Notes

[NI0001] 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.

[NI0003] 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

[NI0004] 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

[NI0005] 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.

[NI0009] 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.

[NI0010] 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.

[NI0011] 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.
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(signed) Elisabeth x McCullough
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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.

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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.

[NI0014] Never married, listed as deaf and dumb on the 1850 census.

[NI0019] Jacob reared his grandson, John M. Smith after his mother's death at age 12.

[NI0025] 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.

[NI0026] 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.

[NI0032] 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.

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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.

[NI0034] Biographical & Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana, Pg. 461

One of the leading agriculturists of Jay County, residing on Section 18, Jefferson Twnshp., was born in Fayette County, Ohio, July 8, 1840, a son of John and Sarah Hoppes. When he was 3 years of age his parents settled in Richland Township, near his present residence, and there he grew to manhood, his youth being spent in assisting his father on the farm where he learned lessons of preserving industry which have been of benefit to him in later life. He was united in marriage in his nineteenth year to Miss Elizabeth E. Phillips, the date of the marriage being January 6, 1859. Mrs. Hoppes was born in Highland County, Ohio, a daughter of Asa F. & Mary Phillips, with whom she came to Jay County, Ind., when about 12 years of age. Her mother is deceased, and her father is now a resident of Redkey, Jay County. Nine children have been born to Mr. & Mr. Hoppes - Sarah Jane, wife of Elias Steed, of Jefferson Township; Mary S. died in infancy; Cyrus E., a school teacher, living with his parents, Tellitha G., wife of Edmund Bergdoll, of Knox Township, Osta V., Rosa A., Wilber G., Bertha J. and Hattie L. the last five living at home. In 1863 Mr. Hoppes volunteered in defense of the Union, but his wife's health at that time caused him to send as a substitute James Collett, of Pike Township. Before the war was over Mr. Hoppes was drafted, but his business and family again made it necessary to furnish a substitue which he did in the person of Henry C. Decker, of Henry County, Ind. Mr. Hoppes commenced life for himself on 65 acres of land, the part of the homestead on which he now resides, which had been given him by his father. About eight acres of his tract had been cleared and a small log cabin built, the former house of Jacob Smith, one of Jefferson Township's old pioneers. From this small beginning he has become one of the wealthiest men in his township, considering his age, and the fact that his property, with the exception of the original 65 acres has been acquired by his own efforts, his progress has no parallel in the county. His real estate covers 450 acres which may be said to be divided into four farms, although all join each other, and all are located on section 18, Jefferson Township. Of his land 250 acres is cleared of the timber and very productive, the balance cleared of the underbrush and seeded, it being used for pasturage. His large substantial brick residence is one of the best farm houses in the county, his other farm buildnings being correspondingly good. In politics, he has always affiliated with the Democratic, being reared in the principles of that party. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

[NI0035] Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago; Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications of Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. Page 637

Sylvester Hopes an active and enterprising citizen of Jefferson Township, where he is engaged in farming on section 19, is a native of Ohio, born in Fayette County, December 11, 1841. When less than a year old he was brought by his parents, John and Sarah (Caylor) Hoppes, to Jay County, Indiana, and was reared on the home farm in Richland Township, where his father still resides. He was brought up a farmer, which avocation he has followed successfully through life. He remained on his father's homestead until his marriage, which occurred December 13, 1866, to Miss Emeline Daughter, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, but reared in Richland Township, Jay (p 638) County, Indiana, where her parents, James and Jemima Daughter, still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes are the parents of five children- - James Palmer, John Ora, Annie Bell, William Oscar and Jesse Lee. Mr. Hoppes settled on his present farm in August, 1867, in a hewed log house erected by himself. His farm then consisted of 133 acres of timber land, with the exception of about eight acres, which had been cleared, this land being deeded by his father at the nominal price of $500, to be paid later. By industry, combined with good management, Mr. Hoppes has from this small beginning acquired his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealings he has gained the confidence and respect of all who know him. The the original 133 acres he has added eight acres more on section 18, Jefferson Township, which he has improved since purchasing. In connection with farming he devotes considerable attention to general stock-raising, in which he is meeting with good success. He erected one of the largest and best arranged barns in his neighborhood, in 1885, and in 1877 his fine brick residence, one of the best in his township, was built. In his political views he affiliates with he Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and are active in promoting and upholding that organization.

[NI0037] Biographical and Historical Record of Jay & Blackford Counties, Indiana, Pg. 474

Residing on section 19, Jefferson Township is a native of Jay County, Ind. Born in Richland Township, Oct. 5, 1847, a son of John and Sarah (Caylor) Hoppes. His youth was spent in farm labor on the old homestead in Richland Township, he remaining with his parents until attaining the age of 22 years. He was then married Nov. 14, 1869, to Miss Mary M. Hollowell, who was born in Randolph County, Ind. June 28, 1847, a daughter of Luke and Elizabeth Hollowell, both now deceased. Five children have been born to this union, four of whom are living, Melissa Ann, wife of Elmer Dailey, of Jefferson Township, Adam O., William A., and Thirsy P. Abner, a twin brother of Adam O. died at the age of 14 months. Charles L. and Flora B. Mann orphan children of Benjamin and Nancy Ann (Hollowell) Mann, Mrs. Mann, being a sister of Mrs. Hoppes, became members of their family, the girl at the age of 14 years and the boy at about 12 years of age. Flora is now the wife of J. N. Steed, of Powers, and her brother is living in Randolph County. Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes commenced housekeeping on his land in Richland Township the week of his marriage, and of their 80 acres, twenty acres had been cleared, and a log house erected. The year following he rented that property to a tenant and spent the following winter with his father-in-law in Randolph County. In 1871 he removed to a farm on section 3, Jefferson Township, known as the old Geo. Bell farm, though owned by Samuel Caylor, and there spent 3 years, and in the meantime he had sold his property in Richland Township and bought off Geo. Bell the homestead which he yet owns and occupies. The farm then was in very bad condition, but little had been cleared and no drainage had been made; a rude log cabin constituted the residence, and other buildings corresponded. Mr. Hoppes commenced the work of improvement which he pushed forward with energy. During the first year he was prostrated with sickness. Now, in 1887, the farm is considered one of the best in Jefferson Township, consisting of 106 acres, of which 101 acres are cleared and under the best of cultivation. Among other improvements he has laid about 1500 rods of under drainage. His elegant residence, which was erected in 1879 at a cost of $2,500, is among the best in his township and was built with a view of comfort and convenience. He has a commodious barn, 38 x 46 feet and fifty feet in height. Both house and barn are supplied with water under the roof.

Politically Mr. Hoppes is a Democrat. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes are members of the Christian Church at Powers. No family in Jay County has done more to develop its resources than the family of Mr. Hoppes, and although a young man no member of his family has accomplished more than the subject of this sketch in the same length of time.

[NI0038] 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.

[NI0039] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, March 27, 1943

PETER C. HOPPES

Funeral services for Peter C. Hoppes, age 88, known througout Madison county as "the bee man" will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lowell C. Johnston, on the Nichol avenue road across from Edgewood School. Mrs. Roy Stillwell of New Castle, will officiate, and burial will be in Memorial Park. The body will be taken at 7 o'clock tonight from the Nuckols funeral home.

Mr. Hoppes, who died last night at his daughter's home, was one of the best-known bee-ieepers in this section of the state. He was born in Red Key, the son of John and Nancy Hoppes, and resided there until 1917, when he came to Anderson to reside with Mr. and Mrs. Johnston. He was a member of the Mason's lodge and K of P and Red Key. He also belonged to the Spiritualist Church.

[NI0043] Died early.

[NI0099] April 07, 1936 death date provided by Harry Hoppes. Death certificate reads April 1, 1936. Checking to see how tombstone inscription reads.

[NI0122] Died early.

[NI0147] Died early.

[NI0151] Died at the age of 5.

[NI0152] Alexandria Public Library, Book of obituaries from the Anderson Herald for Friday, November 9, 1973, page 87 - Copy of page in possession

Marvin Hoppes

SUMMITVILLE - Marvin Hoppes, 72, of St. Petersburg, Fla., a former resident of Summitville, died Thursday evening at Community Hospital in Anderson after an illness of one day.

A 1965 retiree from Delco-Remy Division, he had been visiting here with his wife when he became ill.

Survivors include the widow, Lillian; three daughters, Mrs. Donna Maynard, Summitville, Mrs. Dorothy Corn, Upland and Mrs. Carolyn Hensley, Alexandria; three sons, Bob Hoppes, Anderson, Jack and Glen Hoppes, both of Summitville, 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Services will be held at the Ewing Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Monday by the Rev. Sam Webb and burial will be in Vinson Memorial Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

[NI0155] Said to have married but don't know husband's name and have found no record of such event. Futher research needed.

[NI0159] Alexandria Tribune
October 26, 1967

City Residents' Mother Dies

MARION - Mrs. Sarah Jane Hoppes, 98, formerly of Summitville, widow of George Hoppers, died Wednesday evening at a nursing home in Marion. She had made her home in Marion with a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Harris of 525 N. Washington St. She was a member of the Swayzee Street EUB Church in Marion.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Lulu Stokes, both of Marion; six sons, the Rev. Russell Hoppes and Floyd Hoppes of Elwood, Walter Hoppes of Kokomo, Emmett Hoppes of Jonesboro, Herbert and Glenn Hoppes of Alexandria; 29 grandchildren 65 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

Friends will be received at the Diggs Funeral Home, 504 W. 3rd St., Marion, after 6 p.m. today.

Funeral rites will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the funeral home by the Rev. Howard Pearson. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery east of Summitville.

[NI0160] Died early.

[NI0163] January 23, 1895 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes.

Anderson Bulletin Herald
April 29, 1993

Floyd O. Hoppes

Elwood - Floyd Opal Hoppes, 98, Elwood, died April 26, 1993, at Parkview Convalescent Center after an extended illness.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Buford (Ruth) Walsh and Mrs. Thomas (Freda) Getherall; a son, Paul Hoppes; two brothers, the Rev. Russell Hoppes and Emmett Hoppes, 14 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Copher & Fesler Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Putnam officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI0169] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Thursday, November 21, 1991

Glen H. Hoppes

ALEXANDRIA - Glen H. Hoppes, 81, 214 E. Berry St., died Wednesday at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis after a brief illness.

He was born Jan. 1, 1910 in Summitville, and had resided in Alexandria since 1937. He had worked at Aladdin Industries, formerly of Alexandria, and retired in 1975 from Guide Lamp in Anderson after 34 years of employment.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of Summitville and a volunteer American Red Cross driver servicing the Alexandria Nutrition Site and a licensed real estate agent.

Hoppes was active in several area bowling leagues and was known for the dog breeding and grooming service he ran out of his home.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Clark of Plainfield and Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Richardson of Alexandria; three brothers, Floyd Hoppes of Muskegon Heights, Mich and Emmett Hoppes of Gas City; four grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

His wife of 63 years, Florence Fuson Hoppes, died May 1, 1991.

Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Summitville with the Revs. Val Harris and Gary R. Kirchoff officiating. Burial will be at Park View Cemetery in Alexandria.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Owens Funeral Home in Alexandria and at the church after noon on Saturday.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Summitville through the funeral home.

[NI0171] Alexandria Times-Tribune
Wednesday, July 7, 1999

Emmett O. Hoppes

MARION - Emmett O. Hoppes, 85, Marion, died Thursday, July 1 at Marion General Hospital in Marion.

Born in Summitville, he had lived in the Grant County area most of his life. He was a former member of the Civillian Conservation Corps in California during the 1940s, was a self-employed farmer for over 30 years, was a 39-year employee of Owens-Illinois Glass Factory in Gas City prior to his retirement in 1978, and was the owner and operator of Hoppes Trenching in Jonesboro for over 40 years. He was a member of the Brethern Church of Summitville.

Surviving are his wife of nearly 58 years, Irene Hoppes; two sons, Ron (wife Deb) Hoppes, Lafayette, and Dale (wife Sheila) Hoppes Elwood, one daughter, Carolyn (husband Dan) Tackett, Lincoln, Ill.; six grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were nine brothers and three sisters.

Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Needham-Storey Funeral Service, Gas City, with Rev. Bob Vardaman officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery.

[NI0172] Alexandria Tribune
November 19, 1986

Herbert Hoppes

Herbert F. Hoppes, 69, 116 W. Madison St., Alexandria, died Monday at Community Hospital after an brief illness.

He was a native of Summitville and had resided in Alexandria sinc 1942. He had managed the former Hoppies Sinclair Sevice Station in Alexandria. He had worked more recently for Hoppes Trench Service of Jonesboro. He was a member of the Alexandria Masonic Lodge No. 235.

He is survived by his wife, Anna (Hancher) Hoppes, three daughters, Judy, Mrs. John Barton of Anderson, Paulette (Mrs. Robert) Horlander of Grand Forks, N.D. and Sarah Jane (Mrs. Richard) Horlander of (illegible), a sister, Mrs. Hazel Harris of Marion, four brothers, Floyd Hoppes of Elwood, Rev. Russell Hoppes of Muskegon Heights, Mich., Glen Hoppes of Alexandria and Emmett Hoppes of Jonesboro; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be conducted Friday at 10 a.m. at Kyle and Owens Funeral Home with Rev. Robert J. Brink Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Cemetery, east of Summitville.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Madison County Heart Association through the funeral home.

[NI0181] Living in Anderson Twp., Madison Co., IN on the 1920 census schedule.

[NI0187] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Thursday, October 15, 1953

CARL HOPPESS EXPIRES TODAY

Carl Daniel Hoppess, 54, 2704 Brown St. expired at St. John's Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Hoppess was a retired Delco-Remy Division employee.

The body was taken to the Sells and Rowe Funeral Home where friends will be received after 1:30 p.m. Friday and where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with Dr. W. H. Bransford, pastor of the First Methodist Church, in charge. Burial will follow in Pleasant Walk Cemetery.

Survivors are the widow Mrs. Nettie Hoppes; two sons, David C., and Jasper G. Hoppess, both of Anderson; one daughter Dorothy Ray, Muncie; one brother Walter Hoppess, Anderson; two grandchildren. Mrs. Norma Hale, Chicago and Everett J. Brown, Lancaster, O., and several nieces and nephews.

[NI0190] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, August 24, 1963

Walter Hoppes Expires Today

Walter C. Hoppes, 83, 1527 Walnut St., died at 7 a.m. today at St. John's Hospital after an illness of 12 hours.

A native of Madison County, he spent most of his life here and retired from Delco-Remy Division 11 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Indianapolis, UAW-CIO Local 662 and was a 50 year member of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge 77.

The survivors include the widow, Bessie; four nieces and four nephews including David and Jasper Hoppes of Anderson.

Funeral services will be held at the Sells and Rowe Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.

[NI0196] Married three times, names not available for other two spouses, further research needed.

[NI0201] Anderson Dialy Bulletin
Friday, November 26, 1965

DAVID HOPPES DIES SUDDENLY

David C. Hoppes, 65, 2704 Brown St., died at 6 p.m. Thursday at his home, unexpectedly. He had resided at this address all his life.

Mr. Hoppes was born December 25, 1899, to Carl and Phoebe Hoppes, in Anderson. He had been employed at the Ed Wilson Pharmacy for the past 15 years, and also at the Union Credit Association.

Surviving are a brother, Jasper G. Hoppes of Anderson, and a niece and nephew.

The body was taken to the Sells and Rowe Funeral Home where friends may call after 4 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home by Rev. John Cheesman, pastor of the Colonial EUB Church. Burail will be in the Pleasant Walk Cemetery, south of Anderson.

[NI0202] No further record, assume died early.

[NI0204] Fannie and Jasper had no children.

Anderson Herald Bulletin
Sunday March 3, 1974

Jasper Hoppes

Jasper G. Hoppes, 66 917 Lone Oak Road died at his home Saturday morning following brief illness.

A Madison County native and lifelong resident of Anderson, Mr. Hoppes was retired from the Guide Lamp tool room. He was a member of UAW Local 663.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tudsday at the Rowe and Weston Funeral Home by Pat Andrews, minister of the Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Pleasant Walk Cemetery.

Friends may call at the mortuary from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

[NI0212] No further record, assume died early.

[NI0222] "History of Madison County, Indiana From 1820 to 1874", Harden, Samuel, Markleville, Indiana, 1874. Pp, 287-289

The Murder of Daniel Hopis by Milton White

This murder took place on the 8th day of April, 1867, two and
one-half miles southeast of Anderson, on the east pike leading to
Columbus, in a piece of woods where the larger timber had been cut
off and a dense undergrowth covered the ground. The facts in regard
to the murderer's arrest and execution are about as follows: The
parties had lived neighbors and were considered good friends. They
had been in company at Anderson during the day, started home
together, and were seen to enter the above woods in company. This was
the last seen of Hopis alive. Search was soon instituted and his body
found, and near it a sasafrass club, with which it is supposed he was
killed, as it was saturated with blood. (This club, about three feet
and a half long, was preserved and handsomely labeled, and may be
seen in the clerk's office at Anderson.) White was arrested on
suspicion and lodged in jail. In the meantime circumstances pointed
to him as the probable murder. His preliminary trial was had before
Esquirer Schlater in which a sufficient amount of evidence was
obtained to remand him back to jail to await the session of the
circuit court, which convened in the following August, judge, Henry
A. Brouse.

After some little delay in obtaining a jury the following
were chosen: J. M. Nelson, Macajah Francis, David King, W. P.
Prewett, Robert Jones, J. B. Chodwick, Eli Davis, Levi Conner,
Jonathan Deboy, Thomas Hughes, Thomas Wood and Henry Etchler. The
case was prosecuted by Nick Van Horn, assisted by C. D. Thompson; the
defense by H. D. Thompson and James W. Sansbury.

After a thorough examination of the case White was convicted
of murder in the first degree, solely on circumstantial evidence as
no eye saw him commit the crime. So perfect, however, was the chain
of evidence, that little or no doubt ever existed but that he was the
proper person arrested tried and executed.

The time set for carrying out the sentence was the 26th day
of September. The executive--Gov. Baker--thinking the time too short,
extended it to the first Friday in November. During this interval he
was visited by the Governor in person, as there had been some
influence brought to bear to commute this sentence to imprisonment
for life. After this interview, the governor refused to interfere,
and the execution took place on the day above mentioned, and at the
fair grounds.

Of course this event as well as the first day set for his
execution brought out a large concourse of people to witness the
proceedings, the like of which had not occurred in our county for a
period of forty-two years. The execution took place in an enclosure.
Planks were set up endwise and only about one hundred persons were
admitted. Some not to be outdone climbed the adjoining trees as high
as seventy-five or a hundred feet and there overlooked the sickening
even. As a general rule good order prevailed, some however, were
barbarous enough to jeer the man on the gallows. At about two p.m.,
White was conveyed to the fair grounds in a vehicle and was dressed
in a suit of black and followed by a curious crowd. His long
confinement had bleached his naturally dark skin, and his neat
fitting clothes gave him a good appearance. He was a large and
powerful man and well made. The animal however, largely predominated.
Illustrative of this, it is reported that he would torture geese,
chickens, etc. It was his seeming delight to see them suffer; had but
little intelligence and lacked home culture, as was allowed to grow
up without moral training. He did not seem to realize his situation
and gave no concern whatever to the awful day that awaited him.

During his confinement in jail he was kindly treated by
sheriff Snell and wife. I am also glad to learn that deputy sheriff,
William Roach, was unremitting in his attention to this unfortunate
man.

White's body was given in charge of his friends and was
buried in the Catholic cemetery, just south of Anderson.

Isaac Hoppis was a small, inoffensive man and but little
known outside of his immediate neighborhood. Was possessed of but
little harm or good.

The circumstances which led to the above tragedy were as
follow: Hoppis had accused White of stealing meat which he (White)
denied. A quarrel ensued which resulted as above narrated. They were
both married men and about the same age--twenty-five years.

***********************

Forkner, John L. "History of Madison County Indiana, Vol. I"; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914. pp. 315-316.

Crimes and Casualties

Upon the morning of April 8, 1867, Daniel Hoppis, a farmer living
about three miles south of Anderson, missed some meat from his
smokehouse and noticed tracks leading toward the dwelling of Milton
White. Accompanied by a neighbor, a Mr. Swearingen, Hoppis started
for Anderson to secure a search warrant, but the two men met White
before reaching the city. After a short conversation between the
suspected man and Swearingen, the former agreed to permit Hoppis to
search his premises without the formality of a warrant and the two
men started together for White's house, Mr. Swearingen returning to
his home.

When Mr. Hoppis filed to return home either for dinner or supper, his
wife informed some of the neighbors of his prolonged absence. In the
meantime the story of the stolen meat had been circulated and White
was at once suspected of knowing something of the missing man's
whereabouts. Accordingly a number of citizens called at White's house
to make inquiries. White was asleep, but upon being aroused denied
all knowledge of Hoppis. He was kept under surveillance, however,
until daylight the next morning, when he was forced to join the party
in search of the man he was accused of having killed. In a little
ravine running through a small piece of woods, near the road known as
the east New Columbus pike and about two miles from Anderson, was
found the body of Hoppis. Near by was a sassafras club about four
feet long, bearing hair and clots of blood, showing plainly that it
was the weapon that had been used. This was near the place where
Hoppis and White had last been seen together by Patrick Allen. White
was given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Schlater
and was bound over to the circuit court. At the next term of court he
was tried, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on September 20,
1867, but a respite was granted until the 1st of November by Governor
Baker, to give him an opportunity to consider a petition for the
commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. Upon considering
all phases of the case the governor declined to interfere, and on
Friday, November 1, 1867, White was forced to pay the penalty of his
crime upon the scaffold. This was one of the most brutal murders that
ever occurred in the State of Indiana. Daniel Hoppis was a kind-
hearted, inoffensive citizen, industrious and devoted to his family,
and without an enemy in the world. It is quite probable that if White
had returned the stolen meat he would never have bee prosecuted for
the theft.

[NI0230] Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the U. S.
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago 1893
Page 425

A large class of the farmers of Madison County, Ind., lead such modest and quiet lives as to be seldom heard outside of their township. They are doing fine work in their own community, but do not care to mingle in the more public matters of political life, and devote all their time and energies to the cultivation of their farm and the development of the resources of their vicinity. Such men deserve more mention than they ordinarily receive and we are glad to present one of them in the person of Francis M. Hoppes, who resides on section 29, Anderson township. He is prominent in social, agricultural, and church circles, and has long been identified with all movements of importance in this part of the county. He was born Dec. 18, 1850, to the marriage of Alfred and Mahala J. Hoppes.

Alfred Hoppes came with his parents to Madison County, Ind. when a youth, was one of the early settlers, and did a great deal of pioneer work. He settled in the wilds of Anderson Township, in a log cabin, and there passed the remainder of his days. His marriage resulted in the birth of the following children: John H., Jacob, Isaac, Francis M., Annie, wife of William Davis; Jane, wife of Phineas Kindle; Nancy, wife of Christian Lout; Rhoda, wife of George Stanley; and Sarah, wife of James Stinson. The father was a hard-working man, and in his death, which occurred July 20, 1892, the county not only lost one of it's esteemed and worthy pioneers, but one of its honored and esteemed citizens. He was a member of the Church of God and took a deep interest in religious matters, as he did with all other laudable enterprises. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat in politics.

Francis M. Hoppes, the original of this notice, was reared amid rude surroundings and was early trained to the duties of farm life. He remembers pioneer days, has attended many log rollings and cabin raisings, and has contributed his share towards the improvement of the county. He assisted his father in clearing the farm, and his first scholastic training was received in a log-cabin schoolhouse with the old-fashioned furniture. Later a frame school house was erected, but the educational facilities were not of the best and our subject is mainly self educated. In the month of April 1873, he was married to Miss Mary L. Brown, daughter of William Brown, formerly of this county. Ten children were born to our subject's union and are named as follows: Emma F., (deceased), Cary A., Minnie J., Ollie G., Charles C., Thomas G., Myrtle M., Acy R., Lizzie J., and Edward L.

