DESCENDANTS OF 1.2 JOHN HOPPES OF SURRY COUNTY, NC
Of the eight
Hoppes/Hoppers lines established by the sons of our first two Happes
immigrants, the brothers 1.Georg (*~1715) and 2.Michael (*~1722) Happes of
Schoenau, Odenwald, by far the most obscure line was founded by 12 John Hoppes
of Surry County, NC, the middle son of old Georg Happes, married to Elizabeth
Clanton. When Denise and I researched his line, she received some helpful
assistance from Christi C. Partee, as I did from Dr. John Hopper, MD, a board-certified
physician in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and Assistant Professor with the
Departments of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, at
the Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Both are descended from 12 John Hoppes’ oldest son 121 George Hoppers,
who followed his wife Mary Dillard’s parents into Madison County, TN. There 121 George and Mary Hoppers raised
their large family of 14 children, eight boys and six girls. Unfortunately, 121 George Hoppers died in
his early 50’s and the family scattered in a number of directions. In September 2002, I wrote the Hoppes
Generations essay “Those Tennessee Hoppers” summarizing our knowledge of the
121 George Hoppers’ line and asking for assistance in piecing together a
variety of unidentified Hoppers linked to Tennessee.
1.2.1: During the past year, Denise and I have made
considerable progress on reconstructing the 121 George Hoppers’ family, with
the welcome assistance of Cheryl Lacy Cudney, who helped Denise with
Lacy-Hoppers connections, and Ashlyn Jinnette, who shared her extensive
database of Tennessee Hoppers/Hopper families with me. Our current summary of the family of 121
George Hoppers is shown below:
TABLE 1.2.1: FAMILY OF GEORGE HOPPERS (179l – 1842 to 1850)
INDIVIDUAL
BORN: BIRTH PLACE: DIED: MARRIED:
121 GEORGE
HOPPERS 6FEB179l DEEP CREEK, NC 1842 - 1850
121.S MARY DILLARD >1860
28JAN1814
121A NANCY
J. HOPPERS 1814 SURRY CO, NC 1850 – 58
121A.S WILLIAM H. ELLINGTON C1814 VA 2FEB1858 C1833
121B MARTHA
HOPPERS 1815 SURRY CO, NC
121B.S SAMUEL ELLINGTON C1808 VA C1832
1211 JAMES E. HOPPERS 1816/17 SURRY CO, NC >1853
1211.S CATHARINE TANNER C1819 30JAN1841
1212 JOHN A. HOPPERS C1819 TN 1860 - 1870
1212.S1 ARCINA BRADDY C1828 C1851 1AUG1843
1212.S2? MATILDA WEST 6NOV1851
1212.S2/3 NANCY ARMSTRONG C1831 TN >1870 26JUL1860
1213 WILLIAM P. HOPPERS 17JAN1821 TN 27MAR1908
1213.S1 ELIZABETH PERRY 4JAN1845
1213.S2 MARIA TODD-DAWES C1825 TN 1870 -73 1860 - 1870
1213.S3 NANCY M.
CARR-LAWRENCE5AUG1830 TN 12JAN1914 4DEC1873
121C SUSANNAH HOPPERS C1824
121C.S WILLIAM PARKER LACY DEC 1828 1893 8APR1845
1214 FRANKLIN HOPPERS C1828 MADISON CO, TN 12FEB1863
1214.S _______________
1215 GEORGE W. HOPPERS C1830 MADISON CO, TN >JUL1863
121D REBECCA HOPPERS C1831 MADISON CO, TN
121D.S WILLIAM G. SMITHWICK C1812 NC 9JAN1850
1216 SAMUEL C. HOPPERS C1834 MADISON CO, TN 25JAN1863
1216.S
SARAH C. REX IL >MAY1889 25JUN1855
1217 THOMAS
D. HOPPERS 3OCT1838 MADISON CO, TN >NOV1892
1217.S MARIAH FRANCES DAWS C1850 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1868
121E MARY
JANE HOPPERS 4FEB1840 MADISON CO, TN 22JUN1917
121E.S1
SAMUEL S. SMITHWICK C1841 TN <1878 27JAN1862
121E.S2
THOMAS BROWN C1842 NC C1877
1218? HENRY
HOPPERS C1841 MADISON CO, TN
121F SARAH ELIZABETH HOPPERS C1842 MADISON
CO, TN 1897
121F.S1 JAMES AMOS LATHAM DEC______
121F.S2 WILLIAM PARKER LACY DEC 1828 1893
From these data it can be seen that 121 George Hoppers left
Surry County, NC prior to the Census of 1820, moving his family westward into
Tennessee where eleven of his children were born. His oldest daughter, Nancy
Hoppers, was residing in Madison County, TN by May 1829 when George Hoppers’
father-in-law John Dillard made out his last will. Although George Hoppers is
missing from the 1830 Census of Madison County, TN, he and his family probably
were residing there at this time because probate court records indicate that
the estate of Richard Tomlinson listed an 1830 note of George Hoppes for $25.00
as one of assets. Another court record
indicates that George Hopper paid a debt of this amount to the Tomlinson estate
in 1833. When the estate of John
Dillard was settled, an inventory dated September 10, 1833 revealed that George
Hopper had received property worth $66.99˝ from Isaac Dillard, estate
executor. However, an 1834 accounting
of the estate of John Boren claims a debt of $3.30 owed by George Hopper as one
of its assets, along with the notation “not very good”. On a more positive note, a list of school
parents dated June 4, 1838 indicates that George Hoppers had four children
attending classes in District #9 of Madison County, TN at this time.
1.2.1.1: George Hoppers’ oldest son, 1211 James E.
Hoppers, married Catharine Tanner in Madison County, TN, on January 30, 1841.
Although he remained nearby for much, if not all, of his life, he and his
family are missing in the 1850 Census.
On October 15, 1853, however, he witnessed a deed in which his mother
Mary Hoppers sold 72 acres of land in District #9 of Madison County to Sugars
McLemore. Then on March 2, 1854, he
witnessed a bill of lading in which the river raft operator, John Lacy,
transported 20 bales of cotton down the Forked Deer River to the Mississippi,
and then on to New Orleans. Given that
there are no Census data or birth records concerning the family of James E.
