August 21, 1893; b. January 09, 1858; d. July 19,
1935.
More About MATILDA HOPPERS:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Brethern
Cemetery, Scottville, NC
More About WILLIAM A. SMITH:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Brethern
Cemetery, Scottville, NC
viii. MARTHA HOPPERS487,
b. June 03, 1858, Alleghany, NC; d. September 02, 1950; m. DANIEL A. BOONE, October 21,
1877; b. September 19, 1855; d. March 12, 1926.
More About MARTHA HOPPERS:
Burial: Kennedy Cemetery,
Alleghany Co., NC
More About DANIEL A. BOONE:
Burial: Kennedy Cemetery,
Alleghany Co., NC
422. ix. CALOWAY H. HOPPERS, b. February 28, 1860, Alleghany Co., NC; d.
September 02, 1945.
423. x. MARTIN V. HOPPERS, b. February 06, 1862, Alleghany Co., NC; d. October
18, 1935.
xi. LUCY PEARL HOPPERS487,
b. May 30, 1864, Alleghany, NC; m. HENRY BOONE, May 01, 1891; b. October 15, 1853; d. March 28,
1915.
187. CATHERINE8 HOPPERS (JACOB7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 22, 1830 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
November 08, 1923. She married ZADOK OSBORNE November
17, 1849 in Ashe Co., NC488.
He was born June 14, 1830 in NC, and died November 13, 1915.
Notes for CATHERINE HOPPERS:
Birth date of June 22, 1830
provided by Harry Hoppes.
More About CATHERINE HOPPERS:
Date born 2: June 22, 1830
Burial: Zadoc Osborne
Cemetery, Peach Bottom Mtn., Alleghany Co., NC
More About ZADOK OSBORNE:
Burial: Zadoc Osborne
Cemetery, Peach Bottom Mtn., Alleghany Co., NC
Children of CATHERINE HOPPERS and ZADOK OSBORNE are:
i. MARY9 OSBORNE.
ii. STEVEN OSBORNE.
iii. JACOB OSBORNE, b. Circa 1855.
iv. JEMIMA OSBORNE, b. Circa 1863.
v. ALEXANDER OSBORNE, b. Circa 1865.
vi. MARTHA OSBORNE, b. Circa 1867.
188. STEPHEN8 HOPPERS (JACOB7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 30, 1832 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
January 31, 1919. He married (1) MELVINA SIZEMORE June 08,
1850 in Ashe Co., NC489.
She was born Circa 1834 in NC.
He married (2) ELIZABETH NANCY SCOTT August 13, 1868.
She was born March 25, 1836 in NC, and died October 29, 1922.
Notes for STEPHEN HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Stephen was the next
younger brother of Daniel Hoppers in a family where all four sons of Jacob
Hoppers (born about 1802) and his wife Kiziah Landreth saw CSA service. Stephen Hoppers was born in Ashe County, NC
on December 30, 1832 and died on January 30, 1919. He married his first wife Melvina Sizemore on June 1850 and his
second wife Elizabeth Nancy Scott after the War on August 13, 1868.
MILITARY FILES
On May 27,1861, Stephen Hoppers
enlisted as a Private in Company F, 22nd Regiment of NC INF in Alleghany County
(Ref. #1). His age on his unit’s Roll
of Honor was entered as age 30. A muster roll for this unit dated May 6, 1862
indicates that S. Hoppers complained of debilits and returned to duty May 25,
1862. A third document titled Receipt Roll for Commutation of Rations records
that he was paid for the period February 22 to March 13 on March 30, 1863 by
Captain Greggs, VA. After that date,
Stephen Hoppers disappears from the CSA military rolls. However, it appears that he reenlisted at
Raleigh, NC as a Private in Company F, 26th Regiment of NC INF (State Troops)
on November 30, 1863 under the name Little (middle name?) Hoppers. A muster roll for the latter unit for the
period May/June 1864 notes that Little Hoppers deserted on April 12, 1864 at
Orange Court House, VA. There are no
subsequent records.
C. REFERENCES
1. Stephen Hoppers’ Company F, 22 NC INF
and Little Hoppers’ Company F, 26 NC INF CSA Military Service File, the
National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
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1870 Cranberry Twp.,
Alleghany Co., NC Census Schedule shows the following people living in Stephen
Hoppers 39 household - Elizabeth Hoppers 30; Caroline Hoppers 4 mos.; Rausey
Hudson 8; Scott Horton 18.