Mr. Hoppes is the owner of one hundred and four acres of valuable land and has it under a good state of cultivation. In carrying on his fine farm he does not loose sight of the stock-raising industry, as the fine animals on his place abundantly testify. He settled on his present property in 1881 and is one of the prosperous and progressive men of his section. He has held a number of local offices; he was Road Supervisor two years, and has been faithful to every trust reposed in him. He is a clerk in the Church of God, to which he contributes liberally of his means. In politics he is a Democrat.

[NI0241] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Friday, May 7, 1943

Samuel B. Hoppes Dies Near Wilkinson

Wilkinson, May 7. - Samuel B. Hoppes, age 79, lifelong resident of this community, died last evening. The body was removed to Condo and Sons funeral home and will be returned Saturday to the family home one half mile west of the Clem church on the Middletown pike. Funeral rites will be conducted in the home at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Alvin Hall, of Monticello, in charge. Burial will be made in the Clem Cemetery.

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Laura Hoppes and eight children, Fay, at home, Mrs. Hazel Norris route four Anderson; Hugh of Middletown; Mrs. Olive Bronnenbert R.R. 4 Anderson, Paul of Daleville; Lee and Ward of ANderson and Donald of Daleville.

[NI0245] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Saturday, January 29, 1977

Fay Hoppes

Miss Fay Hoppes, 87, of Rt. 7 died Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Turtle Creek Convalescent Center after an extended illness.

She was a lifelong resident of Madison County and a member of the Whetstone Brotherhood and Sisterhood.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Olive Bronnenburg, a brother, Ward Hoppes, both of Anderson and several nieces and nephews.

Private funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Harold E. Rozelle Funeral Home with the Rev. Buddy Perry officiating. Burial will be at the Clem Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 1 to 8 p.m.

[NI0247] Anderson Herald Bulletin
March 5, 1998

Olive Bronnenberg

CHESTERFIELD - Olive (Hoppes) Bronnenberg, 102, Chesterfield, died March 3, 1998 at Miller's M erry Manor after an extended illness.

She was born Feb. 15, 1896 in Madison County and was a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Phillip C. and Mable Bronnenberg of Anderson and Gene R. and Eva Bronnenberg of Daleville; five grandchildren, Jeffery (wife, Shirley) Bronnenberg of Frankton, Sydney Bronnenberg of Anderson, Kent Bronnenbertg of Parker City, Bradley (wife, Amy) Bronnenberg of Greenville, Ohio, and Glenda (husband, James) Probst of Hamlin, W. Va.; 10 great-grandchildren and three step grandchildren.

She was preceded n death by her husband, Cecil R. Bronnenbert, in 1964; and a son, Richard Bronnenberg.

Private family services will take place with the Rev David Boss of Memorial Circle Wesleyan Church officiating. Burial will be in Bronnenberg Cemetery.

Visitation will be 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service, Anderson.

[NI0249] March 8, 1902 death date provided by Harry Hoppes

[NI0250] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Friday, April 7, 1972

Lee Hoppes

Lee Hoppes, 68, Rt. 7, a lifetime resident of Anderson, died shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday at Community Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past week.

A farmer most of his life, he was also employed with Madison County Highway Garage and as a janitor for Valley Grove and Chesterfield schools.

He was a member of the Bible Holiness Church and the Whetstone Sisterhood and Brotherhood.

Surviving are his wife, Amil (Wettstone) Hoppes; one son, Rex Hoppes of St. Petersburg, Fla.; one daughter, Mr. John (Rosalie) Hilbolt of Indianapolis, two brothers, Donald Hoppes of Frankton and Ward Hoppes of Anderson; three sisters, Mrs. Olive Bronnenberg of Chesterfield, Mrs. Hazel Norris of Anderson and Miss Fay Hoppes of Anderson; five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at Baker Brothers Funeral H ome on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Richard Ewing will officiate. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery.

[NI0252] Anderson Herald Bulletin
May 22, 1993

Ward Hoppes

ANDERSON - Ward Hoppes, 84, Anderson died May 20, 1993 at St. John's Medical Center after a six month illness.

He was born Sept. 18, 1908 in Union Township, and h ad lived in Anderson most of his life. He retired in 1972 from Delco Remy (Automatics Plant 17) after 45 years of employment.

He was a 1927 graduate of Middletown High School, a member of United Auto Workers Local 662 and longtime member of Daleville Masonic Lodge 730.

Survivors include his wife, Helen (Rhoades) Hoppes, whom he married in July 1943; a sister, Olive Bronnenberg of Chesterfield; six nephews, David Hoppes of Roscoe, Ill, John Hoppes of Lancaster, Pa, Rex Hoppes of Petersburg, Phillip Bronnenberg of Chesterfield, Gene Bronnengerb of Daleville and James Norris of ANderson; and a niece, Rosalie Bowers of Indianapolis.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service. A Christian Science service will be read by Sarah Leatherman. Burial will be at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorail contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

[NI0253] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Monday, December 8, 1975

Don Hoppes

President of the Frankton Building and Loan Association from 1972 until his retirement in January of 1974, Don Hoppes, 61 of Frankton, died Sunday morning at St. John's Hospital after an extended illness.

A native of Madison County, he had lived in this area all of his life. Prior to becoming president of the Frankton Building and Loan Association, he served as secretary and vice-president of the association and had been formerly employed at Anderson Banking Co.

Hoppes was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.

Surviving with the wife, the former Velma Parker, are two children, David R. Hoppes and John E. Hoppes, both of Rockford, Ill.; two sisters, Miss Fay Hoppes, Anderson and Mrs. Olive Bronnenberg, Chesterfield, a brother, Ward Hoppes, Anderson and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

[NI0266] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, July 17, 1937

Quincy Hoppes Is Dead At Elwood

Quincy Hoppes, age 54, who lives in Elwood, expired early today at his home at 925 west Main street, in that city, following a long illness.

Mr. Hoppess had lived south of here in the Valley Grove vicinity all of his life until last May when he moved to Elwood. He was a son of Jacob and Anna Hoppes.

Surviving are a widow, Cora Alice Hoppes; three sons, Jack Hoppes of here; Marley and Thomas both of Elwood; a step-daughter, Mrs. Loren Poor, of here; a step-son Edward McCarty of here: four sisters, Mrs. Lena Rector, Mrs. Albert Rector, Mrs. May Adams and Mrs. Janie Stinson, all of near here, and four brothers, Fred, Marcus, Isaac and Granville, all of this city.

The body was removed to the Polhemus funeral home at Daleville, and funeral services will be held there tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. W. H. Polemus in charge. Burial will be in the Miller cemetery, near Middletown.

[NI0268] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Monday, December 29, 1975

Fred Hoppes

MUNCIE - Fred C. Hoppes, 87, Rt. 2, died Saturday evening at his home after an extended illness. Born in Madison County, he moved to Delaware County 53 years ago and was a retired farmer.

His wife, Fern died in May of this year.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Glen (Loretta) Barnard, Mrs. James (Gerry) Barnard and Mrs. Harold (Betty) Clevenger, all of Muncie; Mrs. Arthur (Lileth) Martin, Redkey, and Mrs. Harold (Eleanor) Hayden, Selma; 11 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Parson Mortuary with burial in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery.

Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI0274] Said to have married again around 1916 but cannot find any record.

[NI0275] No further record, assume died early.

[NI0276] Anderson Herald
Wednesday, March 1, 1950

MRS. LOTTIE HOWARD HOPPES

Mrs. Lottie Howard Hoppes, age 76, died at her home 2361/2 East Ninth street, yesterday morning after an illness of several months. Born near Ovid, Mrs. Hoppes had been a resident of this city for many years.

The body was removed to the Harold E. Rozelle funeral home where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Philip Philbrook, pastor of the Meadowbrook Baptist church. Burial will occur in Memorail Park. The body will lie in state at the funeral establishment after 2 p.m. today.

She is survived by two sons, Howard and Dewey R. Hoppes, Anderson; one grandson, Howard Hoppes, Jr.; a sister Mrs. Hallie Hartzell; a half sister, Mrs. William Noland, and two step-grandchildren, Mary Ann Stephenson and Paul Shafer, all of Anderson.

[NI0277] Anderson Herald
Sunday, July 29, 1956

HOWARD HOPPES

Howard Hoppes, 63, 1405 Meridian St., died early Saturday morning at St. John's Hospital where he had been admitted as a patient the evening before.

He was a member of the Eagles Lodge and was an employee of the New York Central Railroad for 10 years.

The body was taken to the Harold E. Rozelle Funeral Home where friends will be received after 7 p.m. Monday and where services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Surving are a stepson, Paul Shaffer; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Elmer Stephenson, both of Anderson and an aunt.

[NI0279] Anderson Daily Herald
Tuesday, July 13, 1954

DEWEY R. HOPPES

Dewey R. Hoppes, 55, 2361/2 E. 9th St., died at 11 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Hospital at Indianapolis.

Mr. Hoppes was born Sept. 28, 1898, the son of Isaac and Lottie Hoppes. He had spent his entire life in Anderson.

The body was taken to the Harold E. Rozelle Funeral Home where friends are being received. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery.

He is survived by a brother, Howard Hoppes, Anderson and an aunt, Mrs. Hallie Hartzell, Rt. 4, Anderson.

[NI0280] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Monday, February 27, 1950

MRS. MAE HOPPES

Mrs. Mae Hoppes, age 73, 1403 Arrow avenue, died Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at St. John's Hospital. She had been in failing health for several years and had been serios for the p ast week. Shew was a native of Madison county and had spent here entire life in this vicinity.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Frank Dresser, four sons Stephen Tucker, Chancey Hoppes and Freedois Hoppes, Anderson and Earl E. Hoppes, Indianapolis; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The body was taken to Baker Brothers funeral h ome, where services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Tuesaday afternoon Rev. George Harris, of the East Lynn Christian Church, will be in charge. Burial will be in East Maplewood.

[NI0281] Alexandria Times - Tribune
Tuesday, October 24, 1989

Orpha Dresser

Orpha (Hoppes) Dresser, 94, Andrson, died Sunday afternoon at St. John's Medical Center following an extended illness.

She was born in Madison County and was a lifelong resident. She retired from Fair Store after 24 years of employment and had been a volunteer at St. John's Medical Center for several years.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Philathea Sundy School class, Women's Benefit Association, and Eagles Auxiliary, where she had been an officer and drill team member.

Survivors include a son, Harry M. Leons of Anderson; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, and a niece, Gertrude Smith of Anderson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank B. Dresser, in 1958, and a son, Dustin Dresser, in 1979.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, 200 W. 53rd St., with Dr. Robert G. Jackson officiating. Burial will be at East Maplewood Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[NI0288] May 23, 1900 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes

[NI0289] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturdy, December 18, 1965

MARTHA HOPPES

Mrs. Martha Jane Hoppes, Clearwater, Fla, formerly of Anderson died suddenly Friday night at a Clearwater hospital.

Mrs. Hoppes was born in Anderson to Josephand Margaret Phillips, pioneer residents of this area.

Surviving are her husband, Jack E. Hoppes, a son, Jack P. Hoppes of Anderson; four sisters; Mrs. Lucill Owens; Mrs. Lillian Westercamp; Mrs. Helen Plessinger and Mrs. Marie Stevenson, all of Anderson; one brother, Charles w. Phillips of Anderson; one granddaughter, Cathy Hoppes of Andersonk and several nieces andnephews.

The body will be returned to Anderson for funeral services and burial.

[NI0297] No further record, assume died early.

[NI0301] Anderson Herald
Saturday, January 12, 1963

JAMES H. HOPPES

Final rites for James Henry Hoppes, 77, 541 Alliance Rd., who died Thursday of injuries sustained in a Sunday accident, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Whetstone Christian Church. The Rev. William Howenstine, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton. Friends may call at Baker Brothers Funeral Home.

[NI0303] November 25, 1889 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes.

Anderson Herald
Friday, June 29, 1962

JESSE F. HOPPES

Jesse F. Hoppes, 72, of Rt. 4, died Thursday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at St. John's Hospital, where he had been a patient one week. He had been ill for the past three years.

Mr. Hoppes was a retired farmer and Delco-Remy employee and was a member of the Whetstone United Church of Christ. He came to Anderson from Wilkinson 34 years ago. He was a native of Madison County.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mettie Hoppes; ;two sons, Lawrence of Wilkinson and Harold Hoppes, of Anderson; three brothers Arthur of Mt. Vernon; James of Anderson and Robert Hoppes of Markleville; a sister, Mrs. Lowell Fitzwilliam of San Diego, Calif. and four grandchildren.

The body was taken to the Baker Brothers Funeral Home. No arrangements were announced.

[NI0304] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Monday, February 2, 1976

Robert Hoppes

MARKLEVILLE - Robert R. Hoppes, 81, Rt. 1, died Friday at St. John's Hospital.

A retired farmer, he resided in Madison County all his life.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 629 in Markleville Brotherhood and Sisterhood.

Survivors include his wife, Marie; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Collier and Mrs. Ruth Williams, both of Markleville; one son, James A. Hoppes, Markleville, and one sister, Mrs. Lowell Fitzwilliam, Chino Calif.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bright Funeral Home in Pendleton with the Rev. Gerald Burnett officiating. Burial will follow in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery at Mechanicsburg.

[NI0305] Book of obituaries located at the Alexandria Public Library, Alexandria, Madison Co., IN, page 156 - copy in possession.

Marie Hoppes

MARKLEVILLE - Marie (Forney) Hoppes, 90, Rt. 2, Markleville, died Thursday evening in St. John's Medical Center.

She was a Madison County native and a lifelong resident of the Markleville area. She was a homemaker.

Surviving are one son, James E. Hoppes of Markleville; two daughters, Wilma Collier and Mrs. Carl (Ruth) Williams, both of Markleville; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Wilson St. Pierre Bright Chapel in Pendleton. Burial will be in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

[NI0332] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Friday, August 21, 1942

HOPPES FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Hoppes, age 73, widow of William Hoppes, 1108 West Twenty-fifth street, who died at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in St. John's Hospital following a heart attack, will be held at the Sells and Rowe Funeral Home, Saturday, at 2 p.m., and burial will be in Bucco Cemetery.

[NI0333] Marriage index for Madison Co., IN also show Bertha was married on May 24, 1903. Order record to obtain spouses name.

[NI0339] Alexandria Public Library, Book of obituaries from the Anderson Herald for Tuesday, March 12, 1991, page 114 - Copy of page in possession

Carrie P. Baker

Carrie P. (Hoppes) Baker, 93, formerly of 2330 Markleville Road, died Sunday at Countryside Manor Nursing Home after and extended illness.

She was born Dec. 5, 1897, in Ingalls, and was a lifelong Madison County resident. She was a homemaker and a member of Fifth Street United Methodist Church and a former member of Cancer Loan Cupboard.

Survivors include a son, James W. Baker of Anderson; a sister Leone Gulmire of Orestes; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Her husband Claudy Baker, died in 1972, a daughter Barbara Sparks in 1980; and a grandson in 1987. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Home with the Rev. Allen Pebley officiating. Burial will be at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

[NI0340] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Friday, March 31, 1978

Lester Hoppes

A native of Ingalls, Lester H. Hoppes, 78, of Greenwood, died Wednesday at Wishard Hospital Indianapolsi. He was head of the capsule department of Eli Lilly Company for 41 years, retiring in 1963.

Surviving with the wife, Lucille, two stepchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Baker of Anderson, and Mrs. Leone Gulmire of Alexandria.

Funeral ries will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. at G. H. Herrmann Funeral Home of Madison Avenue, Indianapolis and burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Marion County.


Note: Lester married the second Lucille as an obituary in the Anderson Daily Bulletin, Monday, January 30, 1967 indicates that the wife of Lester Hoppes, employee of Eli Lilly, died before Lester and his obituary indicates this by showing two step children. Futher research needed to determine the second Lucille's maiden name, former husband and her children's names.

[NI0341] Anderson Hearld Bulletin
Sunday, February 5, 1978

Richard Hoppes

Richard Edmund Hoppes, 75, 2414 Walnut St., died at a Roseville, Calif. hospital after an extended illness.

A former employee of Guide Division, he was a World War I veteran.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. E.A. "Bud" Russell of Middletown, Mrs. Jeanne Dial of Anderson and Mrs. Jo Anne Fulk of Rockland, Calif; one brother, Lester Hoppes of Indianapolis; and two sisters, Mrs. Leon Gulmire of Alexandria and Mrs. Carrie Baker of Anderson.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ballard and Shirey Funeral Home, Middletown, with the Rev. John K. Summers officiating. Burial will follow in the Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton.

[NI0343] Anderson Herald Bulletin
January 19, 1998

Leone F. Gulmire

ALEXANDRIA - Leone Florence (Hoppes) Gulmire, 88, died Jan. 17, at Manor Care in Anderson after an extended illness.

She was born July 13, 1909, in Anderson where she lived for most of her life. She was retired from General Motors and was a member of Union Chapel Church and the Ladies Aid Auxiliary at the church in Summitville.

She is survived by daughters, Dorothy Swift of Sparta, Tenn., and Joyce Looper and husband Dennis of Alexandria; sons and daughterin law; Don and Pat Gulmire of Tavares, Fla., and Fred and Judy Gulmire of Anderson; 14 grandchildren, Carol Swift Sparks, Linda Swift Montgomery and Don Swift, all of Tennessee, Laurie Swift Fike of Colorado, Rhonda Looper Utter of Greencastle, Melanie Looper Stephenson of Alexandria, Jeffrey M. Johnson of Alexandria, Mike Looper of Middletown, Jennifer Johnson McCool of Alexandria, Don Gulmire Jr. of Georgia, Mark Gulmire of Tennessee, Kristie Gulmire Kovach of Pennsylvania, Karen Gulmire Holler of Tennessee and Fred C. Gulmire of ANderson; 19 great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Cecil E. Gulmire; parents, Daniel and Cora (Wilhide) Hoppes; granddaughter Sally Swift; and grandson, Rick Gulmire.

Services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel, 6061 N. Indiana 9, Alexandria, with the Rev. Michael Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery in Anderson.

Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home's North Chapel.

[NI0353] May 26, 1916 death date provided by Henry Hoppes

[NI0354] December 03, 1946 provided by Harry Hoppes

[NI0358] Anderson Herald
Friday, November 9, 1945

GEORGE HOPPES DIES AT HOME

George W. Hoppes, age 76, of 425 West Eleventh street, retired business man, died at 9 o'clock last night at his home following an illness of three weeks.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Hoppes and was born in Madison county. He resided in Anderson and vicinity all his life and was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Mr. Hoppes was formerly engaged in the meat packing businessand also the theatre business. During the past few years he devoted his time to the supervision of his farms near the city.

SURVIVING RELATIVES

His wife died fourteen months ago. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Fern Burke, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Edith Warner Sacramento, Calif.; two nephews, Harry Griffith and George Griffith, cashier of the Citizens Banking Company, both of Anderson, and several great-nieces and great-nephews.

The body was taken to the Brown and Eckenberg funeral home. Arrangements for the funeral services have not been completed.

[NI0365] Died on the 13th of __________ 1874 at the age of 2 months and 17 days.

[NI0384] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Friday, December 16, 1949

WALTER HOPPES EXPIRES TODAY

Walter Hoppes, age 64, 105 Mainview apartments, died at the family home this morning at 10 o'clock after an illnessof approximately ten days. Mrs. Hoppeswas born near the Clem Chapeel community the son of Isaac and Lucy Hoppes: He was a retired salesman of the Dietsen Bakery with twenty years service.

The body was removed to the Baker Brothers funeral home where friends will be received after 7 p.m. Saturday. Services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the funeral home with Dr. W. H. Bransford, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Memorial Park.

Survivors include the widow, Ruth M.; two daughters, Mary E. of here, and Cophene Hoppes, of Boston, Mass.

[NI0385] Single and living with mother Lucy in Adams Twp., Madison Co., IN on the 1920 census schedule.

[NI0387] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Tuesday, May 27, 1952

Local friends and relatives of Roy Hoppes, 55, former local resident, have received word of his death which occured Sunday at a Nashville, Tenn., hotel. He had been in ill health for several years.

The body was removed to the Hisey and Titus Funeral Home, Indianapolis, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Mr. Hoppes was a traveling salesman for a firm there and was on a business trip at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hoppes. He was born on a farm near Allen Bethel Church in Madison County.

[NI0388] Died early.

[NI0391] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Thursday, October 16, 1952

HOPPES RITES TO BE FRIDAY

Final rites for Mrs. Louise Hoppes, 58, 816 W. 11th St., who died Wednesday at St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for approximately eight hours, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with Dr. W. H. Bransford, pastor of the First Methodist Church in charge. Burial will be made in East Maplewood Cemetery. Friends will be received aft 7 o'clock this evening at the funeral home.

Mrs. Hoppes had been in failing health for several years. She was found yesterday morning in her home where she had apparently been stricken ill and fallen.

She was born at Hillsboro, O., and had resided in Anderson most of her life. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Mrs. Hoppes is survived by a brother, Amen Wedding, Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Marie Handy, Anderson and Mrs. George Collins, Los Angeles.

[NI0393] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Monday, Jan. 8, 1951

Virgil Hoppes, 60, Prominent Farmer, Dies At Hospital

Middletown. Jan.8 - Virgil Hoppes, age sixty, resident of Madison county all of his life, farmer and fruit grower, residing on R. R. 4, southeast of Anderson, died at 6:15 a.m. today at St. John's Hospital, Anderson. The body was brought to Fishers funeral home and will later be returned to the family home where friends will be received after noon Tuesday.

Surviving are the widow, Ruth Hoppes; three children, Mrs. Margaret Eloise Ellison, R. R. 1, Middletown; Mrs. Ella Marie Cronk, Anderson, and Dr. Dean E. Hoppes, Anderson, and four grandchildren.

Mr. Hoppes was a prominent farmer in the community member of the Union Township Farm Bureau and active until his recent illness. He was also well known as a fruit grower and served as Union Township trustee. mr. Hoppes was also a member of the local Sixth Street Christian Church, and was active in it's various departments, being an honorary elder at the time of his death. He was also a member and past master of the Middletown Masonic lodge.

[NI0394] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, March 25, 1961

Ruth Hoppes, 72, Dies At Hospital

Mrs. Ruth Hoppes, 72, RR 4, Box 328 Anderson, died Friday morning at St. John's Hospital.

Mrs. Hoppes was born Dec. 22, 1888, in Henry County near Middletown and was the daughter of Lincoln and Cora Cummins Summers. She was a member of Central Christian Church in Anderson and the Middletown Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.

Surviving are: a son, Dr. Dean Hoppes, Anderson dentist; two daughters, Mrs. Horace Ellison, Middletown, a teacher in the Central Grade School at Middletown and Mrs. Howard Cronk, Anderson, a teacher in the Washington School in Anderson: five grandchildren; four brothers, Henderson Summers, Vancouver, Wash.; Frost Summers, Atlantic City, N.J.; Frank Summers, Cadiz, and Fred R. Summers, Los Angeles, Calif., and a sister Mrs. Maxine Showden, Anderson.

Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home. Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Monroe G. Schuster, pastor of the Central Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Miller Cemetery at Middletown.

[NI0395] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Monday, January 29, 1951

MRS. MARTHA HOPPES

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Hoppes, age 82, who died Saturday night at her home, 729 east Twenty-first streetk will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Elder V. R. Pike will be in charge and burial will follow in Clem cemetery. The body has been removed to the residence from Baker Brothers funeral home.

Mrs. Hoppes was born in Madison county and had lived here for the past 30 years. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventrist Church. Her husband died in 1946.

Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Effie Scott, at home; one sister, Mrs. Lou Benzenbower; three grandgchildren and for great-grandchildren. A son Dr. Gilbert Hoppes, died a few years ago.

[NI0396] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, October 23, 1948

FUNERAL MONDAY FOR DR. HOPPES

Funeral services for Dr. Gilbert A. Hoppes, age 58, of 3112 Mounds road, who died yesterday, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at Baker Brothers funeral home. Elder W. L. Latham of Indianapolis, and Elder B. R. Pike, of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, will be in charge. Burial will be in Memorial Park.