Hoppers, it is difficult to reconstruct his family with any accuracy. However, his mother Mary is enumerated in
the 1860 Census of Madison County, TN as the head of a household that contained
a six-year-old male named George Hoppers.
This boy, born about 1854, very likely was a son of 1211 James E.
Hoppers, who may have died before the 1860 Census.
A partial reconstruction of his family, therefore, is shown
below:
TABLE 1.2.1.1: FAMILY OF JAMES E. HOPPERS (1816/17 - >1853)
1211 JAMES E. HOPPERS 1816/17 SURRY CO, NC >1853
1211.S
CATHARINE TANNER C1819 30JAN1841
12111
GEORGE HOPPERS? C1854 MADISON CO, TN
OTHERS?
1.2.1.2: The second oldest
boy of George and Mary Dillard Hoppers was John A. Hoppers, born about
1819. He married Arcina Braddy on
August 1, 1843 in Shelby County, TN and moved southwestward into nearby
Marshall County, MS. The Census of 1850
indicates that he had two sons, James T. (age 5) and George C. (age 1), both
boys being born in the State of Mississippi.
During the 1850’s, however, his wife Arcina Braddy appears to have died,
because he apparently married Matilda West in Shelby County, TN in November
1851 and then Nancy Armstrong on July 26, 1860 in Marshall County, MS. In the 1860 Census of Marshall County, he is
living with his new wife Nancy but his young son George C. Hoppers is missing
and another son W. P. Hoppers is enumerated as an eight-year-old. Perhaps because of the impact of the Civil
War, John Hoppers’ family splintered. In the 1870 Census of Marshall County,
MS, his wife Nancy Hoppers is now living with a brother, J. P. Armstrong, and
1212 John Hoppers and his sons 12121 James T. Hoppers and 12123 Wiley P.
Hoppers are missing. From the 1880 Census
of Madison County, TN, it is apparent that James T. Hoppers had returned to
Tennessee by 1870 and was living next to his uncle 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers in
1880. On December 23, 1872, James T.
Hoppers married Sally Lacy nee Lawrence, a 20-year-old widow. Together they had a large, colorful family
who lived in western Tennessee and northeastern Mississippi. On the other hand, data in the 1900 Census
of Tarrant County, TX indicate that 12123 Wiley P. Hoppers and his wife Sally
(Glidewell) stayed in Mississippi until the 1880s and had two daughters born
there in 1876 and 1880. After that, Wiley and Sally Hoppers moved back to
Tennessee and had a son born there in 1889 before the family moved to Tarrant
(and then to Van Zandt) County, Texas.
Summary data for the family of 1212 John A. Hoppers are
provided below:
TABLE 1.2.1.2: FAMILY OF JOHN A. HOPPERS (C1819 - >1860)
1212 JOHN
A. HOPPERS C1819 SURRY CO, NC >1860
1212.S1
ARCINA BRADDY C1828 C1851 1AUG1843
1212.S2?
MATILDA WEST 6NOV1851
1212.S2/3 NANCY C. ARMSTRONG C1831 TN >1870 26JUL1860
12121 JAMES T. HOPPERS 4MAR1845 MARSHALL, MS 2JAN1908
12121.S1 SALLIE M.
LAWRENCE LACY APR1852 TN 23DEC1872
12121.S2 L. B.
______________
12122 GEORGE C. HOPPERS C1849 MARSHALL,
MS <1860
12123 WILEY P. HOPPERS APR1851 MARSHALL,
MS 1924
12123.S SARAH E. GLIDEWELL NOV1857 TN 1909 25SEP1873
TABLE 1.2.1.2.1: FAMILY OF JAMES T. HOPPERS (C1846 - 1908)
12121 JAMES T. HOPPERS 4MAR1845 MARSHALL, MS 2JAN1908
12121.S1 SALLIE M. LAWRENCE
LACY APR1852 TN >1930 23DEC1872
12121.S2 L. B. ______________
12121A SARAH (LACY) HOPPERS 5NOV1870? MADISON
CO, TN 4FEB1951
121211 JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS 10NOV1873 MADISON
CO, TN 1935
121211.S LULA BELLE CROW 9AUG1881 MADISON CO, TN 11JUL1929 13NOV1898
12121B MIMIE J. HOPPERS DEC1874 MADISON
CO, TN >1900
12121B.S __________ MAYO
121212 JAMES HENRY HOPPERS 1878 MADISON
CO, TN 1936
121212.S EFFIE GERTRUDE WELLS 6SEP1887 JUL1978
121213 FLETCHER ELMORE HOPPERS 19NOV1884 MADISON
CO, TN 16MAY1956
121213F.S LAURA BENTLY 14JAN1885 DEC1964
121214 M. F. (OMER) HOPPERS 22DEC1886 MADISON
CO, TN 9JAN1971
121214.S FLOY G. ______ 23AUG1892 19FEB1991
121215 ROBERT F. HOPPERS NOV1889 MADISON
CO, TN 1918
12121C FRANCES K. HOPPERS FEB1891 MADISON
CO, TN >1900
121216 WILLIAM GUS HOPPERS 12JAN1892 MADISON
CO, TN 10OCT1970
121216.S LILLIE REYNOLDS 23SEP1900 13MAY1974
1212D ERA HOPPERS 28OCT1904 CROCKETT CO., TN 28SEP1906
TABLE 1.2.1.2.1.1: FAMILY OF JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS (1873 - 1935)