More About STEPHEN HOPPERS:
Burial: Liberty Baptist
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About ELIZABETH NANCY SCOTT:
Burial: Liberty Baptist
Cemetery, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of STEPHEN HOPPERS and ELIZABETH SCOTT are:
i. CAROLINE9 HOPPERS, b. March
06, 1870, Alleghany Co., NC490; d. June 30, 1951; m. GRANVILLE SHERMAN SCOTT, March 16,
1885; b. April 22, 1866, Alleghany Co., NC; d. February 04, 1948.
More About CAROLINE HOPPERS:
Burial: Union Baptist
Cemeter, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
More About GRANVILLE SHERMAN SCOTT:
Burial: Union Baptist
Cemeter, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC
ii. ENNICE HOPPERS, b. April 18, 1875, Alleghany Co., NC; d. February
09, 1949; m. ANDER HUFF HANKS, March 12, 1893; d. April 25, 1968.
More About ENNICE HOPPERS:
Burial: Center Baptist
Church Cemetery, Thurman, NC
189. JACOB J.8 HOPPERS (JACOB7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born December 10, 1838 in Ashe Co., NC491,
and died October 27, 1862491. He married CHARLOTTE WAGONER April 16, 1858 in Ashe Co., NC492. She was born June 20, 1838493,
and died June 13, 1880493.
Notes for JACOB J. HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Jacob J. Hoppers, third son
of Jacob Hoppers and Kiziah Landreth, was born in Ashe County, NC on December
10, 1838. He married Charlotte Wagner
on April 16, 1858. They had two
daughters before the War: Amanda Jane Hoppers born December 18, 1858 and Elzina
Hoppers born March 18, 1861.
B. MILITARY FILES
J. J. Hoppers enlisted in
Company F, 22 NC INF on May 27, 1861, the same date as his older brother
Stephen. His feelings about marching
off to war are poignantly described in the following letter published in
Hoppers, Moxley, Toliver and Related Families (Ref. #1) that he wrote to a
friend, S. Taylor:
August the 15th 1861
Richmond
City, VA
Dear Sir:
I this morning take pen in
hand to drop you a few lines to inform you that I am well at present and as
well satisfied as the nature of such cases would admit and the rest of the boys
that is with me is generally well.
Some of them is complaining some but none (is) much bad off. The water is tolerable good here and it is
the best water that we got since we left Alleghany. Some of the water is bad (but) the spring which this regiment
uses out of is the best spring that is here.
We have been generally well. When we left Raleigh there was nary (a) man
in our Company but what was able to perform duty out of about ninety men. It was very hot when we left Raleigh and we
had to be scrouged up in the cars and I got very sick with the fatigue with
heat. We went from Raleigh to
Petersburg. We got there about 12
o’clock at night and they sent us in the city guardroom where it was very
sultry and hot. We suffered with heat
that
night. The next morning we marched through town
about one mile and there we got a free breakfast and then we marched back to
the depot and stayed there until our bags came and was put in the cars and then
we got in and went to Richmond and we have remained here ever since.
We have not heard of much
fighting since the great battle at Manassas Gap on the Bull Run near
Centreville on the 2-th of July. We
heard of some fighting in Missouri.
There was some talk of us going to Newport in Missouri when we first
come here but I don’t hear anything said about it now. We may not leave here in a good while and we
may leave here in two or three days. I
can’t tell when we will leave here nor where we will go when we do leave. We left Macmillan’s Company at Raleigh.
They’re not in our regiment. They was
in it but was taken out – and one more company. This regiment is formed out of western men. Our Colonel’s name is J. Johnson
Pettigrew. The light colonel is Long;
the major is Galaway. We have got good
commanding officers.
We wrote back to you when
we got to Cilbays? on the Brushy Mountain for you to tell those men to come on
and then we sent private word by David Caudill for them not to come till we got
to Raleigh and heard more how their things was arranged and when I got to
Raleigh I sent a letter home and stated all I could find out about the matter
and for them to take their case to themselves and I haven’t heard from them
since. I should like to hear from them
and now what they was doing and where they was for. I was very uneasy about them awhile for if the adjutant general
had got hold of their names they should (have) been in great difficulty &
for some of those men done enough to be in danger if their commanding officers
had got hold of it. I can’t say that
they have any of their name(s) but them that went home on furlough. We all that joined Macmillan & Reeves’
Companies they got pay for their time
they served under C. H.