The body will be taken from the funeral home to the family residence, whre friends will be received after 7 o'clock this eveing, and will be returned at noon Monday to the funeral home to lie in state.

Dr. Hoppes, who had practiced here 36 years and had operated the Hoppes Lying-in Clinic here for the past twelve years, died at 3:45 p.m. yesterday at Ball Memorail Hospital, Muncie, following a cerebral hemorrhage. He was graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1911. Before moving to Anderson, he had practiced at Mechanicsburg.

The son, of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hoppes, he was born in Union township, Feb. 2, 1890. He was active in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He owned extensive real estate holdings here.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace Hoppes; a son, Byron Hoppes, Richland Heights; two daughters, Mrs. Dalton Kinney, Decatur, Mich. and Mrs. Willis Dilts, Anderson; four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Effie Scott, Anderson.

[NI0440] Living with son Naaman Alonzo in 1910 in Franklin Co., Ohio.

[NI0441] Originally buried in Obetz Cemetery and was moved to Greenlawn Cemetery located on Harmon Avenue, Columbus, OH.

[NI0473] Widowed at time of death.

[NI0481] Living with Henry Boff and his family along with grandmother Hannah Hoppes in Springfield Twp., Franklin Co., IN on the 1850 census.

[NI0482] MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Joseph Hoppes, a younger brother of Anthony Hoppas who served in Company D, 9th Indiana Cavalry Regiment, was born on April 11,1838 in Franklin County, IN. He enlisted as a Private in Madison County, IL on August 1, 1861 for a term of three years and was mustered into Company L, 1 Regiment MO Cavalry on September 6, 1861 at Jefferson Barracks, MO (Ref. #1). He was recorded as Present on Company muster rolls through December 1861 but was listed as Absent – In Hosp’l at Lebanon on the roll for January/February 1862. He again was Present on the March/April roll and remained in this status throughout the calendar year. Early in 1863, he became an orderly for General Heron, Headquarters Army of the Frontier, and remained as the General’s “horse holder” through August 1864. On February 1, 1864 while at Brownsville, TX he was Discharged by virtue of re-enlistment as a Veteran Volunteer under the provisions of General Order No. 191, War Department Series 1863. The muster roll for September/October 1864 lists him Present and reassigned to Company B, 1 MO CAV as a Veteran Volunteer. The muster rolls of Co. B, 1 MO CAV for March/April 1865 and May/June 1865 indicate a stoppage in his pay because he had lost his Beals revolver pistol. He was discharged from his unit at Little Rock, AR on September 1, 1865.


PENSION FILE INFORMATION

Joseph Hoppes began applying for an invalid pension about 1880. On May 31, 1880, he submitted a CLAIMANT’S AFFIDAVIT form (Ref. #2) stating that his:

Post office address is Le Roy, Barton County, Missouri. For 5 years immediately preceding my enlistment into the service of the United States on the 1st day of August 1861, I resided at Clearmont, Richland County, Illinois and my occupation was a farmer. Since my discharge from said service on the 1st day of Sept, 1865, I have resided in Clearmont, Richland Co., Ills for 4 years, then I removed (to) Sumner, Lawrence Co. Ills. where I resided 9 years, then removed to Le Roy, Barton Co., MO where I have since and do now reside, and my occupation has been that of a farmer. I further state that the disability for which I claim a pension arises from injury to right knee December 1862. I was after a Bushwhacker and my horse stopped on the ice and fell and fell on my leg. From my said discharge to the present time, I have received the following medical treatment for said disease: Dr. Blotson of Clearmont, Ills. treated me for about a year – also treated by Dr. French. Since the origin of the disability for which pension is claimed, I have suffered with the following diseases: I have had no severe attacks. I have had chills only. And during all of the said time my physical condition and ability to perform manual labor has been as follows: I have been unable to perform manual labor much of the time as my knee gets stiff so I cannot work upon it. I cannot plow and that is an important part of a farmer’s work. At least half of the time I am unable to perform my usual avocations.

On May 4, 1881, the Pension Office sent a request to the Adjutant General’s Office for:

a report of service and disability in the case No. 339239, of Joseph Hoppes, Pvt Co “L” 1st Mo Vols disabled by injury to right knee joint at Roan Oak Mo caused by a horse falling on him, December, 1863. Discharged January 31st, 1864; at Brownsville Texas.

On July 22, 1881, the Adjutant General’s Office reported: The records of this office furnish no evidence of alleged injury. The Regt’l Hospt’l Records are not on file.

Joseph Hoppes’ claim for an invalid pension was rejected and dormant for over a decade. On August 1, 1895, however, Austin Kinepbury of Ponca, Dixon County, NE wrote an affidavit on his behalf stating:

That affiant was a member of said Co. L. & as such knew applicant well. Was well acquainted with him prior to enrollment in said organization, living in Richland Co. Ill. as neighbor to said Hoppes, & knew him to be a young man sound & well & especially free from any injury of right knee. That on or about January first 1863, applicant recd. the injury to right knee at or near Roanoke, Mo. by his horse falling upon said knee, that from that time on, the applicant complained of said knee hurting him at various times & very frequently. That after discharge, affiant & applicant renewed their citizenship in South Eastern, Ills, in Richland & Lawrence Counties, & affiant continues to know of his knee disability, which hurt him a great deal as a farmer, as there was too much walking to be done. That from date of discharge to date hereof, applicant has been disabled for the performance of manual labor year by year fully 2/3 to ¾ of the time. That affiant knows of his personal knowledge that it was not caused by vicious habits of applicant. That affiant has not been dictated to in any way by any persons in writing this affidavit, but wrote it with his own hand, in his own office, in the city of his residence, on the date & year first set forth in this affidavit.

On November 23, 1896, Joseph Hoppes, age 58 years and a resident of Fuller, Crawford County, KS signed a DECLARATION FOR INVALID PENSION under the Act of June 27, 1890, claiming that:

he is partially unable to earn a support by manual labor by reason of Horse falling on own leg injuring same (Rheumatism) (Hearing Injured) (Dropsy) (Heart trouble) (Scurry) (Eyesight Injured). . .That he has applied for a pension under application No. 339,239 . . . and when ordered for examination desires to be ordered before the Board of Surgeons at Lamar, County of Barton, State of Missouri.

By the time the Bureau of Pensions mailed Joseph Hoppes their five-part questionnaire dated January 15, 1898, they had granted him a pension under Certificate No. 937,561. His responses dated March 30, 1898, were as follows:

No. 1. Yes, Emeline Hoppes. Emeline Ferris

No. 2. Mch 1, 1866, in Richland Co., Illn, by Jason Carson

No. 3. Record of Richland Co. Ill. We have a marriage certificate.

No. 4. No.

No. 5. Yes. James T. Hoppes Dec 25 1869; Wm. Hoppes Dec. 11, 1871; Pendie E. Hoppes July 22, 1873, Edward H. Hoppes Jan 7, 1881; Mae Hoppes Feb. 8, 1884.

On November 7, 1908, Joseph Hoppes signed another DECLARATION FOR PENSION, on this occasion under the Act of February 6, 1907. He declared that he now was 70 years old and a resident of Mulberry, Crawford County, KS. Additionally, he stated that:

His personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, 5 feet 8 inches; complexion, fair; color of eyes, blue; color of hair, brown; that his occupation was a farmer; that he was born April 11th, 1838 at Brookville, Indiana. That his several places of residence since leaving the service have been as follows: Sumner, Illinois; Liberal, Missouri; and Mulberry, Kansas.

Joseph Hoppes died on May 3, 1909 at Mulberry, KS. On May 25, 1909, his widow Emeline Hoppes signed her name to a DECLARATION FOR WIDOW’S PENSION under the Act of April 19, 1908. She stated that she and Joseph Hoppes had been married on March 1, 1866 by Jason Carson at Claremont, Richland County. On June 16, 1909, she obtained a copy of her marriage certificate from Richland County, IL, which stated that Mr. Joseph Hoppes was married to Miss Emiline Ferris in said County on the 1st day of Mch A. D. 1866 by Jason Carson, a Minister of the Gospel duly authorized to solemnize marriages.

Emiline Hoppes died on March 4, 1923 at Mulberry, KS. At this time, she was receiving a pension of $30 per month under Certificate No. 689,452.

REFERENCES

1. Joseph Hoppes’ Co. L, 1 MO CAV Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

2. Joseph Hoppes’ Pension File WC 689-452, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

Summary by Harry Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI0485] PENSION FILE INFORMATION

William B. Hoppes, the oldest son of 11D11 Anthony Hoppes a veteran of the Civil War who fought in 9 IN CAV, was born in Union County, IN on June 3, 1872. He enlisted several months after the Spanish-American War had ended on 21 December 1898 at Cincinnati, OH as a Private in Co. F, 1 Regiment U. S. INF for a term of three years and was discharged on December 20, 1901 (Ref. #1). At the time of enlistment, he was five feet, six inches in height; and had blue eyes, dark brown hair, and a fair complexion. On May 4, 1926, he filed a DECLARATION FOR PENSION before a clerk of the Circuit Court of Union County, IN stating that he was a resident of RFD #4, Liberty, Union County, age 53 having been born on June 3, 1872, and that he was partially unable to earn support because of heart trouble.

The Bureau of Pensions sent him a questionnaire hand-dated May 27, 1926, which he filled out on June 1, 1926. In it, he stated that was unmarried, had never married, and had no children. The questionnaire also had a cover letter that stated:

You are requested to answer each of the questions enumerated below. It is desirable to have on file in every claim for pension a full and complete statement of all military and naval services rendered, especially in the World War, not only by the applicant for pension himself but also by any member of the applicant's immediate family.

1. Did you or any member of your family serve in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921? If so, state the name under, the designation of the organization in (or the names of the vessels on) which such service was rendered, with dates or approximate dates of enlistment and discharge.

Answer: Walter M. Hoppes, a brother served in World War; Last assigned to 1st Co. Cas. Det. Van. Bks. Wash.

2. If a member of your family rendered such service, is such member living or dead? Answer: Living


On June 3, 1926, in response to a request for War Department information, the Bureau of Pensions was informed that William B. Hoppes was honorably discharged on December 20, 1901 because of the expiration of his enlistment; had no record of desertion, unauthorized absences, AWOL, arrest, or confinement; was single when he enlisted; and had not listed any next of kin.

William B. Hoppes' application for pension was approved. After Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President, Congress passed a new pension law under the Act of March 20, 1933. William B. Hoppes filled out the following form on October 14, 1933 under Claim number 1,538,489 MBAA:

1. Are you married or single? Single Have you any children under 16 years of age? No What is your annual income from wages, salaries, earnings, or emoluments from whatever source derived? $50.00 a year from occasional jobs such as I am able to get and perform. No other income, except pension from U. S. Government.

2. Are you holding an office, either appointive of elective, under the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia, or any corporation, the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States? No

3. Are you in receipt of any other pension, compensation, allowance, retirement pay, insurance, retainer pay, active service pay, or other benefit from the United States Government? No

4. Have you ever applied for any other pension, compensation, allowance, insurance, retirement pay, retainer pay, or other benefit from the United States? No

5. Are you being furnished room and board in a hospital, home, asylum, sanatorium, institution, or penal institution by the United States, any State, any county, any city or town or community? No

6. Where do you reside? R F D No 4, Liberty Indiana.


William B. Hoppes died intestate at Liberty, IN on March 24, 1946 of a coronary occlusion and was buried at West Point Cemetery in Union County, IN on March 27, 1946. His brother Walter M. Hoppes was appointed his estate administrator and submitted claims to the Government for burial expenses and a US flag for burial purposes. On one of the forms, William B. Hoppes' assets at time of death were listed as $450 in War Bonds and $285 in cash. On another form, his parents were listed as Anthony and Lorinda Belle Hoppes. It also was stated that he had been discharged from the military service while at sea (USA T. Kiepatrick?).

William B. Hoppes' surviving heirs were listed as Eva Davis, a sister age 71 living at Williamsburg, IN; Emma Coe, a sister age 66 living at Liberty, IN; Ivy Grimme, a sister age 64 living at Cedar Grove, IN; Alma Davis, a sister age 58 living at Liberty, IN; Elsie Boyer, a sister age 54 living at Connersville, IN; and Walter Hoppes, a brother age 50 living at Liberty, IN. The children of two other deceased sisters, Pearl Jarret and Flo Bess, also were listed as heirs.

[NI0508] Name might be Thomas Butler. Information passed on that reports him listed on the census as Thomas Butler W and was interperted as William instead of white. Futher research needed.

Information shows Edd H. b 1881 d. 1956 (son of Josiah & Emmaline; brother to Prudia Hoppes Butler)
Emmaline b. 1845 d. 1923
Josiah - Co. I MO Cav.
Minnie Thelma b Jan. 3, 1906 d. 11/16/1909 d/o Edd & Minnie
Nellie b. 1910 d. 1920
William E. b. 1903 d. 1972
Prudia Hoppes Butler b. 7/22/1872 d. 4/14/1900 w/o W.T.
Willie Butler b. circa 1893 d. May 4, 1901- age 7 year 2 mo 16 da s/o W.T. & P. E.

[NI0512] 1921 Clay Co. Directory

Hoppas Henry (Anna) miner r 709 W National

[NI0524] 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

[NI0525] 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

[NI0526] 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

[NI0530] 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.

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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.

[NI0531] 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.

[NI0538] Aug 12, 1909
Unknown NE Newspaper

Josiah H. Hoppes was born in Madison County, Indiana in the year 1846; moving with his parents to Richardson County, Nebraska while yet a boy. When the war broke out, he enlisted and went as bugler in the 16th Kansas regiment, advancing to Corporal. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

In the year 1872 he was married to Miss Druzilla Stethem of Verdon, Nebraska, and to this union were born eleven children, nine of whom survive him, the two eldest having passed before the father into the great beyond. Those remaining are W. B. Hoppes, Noah Hoppes, Mrs. John Jensen, Mrs. Edward Heitz, Mrs. Will Post, Robert, Joe, Mabel and Alfred Hoppes with the mother, all living in Garfield County, with the exception of Mrs. Post, who resides at Ord. All being present at his bedside when the end came.

Although being a great sufferer for the past two years, he bore all with patience and was peacefully resigned when death came.

The funeral services were conducted at the family residence on Sunday afternoon, August 1st, 1909 by Rev. Boomer, and his form laid to rest in the Burwell Cemetery.

"Sleep, Father, sleep,
In thy cold and silent grave,
'tis hard to be parted,
Yet we must be brave.

Rest, weary heart
Under the damp, cold sod,
Rest in peaceful slumber,
'Till thy soul is called to God.

[NI0555] When her younger brothers and sisters were ill with typhoid, she returned home to help out, and ended contracting the disease and dying from it. She resided Jun 1860-Jun 1870 in Falls City, Richardson, NE.

She was married to Josiah S. HOPPES (son of Elias HOPPES and Mary) in Feb 1871 in Falls City, Richardson, NE.(3853) License issued 17 Feb 1871 at Falls City, Richardson, NE. According to Temple researchers, the marriage was strongly opposed by Lizzie's parents. The marriage was short-lived, as Lizzie returned home shortly after her marriage to care for her brothers and sisters who had come down with typhoid fever, which she, too, contracted. She died about one month after her marriage.

[NI0582] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Thursday, January 9, 1930

FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services for San Francisco (Sam) Hoppes, 2303 Pearl street, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the home of a son, 1408 Arrow avenue. Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery. Mr. Hoppes is survived by the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoppes; two daughters, Mrs. Blanch Morrison and Mrs. Ora Johns, both of Anderson, three sons, Walter, Clarence and Earl Hoppes, all of Anderson, and a brother, Joseph Hoppes, of Frankton.

[NI0589] Marriage records show mother as Emily Brown, so believe Poor was a previous marriage.

[NI0592] August 04, 1886 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes

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Alexandria Tribune
October 28, 1946

MISS BEATRICE HOPPES, 60 FORMER RESIDENT, BURIED AFTER RITES IN ANDERSON

Funeral services for Miss Beatrice Hoppes, 60, who died early Friday morning at the Rahbek Nursing home in Anderson, were held privately Sunday afternoon at the Baker Bros. Funeral home there, with the Rev .Richard E. Lentz, pastor of the Central Christian Church, in charge. Burial was in the Ovid Cemetery.

Miss Hoppes was born in Anderson, but had lived most of her life in Alexandria. She returned to Anderson to live four years ago.

Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Lenna Lowry, Anderson; Mrs Alva Poore, Mrs. Alice Frazee and Mrs. Sylvia Ritter, all of Alexandria; one brother, Loris Hoppes; Chesterfield and one half-brother, Oliver Poore, Star City.

[NI0593] Alexandria Tribune
April 1, 1957

Sylvia Ritter Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia Ritter 68, a lifelong resident of Alexandria, will be held, Tuesday afternoon at the Davis Stricler Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ritter died shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday in the Farrington Nursing Home here. She had been a patient of the home for more than two months.

She was born in Madison County on Sept. 9, 1888, the daughter of Joseph and Emily Hoppes. She first married Benjamin Ford, who is deceased.

On Sept,. 30, 1922, she married Everett Ritter.

Surviving are the husband, Everett; two c hildren, William H. Ford, Alexandria and Mrs. Dorothy Wall, Reseda, Calif.; tow sisters, Mrs. Lenie Lowery, Chesterfield, and Mrs. Alice Frazee, Alexandria; a brother Loris Hoppes, Chesterfield; a half-brother, Oliver Poor, Winimax; and one grandchild.

Service will be held at Davis and Stricler Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Clayton Steele. Burial will be in Park View cemetery.

Friends are now being received at the Funeral Home.

[NI0594] Alexandria Tribune
January 8, 1965

DIES IN DALEVILLE

Loris Hoppes, a former resident of Alexandria, died Thursday morning at his home in Daleville.

He is survived by the widow, the former Gladys Cox; tow grandchildren and a sister in law, Miss Audrey Cox, Alexandria.

The body was taken to the Shirey Funeral Home in Daleville.

[NI0601] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Saturday, May 7, 1949

W. L. Hoppes Dies At Home

Walter L. Hoppes, age 67, died at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 2203 Pearl street after an illness of five months. The son of San Francisco and Sultana Hoppes, he was born in Madison county and had lived in Anderson since the age of five years. He had been a painter for many years and was a member of the painters' union. He was unmarried.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Morrison, Anderson, and Mrs. Gladys Johns, Joliet, Ill, and two brothers, William C. Hoppes this city, and Earl R. Hoppes, of Jeffersonville.

The body was taken to the Baker Brothers funeral home where friends will be received after 7 o'clock this evening. Funeral services will be conducted there Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. George Harris, pastor of the East Lynn Christian Church. Burial will be in East Maplewood.

[NI0605] Combined Edition of Anderson Herald And Anderson Daily Bulletin Obituarys, Pg. 179

FORTVILLE - Gladys (Hoppis) Johns, 89, Rt. 2, Fortville, died Monday afternoon at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Greenfield after an extended illness.

She was born in Anderson and had resided in Fortville for the past 30 years, moving from Joliet, Ill. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Hyla) Plain, Fortville; a son, Millard D. Johns, Anderson; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ronald Seals Funeral Home in Fortville with the Rev. Larry R. Schwartz of the Fortville United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be at Gravel Lawn Cemetery.

[NI0607] Anderson Daily Bulletin
Thursday, February 11. 1965

MRS. RILLA HOPPES

Last rites for Mrs. Rila Hoppes, 90, 2203 Pearl St. who died yesterday at the Rahbek Nursing Home, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home by the Rev. Jack Barkdull of the Huntsville Community Church. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.

[NI0615] Died young, no date available at this time. 3-14-2001

[NI0624] 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.

[NI0629] December 9, 1915
Alma Signal

KICKED BY HORSE

Cass Hoppes, a well known farmer living nine miles southeast of Alta Vista, was killed Sunday about noon by being kicked in the head and chest by a horse.

Mr. Hoppes was about 22 years old and is survived by a widow and one child. The funeral was held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Beman and was conducted by Rev. Briggs of Alta Vista. Internment was in the Beman cemetery.

[NI0631] June 1890 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes.

[NI0634] Norcatur Dispatch
February 29, 1940

Mrs. Sarah Hoppes

Sarah Elizabeth Reed was born at Union Mills, Iowa, February 18, 1883. She was the first child born to John and Mary Reed.

She passed away at her home near Lyle, Kansas, February 22, aged a57 years and 3 days.

When Sadie, as she has always been called, was five years old, her parents seperated and she was brought to her grandfathers A.B. Reed's home near Norton, Kansas, where she grew up.

She taught school six years and on March 1, 1908 she was united in marriage with Henry Hoppes and most of their married life has been spent near Norcatur.

To them were born seven children, Marvin, Clarence, Kathryn, Ruth, Casper, Florence and Ernest, who with their father, mourn the loss of a faithful wife, devoted mother and their neighbors a kind friend.

Her father and mother predeceased her several years. Surviving her are her husband and children, one brother Clarence Reed, of La Cross, Wisconsin, several half brothers and sisters, an aunt, Mrs. Ida Dobbie of Houston, Texas and a number of cousins and many, many friends who are grieved at her passing.

She was a patient sufferer for several years but never complained.

"A precious one from us has gone,
A loving voice is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled."

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, Sunday, February 25, conducted by Rev. Jongema, and burial made in the Colony, Maple Grove Cemetery.

The pallbears, neighbors, were, Claude Wickham, Preston Shick, Arthur Chambers, Merrit Reid, Archie Van Gundy and Berd Cozad. Singers also neighbors were, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Van Gundy, Mrs. Arthur Chambers and (illegible) Enfield; Pianist, Mrs. Blanche Temple. Funeral director, H. R. Anderson.

[NI0640] Anderson Herald Bulletin
Wednesday, August 10, 1994

Helen N. Hoppes

ANDERSON - Helen N. (Norris) Hoppes, 86, 2024 Ohio Ave., died Aug. 8, 1994, at Rawlins House in Pendleton after an extended illness.

She was born Oct. 12, 1907 in Madison County and lived in Madison County all of her life. She was a homemaker and a 54-year member of Kappa Sigma Beta where she served as province governor.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Max and Jean Hoppes of Pendleton, four grandchildren, Lisa Henderson of Anderson and friend, Chris Edwards, Mark Eric Hoppes of Anderson, Tonia Anderson of Pendleton and friend, Walter Hurt and James and Brenda Walker of Alexandria; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Hercules "Bill" Hoppes, in 1964, and parents, Howard and Stella (Richards) Norris.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Grove Lawn Cemetery in Pendleton with the Rev. Tad Mills officiating.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today and one-half prior to services Thursday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Home & Crematory. Kappa Sigma Beta Sorority will conduct memorial services at 6:30 p.m. today.

[NI0648] Accidently shot himself in Civil War.

[NI0688] 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.

[NI0689] 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.

[NI0690] [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.

[NI0691]
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.

[NI0709] Some records indicate his name was James Thomas while others show John T. with the "T" being for Tobias.

[NI0710] 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.

[NI0713] Sarah is Mr. Lacy's daughter. After his death, Sallie married James Hoppers, and it is unclear at this time whether or not Sarah was formally adopted or just went by Hoppers.

[NI0717] Ripley Tennessee Paper, Friday March 20th,1925

Local & Personal

F. E. Hoppers of Tupelo, MS., spent a few days here this week with his
brother, Gus Hoppers.

[NI0721] Real Estate Transfers listed in the ENTERPRISE, Friday, October 15, 1926
The ENTERPRISE is a Lauderdale Co., TN Newspaper

Odie White et al to Gus Hoppers, lot in Halls; $1800

[NI0753] No further records, assumed died early.

[NI0756] 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.

[NI0757] 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.

[NI0765] 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.

