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  1. Alfred F Hopper: Birth: ABT 1844.

  2. George Riley Hopper: Birth: 18 JAN 1845 in Vernon, Hancock, Indiana, USA. Death: 3 SEP 1930 in Jasper, Illinois, USA

  3. Alvia F Hopper: Birth: ABT 1846.

  4. John H. Hopper: Birth: 6 JUN 1847 in Vernon, Hancock, Indiana, USA. Death: 11 JAN 1859 in Jasper, Illinois, USA

  5. Martha E Hopper: Birth: ABT 1849.

  6. Sarah Ann Hopper: Birth: 1850 in Vernon, Hancock, Indiana, USA. Death: AFT 1915 in Illinois, USA

  7. Mary Jane D. Hopper: Birth: 10 NOV 1855 in Jasper, Illinois, USA. Death: 4 JAN 1859 in Jasper, Illinois, USA

  8. Susan Louisa Hopper: Birth: 14 AUG 1858 in Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, USA. Death: 24 JUN 1934 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, USA


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1. Title:   U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Author:   Historical Data Systems, comp
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
2. Title:   1850 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
3. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
4. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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Author:   Dodd, Jordan
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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10. Title:   Illinois State Marriage Archive

Notes
a. Note:   Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) JAMES HOPPER, harness maker, Oblong, was born in Wayne County, Ind., September 21, 1821. His parents were natives of Virginia. His father, John Hopper, was born in the year 1787 and died in 1823, when our subject was but two years old. Our subject's mother, Sarah (Shortridge), was born in the year 1788 and died in 1852. The early part of our subject's life was spent in Wayne County, the place of his birth. When, in 1833, at twelve years of age, he and his mother and family emigrated to Hancock County, Ind., and there he devoted most of his time to farming, although he spent his spare time in a blacksmith shop. In 1846, he emigrated to Jasper County, Ill., and purchased a farm, and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits for twelve years, at which time, in 1858, he removed to Willow Hill, of the same county, and engaged in blacksmithing. When after about four years of success in that line of business, in 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-eighth Illinois Volunteers, and was engaged in several battles, namely: Frankfort, Ky., Murfreesboro, were the principle ones, besides quite a number of skirmishes. He was discharged at Chicago on account of disability, February 12, 1864, at which time he came back to his farm in Jasper County, and engaged in the raising of grain and stock until the fall of 1878, at which time he came to Oblong and engaged in harness-making. His stock invoices at about $600. Mr. Hopper has been married twice, the first time in Hancock County, Ind., November 9, 1843, to Verlinda Walker, a native of Carolina. They had five children, namely: George, John H. (deceased), Sarah Ann, Mary Jane and Susan Louisa. His wife died December 11, 1869. He married again June 29, 1871, to Rebecca Pearce. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/crawford/bios/hopper1313gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/


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