Rev. Hopkins was first married to Cornelia Lewis, daughter of Bennet and Eliza Collins Boughton Lewis on 12 May 1857. After her death on 8 Jan 1860, he later married Louise Morgan on 28 Feb 1861.
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THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins, was born November 24, 1827, at Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio. He made a public confession of his faith in Christ in the Presbyterian church at Red Oak at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the South Salem Academy, Ross County, Ohio., and he graduated from Hanover College in 1852. As was often the custom in those times, he studied theology privately for a year with Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D., of Greenfield, Ohio., the Rev. Hugh Fullerton, of South Salem, Ohio., and the Rev. G. P. Vandyke, of Red Oak, Ohio. He entered the theological seminary at Princeton in 1853, where he graduated in 1855. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1855, and ordained by the Presbytery of Miami, Ohio, May 13, 1856, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Pleasant Valley, Ohio., which he had been serving since his graduation. In 1859 he became pastor at Bloomington, Ind., where he remained for ten years.
He was pastor at Piqua, Ohio., 1869-1876, where, aside from his pastoral work, he was active in the temperance movement, which was at that time agitating the state of Ohio. The excitement was so high that he was at one time "egged." He was instrumental in starting a newspaper for the advancement of temperance principles and politics. He was pastor at Xenia, Ohio, 1876-80, and in the Third Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1884-1886. In 1886 he removed to Denver, Colo., and served as pastor of the Capital Avenue Church until 1891, when he resigned to accept the presidency of Westminster University. He took a leading part in the organization of this university and the securing of funds to build the structure at Westminster Heights, north of Denver; but the panic of 1893 occurred just when his plans appeared ready for fruition, and the project was suspended. During the present year (1903) efforts have been made to revive the work, and it is hoped that the institution may open its doors to pupils in September of 1904.
In 1895 Dr. Hopkins organized the York Street Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colo. For two years he preached in a tent and raised the money to pay for the lots. Then the little chapel was put up, and the congregation is now a thriving one. One of the officers of the church remarked to him not three hours before the fatal stroke came, "Doctor, that church will be a monument to you long after the rest of us are laid under the sod." He was stricken with apoplexy while engaged in watering the lawn of the church, a labor of love on his part. This was on May 10, 1901, and he died with all his family about him at midnight, May 17, 1901. He was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Hanover College in 1885. He was commissioner to the General Assembly at Philadelphia in 1861, when the Southern church seceded, also at Cleveland in 1875, and at Philadelphia in 1888, which was the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was an earnest and forceful preacher and fruitful pastor, and was greatly beloved by those among whom he labored. He took special interest in practical works of reform, even to the extent of accepting political duties, which are sometimes denied to ministers.
Bibliographic Information:
Harrison, Ella W. - A Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville 1735--1905 CHICAGO THE LAKESIDE PRESS 1905; page 104. re: THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins.
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THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins, was born November 24, 1827, at Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio. He made a public confession of his faith in Christ in the Presbyterian church at Red Oak at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the South Salem Academy, Ross County, Ohio., and he graduated from Hanover College in 1852. As was often the custom in those times, he studied theology privately for a year with Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D., of Greenfield, Ohio., the Rev. Hugh Fullerton, of South Salem, Ohio., and the Rev. G. P. Vandyke, of Red Oak, Ohio. He entered the theological seminary at Princeton in 1853, where he graduated in 1855. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1855, and ordained by the Presbytery of Miami, Ohio, May 13, 1856, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Pleasant Valley, Ohio., which he had been serving since his graduation. In 1859 he became pastor at Bloomington, Ind., where he remained for ten years.
He was pastor at Piqua, Ohio., 1869-1876, where, aside from his pastoral work, he was active in the temperance movement, which was at that time agitating the state of Ohio. The excitement was so high that he was at one time "egged." He was instrumental in starting a newspaper for the advancement of temperance principles and politics. He was pastor at Xenia, Ohio, 1876-80, and in the Third Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1884-1886. In 1886 he removed to Denver, Colo., and served as pastor of the Capital Avenue Church until 1891, when he resigned to accept the presidency of Westminster University. He took a leading part in the organization of this university and the securing of funds to build the structure at Westminster Heights, north of Denver; but the panic of 1893 occurred just when his plans appeared ready for fruition, and the project was suspended. During the present year (1903) efforts have been made to revive the work, and it is hoped that the institution may open its doors to pupils in September of 1904.
In 1895 Dr. Hopkins organized the York Street Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colo. For two years he preached in a tent and raised the money to pay for the lots. Then the little chapel was put up, and the congregation is now a thriving one. One of the officers of the church remarked to him not three hours before the fatal stroke came, "Doctor, that church will be a monument to you long after the rest of us are laid under the sod." He was stricken with apoplexy while engaged in watering the lawn of the church, a labor of love on his part. This was on May 10, 1901, and he died with all his family about him at midnight, May 17, 1901. He was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Hanover College in 1885. He was commissioner to the General Assembly at Philadelphia in 1861, when the Southern church seceded, also at Cleveland in 1875, and at Philadelphia in 1888, which was the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was an earnest and forceful preacher and fruitful pastor, and was greatly beloved by those among whom he labored. He took special interest in practical works of reform, even to the extent of accepting political duties, which are sometimes denied to ministers.
Bibliographic Information:
Harrison, Ella W. - A Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville 1735--1905 CHICAGO THE LAKESIDE PRESS 1905; page 104. re: THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins.