121211 JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS 10NOV1873 MADISON
CO, TN 1935
121211.S LULA BELLE CROW 9AUG1881 MADISON
CO, TN 11JUL1929 13NOV1898
1212111 CLARENCE RAYMOND HOPPER 4FEB1900 LAUDERDALE CO, TN JUN1984
1212111.S1 HESTER GOINS
1212111.S2 NELL MC CARTNEY 25JUL1923 NEOSHE,
MO
1212112 PAUL EVERETT HOPPER 21JUL1902 LAUDERDALE
CO,TN 3JUL1968
1212112.S1 CRICKETT CRAWFORD C1904 TN 23JUL1922
1212112.S2 KATHLEEN PICKETT
1212112.S3 NADEEN
________
121211A ERA MAE HOPPERS 28OCT1904 LAUDERDALE
CO,TN 28SEP1906
1212113 JOSEPH DOUGLAS HOPPER 13JUL1907 LAUDERDALE
CO,TN 15MAR1979
121211B BEATRICE LUCILLE HOPPERS 13AUG1909 TN 18JAN1968
121211B.S
___________ RIKER
1212114 NEIL THOMAS HOPPER 8OCT1911 LAUDERDALE CO,TN 20DEC1996
1212114.S
MARY CATHERINE RHODY1916 1995
TABLE 1.2.1.2.1.2: FAMILY OF JAMES HENRY HOPPERS (1878 - 1936)
121212 JAMES HENRY HOPPERS 1878 MADISON
CO, TN 1936
121212.S EFFIE GERTRUDE WELLS 6SEP1887 JUL1978
1212121 JOSHUA HENRY HOPPERS 1903
1212121.S LENA LEWIS 1927
1212122 JAMES FRANKLIN HOPPERS 1906
1212122.S ANNE KEPHARDE
121212A NELLE BLYTHE HOPPERS 1914
121212A.S ROBERT HULON SCATES 1911
TABLE 1.2.1.2.3: FAMILY OF WILEY P. HOPPERS
(1851 - 1924)
12123 WILEY P. HOPPERS APR1851 MARSHALL,
MS 1924
12123.S SARAH E. GLIDEWELL NOV1857 TN 1909 25SEP1873
12123A LARCENA MAY HOPPERS OCT1876 MS >1900
12123A.S A. C. JONES 15MAY1903
12123B MATTIE TOMMIE
HOPPERS MAR1880 MS >1900
12123B.S W. E. HOLIDAY 27SEP1902
12123C. MAY IOLA HOPPERS? 9OCT1881
12123C.S ________ SWAIN
121231 FLOYD D. HOPPERS 22FEB1889 TN MAR1965
121231.S EULA TAYLOR 7NOV1893 JUN1979 13AUG1910
1.2.1.3: Unlike his older
brothers, 1213 William P. Hoppers, born January 17, 1821, survived the Civil
War period, although many details about his early life are missing. On January 7, 1845, he married Elizabeth
Perry and had a family that included two girls (Armisa, Martha) and three boys
(D. M., Joseph, Robert). His wife Elizabeth died in the late 1850s, or shortly
thereafter, and he married Maria (Mariah) Dawes, nee Todd, who was listed in
the 1860 Madison County, TN Census as a widow (having been previously married
to William Dawes.) By the Census of
1870, William P. and Maria had a household containing a mixture of children by
their first marriages, but none of their own.
Maria Todd-Dawes Hoppers died in the early 1870s, and William P. Hoppers
married another widow, Nancy M. Carr nee Lawrence, on December 4, 1873. Meanwhile, on August 27, 1868, the youngest
daughter of Maria and William Dawes, Mariah Frances born in the early 1850s,
married William P. Hoppers’ younger brother 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers. When the Census of 1880 was taken, William
P. Hoppers and his wife Nancy were sharing their household with a niece, but
the comments column of the Census indicated that William was suffering from
“malaria fever”. In spite of his health
problems, William Hoppers remained active and engaged in the following land
transactions in Crockett County, TN:
Date Grantor Grantee Acerage Recorded
18DEC1872 R.
H./S. A. Jenkins W. P. Hoppers 20.1A (Dist #1) A/175
13MAR1875 W.
P. Hoppers W. M. Griffin town
lot (Dist #4) B/553
2DEC1875 W.
P. Hoppers W. P.
Lacy 20.1A (Dist #1) B/548
1879 W.
P. Lacy W.
P. Hoppers 20.1A (Dist #1) D/696
12SEP1885 W.
P./N. M. Hoppers Sarah Moore 66 ˝ A (Dist
#1) G/293
30NOV1885 Ed
S. & A. A. Read W. P. Hoppers 95A (Dist #5) G/ 403
10FEB1886 W.
P. Hoppers E.
Farrow et al 1A to school
comm. G/510
16AUG1889 W.
P. Hoppers Whitentow
& Moore 95A (Dist #5) H/695
W. P. Hoppers died on March 27, 1908
and was buried in Belleview Cemetery in Crockett County. His wife Nancy died on January 12, 1914 and
was buried beside him. In addition, W. P. Hoppers’ second oldest son Joseph T.
Hoppers and his wife Malvina nee Hight also are buried in Belleview
Cemetery. W. P. Hoppers’ oldest son D.
M. Hoppers, on the other hand, moved his family to Bowie County, TX, where all
of their children were married.
A summary of the family of 1213 William
P. Hoppers is furnished below:
TABLE 1.2.1.3: FAMILY OF WILLIAM P. HOPPERS (C1821 - 1908)
1213 WILLIAM
P. HOPPERS 17JAN1821 TN 27MAR1908
1213.S1
ELIZABETH PERRY 4JAN1845
1213.S2
MARIA TODD-DAWES C1825 TN 1870 -73 1860 - 1870
1213.S3 NANCY M.