[NI0778] PERSONAL SUMMARY

Franklin J. Hoppers was born on January 16, 1833, the oldest son of 1311 William Hoppers (born January 24, 1810) and oldest grandson of 131 John Hoppers (born March 6, 1790), a veteran of the War of 1812. Franklin J. Hoppers was a teacher in his early years and also a farmer (Ref. #1). He married Elizabeth Crouse April 4, 1852, was later divorced, and married Kizziah Joines Stamper on March 12, 1908. He died on January 15, 1918, when he froze to death on the front porch
of his home.


MILITARY FILES

Franklin J. Hoppers volunteered for CSA service (Ref. #2) as a Private for the term of three years (or the War) on May 3, 1863 at Gap Civil, NC in Company I, 61st Regiment of NC Infantry (State Troops). He was paid for the period May 1, 1863 to August 31, 1863 at the rate of $11.00 per month. On September 25, while at Charleston, SC, Franklin Hoppers acknowledged the receipt of $44.00 for four months pay. A muster roll of Co I, 61 NC INF for November and December 1863 indicates that he was furloughed from the General Hospital for 30 days on October 23, 1863 and was absent without leave (AWOL) as of the end of December 1863. The Company’s muster roll for January/February 1864 states that Franklin
J. Hoppers was on sick furlough from January 29, 1864 for a period of 30 days. The following muster roll for March/April 1864 records that he was furloughed from the General Hospital in Columbia, SC for 30 days and Kept on Surgeon’s Certificate. Muster rolls of Company I, 61 NC INF for September/October 1864 and for November/December 1864 state that he was AWOL since September 1, 1864.


C. REFERENCES



1. Sturgill, Lorene Moxley, Hoppers, Moxley, Toliver and Related Families, Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, NC, 1985, Page 63.


2. Franklin J. Hoppers’ Company I, 61 NC INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

Summary by Dr. Harrison D. Hoppes, used with permission.



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Daniel Crouse Estate Sale, 29 Sep 1866

Alford Moxley & John Crouse, Administrators of Daniel Crouse
Amount of sale of Daniel Crouse Estate on the 29th day of Sept.1866

Haywood Cox- one rye stack $ 18.50
Haywood Cox one oat stack $ 9.06
M.T. Norman one hay stack $ 4.55
S. Semmons or L. Lemmons, rent for land for 12 months $ 51.00
Total $ 83.11
We herby certify this is a true inventory so far as has come to our knowledge.
Alford Moxley, John Crows, Admin. of Daniel Crows
Filed Oct term of Court 1866

Justice Court: June 12, 1869
P. Anders in the suit: John Krows and A. Moxley, Administrators of Daniel
Krows, dec. VS. A.J. Spurlin
Charge the plaintiff in this suit for attendance as a witness one day at $
1.50 per day. mileage 4 miles, this 12th day of June 1869. Isom Waggoner, J.P.

Oct 30, 1869
Alford Moxley and John Crows, Admin. of Daniel Crows, dec, in account with
said estate: List of vouchers (paid outs)
clerk's fee 1.00
Offa Andrews 3.00
Jackson Sperlin 2.75
A.J. Sperlin, Admin. of J.A. Crows 24.25
C. Passmore note 19.40
clerk fee 1.85
Zachariah Moxley 9.75
Martin Crows 11.00
tax 1866 3.60
T.L. Neal 10.00
tax 1867 4.00
Nancy Crows 3.00
H.A. Brooks 5.00
M.L. Joins 7.50
tax 1868 4.00
reparing fence 27.00
reparing fence Thomas Douglas 3.00
cost paid Allen Jones 1.50
cost paid Franklin Hoppers, J.P. .80
D. Edwards cost 2.50
paid for stamps .32
total $ 145.22

[NI0790] July 3, 1966 death date reported by Harry Hoppes.

[NI0793] The book, "Hoppers - Moxley - Toliver and Related Families" by Lucille Sturgill lists date of birth as May 30, 1900 and date of death as September 25, 1979.

[NI0805] Living alone next to sons Stephen and Daniel Hoppers in Cranberry Twp., Alleghaney Co., NC in 1870.

[NI0806] 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.

[NI0808] Birth date of June 22, 1830 provided by Harry Hoppes.

[NI0809] 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.

[NI0810] 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.

[NI0811] 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.

[NI0876] Never married

[NI0877] Never married

[NI0878] Never married

[NI0920] 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

[NI0924] 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.

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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.

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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.

[NI0926] 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

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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 . . . .

[NI0928] 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.

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William Moore Jacob X Hoppis SEAL John X Hoppis SEAL

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Jno. H. Moore Mary X Hoppis SEAL (Signed) Johannes habbes

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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

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On the 1850 Luzerne Co. Census, Jacob Hoppes, age 97 living with John Hobbes and wife Elizabeth.

[NI0929] 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

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(Signed) Margaret X Johnston SEAL

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(Signed) John Hedrick SEAL

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(Signed) Elizabeth X Hedrick SEAL

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(Signed) David Wynn SEAL

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(Signed) Mary X Wynn SEAL

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(Signed) John Bonham SEAL

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(Signed) Julianna X Bonham SEAL

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(Signed) Gaspar Ritter SEAL

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(Signed) Catherine X Ritter SEAL

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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.

[NI0930] 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 ~~~~

[NI0934] 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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[NI0936] May have been married previously to a Fahringer.

[NI0937] 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."

[NI0939] 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

[NI0941] 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.

[NI0942] 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.

[NI0946] Roll 759, Page 281, Lines 2 & 3, Roaring Creek Twp., Columbia Co., PA 1850 Census Schedule, taken on Nov. 20, 1850.

[NI0948] 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

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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

[NI0960] 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.

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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).

[NI0972] History of Seneca County, Ohio
A. J. Baughman
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1911
Page 766

A progressive agriculturist and stock raiser, a good citizen and faithful public servant, and one playing a prominent and praiseworthy part in the affairs of the county of which he is a native son, is Augustus Hoppes. The birth date of Mr. Hoppes was February 2, 1865, and he is the son of Paul and Mary (Miller) Hoppes, tow estimable people, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively, who located in Seneca county as early as 1832, when this section was by no means closely settled. They secured a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and the father was the possessor on one hundred more at the time of his demise in April, 1905. Paul Hoppes engaged in general farming and stock raising.

Augustus P. Hoppes was educated in the district school, grew wise in the secrets of successful agriculture under the excellent tutelage of his father and remained upon the family homestead until his marriage. That happy event occurred on the 21st day of May, 1891, the lady to become his wife and mistress of the household being Addie Norris, born March 7, 1869, a daughter of J. T. and Elizabeth (Hall) Norris, both of whom were natives of Ohio. J. T. Norris was a prominent man in his township of Scipio, was a stalwart Republican, and held various township offices. His family are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active part in its affairs, giving their support to all the good causes promulgated by it. Mr. Norris was led to a religious life when a young man, was shortly afterward elected Sunday school superintendent and has held that position during most of the subsequent years. He was known far and wide and was universally beloved for his many good gifts of mind and heart and his unfailing kindness. He was a particular favorite with the school children. He received his education in the Republic Academy and chose for his life work farming and stock raising. His marriage was solemnized October 14, 1861, the Rev. J. H. Good of Tiffin, performing the ceremony. Mrs. Hoppes is one of eight children born to this good man and his excellent wife, namely: Allen L., October 18, 1864; Laurie S., August 28, 1866; Addie R. , March 7, 1869; Della C. and Ella E., twins, born Mary 6, 1872; Clara E., July 11, 1876; Anna B., February 20, 1979; Ralph J., August 21,1 881. Tow of the children are deceased, Ralph having died January 20, 1888; and Allen, August 19, 1907. The farther passed on to his reward, September 26, 1907.

These children have been born to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs Hoppes, these being Carl D., born October 23, 1892; Delia, born December 21, 1983; and Norma M., born October 4, 1896. Carl was educated in the public schools of Tiffin and Greenspring and received the district diploma in June, 1906, when only fourteen years of age. Delia received her education in the district schools and passed the Boxwell examinations on June 11, 1910. Norma attends the district school and will graduate this year in Boxwell. All three of these promising young citizens are at home.

Mr. Hoppes and his family are members of St. John's Reformed church, Carl having been confirmed April 26, 1908, and Delia, July 11, 1909. All take an active part in the Sunday school, Mr. Hoppes being one of the Consistory and Mrs. Hoppes teaches the infant class. Mr. Hoppes' property comprises one hundred and twenty acres in Adams township and forty acres in Scipio belonging to Mrs. Hoppes, and cattle breeding has been engaged in quite extensively. They have a modern and commodious home, built about five years ago, and excellent outbuildings.

[NI0984] In the 1930 census for Adams Twp., Seneca Co., OH Anna is living with daughter Nora and husband Arlo Petticord.

[NI1027] From Der Friedens Bote (Lehigh County German Newspaper), 13 Dec 1865

Died William Hoppes of West Penn on Nov. 16, of typhus. Aged 31 years, 6 months, and 5 days

[NI1028] Listed as idiotic on census schedules.

[NI1046] We, George D. Hoppes and Frieda E. Hoppes, husband and wife, of the City of Reading, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this our and each of our last will and testament, expressly revoking all other wills by us or either of us heretofore made.

First, The one of us surviving the other is to inherit all property, real, personal, or mixed, of the other, to be used as the survivor sees fit, but should both die, or if when both shall be dead and no individual Will shall have been made, then the property of both shall be treated as one and the same, and be disposed of as hereinafter provided.

Second, We and each of us give, devise and bequeath all our property to our sons EARL G. HOPPES and EMERSON E. HOPPES, share and share alike.

Lastly, we nominate constitute and appoint our Sons, EARL G. HOPPES and EMERSON E. HOPPES, to be the Executors of this, our and each of our, last will and testament.

In witness whereof, we and each of us have hereunto set our hands and seals this tenth day of April A.D. 1943. Erasure of place of residence made before execution of will.

Signature of GEORGE D. HOPPES

Signature of FRIEDA E. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named GEORGE D. HOPPES and FRIEDA E. HOPPES at the same time as their last will and testament, in the presence of us who in their presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto at the request and in the presence of the said testators and of each other.

Signature of CHARLES E. WINGERT

Signature of (either X or K)ern B. WINGERT

[NI1080] Hazel Standard-Sentinel
Saturday, April 24, 1948

Pierce O. Hoppes, 72, of South Tamaqua, died at the Coaldale Hospital on Thursday night. A son of the late Solomon O. and Caroline Eberts Hoppes, he was born in West Penn Township, and was a retired carpenter. Survivors include a son, Charles O. Hoppes, of Hometown.

[NI1081] 1900 Census Schedule for Schulykill Co., PA, Series: T623; Microfilm: 1485: Book: 2; Page: 147 shows her living with her George and Emma Wagner. Emma Wagner is a sister of Ada's.

[NI1092] Death record of son Earl Jack, reads Mary Rose

[NI1130] The Morning Call
Saturday, May 18, 1985

Howard Hoppes, 84, of Lehighton R.1, died Friday in his home. Carbon County Coroner Robert G. Deibert attributed death to natural causes.

Hoppes was the hsuband of the late Luella (Sitler) Hoppes.

He was a leadman on the powder line at Atlas Powder Co., Reynolds, Schuylkill County, for 41 years before retiring in 1964.

Born in Mahoning Township, he was a son of the late Solomon and Lawina (Zettlemoyer) Hoppes.

Surviving are a son, Herbert H. of Allentown, and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Robert S. Nester Funeral Home, Snyders, (Route 309). A calling hour will precede the services.

[NI1142] 1880 West Penn Township, Schuylkill Co., PA, Pgs. 15 & 16, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 245, June 18, 1880 Francis F. Seiberling, Enumerator lists the following: Joseph Hoppes 38, farmer; Sally 37, wife; Kitty A. 15, dau.; Sally A. 13, dau.; William 9, son; Charles 7, son, Rosa 4, dau.; Eli 2, son.


A. MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Joseph Hoppes was drafted into service as a Private in Company K, 88th PA Infantry Regiment on October 7, 1864 as a substitute for Nathan Brown (Ref. #1). He entered the service for a period of one year at Pottsville, PA at age 19. On his Company's Muster and Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of Drafted Men and Substitutes, his occupation is listed as laborer, his eyes as grey, his hair as bro, his complexion as dark, and his height as 5 feet, 6 inches. A US War Department summary of his Service File prepared in evaluating his pension application states: Washington, Mar 27, 1879 "Left sick in Hospl York, Pa Jany 26, and returned to Company Mar 22, 1865, wounded in action at Gravelly Run, Va. Mar 29, nature and location of wound not stated". A muster roll for his Company for the period March/April 1865 records that he was Wounded March 31, 1865, Washington, D. C. His brief military career had come to an unpleasant end on the outskirts of the Nation's Capital only days before Lee surrendered at Appomattox. He was discharged from service on June 2, 1865 at Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC.

B. PENSION FILE INFORMATION

On December 12, 1878, Joseph Hoppes a resident of West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, PA, began the process of applying for an "invalid pension" (Ref. #2) by making a deposition before a prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, which stated in part that: at or near Hatchers Run, Va., on or about the 31st day of March, A. D. 1865, he received a gun shot wound in left leg near the thigh, which disabled him from any further duty as a soldier, and is now totally disabled from doing work. He received the said wound while being on the battle field, and was taken to the field hospital, from there to the City Point hospital, and from there to Douglass Hospital, Washington, D. C., and from there discharged on the 2nd day of June, A. D. 1865. His pension application was approved, and on April 28, 1880 he was awarded pension certificate # 167,018, which provided for a monthly payment of $4. On December 4, 1880, he visited a Justice of the Peace to make a statement that he believed his pension amount should be increased; on this occasion he stated in part that his condition has grown worse since the pension has been granted, that he is now nearly totally disabled for any hard manual labor, some weeks he can work two days only, some weeks three days, all on account of his wound, . . . His application for an increase in his invalid pension payment apparently was disallowed; on February 2, 1886 he again made a statement under oath that he believes himself entitled to receive an increased pension citing the Gun Shot Wound of left thigh. A year and a half later, on September 17, 1887, he tried a new tactic to obtain an increased pension. On this occasion he had a Justice of the Peace fill out a form titled Declaration for the Increase of an Invalid Pension not only changing the pension attorney in Washington, D. C. designated to prosecute his claim but also expanding the cause of his disability beyond the gunshot wound to include his hospitalization in York, PA where he claimed he contracted asthma and was treated for pains in his sides. He signed his name to the application in German script as joseb h habbes.
Apparently, his expanded claim should have been executed before a court of record because on November 21, 1887 he appeared before a prothonotary of the Common Pleas Court of Schuylkill County stating: That he believes himself to be entitled to an increase in pension on account of Asthma and pains in sides contracted at Little York, the circumstances of its origin are as follows: I was sent from my Co. to City Point on account of Cholera Morbus and frosted feet, from there to Baltimore from thence to Little York where I contracted the above names diseases. Dates of treatment - City Point from Dec 11 to 25th 1864, Baltimore Dec 31 1864 to Jan 14th 1865, Little York Jan 16 to March 24th 1865. Once again, the application was signed: joseb h habbes.

Ten years later, Joseph Hopps of Kepner, PA received a form from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior inquiring: Will you kindly answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below? The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your family. On October 16th, 1897, Joseph Hoppes responded to the five questions posed as follows:


No. 1. Are you a married man? If so, please state your wife's full name, and her maiden name. Answer: Married. Wife name Sallie Ann. Maiden name: Sallie Ann Reinhart.

No. 2. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer: April 5th1863. Steinsville, Berks Co. Pa. Rev. John Zilich

No. 3. What record of marriage exists? Answer: No certificate But marked in a book

No. 4. Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce. Answer: Never married, except as above to Sallie Ann Reinhart

No. 5. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth. Answer: Kate A. Birth Feb. 22nd1865
Sallie A. " Aug.16 1866
William J. " June 6 1869
Charles J. " Oct. 2 1872
Rose R. " Sept. 18 1874
Elias " Feb 11 1877
Nathan H. " Jun 23 1882
George J. " May 27 1884
Alfred F. " Jan 29 1889

The application was signed by Joseph Hoppes making an X between the words Joseph and Hopps. On February 14, 1898, Joseph Hoppes filled out a similar five-part questionnaire forwarded with his quarterly pension payment, this time signing his name: Hopps Joseph.
Apparently, the different ways in which Joseph Hoppes signed his name was of concern to the US Pension Office because on February 5, 1901, he sent them a document stating:

State of Pennsylvania
County of Schuylkill

In the matter of pension claim No 167,018 of Joseph Hopps of Co. K, 88 Regt. Pa Vol.

Personally came the above named Joseph Hopps before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid County, aged 56 years, an applicant for increase in pension --- and Who being duly sworn, declares in relation to aforesaid case as follows: My correct name is Joseph Hoppes. I went by name of Joseph Hopps in the Army and so discharged. I can not read nor write in English. I wrote my name once or twice in German Joseph Hoppes my correct name and so baptized and for this reason I signed by mark since I could not write my name in English.
his
(signed) Joseph X Hoppes
mark


His pension rate was increased to $6 per month, and in February, 1902 Joseph Hoppes submitted another Declaration for Increase of an Invalid Pension citing his: increase of Rheumatism heart trouble increase of lameness from Gun shot wound in left thigh and general failure of health. His pension rate was increased to $8 per month, and in January, 1904 Joseph Hoppes requested another pension increase based on: Rheumatism, Rupture, on the right side, very short in breath, weakness, and entirely disabled to do any manual labor. When Congress passed a new pension act on February 6, 1907, Joseph Hoppes submitted an application dated March 11, 1907, in which he stated he was born October 19, 1844 in West Penn Township and has resided there from 1865 to 1907. Similarly, Joseph Hoppes was prompt in responding to the Pension Act of May 11, 1912, and submitted his declaration on June 15, 1912 from West Penn Township. As part of his application, he made the following statement:

I Joseph Hopps now of the Township of West Penn was born October 29th 1844, baptized December 15th 1844, and confirmed April 5th 1859 By the Rev. John Bauer in the township of West Penn, County and State aforesaid. Witness present at baptism John Hoppes and his wife Catharine. The Rev. Bauer being a pastor then of the Luthern Church of West Penn. The family Bible in which the Public Record is contained and recorded was printed in the year A. D. 1886.

His last pension submission was dated April 15, 1915; in it he lists the names and dates of birth of all his children, both living and dead, as: Kittie Ann, Feb 22, 1865; Sally Ann, Aug 16, 1866; Jacob William, June 6, 1869; Charles Joseph, Oct 2, 1872; Rosa Rebecca, Sept. 18, 1874; Elias, Feb 11, 1877; Nathan Henry, June 23, 1882; George Jonathan, May 27, 1884; and Alvin Francis, Jan 29, 1889.

On June 1, 1918, Sallie Ann Hoppes applied for a widow's pension stating that her husband Joseph Hoppes had died on May 10, 1918 in West Penn Township. The concluding item in the Pension File is the "Drop Report" for Sallie A Hopps of New Ringgold, PA, which indicates that her pension of $30 per month had ended because of her death on December 16, 1925.

C. REFERENCES

1. Joseph Hoppes' Co. K, 88 PA INF Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

2. Joseph Hopps' Pension File # 167,018, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

Summaries by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes used with permission

[NI1163] One the 1880 census, he is listed as William age 9. However, in the pension file of his father Joseph Hoppes, 167-018, he is listed as Jacob William.

[NI1166] Nov. 14, 1927



I ELIAS HOPPES, 825 Locust St., Reading, PA, County of Berks.

My Last Will is if I should die all my real estate and personal property is to go to EMMA I. (RHOADS) HOPPES my wife as long as she lives with out property disperse of and after her death it goes to daughter BERTHA and she can live at 825 Locust St. with out dispersing the property by paying taxes and interest if it is not paid for and after her death it must go back to the grand children HANNAH D. YOUNG and ELIZABETH B. YOUNG.

Farmers Bank as Executrix.

Signature of ELIAS HOPPES

Signature of 3 witnesses all illegible.

[NI1169] ON THE ORPHANS' COURT OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NATHAN
H. HOPPES, LATE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE,
COUNTY OF BERKS AND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

PETITION FOR WIDOW'S EXEMPTION

To the Honorable, the Judges of said Court: -

The petition of MARY ANN HOPPES respectfully represents: -

1.That your petitioner is the widow of NATHAN H. HOPPES, who died January 20, 1941, a resident of the Township of Centre, county of Berks and state of Pennsylvania, intestate, leaving to survive him ________ the persons entitled to his estate under the intestate laws, and our petitioner, his widow, MARY ANN HOPPES, of the Township of Centre, Berks County, Pennsylvania; and the following children: SALLIE FLEISHER, daughter, Temple, Berks County, Pennsylvania; WILLIAM N. HOPPES, son, Hamburg, R.D. #2, Berks County, Pennsylvania; JOHN J. HOPPES, son, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania; KATIE RAUSCH, daughter, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania; WALTER HOPPES, son, West Leesport, Berks County, Pennsylvania; JENNIE SARGE, daughter, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, CALVIN HOPPES, son, West Leesport, Berks County, Pennsylvania; and MAMIE GOINS, daughter, Excellent, Wisconsin.
2.That the decedent, NATHAN H. HOPPES, died leaving an estate consisting entirely of personal property not exceeding in value Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars.
3.That your petitioner has not taken out Letters of Administration.
4.That your petitioner claims the entire estate of the decedent not exceeding in value Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars,





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as her widow's exemption under Section 12 of the Fiduciaries Act of 1917; as amended, 1931 P.L. 116; 1939 P.L. 199, to wit: -

Fordson Tractor (old) $ 40.00

2 Horse Farm Wagon, flat 50.00

2 Horse Farm Wagon, flat 10.00

1 Old Mule 10.00

1 Old Horse 20.00

2 Cows, small, @ $25 each 50.00

2 Calves 20.00

Hay and straw 20.00

4 Shoats, @ $5 each 20.00

5 Shoats, @ $2.50 each 12.50

Old Grass Mower 5.00

Old Hay Rake 5.00

Tractor Plow 5.00

Harness of all kinds 5.00

Old Binder (self) 5.00

Shredder 5.00

Cultivator 1.00

Feed Grinder, small 1.00

Plows 7.00

1938 Chevrolet Sedan, Engine No. 1330507,
Motor No. 14HB114851 Value $275.00,
Encumbrance $219.50 55.50

Odds and Ends 5.00

TOTAL $362.00

5.Your petitioner therefore prays that the entire estate of the decedent be set apart to her
as aforesaid.

And your petitioner will ever pray, etc.

MARY ANN (her x) HOPPES

Witness to mark

Signature of SUSAN LOOSE

Signature of HOWARD M. LOOSE

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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA:

COUNTY OF BERKS :

MARY ANN HOPPES, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are true and
correct.



Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 5th day MARY ANN (her mark) HOPPES
of March, A.D. 1941.

Signature of Howard M. Loose Witness to mark

Notary Public

Signature of SUSAN LOOSE

My Commission Expires
June 7th, 1945 Signature of HOWARD M. LOOSE


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D E C R E E



AND NOW, to wit, this 4th day of March, A.D. 1941, upon consideration of the annexed petition, the entire estate of NATHAN H. HOPPES, deceased, which consists of personal property in the nature of farm goods and one automobile, is set apart and awarded to MARY ANN HOPPES, as her widow's exemption under Section 12 of the Fiduciaries Act, 1917, as amended by the Act of 1931, P.L. 116; 1939 P.L. 199.

Signature of F. A. MARX, P.J.


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[NI1170]

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

GEORGE J. HOPPES

I, GEORGE J. HOPPES, a widower, of the Township of Windsor, County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby expressly revoking all other Wills and Codicils by me heretofore made.

ITEM 1: I order and direct my hereinafter named co-Executors to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon as possible after my decease.

ITEM 2: I give and bequeath to my granddaughter, MARTHA HOPPES HINNERSHITZ, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00).

ITEM 3: I give and bequeath to my son, ERNEST HOPPES, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

ITEM 4: I give and bequeath to my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

ITEM 5: I give and bequeath to my son, LEON J. HOPPES, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), all of my bedding, and the bedroom suite in the room he presently occupies as a bedroom in my home.

