Son of John & Lydia (Thompson) Hopkins
Married Sarah Bennett on 25 June 1834 (died 3 May 1838)
A son, William Swinton Bennett Hopkins, was born in Charleston, SC 1836
Married Charlotte Allen 18 November 1841
Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830
Studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1833
Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834 and ordained as a Presbyterian minister
Minister at Beech Island, SC 1835-1837
Minister at Troy, NY 1837-1841
Wrote "The Objections to African Colonization Stated and Answered" (April Issue, The Biblical Repository & Theological Review) 1833
Wrote "The Family, a Religious Institution, or Heaven Its Model" (Troy NY by Elias Gates) 1840
After moving to Northampton in 1841:
President of the Connecticut River Railroad,
Station master Underground Railroad stop at 101 King Street,
Elected State representative in 1848,
Member of the Free Soil Party 1848-1852,
Advocated for siting a Lunatic Asylum in Northampton in 1851,
Delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention,
Delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago (nominated Abraham Lincoln as president)
Hopkins Mountain in Essex County, NY (Adirondacks) was named after Erastus who hiked in the area. He suggested the name of Resagonia (means saw teeth) for the mountain in the same area known as Sawteeth.
His house at 101 King Street has been demolished.
(pkm)
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ERASTUS HOPKINS President 1850-1853
His early education was obtained in the Boston Latin School, at Andover Academy, and through private tutoring when the family moved from Boston to Northampton. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied for the ministry and after his ordination was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, for four years. Then came a year of travel in Europe from which he returned in 1842 to Northampton. Here he began a highly successful business career. He was active in the project of getting a railroad from Springfield to Northampton and in 1845, when the road was started, was made president of the corporation and held this position for six years. He was one of the founders of the Glasgow Gingham Mills and president of its board of directors until he died. The old Northampton Bank recognized his business ability by electing him annually for twenty-seven years to its board of directors. His interests extended beyond the bounds of the city into Springfield, where he was a member of the firm of Hopkins & King, flower dealers, and as far as Indiana, where railroads had his attention. He was a man of personal traits and varied accomplishments, his commanding appearance and oratorical ability, together with a fine grasp of problems and a mind to set them forth and deal with them clearly, made him an outstanding figure in the political field. He represented his city for many years in the legislature.
Northampton and the Northampton Institution for Savings 1842-1942, Metcalf Pntg. & Pub. Co., Inc., Northampton, Mass.
(Sue Downhill)
Married Sarah Bennett on 25 June 1834 (died 3 May 1838)
A son, William Swinton Bennett Hopkins, was born in Charleston, SC 1836
Married Charlotte Allen 18 November 1841
Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830
Studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1833
Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834 and ordained as a Presbyterian minister
Minister at Beech Island, SC 1835-1837
Minister at Troy, NY 1837-1841
Wrote "The Objections to African Colonization Stated and Answered" (April Issue, The Biblical Repository & Theological Review) 1833
Wrote "The Family, a Religious Institution, or Heaven Its Model" (Troy NY by Elias Gates) 1840
After moving to Northampton in 1841:
President of the Connecticut River Railroad,
Station master Underground Railroad stop at 101 King Street,
Elected State representative in 1848,
Member of the Free Soil Party 1848-1852,
Advocated for siting a Lunatic Asylum in Northampton in 1851,
Delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention,
Delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago (nominated Abraham Lincoln as president)
Hopkins Mountain in Essex County, NY (Adirondacks) was named after Erastus who hiked in the area. He suggested the name of Resagonia (means saw teeth) for the mountain in the same area known as Sawteeth.
His house at 101 King Street has been demolished.
(pkm)
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ERASTUS HOPKINS President 1850-1853
His early education was obtained in the Boston Latin School, at Andover Academy, and through private tutoring when the family moved from Boston to Northampton. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied for the ministry and after his ordination was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, for four years. Then came a year of travel in Europe from which he returned in 1842 to Northampton. Here he began a highly successful business career. He was active in the project of getting a railroad from Springfield to Northampton and in 1845, when the road was started, was made president of the corporation and held this position for six years. He was one of the founders of the Glasgow Gingham Mills and president of its board of directors until he died. The old Northampton Bank recognized his business ability by electing him annually for twenty-seven years to its board of directors. His interests extended beyond the bounds of the city into Springfield, where he was a member of the firm of Hopkins & King, flower dealers, and as far as Indiana, where railroads had his attention. He was a man of personal traits and varied accomplishments, his commanding appearance and oratorical ability, together with a fine grasp of problems and a mind to set them forth and deal with them clearly, made him an outstanding figure in the political field. He represented his city for many years in the legislature.
Northampton and the Northampton Institution for Savings 1842-1942, Metcalf Pntg. & Pub. Co., Inc., Northampton, Mass.