CARR-LAWRENCE 5AUG1830 TN 12JAN1914 4DEC1873
1213A ARMISA HOPPERS ? C1849 TN
1213A.S DAVID E. WAGSTER 21DEC1871
1213B
MARTHA A/Z. HOPPERS? C1850 TN
1213B.S WILLIAM M. LAWRENCE C1850 TN 15JAN1872
12131 D. M. HOPPERS C1854 TN 10MAY1940
12131.S SARAH ISABELL SMITH 13MAY1861 TN 18MAR1927
12132 JOSEPH T. HOPPERS JUL1855 TN 20JUN1930
12132.S MALVINA T. HIGHT MAR1855 TN 1928 27OCT1875
12133 ROBERT L. HOPPERS? C1857 TN
12133.S ELVIRA SEARCY 23FEB1873
TABLE 1.2.1.3.1 FAMILY OF D. M. HOPPERS (C1854 – 1940)
12131 D. M. HOPPERS C1854 TN 10MAY1940
12131.S SARAH ISABELL SMITH 13MAY1861 TN 18MAR1927 C1880
121311 WILLIAM H. HOPPERS C1882
121311.S OPHELIA BENTLY 1902
12131A P. E. HOPPERS C1884
12131A.S J. M. HAZLEWOOD 1901
12131B ROSA HOPPERS C1890
12131B.S L. H. WALKER 1913
TABLE 1.2.1.3.2: FAMILY OF JOSEPH T. HOPPERS (1855 - >1900)
12132 JOSEPH T. HOPPERS JUL1855 TN 26JUN1930
12132.S MALVINA T. HIGHT MAR1855 TN 1928 27OCT1875
121321 WILLIAM R. HOPPERS MAR1877 WEAKLEY
CO, TN >1920
121321.S ADDIE L. ________ C1883 TN C1905
12132A ROSA LEE HOPPERS SEP1878 WEAKLEY
CO, TN >1926
12132A.S W. C. MOUNT 3JUL1926
12132B ANNIE MAE HOPPERS 24JAN1882 WEAKLEY
CO, TN 29NOV1964
12132B.S JOHN D. TIPTON 1879 1946 15APR1900
121322 OLLIA E. HOPPERS AUG1884 WEAKLEY
CO, TN 1904
TABLE 1.2.1.3.2.1: FAMILY OF WILLIAM R. HOPPERS (1877 - >1920)
121321 WILLIAM R. HOPPERS MAR1877 WEAKLEY
CO, TN >1920
121321.S ADDIE L. ________ C1883 TN C1905
1213211
EASON HOPPERS 15NOV1905 TN 15JUL1993
1213212
HESS HOPPERS 14JUN1909 TN 25NOV2000
121321A
BONNIE HOPPERS C1910 TN
121321B
FRANCES HOPPERS C1911 TN
1213213
ARIZEL HOPPERS C1912 TN
1213214
CARL HOPPERS C1914 TN
121321C
LOUISE HOPPERS CJUN1915 TN
1213215
DARRETT HOPPERS CNOV1917 TN
1213216 DEWEY HOPPERS CMAY1919 TN
1.2.1.4: The
fourth oldest son of George and Mary (Dillard) Hoppers, 1214 Franklin Hoppers,
was last encountered in Madison County, TN in the 1850 Census. He apparently moved to Missouri. A
Confederate Army muster roll 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”.
The 1860 Census of
Stoddard County, MO does not include data for Franklin Hoppers, although there
is information about a Minerva Ann Hoppers, an eight-year-old girl born in
Missouri and living in the household of Robert Niell in Bloomfield, MO. Without 1860 Census data for the soldier
Franklin Hoppers, it is very difficult to reconstruct his family. However, there is a J. W. (or J. William)
Hoppers, who appears to have been born in Missouri about 1855, living in
Crockett County, TN by 1875. He does
not appear to be the son of 1211 James E. Hoppers or 1212 John A. Hoppers or
1213 William P. Hoppers. Assuming that
J. W. Hoppers is the son of Franklin Hoppers of Stoddard County, MO, then
members of 1214 Franklin Hoppers’ family include:
TABLE 1.2.1.4: FAMILY OF FRANKLIN HOPPERS (C1828 - 1863)
1214
FRANKLIN HOPPERS C1828 MADISON CO, TN 12FEB1863
1214.S
_________
1214A
MINERVA ANN HOPPES? 1852 MO
12141 J.
WILLIAM HOPPERS? C1855 MO? 1893/4
12141.S1 J. C.
JERNIGAN CROCKETT
CO, TN 13OCT1875/6
12141.S2
MARTHA B. GLENN C1864 CROCKETT CO, TN 23DEC1880
12141.S3
SALLEY BRADLEY 5NOV1870 CROCKETT CO, TN 4FEB1951 18JUN1888
TABLE 1.2.1.4.1 FAMILY OF J. WILLIAM
HOPPERS (C1855 – 1893/4)
12141 J.
WILLIAM HOPPERS? C1855 MO? 1893/4
12141.S1 C. J.
JERNIGAN CROCKETT
CO, TN 13OCT1875/6
12141.S2
MARTHA B. GLENN C1864 CROCKETT CO, TN 23DEC1880
12141.S3
SALLEY BRADLEY 5NOV1870 CROCKETT CO, TN 4FEB1951 18JUN1888
121411
HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS 6MAR1882 TN 3MAR1940
121411.S1
LEE NELSON 10MAR1901
121411.S2
EMMA LEE WILKERSON 15JUL1875 TN 20JAN1945
121412
WILLIE HOPPERS APR1884 TN
121412.S
DEE THOMAS 2JUL1912
121413 JOHN
GARLAND HOPPERS MAY1887 TN 1953
121413.S1
ROSIE LORETTA CULLIPHER 8AUG1886 5MAR1917 14MAY1902
121413.S2
SADIE ISABELLE BAILEY 17MAY1898 17JAN1937 26JUL1917
121413.S3
THEO SEABRY
12141A
GRACIE HOPPERS APR1891 TN
12141A.S LEXIE NOLAN 29OCT1921
12141B IVY HOPPERS AUG1894 TN
12141B.S ______ DANNER
TABLE 1.2.1.4.1.1: FAMILY OF
HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS (1882 – 1940)
121411 HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS 6MAR1882 TN 3MAR1940
121411.S1 LEE NELSON 10MAR1901
121411.S2 EMMA LEE WILKERSON 15JUL1875 CROCKETT CO, TN 20JAN1945
1214111
WILLIAM WEBB HOPPERS 2SEP1902 CROCKETT CO, TN 14MAR1975
1214111.S
_______ SHARP
1214112 D. A. HOPPERS
121411A FANNIE
HOPPERS
121411B MOLINE HOPPERS
121411C EULA MAY HOPPERS C1909 DYER CO, TN 9OCT1943
121411C.S FRANK
BRITT
1214113
ALVIN WALKER HOPPERS 26 OCT
1910 DYER CO, TN 13SEP1979
1214113.S
EULA MAE JONES 10JUN1914 BEECH BLUFF, TN 21APR1989
121411D MAURINE HOPPERS 4DEC1915 DYERSBURG, TN 190CT1990
121411D.S
DANIEL WILLIAMS 1913 1975
121411E
AILEEN HOPPERS 10OCT1917 CROCKETT CO, TN 3JUN1988
121411E.S
RAYMOND HORTON, SR 19APR1914
121411F
LORENE HOPPERS 15SEP1920 18SEP2000
121411F.S
ROBERT H. GAGE 4DEC1895 28SEP1974
121411G
CHRISTINE HOPPERS C1923
TABLE
1.2.1.4.1.3: FAMILY OF JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS (1887 – 1953)
121413 JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS MAY1887 TN 28JUL1953
121413.S1 ROSIE LORETTA CULLIPHER 8AUG1886 5MAR1917 14MAY1902
121413.S2 SADIE I. BAILEY NEE SIMMONS 17MAY1898 17JAN1937 26JUL1917
121413.S3 THEO SEABRY
121413A HATTIE HOPPERS 11MAY1904 TN
121413A.S LINNIE BLURTON 24APR1901 21AUG1967 13MAR1920
1214131 WILLIAM CLAUDE HOPPERS 12MAR1908 12SEP1989
1214131.S BROOKSIE SIMMONS 4JUN1926
1214132 JAMES EARL HOPPERS 8OCT1910 TN 15AUG1971
1214132.S MABLE THOMAS BARHAM 27JUL1915 TN 2JUN1935
121413B MAY HOPPERS C1914 TN
121413B.S DORCEY MCCLEAN
121413C LIDA HOPPERS C1916 TN
121413C.S BLAKE DORSETT
121413D GERTRUDE
HOPPERS C1917
121413E CLARA BELL
HOPPERS C1918
121413F
HAUTY PEARL HOPPERS C1919 AUG1920
121413G MINNIE LEE HOPPERS C1921 MAY2003
121413G.S HORACE HAYES
121413H SADIE MARG.