ITEM 6: I give and bequeath to my son, LEON J. HOPPES and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, all my jarred and canned goods and food in the freezer in equal shares or parts.

ITEM 7: My sons, LEON J. HOPPES and ERNEST HOPPES and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, shall have the right to

Signature of GEORGE J. HOPPES

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reclaim those items in and on the premises that are their property, and to this end they shall not be required to produce formal bills of sale, receipted bills or cancelled checks. If any proof is demanded, their affidavits of ownership shall be sufficient.

ITEM 8: My sons, LEON J. HOPPES and ERNEST HOPPES, and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, and her family, shall have burial rights in the family burial plot.

ITEM 9: My son, LEON J. HOPPES, shall have the privilege to live in and occupy my real estate for a period of two (2) years after my death, in the event he is residing with me at the time of my death. During the aforesaid two (2) years the taxes and the maintenance of the property as to necessary repairs shall be made by my estate.

ITEM 10: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal or mixed, of whatever nature and wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath unto my sons, ALBERT HOPPES, CLARENCE OSCAR HOPPES, HOWARD HOPPES, MORRIS HOPPES, ERNEST HOPPES, and LEON J. HOPPES and my daughters, MYRTLE ADAM and DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, in equal shares.

ITEM 11: I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, and my son LEON J. HOPPES, as co-Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, and direct that they shall both retain my attorney, FREDERICK O. BRUBAKER, Esquire, in the settlement of my estate.

ITEM 12: All inheritance and transfer taxes on any

Signature of GEORGE J. HOPPES

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bequests herein shall be paid from my residuary estate.

IN WHITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament, consisting of three (3) typewritten pages, on the bottom margin of the first two (2) pages where I have affixed my name this 10th day of October 1968.

Signature of GEORGE J. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by GEORGE J. HOPPES, the Testator above-named, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto.

Signature of FREDERICK O. BRUBAKER, Esq.

Signature of PATRICIA A. illegible

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[NI1172] Daughter Ellen May's marriage application shows her father is Albert C. Hoppes and mother is Hannah B. Ney.

* * *


LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

ALBERT C. HOPPES

BE IT REMEMBERED, that I, ALBERT C. HOPPES, of the Township of Upper Bern, County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

FIRST: I order and direct the payment of the expenses of my last illness and funeral out of my estate as soon as conveniently may be done after my death.

SECOND: All of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, HANNA B. HOPPES, her heirs and assigns forever.

THIRD: In the event that my wife, HANNA B. HOPPES, shall no longer by living at the time of my death, then I order and direct that all of my estate, real, personal and mixed, shall be disposed of as follows:

a.I order and direct that the burial expenses for my wife shall be paid out of my estate, if this has not been taken care of at the time of my death.
b.I order and direct that a memorial shall be erected upon the graves of both my wife and myself, if this has not been taken care of at the time of my death.
c.I give and devise my farm, together with the buildings thereon erected, situate in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, containing 31 acres, more or less, to my son, DANIEL G. HOPPES, his heirs and assigns forever.
d.I give and devise my farm, together with the buildings thereon erected, situate in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, containing 4 1/2 acres, more or less, to my daughter, ELLEN M. HECKMAN, her heirs and assigns forever.

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e.
f.All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares, share and share alike, to my daughter, ELLEN M. HECKMAN and my son, DANIEL G. HOPPES, their heirs and assigns forever.

FOURTH AND LASTLY: I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, HANNA B. HOPPES, to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In the event that she shall predecease me or die before completing the administration of my estate, then I nominate, constitute and appoint my children, ELLEN M. HECKMAN and DANIEL G. HOPPES, jointly or the survivor of them, to be the Executors of my last Will and Testament. Further, I order and direct that neither my Executor nor alternate Executors shall be required to enter security in any jurisdiction in which they or any of them may act.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I, ALBERT C. HOPPES, have set my hand and seal to this my last Will and Testament, which consists of two (2) pages, this 3rd day of April, A.D. 1962.

Signature of ALBERT C. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by ALBERT C. HOPPES, the above named Testator, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other, all being present at the same time, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.



Signature of ____ SOLOMON ________
Residence: Hamburg, PA

Signature of GRACE LEES BEAR
Residence: Hamburg, PA

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[NI1176] Name might have been Ezekiel.

[NI1195] Died early.

[NI1208] Cora was a teacher according to the biography of her father, William C. Pond.

[NI1225] Schuylkill County Pennsylvania: Genealogy - Family History - Biography Vols. I and II
J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1916
Page 934 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Charles Henry Hoppes, of West Penn township, is a typical representative of a family whose members have been among the respected residents of that part of Schuylkill county since the close of the Revolutionary period. Industrious, progressive and of high personal character, he is upholding in an honorable life of the best traditions of the substantial stock to which he belongs and doing his share in advancing the best interest of the region which has been the chosen home of his race for several generations.

John Michael Hoppes, the emigrant ancestor of Charles Henry Hoppes, came to this country from Baden, Germany, it is said about 1740, but the family history of that period is incomplete. He made his home in what is now West Penn township, Schuylkill county, then included in Northampton county, Pa. He had four sons. Life in this region was full of dangers in those days, for the settlers were never safe from Indiana raids, and the father of the family eventually lost his life defending his home against the savages. A band of Indians surrounded and attacked the Hoppes home one night, and in the fight which ensued John Michael Hoppes and tow of his sons were killed. The other two sons fought until the attackers withdrew defeated and saved the mother and daughters. The three victims were buried next day under a pine tree near by, and the survivors decided to break up the home being thoroughly discouraged by the evil turn of their fortune. One of the sons moved to Virginia, and made a permanent settlement there. The other son, Jonas remained in Pennsylvania. Born Jan. 12, 1753, he spent his life in Pennsylvania. When the Revolution broke out he took up arms in the cause of the Colonies, serving seven years. He was in a cavalry regiment and under Washington's command. In the retreat from Philadelphia he was captured by the British and kept without food for three days and was rescued by LaFayette's army, and returned to his service. After the war he became a prosperous farmer in West Penn township, Northampton (now Schuylkill) county (having there located the land grant of 150 acres received for his services), building a log house and barn on his tract, a considerable portion of which he succeeded in clearing. He farmed throughout his active years. His death occurred July 30, 1833, his wife, Catherine (Harr), who was born April 7, 1755, passing away July 5, 1823. They are buried at Zion's Church in West Penn township, and his grave is always decorated on Memorial Day. Mr. Hoppes was one of the most zealous members of Zion's Church, giving the land for the building site and cemetery plot, and he assisted in the erection of the church.

Michael Hoppes, grandfather of Charles Henry Hoppes, was a farmer and miller, owning the farm of 128 acres and the stone mill thereon now owned by his grandson, Michael A. Hoppes, in West Penn township. The mill is one of the local landmarks. He was a Democrat on political questions and a Lutheran in religion, belonging to Zion's Church in West Penn township and helping to build its present stone house of worship. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. They had children: Joseph, Nathan, John, Michael, Lizzie and Judith.

Michael Hoppes, the father of Charles Henry Hoppes, was born Nov. 17, 1822, at the old mill in West Penn township, and received his education in the township schools. He followed farming and milling all his long life, which covered almost fourscore years, his death occurring Feb. 3, 1902. He was reared and educated in his native township, and after entering upon the serious work of life was occupied as laborer on his father's farm from the age of sixteen until twenty-five, at which time he bought the mill and 128 acres of land. A man of upright life, he was highly respected by all his neighbors and valued as a worker in the Zion's Lutheran Church, which he filled all the official positions. Politically he was a Democrat. His wife, Catherine (Balliet), survived him ten years, dying Sept. 30, 1912. She was born June 3, 1825, daughter of George Balliet (whose wife was a Houser), and is buried with her husband in the cemetery of Zions's Church. They were the parent of the following children: Polly, now the widow of Nathan Gilbert, is living in West Penn township, Catherine is the widow of Adam Henry, of Carbon county, PA, Benneville, died young, Charles Henry is next in the family; Michae A. who lives on the old homestead, married Mary Shellhammer.

Charles Henry Hoppes was born April 8, 1856 in West Penn township, in the Mahoning valley. His education was acquired in the public schools of the township, and he remained at home, working on the farm for his father, until twenty-one years old, after which he worked out among other farmers for a period of three years. He then married and moved to New York City, where for three years he was in the employ of Stephen Kistler, driving a team, handling hides and leather. Returning to West Penn township, he purchased fro Nathan Gilbert part of the farm which he has since operated, his first purchase consisting of fifty-eight acres, to which he has added until his holdings now consist of eight-nine acres, seventy of which are cleared. He carries a general farming, marketing his produce at Summit Hill and Lansford. Mr. Hoppes has given practically all his attention to his work, but he has taken sufficient interest in local affairs to give his services for one term as member of the board of school directors, and is a zealous member of Zion's Lutheran Church, the religious home of his ancestors for several generations, in which he has served as elder and deacon. On political questions he is a Democrat.

Mr. Hoppes married Fianna Amanda Kistler, who was born Jan. 7, 1800 in West Penn Township near the "Mansion House" hotel, on the farm now owned by Elmer Zimmerman. She received her education in that township and in the public schools of Allentown, Pa., and is a member of the Lutheran congregation of Zion's Church in West Penn township; she takes great interest in its work, and is a teacher in the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs Hoppes have had three children all of whom have been educated in the public schools of West. Penn township: Harvey M., born June 28, 1880, is at present in Newark, N.J. where is he engaged as a night watchman; he is a member of the F. & A. M. at Newark, he married Ida Haas, who was born in 1880, and they have two children, Elmer (born April 7, 1901) and Wallace (born May 30, 1905) William H., born Nov. 12, 1889, assists his father on the home farm; he married Esther Helfrich, born May 1, 1891, and they have one child, Walter Eli, born Oct. 11, 1910. Charels A. born April 25, 1896, is living at home.

[NI1244]
IN THE ORPHANS COURT OF BERKS COUNTY



ESTATE OF LOUELLA N. HOPPES





To the Honorable HARRY D. SCHAEFFER, President Judge of said Court: -

The petition of the Tamaqua National Bank of Tamaqua, Penna. Respectfully represents: -

That the age of the said minor LOUELLA N. HOPPES is seventeen years, she having been born on the ______ day of __________ A.D. 1904.

That MICHAEL A. HOPPES, the father of said minor, died, intestate, on Dec. 1st, 1920.

That the said minor is possessed of an undivided 2/15 interest, which came to her by decent from her father, MICHAEL A. HOPPES, deceased, and being part interest in the following described premises:

ALL THOSE CERTAIN lots or pieces of ground, situated in Spring
Township, County of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, (as shown by
The Map or Plan, surveyed by WM. K. KARNS and bearing date
April, 1911, said Map or Plan having been duly recorded in the
Recorder's Office of Berks County, State of Pennsylvania, in Plan
Book Vol. 3, Page 34), and being further known as Lots Numbers 576
and 577 in said Plan known as "West Lawn", said lots being bounded
on the North by a fifteen foot side alley, on the East by Lot No. 575, on
the South by Penn Boulevard, and on the West by Lot No. 578; said
lots together having a frontage of fifty feet on Penn Boulevard, and a
depth of 167 feet 11 7/8 inches along the East line, and 171 feet ____
1/2 inches along the West line to an Alley,

That all of the parties interested in said real estate who are ___________, to wit, MARY A. HOPPES, widow, KATE I. HOPPES, AMANDUS E. HOPPES, ANNIE S. MILLER, LEON A. HOPPES, children, have contracted to sell their interest in the above described premises to DANIEL B. BLANKENBILLER, he contracting to pay for the whole thereof the sum of $900.


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Your petitioner believes the price offered for the said real estate is a full and fair price for the same and a better price than could be obtained for it at public sale, and that it would be to the interest and advantage of said minor that her interest in said real estate should be sold.

Your petitioner therefore prays leave of the Court to join with the other parties in interest in a conveyance thereof upon receiving the proportionate part of the purchase money, minus the necessary expense of conveyance, said conveyance to vest the right, title and interest of the said LOUELLA N. HOPPES, and her heirs, to said premises, in DANIEL B. BLANKENBILLER, in fee simple; indefeasible by any one leaving a present or prospective interest therein.

TAMAQUA NATIONAL BANK, TAMAQUA, PA

Guardian of LOUELLA N. HOPPES, a minor.

By signature of WILLIAM J. WENDEL, Trust Officer



State of Pennsylvania

County of Schuylkill

WILLIAM J. WENDEL, Trust Officer of the Tamaqua National Bank of Tamaqua, Pa. Being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that the facts as fully set forth in the foregoing petition are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.



Signature of WILLIAM J. WENDEL

Sworn and subscribed to
Before me this 2nd
Day of Dec., A.D. 1921.
Signature of REBECCA S. BEARD
Notary Public
Comm. Expires March ___, ____



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We, the undersigned, being with the within-named minor all of the parties in interest in the said real estate hereby declare that the sum offered is a full and fair price for the same, and a better price than could be obtained for it at public sale; that we believe it would be to the interest and advantage of the estate of said minor that said sale be consummated and we will join in the execution of a deed to the purchaser.

Signed and initialed: MARY A. HOPPES

Signed and initialed: KATE I. HOPPES

Signed and initialed: AMANDUS E. HOPPES

Signed and initialed: ANNIE S. MILLER

Signed and initialed: LEON A. HOPPES



State of Pennsylvania

County of Berks

GEORGE BLAND and ARTHUR I. BEILIN being duly sworn according to law depose and say that they are residents of Berks County and acquainted with the real estate described in the foregoing petition; that they are of the opinion that the sum of $900 offered for the whole of said premises is a full and fair price for the same and a better price than could be obtained at public sale and also that in their opinion it would be to the interest and advantage of said minors that such sale be carried into effect.


Signature of GEORGE BLAND

Signature of ARTHUR I. BEILIN


Sworn and subscribed to before me this 6th day of Dec., A. D. 1921.

Signature of MABEL G. SAYER

Notary Public



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D E C R E E


AND NOW, TO WIT, Dec. 9, 1921, it is ordered and decreed that the Tamaqua National Bank of Tamaqua, Pa., as guardian of LOUELLA N. HOPPES, join with the other parties in interest in the sale and conveyance of the above described premises to DANIEL B. BLANKENBILLER, for the sum of $900, and upon receipt of the said minor's share or portion of the said purchase price, said conveyance to vest the right, title, and interest of the said LOUELLA N. HOPPES and her heirs to the said premises in the said DANIEL B. BLANKENBILLER in fee; indefeasible by any one having a present or prospective interest therein, in accordance with the Act of Assembly in such as so made and provided.



BY THE COURT:

Signature of H. D. SCHAEFFER
P.J.


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[NI1251] 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.

[NI1257] Warsaw Daily Times,
January 6, 1942
Served as secretary of the Kosciusko County Agricultural Society in 1855.

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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.

[NI1316] March 27, 1837 birth date provided by Harry Hoppes. Further research needed.

[NI1320] Last Will and Testament of Phillip Hoppis

I, Phillip Hoppis, of the Township of Clay, in the County of Kosciusko, in the State of Indiana being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, while in the possession of all my mental faculties, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit: -

Iten 1st. I hereby direct that my executor shall pay all my just debts, if any I may have, funeral expenses, and expenses of my last sickness, so soon after my death as it expedient; and he shall also pay to my wife, Mary E. Hoppes, the sume of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), which I have agreed to give her under an antenuptial contract entered into between herself and myself on the 8th day of May, 1912, which sum she has agreed to accept in full of any and all other claims against my estate.

Item 2nd. I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my son, John C. Hoppis, all my personal property of every kind character and description including the growing crops that may be upon the real estate that I may own at the time of my death, he being chargeable with the payment of all the matters mentioned in Item First of this will.

Item 3rd. I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my son John C. Hoppis, the use, rents, profits and occupancy of all the real estate of which I may die seized to be had and held by him for and during his natural life. He being charageable, however witht he payment of the taxes thereon and all necessary reparis in keeping up said property.

Item 4th. After the death of my son, John C. Hoppis, I then direct that my real estate shall be sold and the proceeds thereof after the payment to Bessie Ulrey, who lived with me and kept house for me for a long period of time, shall have first received the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and the purchase of a monument not to exceed the cost of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) to be erected to the memory of myself and wife, shall then be divided as follows:

To my grandson Milo D. Hoppis, son of John C. Hoppis, on fourth part thereof.
To my grandsons Chester Hoppis and Fred Hoppis, sons of my deceased son, Charles Hoppis
each one-eighth part thereof.
To my granddaughter Bessie Ulrey, one-fourth part thereof.
To my granddaughter Bertha Evans, one-fourth part thereof.

Item 5th. I hereby nominate and appoint my son, John C. Hoppis, executor of this my last will and testament. At his death, I then desire tht my grandchildren, legatees hereinbefore named shall choose some person to carry out the provisions of this my last will, and if they cannot agree then I request the Kociusko Circuit Court to appoint some suitable person to make sale of my real estate and finally settle my estate.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Phillip Hoppis, the testator, have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal this 21st day of January, 1915.

Typed signature Phillip Hoppis

Signed, sealed, published and declared by Phillip Hoppis, the above named testator, as and for his last will and testament in our presence, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto this 21st day of January, 1915.

John D. Widaman
Allan S. Widaman Witnesses
Lou H. Haymond

[NI1328] Typed as reported, though date of birth obviously is 1843.



Northern Indianian Auguest 30, 1906

HOPPIS, ELIZABETH (KINCH)

DEATH: Elizabeth Kinch was born in Richland county, O. February 7, 1843 and moved to Indiana in the fall of 1851. She was the sixth child of John and Mary Kinch. April 5, 1866, she was married to Phillip Hoppis, the sixth son of Christian and Lydia Hoppis. She died August 21, 1906 at the age of 63 years, six months and 14 days. Death occurred at her home near Packerton and was due to heart disease. She was the mother of two boys and two girls, three of whom preceded her in death. She leaves her husband, one son, five grand children, three brothers and three sisters. Martin V. Kinch, of southwest
of Warsaw, is a brother.



NI August 30, 1906

HOPPIS, PHILIP MRS.

Mrs. Philip Hoppis died Tuesday from heart disease at her home near Packerton. The funeral was held Thursday. Surviving are the husband and children. She was a sister of Mrs. George Bratt, of Warsaw and Martin V. Kinch, northwest of Warsaw.

[NI1331] Indiana Republican
December 27, 1894

HOPPIS, CHARLES

DEATH: Charles Hoppis died Thursday afternoon at his residence in this place, leaving his wife and two children. Burial was at Packerton.

[NI1344] Warsaw Daily Times
May 23 1951

Mrs. Howard M. Scott, of Winona Lake, will again serve as president of the Warsaw-Winona Lake
Federation of Clubs.

Other officers elected were: Mrs. Milo Hoppus, first vice president; Mrs. Floyd Schue, second vice president; Mrs. Edward Hawk, recording secretary; Mrs. Harry Lewallen, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Boyce Howard, treasurer.

[NI1349] Northern Indianian
May 13, 1897

Hoppis, George L.

DEATH: The scene at the home of the late George L. Hoppis was very affecting indeed as the funeral coregee left for Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The pall bears were all old corrades belonging to the same company, all dressed in black with mourning badges upon their arms. Members of the IOOF were also present and were met at the cemetery by the Claypool lodge, of which the deceased was a member.

May 27, 1897

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION: Margaret Hoppis was appointed administrator of the estate.

[NI1361] Weighed 8 pounds at birth.

[NI1400] 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.

[NI1428] 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.

[NI1429] Died early.

[NI1430] Died early.

[NI1431] Died early.

[NI1432] Died early.

[NI1435] Died early.

[NI1437] 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.

[NI1439] Died early.

[NI1447] MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Daniel Hoppes, the oldest son of Solomon Hoppes, was born September 16,1834. An official document of the PA Adjutant General's Office dated December 14, 1915 (Ref. #1) certifies that:

Daniel Happes, aged 28 years was enrolled as a Private at Carbon County, Pa. in Company F, 34th Regiment Infantry Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia on the twenty-ninth day of June 1863, and was mustered into the service of the State as such at Reading, Pa., for the period of Ninety Days from the first day of July 1863, and that he was mustered out with Company August 10, 1863, at Reading, Pa., by reason of services being no longer required.

The author knows of no service other than his Emergency Militia duty that the Daniel Hoppes performed and does not believe he saw hard service and/or was wounded during the Civil War.

REFERENCE

1. Adjutant General's Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Certificate dated December 14, 1915, requested by O. B. Desh, Adjutant, Post 182, G. A. R., Bethlehem, PA on December 12, 1915.


Summaries by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1451] Schuylkill County Pennsylvania: Genealogy - Family History - Biography Vols. I and II
J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1916
Pages 467 - 470

Joseph S. Hoppes has farmed in West Penn township throughout his active years, though his operations are not now as extensive as formerly and he has sold considerable of his land. As a citizen Mr. Hoppes has always ranked with the best. In public spirit, intelligence, enterprise and thrift, he is a typical member of one of the oldest families in this region, founded here by his great grandfather, Jonas Hoppes, who as a reward for his services in the Revolution received a grant of land from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 150 acres, which he located in what is now the township of West Penn, Schuylkill county. Few families can show a more consistent record of fidelity in military duty during the country's hour of need.

John Michael Hoppes, the emigrant ancestor, came to this country from Baden, Germany, it is said about 1740, but the family history of that period is incomplete. He made his home in what is now West Penn Township, Schuylkill county, then included in Northampton County, PA. He had four sons. Life in this region was full of dangers in those days, for the settlers were never safe from Indiana raids, and the father of this family eventually lost his life defending his home against the savages. A band of Indians surrounded and attacked the Hoppes home one night, and in a fight which ensued John Michael Hoppes and tow of his sons were killed. The other two sons fought until the attackers withdrew defeated, and saved the mother and daughters. The three victims were buried next day under a pine tree near by, and the survivors decided to break up the home, being thoroughly discouraged by the evil turn of their fortune. One of the sons moved to Virginia and made a permanent settlement there. He succeeded in life, acquiring the ownership of a valuable plantation, and owned slaves. The other son, Jonas, remained in Pennsylvania. Born Jan,.12, 1753, he spent his life in Pennsylvania. When the Revolution broke out he took up arms in the cause of the Colonies, serving seven years. He was in a cavalry regiment and under Washington's command. In the retreat from Philadelphia he was captured by the British and kept without food for three days, was rescued by LaFayette's army, and returned to the service. After the war he became a prosperous farmer in West Penn township, Northampton (now Schuylkill) county, building a log house and barn on his tract, a considerable portion of which he succeeded in clearing. He farmed throughout his active years. His death occurred July 30, 1833, his wife, Catherine (Harr), who was born April 7, 1755, passing away July 5, 1823. They are buried at Zion's Church in West Penny township, and his grave is always decorated on Memorial Day. Mr. Hoppes was one of the most zealous members of Zion's Church, giving the land for the building site and cemetery plot, and he assisted in the erection of the church.

Christian Hoppes, son of Jonas, was born Aug. 1, 1787, in West Penn township, where he was reared and educated. He assisted his father on the home farm, and after his marriage bought a tract comprising 150 acres, of which he cleared a great portion. He had a sawmill which he operated besides cultivating his land, and remained there until his death, Aug. 2, 1856. His wife, Salome (Steigerwalt), born May 28, 1786, died March 31, 1861. They had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, and we have record of: Andrew, who married Susanna Moser or Mosser; Solomon, father of Joseph S. Hoppes; Salome, Mrs. Daniel Nothstein, Rebecca, Mrs. Henry Nothstein, Lydia, Mrs. David Hartung, and Katie, Mrs. Hiram Wehr. It is said the other six children died of dysentery. Christian Hoppes was originally a Democrat, finally a Republican, in politics. He was a prominent member of the Lutheran congregation of Zion's Church, West Penn township, served as elder and deacon, and assisted in building the present stone church in West Penn township.