Doughten. By his attending to it for them, I got for
that service nineteen dollars and 80 cents and $10 bounty. I should like to get a letter from any of my
neighbors so that I could hear from them for I haven’t got many letters from
home yet. I have sent four or five
letters home. I should have like mighty
well if the rest of my neighbor boys had come with this regiment that intends
to come with my company or regiment.
I haven’t got anything of
much importance to write though there is several Yankee prisoners in
Richmond. They have got twenty five or
thirty hundred here and there is about seventy five thousand southern soldiers
around the suburbs of Richmond and a good many more wounded men that was
wounded in the battle of Manassas Gap.
The boys is all willing for a fight . . . .if has to be done but none is
keen to get in. They had rather have
peace than the war.
So I must bring my few
lines – scattering words to a close.
You tell the Alleghany boys that did not volunteer that I wish them good
luck and to fear God that rules both heaven and earth, for he can kill or can
keep alive. My best respects to Stephen
Taylor and family, A. B. Pruitt and family, Ts Pruitt and family, H. Waggoner
and family, Wm Hoppers and family and to all inquiring friends & remember
your friend until death.
From
J. J.
Hoppers
On July 16, 1862, J. J.
Hoppers was promoted to Corporal (Ref. #2).
At the Battle of Second Manassas on August 28-30, 1862, he received a
thigh wound and died at Upperville, VA of his wounds on October 27, 1862. The
following January his widow Charlotte Hoppers attempted to collect his back pay
and her widow’s benefits. She made the
following statement:
State of North Carolina,
Alleghany County
This day Charlotte Hoppas
came personally before me the undersigned and a justice of the peace for said
county and makes oath that she is the widow of Jacob Hoppass who died in the
service of the Confederstates about the first of October last he entered the Service of the confederate
States about the first of August 1861 in Capt P. B. Revees company F in 22
Redgement of North Carolina Troops and remained in Service until his death She claims his Bounty money both for the
confederate States and State of North Carolina. She claims all arrearages of Monthley that is due him. Sworn and
Subscribed before me this 26th day of Jany 1863.
The document was signed by
Charlotte Hoppas with her mark and by the Justice of the Peace Charles H.
Doughton. Charlotte Hoppas’ identify
was verified by William Hoppas, who also placed his mark at the appropriate
location. Additionally, C. H. Daughton,
J. P., certified that: I am well acquainted with Charlotte Hoppas and William
Hoppas who have made the above affadavit and say that they are worthy of full
credit of their statement of the above facts given under my hand and seal this
26th day of Jany 1863.
The Treasury Department of
the CSA calculated the back pay and allowances due Charlotte Hoppes, as
follows:
THE CONFEDERATE STATES
To Charlotte Hoppas the
Widow of J. J. Hoppas, deceased, late Corporal of Capt. Mitchell’s Co. F, 22
Reg’t NC Troops
For pay of said deceased
from 1st March the date to which he was last paid
as Private to the 16th July
1862 when he was promoted to Corporal 4 Months
and 16 Days @ $11 per
Month
49.86
As Corporal from 17 July to
15th October 1862 the date of his death
2 Months and 30 Days @ 13
per Month
39.00
C__? Bounty 50.00
Clothing
75.00
Amt drawn on kind 35.00
40.00
$178.86
The military service file
contained no rationale for the difference in J. J. Hoppers’ date of death
between the calculation of back pay (October 15, 1862) and the date inscribed
on his unit’s Roll of Honor (October 27, 1862).
REFERENCES
1. Sturgill, Lorene Moxley, Hoppers,
Moxley, Toliver and Related Families, Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem,
NC, 1985, Pages 265 - 268.
2. Jacob J. Hoppers’ Company F, 22 NC
INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service,
Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison N.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About JACOB J. HOPPERS:
Burial: Cranberry Baptist
Cemetery, Alleghany Co., NC
More About CHARLOTTE WAGONER:
Burial: Cranberry Baptist
Cemetery, Alleghany Co., NC
Children of JACOB HOPPERS and CHARLOTTE WAGONER are:
424. i. AMANDA JANE9 HOPPERS, b.
December 18, 1858, Alleghany Co., NC; d. May 27, 1936.
425. ii. ELZINA HOPPERS, b. March 18, 1861, Alleghany Co., NC; d. December
17, 1920.
190. JOHN8 HOPPERS (JACOB7, DANIEL6 HAPPES, GEORG5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born July 13, 1840 in Ashe Co., NC, and died
August 30, 1862. He married NANCY PRUITT 1860. She was born July 06, 1840 in NC, and died
May 13, 1923.