HOPPERS C1923
121413H.S ALBERT A. GREEN 1941
121413I
LILLIE MERLE HOPPERS 27APR1924 7FEB1997
121413I.S DAN HAYES
121413J MARY FLOSSIE
HOPPERS 8OCT1926
121413J.S ________ NELSON
121413K MARY FRANCES HOPPERS C1927 <1930
1214133
JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS 14APR1928 7JUN1930
1214134
HORACE B. HOPPERS 7FEB1930 12MAR1993
1214135 ARTHUR RAY
HOPPERS C1932
1214136 BILLIE GENE
HOPPERS C1934
1214137 GERALD WAYNE
HOPPERS 1937
1.2.1.5: The fifth oldest son of George and Mary Hoppers, 1215 George
born about 1830, was still unmarried and living with his mother when the 1860
Census of District #9, Madison County, TN was taken. On August 15, 1861, George Hoppers enlisted as a Private in
Company C, 27th Regiment of TN Volunteers at Trenton, TN for a
12-month tour of duty. This Company
subsequently became Company G, 27th Regiment TN Infantry. This Regiment was organized September 10,
1861 and reorganized in May 1862. At the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 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 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.
1215 George W.
Hoppers may have died of War-related wounds of illnesses because there is no
further information about this soldier.
1.2.1.6: Samuel C. Hoppers, the sixth son of George
and Mary (Dillard) Hoppers, was born in Madison County, TN about 1834. The 1850 Census of Madison County shows him
as a 16-year-old male living in his mother’s household. Several years later, he journeyed westward
across Arkansas to northeastern Texas where he married Sarah C. Rex on June 28,
1855 in Paris, Lamar County, TX. The
young married couple then returned to Tennessee, where their first three
children were born in 1856, 1858, and 1860.
With the likelihood of civil war imminent, Samuel and Sarah Hoppers
moved northward to join the Rex family in Williamson County, Illinois. Their
fourth child was born there in 1862.
Three months later, Samuel C. Hoppers enlisted in an
Illinois infantry unit. A report of the U. S. Adjutant
General’s Office dated June 7, 1870 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.
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.
A summary of the family of Samuel C. and Sarah C. (Rex)
Hoppers is provided in tabular form below:
TABLE 1.2.1.6: FAMILY OF SAMUEL HOPPERS (C1834 – 1863)
1216 SAMUEL
C. HOPPERS C1834 MADISON CO, TN 25JAN1863
1216.S
SARAH C. REX IL >MAR1889 28JUN1855
12161
GEORGE W. HOPPERS 10NOV1856 TN >1900
12161.S
MARY M. _______ C1858 IL <1900
1216A MARY
E. HOPPERS 14JUN1858 TN
1216B
REBECCA T. HOPPERS 7AUG1860 TN
1216C
MARTHA J. HOPPERS 9MAY1862 WILLIAMSON CO, IL
1216C.S
ELIAS SHADOWEN C1856 IL 10NOV1878
TABLE 1.2.1.6.1: FAMILY OF GEORGE W. HOPPERS (1856 - >1930)
12161
GEORGE W. HOPPERS 10NOV1856 TN >1930
12161.S1
MARY M. _______ C1858 IL <1900
12161.S2
ALICE _________ C1873 IL >1930
121611 MILO
HOPPER JUN1886 JACKSON, IL >1930
121611.S
MARTHA M. ________ 1885 IL >1930
121612
MELVIN HOPPER APR1890 JACKSON, IL >1900
121613 EZRA HOPPER 23JAN1892 JACKSON, IL JUN1972
121613.S ELIZABETH _____________ 28MAY1893 IL JUN1983
1.2.1.7: The
seventh son of George and Mary Hoppers was Thomas D. Hoppers born in Madison
County, TN on October 3, 1838. When the
Census of 1850 was taken, he was enumerated as a 12-year-old living with his
mother Mary, and was still living in her household as an unmarried male in the
Census of 1860. His whereabouts during
the Civil War are unknown, but on August 27, 1868 he married Mariah Frances
Dawes, the daughter of his brother 1213 William P. Hoppers’ second wife Maria
Dawes (nee Todd) and Maria’s first husband William Dawes. In the 1870 Census of Madison County, TN,
Thomas D. Hoppers was enumerated in District #9, close to the household of his
older brother William P. Hoppers. In
the 1880 Census of District #9, Madison County, TN, Thomas and Mariah Hoppers
are enumerated with three children residing in a household next to his nephew
12121 James T. Hoppers, the oldest son of 1212 John A. Hoppers. Madison County land records indicate that on
March 6, 1874, Thomas D. Hoppers and his wife Maria F. Hoppers had sold 12121
James T. Hoppers 41.64 acres of their land.