Solomon Hoppes, son of Christian, was born July 13, 1809, in West Penn township, where he grew to manhood and received his education. He worked for his father up to the time of his marriage, when he bought twenty acres with a gristmill and sawmill, in New Mahoning township, Carbon Co., Pa., (now owned by Frank Klingerman). Later he bought three hundred acres in West Penn township, Schuylkill county, where his son Joseph now lives, and remained on this tract for fifty years, eventually selling the property to his son, Joseph S. and removing to Carbon county, where he died Dec. 11, 1890. His wife, Magdalene (Schneider), born Dec. 30, 1810, daughter of Michael and Polly (Sanders) Schneider, died May 5, 1899, and they are buried at Zion's Church. Like his father, Mr. Hoppes was an elder and deacon of Zion's Lutheran congregation in which he was an active worker for many years. Politically he was a Republican. For thirteen years he was captain of a militia cavalry company and attended the battalion meetings regularly. During the Civil war he served in Company E, 27th Pennsylvania Regiment. He and his wife reared a large family. Leah married Eli Nothstein and both are deceased. Polly married David Longacre, and both are deceased. Fianna died young, Carolina died young, Daniel married Katie Ziegler, and lives at Allentown, Pa; Joseph S. is next in the family; Eli, deceased, married Maria Klingerman, of Wanamakers, Pa,. and their children are Albert K. (a rural free delivery carrier at Germansville, Pa.), Dr. Dillion K. (a dentist of Tamaqua, Pa., married to Sue Brode) and Minnie, (Mrs. Irwin Reinhart of Wanamakers); Solomon, deceased, married Katie Stitzer, of Reading, Pa.; Washington married Annie Straub, and they are residents of Carbon county.

Joseph S. Hoppes, was born April 7, 1843, in West Penn township, where he grew up and received his education. He was employed with his father until he enlisted in the Union service. He was first assigned to duty as a teamster, driving four horses, hauling wood to different hospitals and prisons. He set out for Fairfax Court House as driver of an ammunition wagon, but the shipment was watched by Colonel Mosby's guerrillas and four teams were captured, the men, however, escaping. Mr. Hoppes' leader horse was shot. He returned to Washington and was given another team to drive until taken sick. He returned to his father's farm in West Penn township for a time, later reenlisitng under Capt. L. D. Laciar. This regiment was recruited at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and was under Col. Charles A. Albright. It was organized Sept. 3, 1864, proceeded to Camp Couch, near Chambersburg, Pa., Sept. 10, 1864; and on Sept. 23, 1864, was led out on a three days' march for exercise; proceeded via Washington Sept. 29, 1864, to Alexandria, Va.; and was sent to duty at Manassas Gap, taking position along the road from Thoroughfare Gap to Rectortown. This duty was arduous and the troops were harassed by Mosby and his guerrillas. They participated in a number of skirmishes, and the actions at Salem, Oct. 8th and 16th resulted in some loss. A party of Confederates succeeded in throwing trains off the track and poured a volley upon the victims. Then Colonel Albright ordered every building to be burned within a radius of one mile. After the railroad was abandoned they removed the ties and rails to Alexandria, Va., making their headquarters at Fairfax Station, where they protected the men chopping and the teams moving the wood. Toward the close of May, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Philadelphia, Pa., and was then sent to the coal regions, with headquarters at Tamaqua, Pa., Early in July Company A was sent to Pittsburgh, Pa., and late that month assembled at Harrisburg. At Occoquan Mr. Hoppes was wounded in the left leg, below the knee, was mustered out with the company, and honorably discharged, Aug. 3, 1865.

Returning from the army Mr. Hoppes bought his father's place of 300 acres, part of which was cleared, and he himself had 170 acres under cultivation. He carried on general farming extensively and profitably until 1913, when he sold 104 acres to Frank Troxell, and is now operating the rest of the original tract. He has attended markets at Summer Hill and Nesquehoning. He has assisted in the administration of township affairs in the capacity of school director, and has been a devoted worker for the promotion of proper educational facilities in his section, having served twenty-two years as treasure of the school board. In political faith he is a Republican. He adheres to the church of his ancestors, being a leading member of the Lutheran congregation at Zion's Church, which he serves as deacon. Socially he holds membership in the G. A. R., Bertolet Post, No. 484, at Lehighton, and in Washington Camp No. 615, P. O. S. of A. at Andreas (Sittler)L, Pa.; he is a charter member of the latter organization.

On May 5, 1867, Mr. Hoppes married Sarah Sittler, who was born Sept. 13, 1839, and died Nov. 16, 1870; she is buried at Zion's Church there. She was a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Everett) Sittler. Mr. and Mrs. Hoppes had one child, Sadie, born Nov. 22, 1869 who is married to James Gehry, a farmer of Germansville, Lehigh Co., Pa.; they have on adopted child, Alice Miller, now the wife of Henry Nothstein. Mrs. Gehry was educated in West Penn township and the academy at Myerstown, and lived at home until her marriage. On Sept. 6, 1873, Mr. Hoppes was married (second) to Elavina Klingaman, born Feb. 24, 1850, daughter of Jeremiah and Leah (Moser) Klingaman. There are no children by this union.

It will be observed that the members of the Hoppes family have a consistent record of patriotism and loyalty to the country in times of need, as previously stated. The first American ancestor died as one of the defenders of the frontier; his son had all unusually long service in the Revolution; and they have been represented in all the wars of the nation since, four serving in the Civil war.

Mr. Hoppes has always been keenly interested in history, and he treasures a number of relics of the early days which have come into his possession; he has a sleigh, the runners of which were made from the first rails that were used on the railroad between Philadelphia and Pottsville; he has the bit that was on the first horse killed in that battle of Bull Run; and old schooner wagon with which his father hauled produce from West Penn township to Philadelphia, many years ago, using six horses and taking nearly a week to make the round trip; an old buggy with wooden springs, which at one time was the property of an old Revolutionary soldier by the name of Fenstermacher; and an ancient flagstaff tip consisting of a spear and axe, used to protect the flag, captured at Trenton, N. J. from the British at the time of the crossing of the Delaware by General Washington.

Mrs. Sarah (Sittler) Hoppes, first wife of Joseph S. Hoppes, was the daughter of Samuel Sittler, who was a farmer all his life, owning and operating a large farm in the Mahoning township, Carbon Co., Pa.

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MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Joseph S. Hoppes, the second oldest son of Solomon Hoppes, was born April 7, 1843 in Schuylkill County, PA. He enlisted on August 25, 1864 at Harrisburg in Company A, 202 PA INF for the period of one year (Ref. #1). His enlistment bounty was $100 payable in three installments, one at the end of every four months of service. A Company Muster and Descriptive Roll dated Harrisburg, Pa., August 30, 1864 describes him as a laborer with dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, and five feet, six inches in height. Company muster rolls through October 1864, for November/December 1864, for January/February 1865, for March/April 1865, and for May/June 1865 list him as Present, with the only other remark that his bounty pay would be reduced $0.56 for the loss of arms/equipment, namely a cap pouch. There were no indications that his unit had been engaged in enemy action or that he had been ill, wounded, or hospitalized. In short, he served for less than a year, with three or more months coming after Lee's surrender.

B. PENSION FILE INFORMATION

On May 15, 1891, Joseph S. Hoppes signed a Claimant's Affidavit to apply for a Civil War pension under the Act of June 27, 1890 (Ref. #2). He listed two disabilities: (1) Rheumatism contracted at or near Washington, DC in 1864 resulting from being exposed on wet ground and (2) varicose on leg contracted at or near Accotink, VA on or about April 1865 from falling through a bridge while on guard the night of the assassination of President Lincoln. He stated that his military service consisted of one term as teamster and second term a Priv. Co. A, 202 Regt Penna Vol. Because he did not list a military unit associated with his first term and because there were no service records indicating he joined the military prior to August 24, 1864, it is possible that he was a civilian teamster during his first term. On July 19, 1893, John M. Zimmerman who worked with and for Joseph S. Hoppes was deposed on his behalf, stating in part: I judge him disabled fully one half for the last three years, previous he could work better . . . On April 8, 1895, the War Department reported to the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, that: The medical records show him treated as follows: as Joseph Hoppes Pr. Co. A, 202 Pa. July 20 to 27 - 65, Boils - Nothing additional found.

Joseph Hoppes' application for a pension was approved at the rate of six dollars a month under pension certificate # 907,119. On July 14, 1897, he sought a pension increase citing service-related injuries and those occurring subsequently. His military career injuries were listed as: (1) Rheumatism contracted in the US service in VA in April 1865, (2) severance to muscle caused by wagon passing over arm in November 1864, and (3) injury to leg caused by a fall from a bridge in VA April 14, 1865. On May 4, 1898, he answered the Bureau of Pension's five-part questionnaire, as follows: He was married to Elvina Hoppes nee Klingeman. He was married by Rev Strauss in Carbon County on September 6, 1873. He has a marriage certificate to prove his marriage. He previously was married to Sarah Sittler, who died in 1866 in Schuylkill County. He has a daughter Sadie Hoppes born November 22, 1868, who now is married to James Geary.
On February 23, 1907, Joseph Hoppes applied for a pension under the Act of February 6, 1907. He indicated he had been honorably discharged at Harrisburg on August 3, 1865. After Congress passed the Pension Act of May 11, 1912, Joseph Hoppes applied on April 9, 1913. His post office address was given as Sittlers, PA. In support of his application, he produced a birth certificate, which a Justice of the Peace copied (or translated) as follows:

Solomon and his wife Mary - nee Snyder - being a son born the 7th day of April A. D. 1843 this son is born in West Penn Twp, Schuylkill County, in the state of Pennsylvania, North America, and is baptized and given the name Joseph the 28th day of May A. D. 1843.

by August Bauer

Witnes David Wertman and his wife Catherine


In April 1915, Joseph Hoppes sent a questionnaire to the Pension Office, which stated that he was: Previously married May 5, 1867 to Sarah Sittler, of New Tripoli. But she died.

The next item in his Pension File is a Declaration For Widow's Pension dated April 7, 1917. In it, his wife Elvina states that she was married to Joseph Hoppes on September 6, 1873 by Reverend William H. Strauss at White Bear (Carbon County), PA, and that her husband died on March 9, 1917 in West Penn Twp (Schuylkill County, PA). A supporting document indicates that Joseph Hoppes' first wife Sarah Sittler died on November 16, 1870. The concluding document in the Pension File provides the information that Elvina Hoppes of Andreas, PA, a pensioner at the rate of $30 per month paid quarterly under certificate 838637, died on January 26, 1921.

Neither Joseph S. Hoppes' military service record nor his Pension File indicate that he saw hard service and received wounds. Moreover, the image portrayed in his July 14, 1897 pension application of a veteran suffering from rheumatism, a severed arm muscle, and a bad leg injured in a fall somehow seems incompatible with him marching in the line at the fall 1899 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia. Yet, over time, service rendered often appears to grow into deeds of valor. A good example is Joseph Hoppes' description of his military service published only a year before his death in Schuylkill County PA: Genealogy - Family History - Biography. In it, the biographer states:

Joseph S. Hoppes was born April 7, 1843, in West Penn township, where he grew up and received his education. He was employed with his father until he enlisted in the Union service. He was first assigned to duty as a teamster, driving four horses, hauling wood to different hospitals and prisons. He set out for Fairfax Court House as driver of an ammunition wagon, but the shipment was watched by Colonel Mosby's guerrillas and four teams were captured, the men, however, escaping. Mr. Hoppes' leader horse was shot. He returned to Washington and was given another team to drive until taken sick. He returned to his father's farm in West Penn township for a time, later reenlisting Aug. 24, 1864, for one year or during the war, in Company A, 202 Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. L. D. Laciar. This regiment was recruited at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and was under Col. Charles A. Albright. It was organized Sept. 3, 1864, proceeded to Camp Couch, near Chambersburg, Pa., Sept. 10,1864; on Sept. 23, 1864, was led out on a three days' march for exercise; proceeded via Washington Sept. 29, 1864, to Alexandria, Va.; and was sent to duty at Manassas Gap, taking position along the road from Thoroughfare Gap to Rectortown. This duty was arduous and the troops were harassed by Mosby and his guerrillas. They participated in a number of skirmishes, and the actions at Salem, Oct. 8th and 16th resulted in some loss. A party of Confederates succeeded in throwing trains off the track and poured a volley upon the victims. Then Colonel Albright ordered every building to be burned within a radius of one mile. After the railroad was abandoned they removed the ties and rails to Alexandria, Va., making their headquarters at Fairfax Station, where they protected the men chopping and the teams moving the wood. Toward the close of May, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Philadelphia, Pa., and was then sent to the coal regions, with headquarters at Tamaqua, Pa. Early in July Company A was sent to Pittsburgh, Pa., and late that month assembled at Harrisburg. At Occoquan Mr. Hoppes was wounded in the left leg, below the knee, was mustered out with the company, and honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865.

Somehow falling off a bridge was transformed into being wounded in the leg. But in the end, Joseph Hoppes' image of his military achievements prevailed. Over his grave in the cemetery of Zion's Old Stone Church at Snyders, PA stands a near-life statue of the bearded warrior in full uniform holding his rifle in front of him near the top of its barrel and vigilantly gazing toward the great Blue Mountain. The inscription on his monument states: JOSEPH S. HOPPES Co. A, 202nd REGT. PA. INF. APRIL 7, 1843 MARCH 9, 1917. Underneath his inscription are the words: ELVINA HOPPES FEB. 24, 1850 JAN. 22,1921. Nearby, a far less auspicious 19th Century tombstone with the sleek form of a dove perched atop records: Sarah Wife of Joseph S. Hoppes Born Sept. 13, 1839 Died Nov. 16, 1870 Aged 31 Years 2 Months & 3 Days (Ref. #4).

REFERENCES

1. Joseph S. Hoppes' Co. A, 202 PA INF Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

2. Joseph S. Hoppes' Pension File # WC-838-637, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

3. J. H. Beers & Company, Schuylkill County PA: Genealogy - Family History - Biography, Chicago, IL, 1916, pages 467-470.

4. Tombstone inscriptions, Zion's Old Stone Church, Snyders, PA.

Summaries by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

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Unknown PA Paper
MARCH 1917

SUMMONED TO
THEIR MAKER

Joseph Hoppes, one of the best known farmers of the West Penn Valley, died near midnight Friday from a stroke of appoplexy. He had been in poor health all winter due to several light strokes and for several weeks was confined to his home. Deceased was born in the Mahoning Valley April 7, 1843 and was aged 73 years, 11 months, and 2 days. When Lincoln issued his call for volunteers during the dark days of the rebellion, Mr. Hoppes was a school boy and was one of the body of pupils who left the little school house in Mahoning to go to the front, enlisting as a private in Company A, 202d Penna. Volunteers. His company saw active service in several of he most important engagements of the war and "Joe" Hoppes, as he was familiarly known to everybody in this section, oftimes regaled the boys with interesting war stories at the country store or wherever they happened to congregate. Always young in spirit, Mr. Hoppes had a long list of friends who were sorry to hear of his sudden death. Besides his aged companion he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James H. Geary, of Germansville. The funeral was held this (Thursday) morning from the family residence in West Penn followed by services and burial at Zion's Church. The services were conducted by his pastor Rev. W. H. Strauss assisted by Rev. H. D. Houtz, and were largely attended by relatives and friends.

[NI1452] MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Elias S. Hoppes, the third son of Solomon Hoppes, was born December 16, 1844. Unlike his two older brothers, he did see front-line service in the Civil War at Antietam, MD and Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, VA but once again there is no evidence he was wounded in action. He served two terms of duty. During the first (Ref. #1), he enlisted at Tamaqua, PA on August 8, 1862 for a period of nine months in Capt. Rehrer's Company (Co. E), 129th Regiment, PA INF and was mustered in at Harrisburg, PA on August 14, 1862. Nine months to the day, on May 18, 1863, he was mustered out at Harrisburg. He is listed as Present on all the Company E, 129 muster rolls in his Service File for this period, with no information being entered into the remarks field on any of the rolls. During his second tour of duty, he claimed to have enlisted in Company G, 198 PA INF on September 1, 1864 and to have been discharged near Washington, D. C., on June 3, 1865. There are no muster rolls in the referenced file to support this service.

PENSION FILE INFORMATION

Apparently, Elias Hoppes applied for a pension under the Act of June 27, 1890, but his claim is missing from his Pension File (Ref. #2). On April 13, 1892, the Bureau of Pensions requested the War Department to furnish information about Elias Hoppes who alleged that while on duty at Fredericksburg, Va., on or about Dec. 13, 1862, he was disabled by affection of back and was treated in hospitals of which the names, locations, and dates of treatment are as follows: Regimental surgeon. When the Pension Office contacted him in February 1865 to request further information, Elias Hoppes took the opportunity to send a hand-written letter to the Pension Office directly, which stated:

Steinsville Pa. March 4/ 1895
Wm. Lochron

Esteemed correspondence(?) of the 27 Feb at hand asking my occupation after my discharge in the Year 1866. I went in school at Lehighton Carbon Co Pa. My PO was New Mahoning Carbon Co Pa in the year 1867. I went to Father in Mill but as I came so weak in my Back I hat to quit hat Doctor Jacob Kistler he lives now in Lehighton Carbon Co Pa after being in bed for some month he got me out that was in 1882 since I was not able to run the mill in 1888 I mufed to Steinsville Lehigh Co Pa and am here yet and have now Doctor Erb he is my doctor

First I came to my Weakness in back was after the battle of Fredrickburg, Va Dec 13, 1862 We lost all, we had nothing but the frosen ground to sleep on.

Im now with my Wife here have a little country store I'm able to be up some 2 hour a day for I'm to Weak in my Back and Legs so I must lie down or set most all the day I wish you could see some of my doctors they would say the same Hope a day will come that God will call me home to Heaven, for I have been asking you so long for help but you have so long forgotten me asked comrade Mr. Lewis H. Roth he is in your Pension office he knows me. My father and I and three Brother where all vol in the union Army and none of us gets Pension I asked to be excused for Poor Writing I fearfull(?) would do better if I could I remain Your Weak and humble

Elias Hoppes
Steinsville
Lehigh Co Pa

P. S. I yet see in your P. B. asking something which I can not understand but will do as I think you ask my No. claim is 837664 I was vol in Co E. 129 Reg Capt E Godfrey Rehrers on the 8 day of Aug 1862 came to the first Battle of Anteatum at the southmountain Md Comrade Lewis H. Roth lost his arm remember me to him he is in your office that was Sept 16 and 17 1862 from there to Frederickburg Va Dec 13, 1863 where we lost all I remember that Daniel Hardinger and Jacob Longacre carried me to the luck fire I laid sleeping on the ground had no feeling in back and Legs. Had a good field Doctor so he got me able to be with the Mud trip that was at auful (?) also was Present at Jensville May 3 1863 where I was capture but soon recapture but we lost many Dear comrade

Discharged May 18 1863 at Harrisburg Pa US I have no more time to send this with today eve mail I will close by hoping that you will nor forget me this time. God be with you all Good bye

(signed) Elias Hoppes


This was the first of a series of statements made by Elias Hoppes that appear in his Pension File. The next, written by the applicant himself on August 18, 1896, claimed:

After the Battle of Fredrickburg va Dec 13 1862 I had lost blanket over coat and tent so hat to sleep on frosent ground also at Gen Burnside Mud March and at the Battle of Chancellorsville felt lame in Back and Legs after my coming home from the Army I went to Father on the farm but as I was Weak in Back and Legs father send me to School at Lehighton Pa for that I was able to get along stayed with Elias Nothstein he died some 15 years ago father took me on the farm again as I was not able to do hard Work he send me in Mill to Mr. H. Wehr to help him what I can Mr. Wehr is dead after that father Rented me the Mill but as I was not able to do the Work I had F. D. Klingeman to do the Work from Mill I went to Steinsville on a farm and as Im not able to Work I went in a little Country store where Im now doing what I can which is very little for Im so Weak in Back and Legs that I must lie down half time of a day I was trying my best to find some of my schoolmates but was unable to meet them I wrote this affidavit myself was not aided of prompted by any Written or Printed statement or recital prepared or dictated by any other person and not attached as an exhibit to my testimony

(signed) Elias Hoppes
On November 30, 1897, the Bureau of Pensions sent their five-part questionnaire to Elias Hoppes at Wanamaker, PA. He filled out the form promptly and dated his reply as December 2,1897. His responses to each of the questions were:

No. 1. Yes Im a married man to Miss Maria Klingeman

No. 2. November 26 1871 at Lehighton Carbon Co Pa by Rev E. A. Bauer

No. 3. honest

No. 4. No my wife is living yet and Im only married once and she is an honest good Wife

No. 5. Minnie was born Aug 25 1873 is now Married to P Reinhard lives at Hatzeton Lucern Co Pa ---- Albert was born Feb 9 1875 is single yet ---- Odillon was born July 5 1877 is single yet ---- Mary was born June 16 1887 Died Jan 20 1880 ---- so I have one Daughter and two sons living yet

A week later, on December 9, 1897, Elias Hoppes filled out another document titled CLAIMANT'S AFFIDAVIT based on his service as a Private in Co. E, 129th PA Volunteer Infantry in which he wrote:

I Elias Hoppes was born Dec 16 1844 in Schuylkill Co Pa Aug 8 1862 when Pres. Lincoln called again for vol I asked Father to go "Yes my son you may go and God be with you" was his ans. Enrolled Aug 8 1862 at Harrisburg Pa in Comp E 129 R P vol when we Marched from Washington D. C. to Anteatem Maryland in Sept 1862 I came weak in legs but by rest I came over it. On the 13 of Dec 1862 when we came in town of Freadricksburg Va we where ordered to put our Napsack in a store room blanket and over coat - lost Battle and where unable to get Napsack came back had to lay on frozen ground without shelter where I lost my health in Back and legs. But by our field Doctor I was recovered that I was able to make with the Gen Burnside Mud March as near as I can say it was in Jan 1863 all night in snow and rain next morning I felt so weak in Back that I was not able to keep up w/ March but became better was able to be in frond again at the Battle of Chanslersville Va May 3 1863 but hat to watch me not to sleep on the ground - when I came home Father took me on farm again when I worked I became weak both in Legs and Back so father found me just ½ of a man to work asked me about (it) I told him I received it in the army he was sorry but said "I will send you in school at Lehighton" from school in Mill to tend to a/c books and light work with Mr Wehr Dr Bergermoyer was that time my Dr. after the death of Mr Wehr I had F. D. Klingeman with me he came to me in 1872 and near as I can say in 1882 I was so weak in Back that I was not able to be up and Dr Kistler was tenting to me now you have both Klingeman and Dr Kistlers evidence I cheerfully would send my good Fathers Mr Wehrs and Dr Bergermoyers evidence if I could but all are Dead so Im the only Witness from Discharge up to 1882 this is written by myself in my room at Wanamaker Pa all alone to this I will go under Oath this eve. and May the good God tell our Hon. Commissioner that I tell nothing but the truth fer now Im ¾ Disabled to work and get every year Weaker, is the truth of yours Hamble Elias Hoppes
To support his submission, Elias Hoppes requested a number of acquaintances to submit a Neighbor's or other Person's Affidavit including his youngest brother George Washington (Wash) Hoppes and Dennis Nothstein, the son of the individual with whom he boarded while at school in Lehighton. In a statement dated December 15, 1897, Wash Hoppes testified that his brother was half disabled when he returned from the War in 1865. It was signed G. W. Hoppes in Wash's artistic script. Dennis Nothstein, on the other hand, testified on December 20, 1897, that Elias Hoppes had missed some school days in Lehighton because of his bad back and that, on occasion, he had helped Elias in the mill because of his bad back. Apparently, Elias Hoppes requested several other neighbors to make depositions on his behalf, as well. In a CLAIMANT'S AFFIDAVIT dated January 17th 1898, Elias Hoppes references the statements of Edwin Steigerwalt and Frank Klingeman. He concluded this affidavit by stating:

Worked with George Henry and Wilson Benegoff both have given there testimony in my Pension Claim. If I was well and had no honest Debt to Pay I would not asked for Pension but as I was a vol soldier from the 2nd Battl of Bull run August 30 1862 up to Appomattox Va April 9, 1865 and lost my health in the Battles by being exposed to the cold rainy days of Winter weather I respectfully Pray our Hon. Commissioner of Pension to help me along as a comrade for Im ¾ disabled so that I can not work more than ¼ of a day and some days can do nothing.