Rev. Hopkins was first married to Cornelia Lewis, daughter of Bennet and Eliza Collins Boughton Lewis on 12 May 1857. After her death on 8 Jan 1860, he later married Louise Morgan on 28 Feb 1861.
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THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins, was born November 24, 1827, at Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio. He made a public confession of his faith in Christ in the Presbyterian church at Red Oak at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the South Salem Academy, Ross County, Ohio., and he graduated from Hanover College in 1852. As was often the custom in those times, he studied theology privately for a year with Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D., of Greenfield, Ohio., the Rev. Hugh Fullerton, of South Salem, Ohio., and the Rev. G. P. Vandyke, of Red Oak, Ohio. He entered the theological seminary at Princeton in 1853, where he graduated in 1855. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1855, and ordained by the Presbytery of Miami, Ohio, May 13, 1856, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Pleasant Valley, Ohio., which he had been serving since his graduation. In 1859 he became pastor at Bloomington, Ind., where he remained for ten years.
He was pastor at Piqua, Ohio., 1869-1876, where, aside from his pastoral work, he was active in the temperance movement, which was at that time agitating the state of Ohio. The excitement was so high that he was at one time "egged." He was instrumental in starting a newspaper for the advancement of temperance principles and politics. He was pastor at Xenia, Ohio, 1876-80, and in the Third Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1884-1886. In 1886 he removed to Denver, Colo., and served as pastor of the Capital Avenue Church until 1891, when he resigned to accept the presidency of Westminster University. He took a leading part in the organization of this university and the securing of funds to build the structure at Westminster Heights, north of Denver; but the panic of 1893 occurred just when his plans appeared ready for fruition, and the project was suspended. During the present year (1903) efforts have been made to revive the work, and it is hoped that the institution may open its doors to pupils in September of 1904.
In 1895 Dr. Hopkins organized the York Street Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colo. For two years he preached in a tent and raised the money to pay for the lots. Then the little chapel was put up, and the congregation is now a thriving one. One of the officers of the church remarked to him not three hours before the fatal stroke came, "Doctor, that church will be a monument to you long after the rest of us are laid under the sod." He was stricken with apoplexy while engaged in watering the lawn of the church, a labor of love on his part. This was on May 10, 1901, and he died with all his family about him at midnight, May 17, 1901. He was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Hanover College in 1885. He was commissioner to the General Assembly at Philadelphia in 1861, when the Southern church seceded, also at Cleveland in 1875, and at Philadelphia in 1888, which was the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was an earnest and forceful preacher and fruitful pastor, and was greatly beloved by those among whom he labored. He took special interest in practical works of reform, even to the extent of accepting political duties, which are sometimes denied to ministers.
Bibliographic Information:
Harrison, Ella W. - A Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville 1735--1905 CHICAGO THE LAKESIDE PRESS 1905; page 104. re: THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins.
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THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins, was born November 24, 1827, at Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio. He made a public confession of his faith in Christ in the Presbyterian church at Red Oak at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the South Salem Academy, Ross County, Ohio., and he graduated from Hanover College in 1852. As was often the custom in those times, he studied theology privately for a year with Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D., of Greenfield, Ohio., the Rev. Hugh Fullerton, of South Salem, Ohio., and the Rev. G. P. Vandyke, of Red Oak, Ohio. He entered the theological seminary at Princeton in 1853, where he graduated in 1855. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1855, and ordained by the Presbytery of Miami, Ohio, May 13, 1856, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Pleasant Valley, Ohio., which he had been serving since his graduation. In 1859 he became pastor at Bloomington, Ind., where he remained for ten years.
He was pastor at Piqua, Ohio., 1869-1876, where, aside from his pastoral work, he was active in the temperance movement, which was at that time agitating the state of Ohio. The excitement was so high that he was at one time "egged." He was instrumental in starting a newspaper for the advancement of temperance principles and politics. He was pastor at Xenia, Ohio, 1876-80, and in the Third Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1884-1886. In 1886 he removed to Denver, Colo., and served as pastor of the Capital Avenue Church until 1891, when he resigned to accept the presidency of Westminster University. He took a leading part in the organization of this university and the securing of funds to build the structure at Westminster Heights, north of Denver; but the panic of 1893 occurred just when his plans appeared ready for fruition, and the project was suspended. During the present year (1903) efforts have been made to revive the work, and it is hoped that the institution may open its doors to pupils in September of 1904.
In 1895 Dr. Hopkins organized the York Street Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colo. For two years he preached in a tent and raised the money to pay for the lots. Then the little chapel was put up, and the congregation is now a thriving one. One of the officers of the church remarked to him not three hours before the fatal stroke came, "Doctor, that church will be a monument to you long after the rest of us are laid under the sod." He was stricken with apoplexy while engaged in watering the lawn of the church, a labor of love on his part. This was on May 10, 1901, and he died with all his family about him at midnight, May 17, 1901. He was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Hanover College in 1885. He was commissioner to the General Assembly at Philadelphia in 1861, when the Southern church seceded, also at Cleveland in 1875, and at Philadelphia in 1888, which was the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was an earnest and forceful preacher and fruitful pastor, and was greatly beloved by those among whom he labored. He took special interest in practical works of reform, even to the extent of accepting political duties, which are sometimes denied to ministers.
Bibliographic Information:
Harrison, Ella W. - A Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy. Hopkins, Granville 1735--1905 CHICAGO THE LAKESIDE PRESS 1905; page 104. re: THOMAS MAYES HOPKINS, son of John and Nancy Mayes Hopkins.
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