(In a subsequent land transaction, Thomas Hoppers bought land from B. T.
Patterson in Crockett County, TN on November 10, 1892.)
The
oldest son of Thomas and Mariah Hoppers, 12171 Robert Lee Hoppers born in
Madison County on February 5, 1870, apparently died in infancy or as a youth
because he is missing form the 1880 Census and thereafter. Their next child, 12172 James Perry Hoppers
born April 14, 1873, married Laura A. Horn about 1895. In the 1900 Census, they were residing in
Alcorn County, MS.
A
summary of the descendants of 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers to 1900 is furnished
below:
TABLE 1.2.1.7: FAMILY OF THOMAS D. HOPPERS (1838 - >1892)
1217 THOMAS
D. HOPPERS 3OCT1838 MADISON CO, TN >NOV1892
1217.S MARIAH FRANCES DAWES C1850 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1868
12171 ROBERT LEE HOPPERS 5FEB1870 MADISON
CO, TN <1880
12172 JAMES PERRY HOPPERS 14APR1873 MADISON
CO, TN 27AUG1954
12172.S LAURA A. HORN JAN1876 TN >1900 C1895
12173 WILLIAM REUBIN HOPPERS 7NOV1876 MADISON
CO, TN
12173.S ADDIE LOU PATTERSON C1883 NOV1985 25JAN1905
1217A GERTRUDE HOPPERS 27APR1879/80 MADISON
CO, TN 21APR1967
1217A.S THOMAS HARTWELL
PITTS 28MAR1874 MS 11JUL1939 18MAR1900
1217B NOONIE HOPPERS 31MAR1882 MADISON CO, TN 2AUG1964
1217B.S ARTHUR ELIJAH SMITH 18MAY1873 PRENTISS CO, MS 23SEP1899
TABLE 1.2.1.7.2: FAMILY OF JAMES P. HOPPERS (1873 - 1954)
12172 JAMES PERRY HOPPERS 14APR1873 MADISON
CO, TN 27AUG1954
12172.S LAURA A. HORN JAN1876 TN >1910 C1896
12172A ASSERY F. HOPPERS OCT1897 ALCORN
CO, MS >1910
121721 DEWIE J. HOPPERS DEC1899 ALCORN
CO, MS >1910
121722 ALVY R. HOPPERS C1901 MS >1910
121723 OTTO J. HOPPERS C1904 TN >1910
12172B ODELL
HOPPERS C1908/9 TN >1910
121724 EZRA ALFRED HOPPER C1912 4SEP1930
1.2.1.8?: The 1850 Census of
Madison County, TN indicates that the Mary Hoppers household had a
nine-year-old male named Henry Hoppers as the concluding entry after listing
William Smithwick and Rebecca (Hoppers) Smithwick. Because Henry Hoppers was born about 1841 and Mary Hoppers’
husband George did not die until 1842–1850, there is a high probability that
Henry Hoppers was the youngest son of George and Mary Hoppers. However, because their oldest son 1211 James
A. Hoppers, who married Catharine Tanner on January 30, 1841, is missing from
the 1850 Census, it also is possible that the Henry Hoppers in the 1850 Census
was the oldest son of James A. Hoppers.
In any event, Henry Hoppers disappears after the 1850 Census and will be
considered as the youngest son of George and Mary Hoppers until evidence to the
contrary is found.
In summary,
only two of the eight sons of George and Mary Hoppers, namely 1213 William P.
Hoppers and 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers, appear to have survived until the Civil War
ended in 1865. All the other sons
apparently died before reaching 50 years of age. At least two of their sons, 1214 Franklin Hoppers and 1215 George
W. Hoppers, fought and/or died for the Confederate cause and their younger
brother, 1216 Samuel C. Hoppers, perished within months of joining a Union
infantry company. Of the many
grandchildren of 121 George and Mary Hoppers, two in particular had large
families and numerous descendants, namely 12121 James T. Hoppers, who was born
in Mississippi and then returned to Tennessee and eventually resided next to
his uncle 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers, and 12141 J. William Hoppers, who was born in
Missouri but returned to Crockett County, TN by 1875 and married three times
before dying there in the early 1890s.
1.2.2:
The second son of 12
John Hoppes married to Elizabeth Clanton was 122 Benjamin Hoppes, born along
Deep Creek, NC on March 11, 1794 and baptized there on May 4, 1794 according to
Moravian Church records. Benjamin
apparently died at an early date because there are no further records
concerning him.
1.2.3:
John and Elizabeth
Hoppes’ third and last son was 123 Edward Hoppers, born on Deep Creek, NC on
October 12, 1795 and baptized there on April 3, 1796. A Surry County, NC marriage bond was issued on March 30, 1819 for
his marriage to Sally Gibbons. In the
Census of 1820, they were enumerated in Captain Atwood’s District of Surry
County and had one daughter and one son under ten years of age. The 1830 Census indicated that:
# Individual State County Township Vol. Page Census Date
123 Edward Hoppers NC Surry 99
MALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
FEMALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
By 1840, Edward and Sally Hoppers had moved to Habersham
County, GA as the following Census data indicate:
123 Edward Hopus GA Habersham Tocesah 154
MALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
FEMALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Edward and Sally Hoppers are missing from the 1850 Census of
Habersham County, GA but the following household was enumerated there:
# State County Township Vol. Page House Family Census
Date
1231.S? GA Habersham 5th District 258B 90 90 9 October 1850
Matilda
Hoppers 30 F widow NC
D.