Although Elias Hoppes may have been lame in his back and legs and three-quarters disabled in January 1898, he still was fit enough to march in the line at the National Encampment of the GAR in Philadelphia in fall 1899. Several months later, on February 20, 1900, he filled out another CLAIMANT'S AFFIDAVIT, which remarkably claimed military service he never had mentioned previously in any documents in his Pension File. In response to a Pension Office inquiry about his activities after his discharge in May 1863, Elias Hoppes stated:

Time of my first Discharge May 18/ 1863 to my last enlistment Sept 1, 1864

When I came home I was Lame in Back and legs and by rest and a good bed I came able again for the Emergency of our state Enrolled June 4 1863 had a Battle at Wrightville Pa had to burn the Bridge at Columbia to safe Harrisburg all the time I was not able to sleep on the ground always on board and trye Places to that I send a Comrades affidavit Jacob Longacre Discharged July 24, 1863 after that Went to Reading Worket for Isaac Doubert in a fleur cenutry(?) Mill Mr. Daubert was Drowned in the canal at Perryville Carbon Co Pa some 15 years ago and his Wife and two children Died some 5 years ago in Allentown Pa and now I can not find the second witness to my health of first Discharge May 18/ 1863 to Sept 1 1864 when I tried it for the last time Discharge Near Washington D. C. June 3 1865 and since Im lame in Back and Legs lost ¾ of my time and some time Im not able to go out of the house to this I have 15 affidavit Send and I myself will take my oath to this this is written by myself at home Im all alone

(signed) Elias Hoppes

By an act dated May 9, 1900, Congress amended the provisions of the Act of June 27, 1890, further relaxing the requirements for an Invalid Pension. Elias Hoppes submitted an application for such a pension on July 16, 1900 even though his earlier perseverance had resulted in his receipt of Pension Certificate 886,768. In his new application, he cited his service in Co. E, 129 Regiment PA INF. Ignoring his alleged participation in the PA State emergency of June/July 1863, Elias Hoppes stated:

That he has not been in the Military or Naval service other than as above set forth (except) Enrolled again Sept 1 1864 in Co G 198 Reigt Pa vol Dis. June 3 1865 near Washington D. C. after the capture of Lee Army April 9 1865 at Appotaxtatox Va I was lame both in Back and Legs I could not keep up with Army.

Somehow his alleged condition at Appomattox seems incompatible with the newspaper report that he served as one of General Grant's provost guard. Yet according to family tradition, the remarkable Elias Hoppes was, indeed, present at Appomattox when General Lee surrendered to LTG Grant. According to a cousin of his (Ref. #3): At the time of the surrender, Elias snitched the Court House Seal. About 15 yrs. ago Claude Reinhart his grandson discovered it in the attic at Wanamakers. Seal verified by the Smithsonian Institute, I think.

After Congress passed the Act of February 6, 1907, Elias Hoppes applied for a new pension on February 15, 1907. Three years later, on January 26, 1910, however, his wife Maria filed a Declaration for Widow's Pension stating that her husband had died at Wanamaker, PA on January 15, 1910.

Maria Klingaman Hoppes survived her husband Elias by over 16 years. The last item in Elias Hoppes' Pension file is the DROP REPORT - PENSIONER for Maria Hoppes under Pension # 698748, which states in part: Jul 8 1826 The name of the above-described pensioner who was last paid at the rate of $30 per month to May 4, 1926 has this day been dropped from the roll because of death May 9, 1926.


REFERENCES

1. Elias S. Hoppes' Co. E, 129 PA INF Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

2. Elias S. Hoppes' Pension File # WC-698-748, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

3. Evelyn Hausman, Correspondence with Dr. Harry Hoppes titled: Civil War Data Pa. Hoppes Family, 1970. Evelyn Hausman nee Shankweiler was the granddaughter of Elias Hoppes' older brother Daniel Hoppes and the daughter of Minnie (Hoppes) Shankweiler, the so-called "Christian Hoppes family Historian" in Ellen Priscilla (Zehner) Carpenter's well-known book: The First Zehner -Hoppes Family History, published in 1939 by Mirror Press of South Bend, IN.
21414 SOLOMON S. HOPPES

Summaries by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1453] "History of Schuylkill County, PA, with Illistrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers" New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., , 36 Vesey Street, 1881 Press of George Macnamara, 36 Vesey Street, N.Y.
Township and Borough Histories pp 232


Second Lieutenant Solomon S. Hoppes is a native of Schuylkill county, born in West Penn township in September, 1846. He served in the 34th Pennsylvania reserves during the rebel invasion of Pennsylvania, and re-enlisted in Company A, 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, as a private. He was in the engagement at Salem Hill. He was discharged August 3rd, 1865, and afterward volunteered for three months additional service. He was commissioned to his present rank at the organization of the Guards. August 13th, 1874, he married Katie E. Stitzer, of this place. Since 1876 he has been a grocer. Before that he was a book-keeper at the Excelsior mills for four years.

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MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY

Solomon Snyder Hoppes, the fourth son of Solomon Hoppes, was born October 18, 1846. He enlisted on August 18, 1864 at Harrisburg in Company A, 202 PA INF for the period of one year (Ref. #1), one week before his older brother enlisted in the same unit. His enlistment bounty was $100 payable in three installments, one at the end of every four months of service. A Company Muster and Descriptive Roll dated Harrisburg, Pa., August 30, 1864 indicates he was age 19, born in Schuylkill County, PA, and describes him as a saddler with blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion, and five feet, seven inches in height. Company muster rolls through October 1864, for November/December 1864, for January/February 1865, for March/April 1865, and for May/June 1865 list him as Present. He was discharged at Harrisburg, PA on August 3, 1865, the same date as his brother Joseph. Like the muster rolls for his older brother, there were no indications that his unit had been engaged in enemy action or that he had been ill, wounded, or hospitalized. In short, he served for less than a year, with three or more months coming after Lee's surrender.

PENSION FILE INFORMATION

Solomon S. Hoppes did not receive any wounds or injuries during his tour of duty. Under the Congressional Act of June 27, 1890, however, it made no difference whether wounds, injuries, or diseases were incurred during military service or after discharge, as long as they were not the result of the applicant's vicious [bad] habits. On March 4, 1896, Solomon S. Hoppes signed a Declaration for Invalid Pension citing an injury to his left shoulder and arm he had received some five years earlier at the Tunnel Ridge Coal Colliery (Ref. #2). In his declaration, he stated: While running some empty Coal Cars under Breaker to be loaded, one of them became derailed and while in the act of putting same on track with a heavy lever, myself lifting with my shoulder, the lever slipped & caused the accident and ever since I can not use said arm and shoulder to do work on acct of pain and Rheumatism. I am subject to asthma and shortness of breath. In connection with his pension application, on April 29, 1896, the US War Department informed the Commissioner of Pensions that they could find no medical records of Solomon S. Hoppes having been treated during his tour of duty.

In May 1898, Solomon S. Hoppes submitted a flurry of documents supporting his pension claim. In one of them dated May 2nd, 1898, he elaborates on his military service by stating that he also was: a Private in Co. F, 34th Regt Pennsylvania Militia. Enlisted June 29, 1863. Discharged August 10, 1863 as Private. That subsequent to his discharge as Private from Co A, 202nd Regt Pa Vol Infantry, he was a member of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. His service was as follows: Enlisted as a Private in Co C 7th Regt November 13, 1875. Elected 2nd Lieutenant and transferred to Co E 8th Regt. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant September 11, 1885. Resigned March 1886. Total service in the N. G. of Pa ten years and three months. That this was his entire military and naval service in the United States and State service.
On May 13, 1898, Solomon S. Hoppes signed another CLAIMANT'S AFFIDAVIT, which stated that he is unable to furnish the testimony of the persons who were present at the Colliery when he incurred the injury of arms and left shoulder viz, Martin Grady head coal loader and William Gorman the assistant coal loader because both are dead. These disabilities were incurred in 1887. The following day two of Solomon Hoppes' acquaintances testified about his character although neither knew when, where, of how the alleged injuries occurred. William Broughall, a member of the G. A. R. Post in Mahanoy City indicated that Solomon Hoppes is a man of excellent character, good habits and a worthy citizen, and William Blew, who belonged to the same order P. O. S. of A., stated he is a man of good habits, sober, and industrious and bears a good reputation. In another document dated May 19th, 1898, Solomon Hoppes submitted his answers to the five-part Bureau of Pensions questionnaire. His answers were:

No. 1. Kate E. Stitzer. Maiden name.

No. 2. August 13th, 1874 Mahanoy City Schuylkill Co. by Rev. N. C. McComas. Methodist Episcopal Church

No. 3. Myself and My Wife Kate E. Hoppes are living Happily together.

No. 4. ( question and answer space crossed out)

No. 5 Arthur Leroy Hoppes Born Dec 26th 1874; John Solomon born March 25th 1876; Bessie Nov. 28th 1877; James A. Garfield. Aug. 2nd 1880; Burd S. Hoppes Feb 17th 1884; and Lenore June 29th 1889. All are living 3 oldest married.


Solomon Hoppes' pension claim was rejected on July 9, 1898 on the basis of no ratable disability shown under Act of June 27, '90. On August 2, 1898, he then signed a Supplemental Declaration for Invalid Pension citing his PA National Guard service; in it he claimed additional disability because of asthma and shortness of breath through malarial and Typhoid fever incurred at Pittsburg Pa during the riots of 1877 while serving in Co C 7th Regt N. G. P. as 2nd Lieut. On November 18, 1898, the Bureau of Pensions instructed a Medical Referee to Make a careful & thorough examination giving the soldier's exact condition in every particular with regard to his alleged injury of left shoulder & arm, rheumatism, asthma, shortness of breath, malarial poisoning, results of typhoid fever - varicose veins, disease of heart. In his report dated December 12, 1898, the Medical Referee stated: I have carefully considered the papers on file in this case and in my opinion the rejection of July 9, 1898 was proper and should stand. A rate of $8 may be allowed in the claim filed August 19, 1898 for injury of left shoulder, rheumatism and resulting disease of heart under Act of June 27, 1890. In addition to investigating Solomon S. Hoppes' medical condition, the Bureau of Pensions also checked on this PA militia service. On January 19, 1899, an auditor for the War Department reported that: In the case of Solomon Hoppes, late Company F, 34th Pa. Em. Militia, the company roll shows that he was enrolled June 29, 1863, discharged August 11, 1863, and paid for 1 month and 13 days. No record of medical treatment.
Shortly thereafter, Solomon Hoppes' pension claim was approved at the rate of $8 per month under Pension Certificate No. 978482. On December 15, 1903, he signed a DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION AND NEW DISABILITY Under Acts of June 27, 1890, May 9, 1900, and July 1, 1902 on account of the rate of pension not being proportionate to rate of disability for which he is already pensioned. Additionally, he claimed Bleeding Piles and Lumbago. His claim for increased compensation was rejected on May 10, 1904.

Solomon S. Hoppes died on October 28th, 1907 when he was accidentally struck by a passing train and suffered a fractured skull while returning from work as a watchman in a local steel rolling mill. At the time of his death, Solomon Hoppes was renting a home at 917 Madison Avenue, Reading, PA. He owned no real estate and his personal property was valued at $100.

The remaining documents in his pension file, which outnumber the earlier documents by about 2:1, involve his widow, Kate E. (Stitzer) Hoppes. Between the time of Solomon Hoppes' death in 1907 and Kate Hoppes' death on December 23, 1916, Solomon's pension under certificate 978482 grew from $8 per month to $20 per month under Kate's widow's pension certificate No. 634820. Among the depositions made in connection with her pension claim is the following statement of Isaac B. Wingert: That he and the aforesaid parties (Kate E. Stitzer and Solomon S. Hoppes) lived in Mahanoy City Pa where the deceased soldier worked and where they were married - He the affiant often visited the aforesaid soldier in the mill where he worked before his marriage to the claimant - He knew the deceased soldier since 1871 and the widow the claimant since 1864 - There was quite a sensation in Mahanoy City when the soldier married the claimant as both were pretty well advanced in years when they were married. - That he is positive that neither were ever married before, he certainly would have known it. In another deposition supporting the claim of Kate E. (Stitzer) Hoppes, Alice Wingert testified that before Kate married Solomon Hoppes, she and Alice's sister were in partnership and had a Millinery store and were dressmakers in Mahanoy City Pa.

Kate E. Hoppes, the daughter of John Stitzer and Sarah Heckman, died very suddenly on the evening of December 23, 1916 at Thumser's drugstore in Brooklyn, NY while visiting her son James Garfield Hoppes at 7514, 17th Avenue in Brooklyn for Christmas. She had been residing in Altoona, PA at the time. On December 28, 1916, she was buried in the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, PA, the same Cemetery in which her husband had been buried on October 31, 1907.

REFERENCES

1. Solomon S. Hoppes' Co. A, 202 PA INF Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

2. Solomon S. Hoppes' Pension File # WC-634-820, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

Summaries by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1456] Times News, August 14, 1999

Dusty streets and an
abundance of snakes

The summer of 1886 may not have been as prolonged as the drought now being experienced, but some events made it a memorable time. The Mauch Chunk Daily Times reported in early August that A. J. DeVoe, known as the "weather prophet," predicted that for a week, the mercury "will run near 100 in the shade." He also forecast heavy showers by the middle of the month and tornado for the Rhode Island area.

One just had to look as far as the streets to find evidence of hot weather. They were covered with several inches of dust. It was always a relief when the brorough sprinkler made its appearance on the streets.

"Now we can polish our shoes and brush our clothes, feeling sure that the dust will not bother us," said one reporter.

The hot summer also brought out a number of snake stories. One lady was startled to find a six-foot black snake coiled in her chicken coop when she went for eggs. Her husband shot the reptile with his revolver. When the snake's stomach was cut open, it was filled with egg shells.

In an earlier edition of the Daily Times, a reporter proclaimed Washington Hoppes of Mahoning Township the "champion snake killer in Carbon County."

The Tamaqua Courier took some exception the the boast, noting that their town had two snake hunters who could do better. An article in the Tamaqua paper stated that Charles Evans and Moses Welsh killed 48 rattlesnakes while walking along Pitch Mountain.

The two men said there were seven older snakes and the rest were young "rattlers." The men said that when the young snakes saw them, they "crept into the mouths of the older ones, and these more mature snakes then became very defensive. After cutting one of the larger snakes, it found to contain eight young snakes!

One of the great discomforts brought on by the hot weather was insects. Since there was no insect repellent, the only way to combat the summer invasion of mosquitoes and flies was to try swatting them away. Opened windows were an invitation to the swarming insects. Once inside the home, they could be found around the stove or milk crocks, and on exposed food and fruit.

When the insect invasion was especially bad, boys in the household were sometimes given leafy branches - an early fly swatter - to reduce the suffering of others trying to dine.

Defenseless sleepers had no relief at night as it seemed the insects enjoyed assembling in the dark bedroom. One of the most-welcomed inventions of the 1880s was the window screen, which allowed fresh air to circulate, but did not help against the annoying bugs.

However, the circulation of air was reason enough for Russel Lynes, author and editor of Harper's Magazine, to call the invention of the screen "the most humane contribution the nineteenth century made to the preservation of sanity and good temper."

[NI1485] Wooster Daily Record
Saturday, September 29, 1956

Rev. Hoppes, Once Nashville Pastor

Shreve - - Rev. Byrd S. Hoppes, who was pastor of the Nashville Methodist Church for seven years, died at the home of his daughter, Blanche, in Miami, Fla. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have resided there since a heart attack caused his retirement from the Nashville church.

His son, Byrd, preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Blanche Hoppes.

[NI1496] Hazleton Standard-Sentinel,
Wed. Apr. 3, 1935

Harry V. Hoppes, manager of the National Silk Throwing Co., at Lehighton, who died at that place, was well known in Hazleton and Conyngham. He often visited his uncle, Rev. W.H. Heldt when the latter was pastor of the Conyngham Lutheran church and maintained the friendship he made in this region after
Rev. W.H. Heldt moved to Honesdale.

[NI1509] Unknown Newspaper
1935

Israel M. Hoppes Died At Age of 78

Israel M. Hoppes, a well-known resident of Schuylkill Haven, died on Sunday morning, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Foster Fahl, after a brief illness. His funeral took place Wednesday.

The deceased was born in West Penn Township and for 14 years lived in Mahanoy City. For the past 42 years, he had been a resident of Schuylkill Haven. The trade of miller he followed for 10 or 12 years and, later was a stationary engineer in numerous flour mills. Of recent years, he was employed at the court house as a tipstaff.

Mr. Hoppes was a member of the St. John's Reformed Church. His wife died 15 years ago. Twenty-four years ago, Mr. Hoppes sustained several strokes, which left him partially paralyzed in his limbs. He was, however, able to be about. He was the father of three children, all of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Foster Fahl, Schuylkill Haven; Mrs. John Heebner, Pottsville; Andrew Hoppes, of Millville, NJ. Eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive, together with a brother, Grant, of Philadelphia, and the following sisters: Mrs. Emma Wingert, Frakville; Mrs. Angelina Hill of Reading.

The funeral of Israel Hoppes was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Foster Fahl, Columbia St., Sch. Haven, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Rev. E.S. Noll, pastor of St. John's Reformed Church, conducted the services at the home and the grave in Union Cemetery.

The funeral was largely attended, and there were many floral tributes. The pall bearers were John and Norman Heebner, Russell Kerschner, Jos. Kramer and William Schlessler.

[NI1538] August 8, 1966
Mrs. Hattie M. Fahl

Mrs. Hattie M. (Hoppes) Fahl, formerly of 224 Columbia St., Sch. Haven, died Monday, 3:30 a.m. at Fiar Acres, Middletown Twp., Delaware Co.

Surviving are a son, DeVon Fahl, of Media; three grandchildren, Frederick of Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn; Mary Louise, wife of Samuel Burns, Baltimore, Md.; Lisa Alva at home; one brother, Andrew Hoppes, York.

Mrs. Fahl, 82, was the widow of Foster C. Fahl. He died Feb. 1, 1965. Mrs. Fahl was born in Mahanoy City, a daughter of the late Israel and Anna Dress Hoppes. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Order of the Eastern Star, and American Legion Auxillary, Sch. Haven.

In addition to the son and three grandchildren, there is also one great grandchild surviving.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from Geschwindt Funeral Home, with the Rev. L. Eugene Moyer officiating; interment in Union Cemetery, Sch. Haven.

[NI1539] Foster Fahl Dies of Stroke Feb. 1, 1965

Foster C. Fahl, 224 Columbia St., died Monday at 6:10 p.m. in the Pottsville Hospital where he had been admitted earlier in the day.

He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at 2 p.m. Monday and was taken tot he hospital in the community ambulance.

A native of Auburn he was the son of Joshua and Fietta Fahl.

He was last employed at Argo Mills, having retired four years ago.

Mr. Fahl was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, the POS of A and the Junior Order of Mechanics.

Mr. and Mrs. Fahl celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary recently.

Surviving are, his widow, the former Httie M. Hoppes; on son, DeVon of Media; one grandson, DeVon Frederick, student at Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee; two granddaughters, Mary Louise, wife of Samuel Burns of Baltimore, Md., and Lisa, of Media; and a great-grandson born Friday.

Funeral services were held today from the Geschwindt Funeral Home. The Rev. L. Eugen Moyer officiated with burial in the Union Cemetery.

[NI1557] 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.

[NI1582] Carr/Hoppes - Steele City

Source: The Fairbury Journal, Thursday, January 3, 1918
At 8 o'clock Christmas night Mrs. Bertha Carr of this city and
Mr. Elmer Hoppes of DesMoines, Iowa, were married. Mr. and Mrs.
Hoppes will leave in a few days for Des Moines where they will
make their home.

[NI1595] Emmet and Dickinson Counties, Iowa, Volume 2, Pages 384-385

The operation of his fine farm of 160 acres in Armstrong Grove Township requires practically the entire attention of Warner L. Hoppus, leaving him little time for outside interests. He was born in Clayton Co., Iowa Dec. 8, 1857, and is a son of Daniel and Francis (Hanna) Hoppus, natives respectively of Pa. and of Ohio. The father was a butcher by trade but following his removal to Iowa carried on farming here. Subsequently he was similarly engaged in Minnesota and in Canada, his death occurring in the Dominion in Aug. 1912, when he had reached the venerable age of 88 yrs. His wife is still living in that country.

Warner L. Hoppus grew to manhood in Hardin Co., Iowa and had the privilege of attending the common schools until he was 14 years old. He then began working as a farm hand and so continued until 1881, when he rented land. Two years later he bought a farm in Hardin Co., which he operated for 3 yrs. but at the end of that time he again rented land, which he cultivated for 2 years. He at length purchased another farm in Franklin Co., but after giving 5 years to it's operation be came to Emmet Co., in 1894. For 17 yrs. he operated one farm in Armstrong Grove Township under lease but at the end of that time he realized a long cherished purpose as he purchased 160 acres of fine land. His place is situated on Section 21, Armstrong Grove Township, and its value has been increased by many improvements. He is engaged in general farming and his yearly income is a gratifying one.

Mr. Hoppus was married 28th of Dec. 1881 to Miss Julia Rogers and to them were born 3 children Lyman A. born Nov 13, 1883 and died 1886, Lee L. who was born Oct. 7, 1887 and is now farming in Armstrong Grove Township; and Luella Blanche, born July 30, 1889. On the 6th of May, 1911, the wife and mother died suddenly of heart failure. She had many warm friends and her demise was the occasion of much sincere grief.

In politics Mr. Hoppes is a Republican and fraternally is identified with the Modern Woodsmen of America. In successfully managing his agriculture interests and improving his farm he is not only gaining prosperity for himself but is also contributing to the development of his township and county, whose wealth consists of chiefly rich farm lands.

[NI1615] 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. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/ncltroops.htm

Summary by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1619] 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.

[NI1620] 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.

[NI1642] 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.

[NI1666] Died early.

[NI1667] Died early.

[NI1669] Died early.

[NI1672] 1900 Summary File by Harry Hoppes indicates that William married Hazel Hoppes b. 2 Oct. 1904 in MI, with death occuring April 1974. Further research needed to determine if Hazel Hoppes is related or one of Mathias Hoppes descendants.

[NI1697] Divorced at time of death.

[NI1699] Died early.

[NI1700] Died early.

[NI1703] Died early.

[NI1705] PERSONAL SUMMARY

Samuel Jasper Hoppes born about 1842 in Buncombe County, NC was the oldest son of 2323 Adam P. Hoppes, the third son of 232 Samuel Hoppes married to Jane Guffey. He still was single when he enlisted in the CSA Army in 1861.


B. MILITARY FILES


S. J. Hoppas enlisted as a Private in Captain L. M. Allen’s Company (Madison Guards) of Green’s Independent Regiment, NC Volunteers, in Madison County, NC on the 4th of July, 1861 for a period of 12 months. This regiment never was fully organized and the companies in it were formed into a battalion and designated the 2nd Battalion, NC INF on December 9, 1861 (Ref. #1).

A muster roll of Company B, Green’s Independent Regiment dated August 12 to October 31, 1861 indicates that Saml J. Hoppas had been hospitalized for sickness during this period but apparently was present in his unit again by the close of the period. He again was listed as Present on a muster roll of Company C, 2 Battalion during November/December 1861 and also was Present on the roll of Company A, 2 Battalion during January/February 1862. On the next muster roll in his file for the period April 30 to October 31, 1862, S. J. Hoppers is listed as a 5th Sergeant in Company H, 2 Battalion along with the
notation: Formerly a private but made 5 Serg on the 25 of Sep 1862. Bounty due. The next muster roll of his company for November/December 1862 records that he was absent: On detached service at Danvill, Va doing Provost Duty. During 1863, S. J. Hoppers was listed as Present and a 5 Sgt for the months of March/April and September/October and as present and a 2 Sgt in Co. H, 2 Batt’n in ovember/December.