Notes for JOHN HOPPERS:
PERSONAL SUMMARY
John Hoppers, born July 13,
1840, was the youngest of the four sons of Jacob Hoppers and Kiziah Landreth to
serve the Confederate cause. He married Nancy Pruitt in 1860, and they had a
son John W. Hoppers, who was born on March 11, 1862, prior to his father’s
enlistment. Like his next two older
brothers, John Hoppers joined Company F, 22nd Regiment NC Troops.
B. MILITARY FILES
John Hoppers’ date of
enrollment was March 15, 1862, almost ten months after his two brothers became
Privates in Company F, 22 NC INF. His
military service file (Ref. #1) indicates that J. Harpers, a Private in Company
F, 22 NC INF was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, VA with a
gunshot wound of the hand on July 3, 1862 and returned to duty on July 10,
1862. Whether the wounded soldier was
John Hoppers or his brother J. J. Hoppers (before being promoted to Corporal on
July 17, 1862) is unclear. What is
certain, however, from the military records is that John Hoppers was mortally
wounded in action (WIA) less than two months later. The Roll of Honor in his service file states: Died Aug 30,
1862. Wounded once. Because his unit was heavily
engaged in the Second Battle of Manassas on that day, it appears likely that he
died in that battle.
Over 50 years later, John
Hoppers’ wife submitted an application for a widow’s pension, stating:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF Alleghany
On the 21st day of June, A.
D. 1913, personally appeared before me, H. P. Estep JP, C. S. C. in and for the
State and county aforesaid, Nancy Stamper, age 70 years, and a resident of
Laurel Springs postoffice, in said county and State, and who, being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under . . . .
that she is the widow of the late John Hoppers who enlisted in Co. F, 22
Regiment North Carolina State Troops, on or about the 8th day of May 1862, to
serve in the armies of the late Confederate States. . . . .Was married to John
Hoppers in 1860 & after his death married to 1 (not legible) P. Stamper
(not legible) and now a widow and I has been fo 10 years.
(signed) Nancy Stamper
REFERENCES
1. John Hoppers’ Company F, 22 NC INF
CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service,
Washington, DC.
Summary by Dr. Harrison D.
Hoppes, used with permission.
More About NANCY PRUITT:
Burial: Family Cemetery on
Bradshaw Myers Farm, Laurel Springs, NC
Child of JOHN HOPPERS and NANCY PRUITT is:
426. i. JOHN W.9 HOPPERS, b. March
11, 1862, Alleghany Co., NC; d. May 01, 1906.
Generation
No. 9
191. PAUL9 HOPPES (MICHAEL8, JACOB7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
December 25, 1829 in Schuylkill Co., PA493, and died April
17, 1905493. He
married MARY ANN MILLER November 17, 1850, daughter of DANIEL MILLER and ANNA BERKSTRESSES. She was born July 23, 1831 in OH494,
and died November 10, 1921 in Seneca Co., OH494.
More About PAUL HOPPES:
Burial: St. Jacobs
Cemetery, Seneca Co., OH
More About MARY ANN MILLER:
Burial: November 13, 1921,
St. Jacobs Cemetery, Greenspring, Seneca Co., OH
Children of PAUL HOPPES and MARY MILLER are:
427. i. WILLIAM HENRY10 HOPPES, b. October
1851, Seneca Co., OH; d. 1952.
428. ii. SCOTT WINFIELD HOPPES, b. October 08, 1853, Seneca Co., OH; d. December 26,
1924, Seneca Co., OH.
iii. EMMA HOPPES, b. Circa 1856, Seneca Co., OH; m. (1) ? FAUSNAUGH; m. (2)
JACOB
GRUVER,
November 14, 1880, Seneca Co., OH495.
429. iv. ARABELLA A. HOPPES, b. March 03, 1859, Seneca Co., OH; d. Aft. November
10, 1921.
v. ALTON J. HOPPES, b. October 1860, Seneca Co., OH; d. December 01,
1863, Seneca Co., OH.
vi. SARAH HOPPES, b. Circa 1862, Seneca Co., OH.
430. vii. AUGUSTUS PAUL HOPPES, b. February 02, 1865, Seneca Co., OH; d. January 20,
1936.
viii. NORA HOPPES, b. May 14, 1871, Seneca Co., OH; d. February 08,
1935; m. WILLIAM A. SHELLHAMMER, August 20, 1893, Seneca Co., OH496.