H. Hoppers 12 M NC
Although Edward
Hoppers and his family are missing form the Habersham County in the 1850
Census, they are present in neighboring Lumpkin County, GA:
123 GA Lumpkin Dahlonega 98 27 27 24SEP1850
Edward
Hoppers 55 M Miner NC
Sally
Hoppers 50 F NC
Charles
Hoppers 23 M Farmer NC
Pinkney
Hoppers 21 M Farmer NC
Sarah
Hoppers 18 F NC
Nancy
Hoppers 15 F NC
Babe
Hoppers 12 F GA
Nancy
Hoppers 10 F GA
From these data it is apparent that Edward Hoppers and his
family moved to Georgia from North Carolina between the time Nancy Hoppers and
Babe Hoppers were born, that is, between 1835 and 1838. The Census data also
indicate that one or more young men are missing in the 1850 Census compared to
the 1840 Census. Five years after the
1850 Census, a tax digest of Lumpkin County revealed that Edward Hoppers acted
as the agent of John Hoppers, most likely his son. Based on these data, the family of 123 Edward Hoppers can be
summarized as follows:
TABLE 1.2.3: FAMILY OF EDWARD HOPPERS (1795 - >1855)
123 EDWARD
HOPPERS 12OCT1795 DEEP CREEK, NC >1855
123.S SALLY
GIBBONS C1799 >1850 30MAR1819
123A GIRL
HOPPERS C1820 NC EARLY?
1231
_______ HOPPERS C1820 SURRY
CO., NC <1850
1231.S
MATILDA __________ C1820 NC >1850
1232 JOHN
HOPPERS C1822 SURRY CO., NC
123B GIRL C1824 SURRY CO., NC
1233
CHARLES HOPPERS C1827 SURRY CO., NC
1234
PINKNEY HOPPERS C1829 SURRY CO., NC
123C SARAH
HOPPERS C1832 SURRY CO., NC
123D NANCY
HOPPERS C1835
SURRY CO., NC
123E BABE
HOPPERS C1838 HABERSHAM CO., GA
123F NANCY
HOPPERS C1840 HABERSHAM CO., GA
1.2.3.1: No additional information has been found about the husband of
1231.S Malilda Hoppers, the 30-year-old widow enumerated in the 1850 Census of
Habersham County, GA, or her 12-year-old son D. H. Hoppers. Because the 1820 Census of Surry County, NC indicated
that Edward and Sally Hoppes had a son born in 1819 or 1820, Matilda Hoppers
appears to be the wife of this son whose name currently is unknown to us. (In the 1850 Census of Habersham County, GA,
Matilda was living next to two other young women who were household heads:
Abagail Hamby age 29 living in household #89 with five children and Polly Hodge
age 34 living in household #91 with an infant daughter.)
A
summary of known information about the eldest son of Edward and Sally Hoppers
is provided below:
TABLE 1.2.3.1: FAMILY OF _______ HOPPERS (C1820 - <1850)
1231
_______ HOPPERS C1820 SURRY
CO., NC <1850
1231.S
MATILDA __________ C1820 NC >1850
12311 D. H.
HOPPERS C1838 NC >1850
1.2.3.2: The
second oldest son of Edward and
Sally Hoppers, 1232 John Hoppers, grew up in Lumpkin County, GA. Considerably more information is available
about his family than that of his older brother. For example, RootsWeb at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com
has the following data submitted by [email protected]
as of Saturday August 25, 2001.
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· ID:
I242 · Name:
Benjamin HOPPERS · Sex:
M · Birth:
13 May 1867 in , Lumpkin, GA · Death:
3 Jun 1947 · _STAT:
Dead · Change
Date: 14 Jan 1999 at 12:39
Children |
This
summer I had the opportunity to visit Dahlonega, GA during a trip my wife Riki
and I made to the Atlanta, GA area, where we spent the better part of a week
with our youngest son Daniel and his family.
At the Lumpkin County Court House in Dahlonega, GA, we found the
following marriage record: Benj. Hoppas and Mary Jane Parker on 2nd
October 1887. With the
assistance of the staff of the Gold Mine Museum in Dahlonega, Riki and I
discovered a local-area history titled: “Heritage of Lumpkin County, Georgia:
1832 – 1996”, published by the Lumpkin County Heritage Book Committee and Don
Mills, Inc. (LC #96-61131) and by the Walsworth Publishing Company. It contains a wealth of interesting data
about the family of Benjamin Hoppers and Mary Jane Parker, although it
incorrectly identifies Benjamin Hoppers’ father as Edward Hoppers, whereas
Edward actually was his grandfather and John Hoppers was his father:
391 BENJAMIN
AND MARY JANE HOPPERS
Benjamin
Hoppers, born May 13, 1867, was the son of Edward Hoppers, who is buried in old
Cavender’s Creek Cemetery. Edward died
on November 20, 1887.
Benjamin
married Mary Jane Parker, who was born on March 5, 1865. They were the parents of two sons and five
daughters as follows: John Henry (July 19, 1888 – September 18, 1965); J.
Rollie (December 27, 1898 – October 21, 1918); Martha Elmer (April 15, 1893 –
August 13,
1959) married William Edwards: Lena Mae married Columbus Couch; Ida (May 15,
1905) married Lloyd Bailey; Molly (July 14, 1892); Carrie married Charles
McDonald.
Benjamin
made clocks and furniture, and worked at one of the gold mines. Some of his furniture is still in use. Although little more is known of him, he had
two sisters; Neats Seary from Tate, and Sally Grindle.
392 HENRY AND LEE HOPPERS
John
Henry Hoppers was born on July 19,1888 and died September 18, 1965. He was the
son of Benjamin Hoppers and Mary Jane Parker Hoppers. He married Lee Davis on
February 14, 1915. She was the daughter of John Francis Davis and Abigail
Davis. She was born August 27, 1891 and died July 17, 1978. They are both
buried in cemetery.
They had two children. Alvin Guy
Hoppers was born on June 3, 1917, in Georgia. He married Jannette Martin on
July 23, 1938 in Dahlonega. He died July 23, 1990.
Jannette was born on July 22, 1915.
She still lives in Sistersville, West Virginia. They had one son, John William (Johnny),
born on November 23, 1939. He married Kay Spritzherbach. They had one daughter,
Caroline, born January 9, 1970.
Henry and Lee's daughter, Lola Faye
Hoppers, was born on September 27, 1924 in Beach Bottom, West Virginia. She
married William Arthur Staley on March 4,1946. She died on December 30, 1981.