On the January/February, 1864 muster roll, he was listed as Absent with the notation: On detail at home to obtain shoes, but was recorded as a 2 Sgt and Present on his Company’s roll dated April 1, 1864. He was paid $68 for four months service from January 1 to April 30, 1864 as a Sergeant at the rate of $17 per month, and acknowledged receipt of this sum by signing his name S. J. Hoppers, Sergt Co H 2nd NC Batt at Richmond, VA on June 6, 1864. Between then and August 31, 1864, however, he was court marshaled for an unspecified offense and reduced to the rank of Private. His name appears as Samuel
J. Hoppers, Pvt and his status as Present on muster rolls of Company H, 2 Battalion for September/October 1864, November/December 1864, and January/February 1865, the last document in his military service file.


REFERENCES

1. Samuel J. Hoppers’ Company H, 2 Battalion NC INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.


Summary by Dr. Harrison D. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1706] PERSONAL SUMMARY

William Henry Clay (WHC) Hoppes, the younger brother of Samuel J. Hoppes, was born in Buncombe County, NC in January 1846. Like his older brother, he joined the Confederate cause on July 4, 1861.

MILITARY FILES

Moore’s Register (Ref. #1) indicates that W. H. E. Hopps joined Company C, 64th Infantry Regiment on July 4th, 1861 at Madison County, NC, while his Confederate service file in the National Archives (Ref. #2) gives his enlistment date as July 4, 1861 but into Co. B, Greens’s Independent Regiment (later Company H of the 2nd Battalion NC INF) for a twelve-month period. On February 8, 1862, his name appears as a Private in Co. A, 2nd Battalion on a List of Prisoners of War taken by the forces of Gen’l A. E. Burnside on Roanoke Island and on February 21, 1862 in a list of Prisoners released on parole at Elizabeth City, N. C. Documents in his military service file also indicate that he reenlisted at Marshall, NC in Captain Alfred H. Baird’s Company of the 5 Battalion Cavalry for three years or the duration of the War on either May 20, 1862 or May 31, 1862. His switch in branch for infantry to cavalry also is documented in a muster roll of Co. H, 2 Battalion NC Infantry for the period April 30 to October 31, 1862, which states that Pvt. Wm H. C. Hoppers: Joined the cavalry while on parole. His cavalry career was short, however, because muster rolls for Co. H, 2 Battalion for November/December 1862 and March/April 1863 list him as Present. Similarly, muster rolls of this unit for September/October and November/December, 1863, as well as for January/February, 1864, indicate that he was Present and serving as a Division teamster. He still was Present on April 1, 1864, but a muster roll of his unit through the period August 31, 1864 states that he was Absent and A prisoner of war (POW) for the second time. The muster roll of Co. H, 2 Batt’n for the next reporting period September/October reveals that he once again was Present but contains the remark Present in a rest. The following muster roll for November/December 1864 contains the sobering information that he was Undergoing sentence of cort marshal. His volatile career continued during January/ February 1865 when he again was listed as Present with the remark Brigade Waggoner. The next entry in his file reports that: W. H. C. Happers, Co. H. 2 Batt’n North Carolina Inf. Appears on a Report of Prisoners of War, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, who have this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C. S. A., commanding said Army, to Lieut. Genl. U. S. Grant, commanding Armies of the United States. Paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865.


REFERENCES


1. Moore, John W., Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, Raleigh 1882, Volume IV, Page 60.


2. Samuel J. Hoppers’ Company H, 2 Battalion NC INF CSA Military Service File, the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.

Summary by Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, used with permission.

[NI1722] Died early.

[NI1723] Died early.

[NI1724] Died early.

[NI1725] Died early.

[NI1726] Died early.

[NI1744] 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.

[NI1746] 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.

[NI1753] 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.

[NI1766] Believed she was married to Parke(r) Philbeck - further research needed.

[NI1774] Passes Early Today

Joseph H. Hoppes, 84, of Route 5, in the Union Baptist Church community,
died early this morning at the local hospital. He had been in declining
health for two years and seriously ill for four days.

He was a native of McDowell County and a retired textile worker.

Surviving are five sons, Arthur of Shelby, Melvin and Max, both of Route
5, and Marshall and Baxter, both of Lawndale, Route 1.

Also surviving are three brothers, Benjamin, William and Coleman, all of
Marion; 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Hoppes was a member of Union Baptist Church. Funeral services will
be held there Sunday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Forrest Teague and the
Rev. C. C. Crow officiating.

The body will lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the service and
burial will be in the church cemetery.

[NI1780] 1920 Living with parents, Joseph and Martha Hoppes.

[NI1786] Mrs. Hoppes Dies
in Local Hospital

Mrs. Margaret Alice Hoppes, 67, of the Union community died yesterday afternoon in Shelby hospital after an illness of three months.

Funeral services were to be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Union church of which she was a life-time member.

Rev. A. F. Kiser, pastor of the church officiated at the rites and burial followed in the church cemetery.

Survivors include: her husband, Joseph Hoppes; the following children: Arthur Hoppes of Shelby, Melvin Hoppes of Gastonia, Ellie, Marshall, Mack and Baxter Hoppes and Mrs. Gladys McIntire, all of the Union
community; a sister, Mrs. Frank Walker of Casar; a brother, John Hawkins of Shelby.

[NI1814] 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.

[NI1847] Ada raised Idress Bessie Hoppers after her sister Margaret's death during childbirth.

[NI1872] Reported to have 2 children with Randall Smith, futher research needed.

[NI1874] Reported to have four children, three of which are still living. Further research needed.

[NI1877] Reported to have had four children, with two still living. Do not know which child belongs to who, further research needed.

[NI1884] Reported to have two children, a son who died and a girl whose name is not known at this time.

[NI1898] 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.

[NI1914] 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."

[NI1916] 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.

[NI1919] 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.

[NI1927] Living with daughter Mary Jane and her husband Martin Byers on the 1900 census.

[NI1928] Tri-County Gazette
Thursday, June 6, 1912

Obediah Hoppes, son of Soloman and Margaret Hoppes was born in Burks county Pa. Feb. 18, 1832, died in Roann, Ind., May 28, 1912, age 80 years, 3 months and 10 days. He was united in marriage to Hannah Tipton Oct. 11, 1863. To this union were born three sons, three daughters, eighteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn his departure.

He with his wife united with the church of the Brethren in 1897, to which faith he clung until death.

Funeral services by Elder G. E. Swihart at the residence. Interment at Sycamore Cemetery, Fulton county Ind. Sermon from the text Rev. 14:13.

[NI1930] Will in scrapbook.

[NI1933] In a letter viewed in August, 1978, then in the possession of Ida Hoppes Weller, from William H. Hoppes to his brother Obediah, on January 30, 1902, it stated that he had 4 boys and 3 girls. It also explained that the Charles, Obediah had written about was Dan's boy. He didn't know if sister Lovina was living, he had not heard from her for about 45 year. It also stated that he (William) would be 52 years old on the 8th of October.

[NI1934] Died early.

[NI1936] Died early.

[NI1938] Rochester Sentenial
Monday, January 17, 1921


Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamlett received word Sunday of the death of the latter's sister, Mrs. Hanna Hopper, 79 of Walton, Ind. Funeral services Tuesday at the Sycamore Chapel.

[NI1940] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Berks County,

In the matter of the Estate of Amelia H. Hoppes deceased.

To L. S. Mabry (sp?) Esq., Register for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration for the County of Berks, in the
State of Pennsylvania, John H. Hoppes, the undersigned, being the oldest son of said decedent, who died in the township of
_________ in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania on the 16th day of May A.D. 1901 at ____ o’clock in testate, and
leaving personal estate not exceeding in value $500.00 and no real estate, less incumbrance, not exceeding $ ¾ , do hereby
renounce any right to have letters of administration on said estate issued to me and do hereby request you to grant the same to
Charles H. Hoppes.



Witness my hand and seal this twenty-third day of September A.D. 1901.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of:
Amos R. Shearer John H. Hoppes L.S.
Edward M. Lorah Charles H. Hoppes L.S.



State of Pennsylvania

Berks County,. Register’s Office, Oct. 9, 1901

I do swear that, as the Administrator of Amelia H. Hoppes deceased, I will well and

truly administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, according to law; and that I will diligently and faithfully
regard and well and truly comply with the provisions of the law relating to Collateral Inheritances.

Sworn and subscribed before me the Signature of Charles H. Hoppes

Date above, and letters of administration Granted.



L. S. Mabry, Register

Per. Geo. R. Gregory, Deputy



Estate of

Amelia H. Hoppes, deceased.



INVENTORY

Filed Nov. 13, A.D. 1901

Decedent died May 16, A.D. 1901

Letter issued Oct. 9, A.D. 1901

Rec. Vol. 5 Page 571





State of Pennsylvania,

Berks County,

Personally came before me one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said county, Charles S. DeTurk and Samuel E. Bertolet who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that by the request of Charles H. Hoppes, Administrator of Amelia H. Hoppes, deceased, they will well and truyly, and without prejudice or partiality, value and appraise the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of Amelia H. Hoppes deceased, and in all respects perform their duties as appraisers to the best of their skill and judgment.

Sworn and subscribed before me Charles S. DeTurk

This 19th day of October A.D. 1901 Samuel E. Bertolet

Frank Y. Kaufman, J.P.


Inventory and Appraisement of the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Amelia H. Hoppes late of Oley Township in the County of Berks, taken and made in conformity with the above description.


Three chairs, .75, stand .10, mirror .25, glass dish & c .11 $ 1.21

Milk pitcher .75, glass pitcher .15, lamp .10, plate .55 1.55

Two pictures & frames 2.20, 4 chromos .22 2.42

Lot cloths .12, pillow covers .46, do. 1.35 1.93

Lot cloths .16, sheets .53, table cloth .71, towels .30 1.70

Lot clothes .5, bureau .30, feather bed 2.05 2.40

Spread 3.85, comfort 2.60, 3 pillows 1.00, bed & c .50, hat .05 8.00

3 bed spreads 8.55, 1 chest .30, 4 pcs carpet 4.70, clock .20, umbrella .05 13.80

Umbrella .95, rocker 1.20, rocker 1.55, 2 books, .85, stove 1.20 5.75

$38.76

Taken and appraised October 19, 1901.

Signature of Samuel E. Bertolet

Signature of Charles S. DeTurk

Rec. Vol. 15, Page 136

No. 40 May Term, 1902.



ESTATE OF

AMELIA H. HOPPES, Deceased.

A D J U D I C A T I O N

With Account and Statement Attached.



Filed, May 10, 1902


IN THE ORPHANS COURT OF BERKS COUNTY.

ESTATE of Amelia H. Hoppes, late of Oley township, deceased.

- - - - -

THE ACCOUNT of CHARLES H. HOPPES, administrator, after due publication in accordance with law and the rules of court, was called for audit May 5, 1902, and adjourned to May 9, 1902, when the audit was closed.

A p p e a r a n c e s:

SAMUEL E. BERTOLET, Esq. For the accountant.

The decedent died, intestate and unmarried, on the 16th day of May, 1901, leaving to survive her the following issue viz: John H. Hoppes, a son; Charles H. Hoppes, a son; Daniel H. Hoppes, a son; Mary H. Frey, a daughter; and Kate Reider, a daughter.

Balance due the estate as appears by the account filed, $216.69.


DISTRIBUTION

To John H. Hoppes, 43.33

To Charles H. Hoppes, 43.34

To Daniel H. Hoppes, 43.34

To Mary H. Frey, 43.34

To Kate Reider, 43.34

216.69



The Account and Statement are hereto attached: AND IT IS ORDERED AND DECREED that Charles H. Hoopes, administrator as aforesaid, do pay the distributions to the person respectively entitled thereto.

May 10, 1902. This report is confirmed nisi.

By the Court,

(illegible) Bland, P.J.


ESTATE of Amelia H. Hoppes, deceased

To Hon. H. Willis Bland, Auditing Judge:

The petition of Charles H. Hoppes, Administrator of said deceased represents:

That the said Amelia H. Hoppes died on or about the 16th day of May, 1901, in testate, married, and leaving issue: That an account has been filed by her administration.

That under the provisions of the interstate laws of Pennsylvania, the only persons entitled to the estate embraced in the said account, or any part thereof (other than as creditors), are as follows: - Their relationship, proportion of interest, and name of guardian of suce as are minors, being as stated, viz.:


Names Relationship Interest Of Age or Not Name of Guardian

John H. Hoppes Son 1/5 of age

Charles H. Hoppes " " " " " "

Daniel H. Hoppes " " " " " "

Mary H. Frey Daughter " " " "

Kate Reider " " " " " "


Your petitioner therefore prays that distribution may be made among the parties above mentioned, according to their respective interests. And he will ever, etc.

Signature of Charles H. Hoppes



Berks County, ss:

Charles H. Hoppes being duly sworn says: That the statements made in the foregoing petition are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Sworn and subscribed, this eighth day of May, 1902 before

Frank Y. Kaufman, J.P.

The Account of Charles H. Hoppes, Administrator of the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Amelia H. Hoppes, late of Oley township, Berks County, deceased.


1901. The Accountant charges himself as follows to wit:-

Oct. 19 To Amount of Inventory and Appraisement filed $ 38.76

1902 To Money received after filing Inventory 15.00

Mar. 31 To Principal of Mortgage given by Susanna Fritz and David, her husband,
To James Hess, assigned to Daniel R. Hoppes, now deceased, and appraised to
Amelia H. Hoppes, his widow $300.00

Mar. 31 To Interest on siad Mortgage for one year at 5% 15.00
315.00

Total of money received $368.76

The Accountant claims credit s follows, to wit:-

1901.

May 23 By Cash Paid Funeral expenses $ 20.80

July 23 " " E. Y. Weidner, undertaker 58.10

Sept. 18 " " C. H. Hartline M.D. med. Attend. 6.00

" " 17 " " K. H. Reider, funeral expenses 7.73

Oct. 9 " " L. S. Mabry, Register, Letters
Of Administration 4.50

" " " " G. M. Miller, affidavit .25

Oct. 19 " " Charels S. DeTurk, auctioneering
sale of personal property 1.00

" " " " F. Y. Kaufman, affidavit .25

Nov. 13 " " L. S. Mabry, Reg. Filing Inventory 1.50

1902

Feb. 26 " " P. L. Glase & Co., mdse. 10.99

March 31 " " L. S. Mabry, Reg., filing account 7.50

" " " " S. E. Bertolet, attorney,professional services 15.00

By Accountant’s Compensation 18.45
152.07

Balance due estate 216.69
368.76

E. & O.E.

Reading Pa. March 31, 1902.

Signature of Charles H. Hoppes
Administrator

[NI1947] Rochester Sentinel
of Fulton County, IN
Saturday, August 21, 1880

Very grave carelessness on the part of Obed HOPPES and his family caused the death of their child, four years old, last Saturday. The child had been having ague and the parents supposed they were administering quinine instead of which they gave it a large dose of strychnine or some other poison equally fatal that caused its death in a very short time. The deadly drug had been carelessly left lying about the house without being labeled and was an act of negligence scarcely excusable. It is a dear experience to that family and ought to be a warning to all others who learn of their misfortune. The distressed family lives in Newcastle Township, two miles south of Bloomingsburg.

[NI1956] This is the same I. E. Warren who performed the marriages recorded in Obediah's line.

Isaac, at the age of 23, on August 11, 1894 became First Degree of Ministery "Brethern". On March 12, 1898 he became a Second Degree of the Ministery "Brethern".

Moved from Beaver Dam to Roann Church on May 12, 1903. He was ordained to the Eldership by Frank Fisher; A. L. Wright and S. S. Ullery on Dec 5, 1908 at the age of 37.

[NI1957] Rochester Sentential
Monday, January 22, 1945

Winfred "Court" Rhodes and Emma Rhodes

A shocking accident which proved fatal to Winfred "Court" Rhodes, 64, well known Athens carpenter and contractor and his wife, Emma Rhodes, 60, occurred at a farm crossing of the Erie Railroad on the western outskirts of Akron shortly before noon Sunday, when an eastbound passenger train demolished their pickup truck and carried it a full half mile before the train could be stopped.

Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes were enroute from their home to the residence of their daughter, Mrs. Orville Shriver, who resides on the shore of Town Lake, just southwest of Akron. Mrs. Shriver had prepared a dinner in honor of her father's 64th birthday. The Rhodes had crossed the Erie tracks at the regular crossing on Road 14 and had turned onto the private road which led to the Shriver place, which is almost due south of the Whitney Gast home. A steep grate at the rail crossing is believed to have diverted Rhodes' attention, and that the approaching flyer was not observed until too late.

BODIES FOUND IN TRUCK

When the train was stopped and the mangled truck was released from the locomotive, both bodies, badly mutilated, were discovered in the truck cab. They were taken at once to the Moyer funeral home in Akron. Coroner D. K. Stinson said death had been instantaneous in both cases.

Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, who have two son, Cecil and Rex, in the service in France had recently been informed by Rex that he had practically recovered from wounds received in action and that he expected soon to return to active duty. Cecil, who had also been wounded in action, was released from the hospital some time ago and has since been in the line. He was last heard from on Dec. 2.

SECOND TRAGIC DEATH

This is the second tragic death in the family. A son, Norman Rhodes, was killed by a train in the Chicago area about 15 years ago. The train which struck the Rhodes' car Sunday was in charge of Conductor Charles Shroyer and Engineer Sam Snyder, both of Huntington.

Mr. Rhodes was a lifelong resident of this county. Born January 21, 1881, he was the son of Schuyler and Mary Rhodes of Newcastle township. He was married 39 years ago and moved to the vicinity of Athens where he has since resided.

Mrs. Rhodes, the former Emma Hoppes, was born in Ohio on Nov. 14, 1884, the daughter of Calvin and Mary Hoppes. She came to Indiana about 40 years ago. She was a member of the Athens U. B. church, the Sunshine club and the Mothers of World War II.

Surviving are eight children, Clyde Rhodes of Waukegan, Ill; Cecil Rhodes and Rex Rhodes, in France; Richard Rhodes of Rochester; Ross and Robert Rhodes at home, and the daughter, Mrs. Claudia Shriver, Akron.

Mr. Rhodes is survived, in addition, by three sisters, Mrs. Victoria Accoe, Mrs. Gladys Harris and Mrs. Agnes Urbin, all of South Bend, and three brothers, Colfax Rhodes of Athens, Sumner Rhodes of Fort Wayne and Ray Rhodes of South Bend.

And in addition Mrs. Rhodes is survived by four brothers, Guy Hoppes, Macy, Brent Hoppes and Don Hoppes, Indianapolis, Dorsey Hoppes of Kokomo, and two sisters, Mrs. Audrey Riley, Knightstown, and Mrs. Ida Weller, Marion.

Funeral services will be held from the Athens U. B. church at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Chrisler of Athens and the Rev. Longenbaugh of Inwood officiation. Burial at Athens.

[NI1962] Great Aunt Ida spent a couple weeks with my mom and her family in August of 1977. She brought with her Obediah Hoppes' family Bible, old photos, letters that Obediah had received from his brothers in Ohio and Pennsylvania and worked with my mother on the family tree.

She loved to sing and entertained her neices and grandneices with many songs.

[NI1965] Court as he was known to family and friends, and Emma were going to Claudia's home for dinner on Court's 64th birthday when they were struck and killed by a train.
Obituary is for both and filed under Emma's notes.

[NI1970] The Indianapolis Star or News 1984

Helen E. Hoppes

Services for Helen E. Norton Hoppes, 83, Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church of Cumberland.

Calling will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Hendryx Mortuary, Cumberland. She died Tuesday in Community Hospital, She had worked as a timekeeper for the Real Silk Hosery Mills Inc. for several years. She had been a 4-H Club leader 25 years and a member of Senior Swingers Club.

A native of Palestine, Ill., she lived in Indianapolis most her life. She was the widow of Don Hoppes. Survivors: sons, Floyd Hoppes, Robert Hughes; daughters, Iris Cesmik, Beryl McAllen, Faye Pope, Donna Hoppes.

[NI1973] Estel never married.

[NI1985] Canton Repistory
June 18, 1920

James Hoppes Dies

James Hoppes of North Park Ave., died today after a lingering illness of several months. The deceased was about 50 years of age and was well known throughout this section.

[NI1991] Reported to have had a wife named Effie that was born in Feb. of 1875. Further research needed.

[NI1998] January 6, 1940

Hoppes, Clara
60, wife of Emory L. Hoppes; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eckley; daughter, Mrs. Olen Hoffee; brother's, Frank E., William, and Charles V. Eckley; sister's, Mrs. Mary M. Dill, Mrs. Frank E. Reisling, Mrs. Elmer Oyster, Mrs. Boyd Bass and Mrs. Ad Lorenz. Burial in Grandview cemetery.

[NI1999] Living with sister Estella and husband Frederick Bichsel in 1910.

[NI2001] Burial record lists him as 22 years of age at the time of death.

[NI2013] Canton Repistory
April 10, 1963

Clinton L. Hoppes

Clinton L. Hoppes, 67, of 1935 Maple Ave NE was pronounced dead on arrival Tuesday night at Mercy Hospital where he was taken from his home. He had been ill for some time.

He had been a commercial artist.

Survivors include his widow, Naomi Hoppes and a daughter.

Services Friday at 2 p.m. Formet & Clevenger Funeral Home. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Callers Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

[NI2017] Berks County Pennsylvania, Morten Montgomery, Volume II, 1909

Charles H. Hoppes, one of the progressive men of Oley township, a school director and a well known man, was born in this township, November 16, 1866, son of Daniel R. Hoppes and a grandson of Solomon Hoppes.

(I) Solomon Hoppes for many years was engaged in making pumps in Oley township, and was one of the well known men of Berks County. His wife was of the Rowe family, and they had three children - Obediah, Amos, and Daniel R.

(II) Daniel R Hoppes was born in Oley township in 1838, and died February 10, 1899, being buried at Friedens cemetery. He was also a pumpmaker, having learned the trade from a Mr. Derr at Oley at Friedensburg. He followed this calling all his active life, and was noted for his excellent work and strict integrity of character. He married Amelia Haas, daughter of Abram Haas, and they had children as follows: John is of Barto, Pa., Mary married Peter Fry; Charles H., Catharine married Jonas Reider, Daniel H. is a blacksmith by trade, and employed by his brother.

(III) Charles H. Hoppes attended the public schools of Oley township until he was eighteen, when he went to Oley to lean the blacksmith's trade under Jeremiah Hauck. In 1888 he embarked in business for himself, and in 1895 he erected a fine modern shop, and has one of the best stands in Berks county. Mr. Hoppes devotes a good deal of his time to handling implements, and in the spring of 1908 he purchased a large stock as well as the good will of Ammon S. Hartman of Oley and is doing a thriving business, which shows a healthy increase.

Mr. Hoppes married Miss Catharine Bower, a daughter of Jeremiah and Catharine Bower, of Oley. they have two children: Amelia B. and Edwin B. Mr. Hoppes is a Democrat, and for fifteen years he served his township as auditor, and in 1907 was elected to the position of school director. He is a Lutheran in religious faith and one of the most liberal contributors to his church in the community. Energetic, hardworking, and an excellent business man, Mr. Hoppes is easily one of the leading men of his township.


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In the name of God, now I, Charles H. Hoppes of Oley Township, Berks Co., PA, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make my last will and testament in manner and form following:

I give, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Catharine her heirs and assigns forever, all my property, real, personal, and mixed of what nature or kind soever, and wheresoever the same shall be at the time of my death, hereby authorizing her to give deed or deeds to purchaser or purchasers in fee simple if she wants to dispose of any real estate.

And I do nominate, constitute, and appoint my said wife sole Executrix of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I Charles H. Hoppes, the Testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of July A.D. 1926.

Signature of CHARLES H. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, and who have hereunto subscribed our names at his request as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said testat