More About NORA HOPPES:
Name 2: Dora Hoppes
192. AUGUSTUS A.9 HOPPES (MICHAEL8, JACOB7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
April 07, 1834 in Schuylkill Co., PA497, and died January 04,
1924 in Marshall Co., IN497.
He married LYDIA GOODING May 14, 1857 in Seneca Co., OH498,
daughter of JOSIAH GOODING and AMELIA COOPER. She was born
July 23, 1838 in Seneca Co., OH499, and died January 23, 1917
in Henry Co., OH500.
Notes for AUGUSTUS A. HOPPES:
History Of Henry and Fulton
Counties, Ohio
Brief personals
D. Mason & Co.
Publishers, 1888, page 673
Augustus A. Hoppes,
Liberty, was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., in 1829, and settled in Seneca
county with his parents in 1832. He was
a son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Hoppes.
Sarah died in 1886 at the age of eighty six years, leaving a husband and
four children - Paul, Augustus A., Lavina and Asa. August Hoppes was married in 1857 to Lydia Gooding, who was born
in Seneca county. They had four
children - Jennie, Martha, Clara and Zella.
Clara died at the age of fife years.
Mr. Hoppes settled in Henry county in 1869 and purchased his present
homestead in 1879. He enlisted in the
104th Ohio Regiment, but was rejected on account of physical weakness, and
returned to his farm. His wife, Lydia,
was daughter of Josiah and Amelia (Cooper) Gooding. Josiah was born in Plaford, England, on January 12, 1803 and died
December 6, 1844. Amelia was born in
Dutchess county, in 1803, and died November 7, 1875. They were married August 12, 1823, and had a family of eleven
children, six of whom are now living.
They settled in Seneca county in 1832.
* * *
On Monday, October 14, 2002
received a message from Sam Poor, that he had found a tombstone in Marshall
Co., IN reading, "August Hoppes born 7 April 1834 and died 4 January 1924,
Mary Hoppes born 4 January 1837 died 8 January 1907"
The Mary buried with him, must
be a second wife - further research needed to determine Mary's relationship to
August(a).
More About AUGUSTUS A. HOPPES:
Residence: 1888, Liberty,
Ohio
More About LYDIA GOODING:
Burial: January 26, 1917, Younger
Cemetery, Liberty Centery, Henry Co., OH
Cause of Death: Cerebral
Sclerosis
Residence: Liberty, Ohio
Children of AUGUSTUS HOPPES and LYDIA GOODING are:
i. VIRGINIA10 HOPPES, b. 1858,
Seneca Co., OH; d. 1942; m. WILLIS JACKSON, February 09, 1879, Henry Co., OH501;
b. 1856; d. 1946.
More About VIRGINIA HOPPES:
Nickname: Jennie
ii. MARTHA HOPPES, b. 1860, Seneca Co., OH; m. FRANK BALLARD.
iii. CLARA HOPPES, b. Circa 1862, Seneca Co., OH; d. Circa 1867, Seneca
Co., OH.
iv. ZELLA HOPPES, b. February 1876, Seneca Co., OH; d. Aft. January
23, 1917502,503; m. (1) EDWARD DURBIN; m. (2) JOHN COX, Circa 1900.
193. ASA ESRA9 HOPPES (MICHAEL8, JACOB7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born February
11, 1843 in Seneca Co., OH, and died July 19, 1919. He married MARY ELLEN G. BOGART October 03, 1867.
She was born Circa 1849 in Tiffon Co., OH.
Children of ASA HOPPES and MARY BOGART are:
i. HATTIE E.10 HOPPES, b.
November 20, 1872, Henry Co., OH.
ii. MELVIN RAY HOPPES, b. February 18, 1879, Henry Co., OH; d. 1969; m. MABEL EDITH WILSON, January
1901; b. 1882, Garnett, KS; d. 1959.
194. WILLIAM9 HOPPES (JOHN8, MICHAEL7, MICHAEL6 HAPPES, MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, ULRICH3 HAPS, JOACHIM2, PETER1) was born
May 11, 1834 in Schuylkill Co., PA, and died November 16, 1865 in W. Penn Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., PA504.
He married MARY MAGDALENA GULDNER Circa 1855.
She was born 1838 in PA, and died September 1889.
Notes for WILLIAM HOPPES:
From Der Friedens Bote
(Lehigh County German Newspaper), 13 Dec 1865