Art died on May 8, 1987. Their children were: Richard Michael Staley born
November 28, 1946; William Joseph (Bill) Staley born June 28, 1948, died June
7, 1990; Sandra Lee Staley born November 8, 1951; Kathryn Ann Staley born March
5, 1956; Arthur Kevin (Skip) Staley; Lisa Margaret Staley born March 28, 1966,
died September 26, 1968. Henry and Lee moved to Power Plant, West Virginia
before Faye was born. He worked at the
power plant there until he retired and moved back to Lumpkin County and built a
house at the intersection of Highway 152 and 115 across from Ralph Pierce's
store. They lived there until they passed away. . . . .
306 ARTHUR AND ELMER EDWARDS
William
Arthur Edwards and Martha Elmer Hoppers were married on Sunday, May 1, 1909 at
Zion Church. Rev. Bill Spencer
performed the ceremony.
Arthur
was born on August 12, 1891, son of Reeves Edwards. Arthur passed away on March 30, 1966.
Elmer
was born on April 15, 1893 and passed away on August 13, 1959. She was the daughter of Benjamin Hoppers and
Mary Jane Parker Hoppers.
They were the parents of 8 sons and 3 daughters. They all lived to get grown and married except one daughter, Bessie Mae, who died at the age of 6 years. . . . .
Based on these data,
the following summary of the family of 1232 John Hoppers can be reconstructed:
TABLE 1.2.3.2: FAMILY OF JOHN HOPPERS (C1822 - 1887)
1232 JOHN
HOPPERS C1822 SURRY CO., NC 20NOV1887
1232.S MARY
_________
12321 BENJAMIN HOPPERS 13MAY1867 LUMPKIN CO., GA 3JUN1947
12321.S
MARY JANE PARKER 5MAR1865 GA 11OCT1929 2OCT1887
12321A NEATS HOPPERS
12321A.S _______ SEARY
12321B SALLY HOPPERS
12321S.S
________ GRINDLE
TABLE 1.2.3.2.1: FAMILY OF BENJAMIN HOPPERS (1867 - 1947)
12321 BENJAMIN HOPPERS 13MAY1867 LUMPKIN CO., GA 3JUN1947
12321.S
MARY JANE PARKER 5MAR1865
11OCT1929 2OCT1887
123211 JOHN
HENRY HOPPERS 19JUL1888 LUMPKIN CO., GA 18SEP1965
123211.S
MARY LEE DAVIS 27AUG1891
GA 17JUL1978 14FEB1915
12321A
MOLLY HOPPERS 14JUL1892
12321B
MARTHA ELMER HOPPERS 15APR1893 LUMPKIM CO., GA 13AAUG1959
12321B.S
WILLIAM ARTHUR EDWARDS 12AUG1891 GA 30MAR1966 1MAY1909
12321C? LENA MAE HOPPERS LUMPKIN
CO., GA
12321C.S COLUMBUS COUCH
123212 J.
ROLLIE HOPPERS 27DEC1898 LUMPKIN CO., GA 21OCT1918
12321D? CARRIE HOPPERS
12321D.S CHARLES MCDONALD
12321E? IDA
MAE HOPPERS 15MAY1905 LUMPKIN CO., GA 5FEB2000
121321E.S LLOYD ASBERRY
BAILEY 31JAN1925
TABLE 1.2.3.2.1.1: FAMILY OF JOHN HENRY HOPPERS (1888 – 1965)
123211 JOHN
HENRY HOPPERS 19JUL1888 LUMPKIN CO., GA 18SEP1965
123211.S
MARY LEE DAVIS 27AUG1891 17JUL1978 14FEB1915
1232111
ALVIN GUY HOPPERS 3JUN1917 GA 23JUL1990
1232111.S
JANNETTE MARTIN 22JUL1915 15OCT1996 23JUL1938
123211A
LOLA FAYE HOPPERS 27SEP1924 WV 30DEC1981
123211A.S
WILLIAM ARTHUR STALEY 8MAY1987 4MAR1946
1.2.3.3: The third son of Edward and Sally Hoppers was 1233 Charles
Hoppers, born about 1827 according to the 1850 Census of Lumpkin County, GA.
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. No additional information is
available about his CSA service.
When Riki and I
visited Dahlonega, GA in July 2003, we found a book in the town library there
titled Cemeteries of Dawson County, GA. It contained the following tombstone data
for Bethyl Baptist (aka Shoal Creek) Cemetery, located 2.7 miles from
Dawsonville near the intersection of Shoal Creek Road at State Road 136:
Page
33, #61 Hoppers, Benjamine 31July 1826 – 15February1889 “Our father”
Hoppers, Nancy M. 26August1838 – 25Novenber1898
Hoppers,
Benjamine F. 7July1876 – 23August1879 “Age 3 yr., 18 Days”
When we visited the new Court House at Dawsonville, GA, we
found the following four deeds involving Benjamin Hoppers:
Book B p493 March 25, 187 Henry Howsa to
Benjamin Hoppers
Book B p529 September 2, 1874 Benjamin Hoppers to Robert Bennet
Book D p617 Jan 28, 1883 Benjamin and Nancy N. Hoppers to Joseph McKee
Book E p36 Dec 25, 1884 Aaron Cain to Benjamin Hoppers
Based
on Benjamin Hoppers’ birth date of July 1826, he appears synonymous with the
Charles Hoppers who was enumerated in the 1850 Census and served in the Army of
the Confederate States of America. If
so, then his line can be summarized as follows:
TABLE 1.2.3.3: FAMILY OF CHARLES (BENJAMIN) HOPPERS (1826 - >1855)
1233
CHARLES (BENJAMIN) HOPPERS 31JUL1826 SURRY CO., NC 15FEB1889
1233.S
NANCY M. ___________ 26AUG1838 25NOV1898
12331
BENJAMIN F. HOPPERS 7JUL1876 GA 23AUG1879
OTHERS?
1.2.3.4: The youngest son of
Edward and Sally Hoppers was 1234 Pinkney Hoppers born about 1829 according to
the 1850 Census of Lumpkin County. Pinkney Hoppers was enrolled as a Private in the 12th
Battalion of GA Light Artillery. His
date and place of enrollment, as well as his company and tour of duty were not
stated. On May 8, 1865, he was captured
at Athens, GA by U. S. forces commanded by Brigadier General W. J. Palmer and
paroled.
Currently
no additional information is available about this individual.
By Harry Hoppes September
2003
Published October 13, 2003