(Sue Downhill)
Son of John & Lydia (Thompson) Hopkins
Married Sarah Bennett on 25 June 1834 (died 3 May 1838)
A son, William Swinton Bennett Hopkins, was born in Charleston, SC 1836
Married Charlotte Allen 18 November 1841
Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830
Studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1833
Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834 and ordained as a Presbyterian minister
Minister at Beech Island, SC 1835-1837
Minister at Troy, NY 1837-1841
Wrote "The Objections to African Colonization Stated and Answered" (April Issue, The Biblical Repository & Theological Review) 1833
Wrote "The Family, a Religious Institution, or Heaven Its Model" (Troy NY by Elias Gates) 1840
After moving to Northampton in 1841:
President of the Connecticut River Railroad,
Station master Underground Railroad stop at 101 King Street,
Elected State representative in 1848,
Member of the Free Soil Party 1848-1852,
Advocated for siting a Lunatic Asylum in Northampton in 1851,
Delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention,
Delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago (nominated Abraham Lincoln as president)
Hopkins Mountain in Essex County, NY (Adirondacks) was named after Erastus who hiked in the area. He suggested the name of Resagonia (means saw teeth) for the mountain in the same area known as Sawteeth.
His house at 101 King Street has been demolished.
(pkm)
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ERASTUS HOPKINS President 1850-1853
His early education was obtained in the Boston Latin School, at Andover Academy, and through private tutoring when the family moved from Boston to Northampton. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied for the ministry and after his ordination was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, for four years. Then came a year of travel in Europe from which he returned in 1842 to Northampton. Here he began a highly successful business career. He was active in the project of getting a railroad from Springfield to Northampton and in 1845, when the road was started, was made president of the corporation and held this position for six years. He was one of the founders of the Glasgow Gingham Mills and president of its board of directors until he died. The old Northampton Bank recognized his business ability by electing him annually for twenty-seven years to its board of directors. His interests extended beyond the bounds of the city into Springfield, where he was a member of the firm of Hopkins & King, flower dealers, and as far as Indiana, where railroads had his attention. He was a man of personal traits and varied accomplishments, his commanding appearance and oratorical ability, together with a fine grasp of problems and a mind to set them forth and deal with them clearly, made him an outstanding figure in the political field. He represented his city for many years in the legislature.
Northampton and the Northampton Institution for Savings 1842-1942, Metcalf Pntg. & Pub. Co., Inc., Northampton, Mass.
(Sue Downhill)
Married Sarah Bennett on 25 June 1834 (died 3 May 1838)
A son, William Swinton Bennett Hopkins, was born in Charleston, SC 1836
Married Charlotte Allen 18 November 1841
Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830
Studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1833
Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834 and ordained as a Presbyterian minister
Minister at Beech Island, SC 1835-1837
Minister at Troy, NY 1837-1841
Wrote "The Objections to African Colonization Stated and Answered" (April Issue, The Biblical Repository & Theological Review) 1833
Wrote "The Family, a Religious Institution, or Heaven Its Model" (Troy NY by Elias Gates) 1840
After moving to Northampton in 1841:
President of the Connecticut River Railroad,
Station master Underground Railroad stop at 101 King Street,
Elected State representative in 1848,
Member of the Free Soil Party 1848-1852,
Advocated for siting a Lunatic Asylum in Northampton in 1851,
Delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention,
Delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago (nominated Abraham Lincoln as president)
Hopkins Mountain in Essex County, NY (Adirondacks) was named after Erastus who hiked in the area. He suggested the name of Resagonia (means saw teeth) for the mountain in the same area known as Sawteeth.
His house at 101 King Street has been demolished.
(pkm)
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ERASTUS HOPKINS President 1850-1853
His early education was obtained in the Boston Latin School, at Andover Academy, and through private tutoring when the family moved from Boston to Northampton. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied for the ministry and after his ordination was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, for four years. Then came a year of travel in Europe from which he returned in 1842 to Northampton. Here he began a highly successful business career. He was active in the project of getting a railroad from Springfield to Northampton and in 1845, when the road was started, was made president of the corporation and held this position for six years. He was one of the founders of the Glasgow Gingham Mills and president of its board of directors until he died. The old Northampton Bank recognized his business ability by electing him annually for twenty-seven years to its board of directors. His interests extended beyond the bounds of the city into Springfield, where he was a member of the firm of Hopkins & King, flower dealers, and as far as Indiana, where railroads had his attention. He was a man of personal traits and varied accomplishments, his commanding appearance and oratorical ability, together with a fine grasp of problems and a mind to set them forth and deal with them clearly, made him an outstanding figure in the political field. He represented his city for many years in the legislature.
Northampton and the Northampton Institution for Savings 1842-1942, Metcalf Pntg. & Pub. Co., Inc., Northampton, Mass.
(Sue Downhill)
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Erastus Hopkins/Born April 7 1810/Died Jan 24 1872/"The word of the Lord endureth forever: and this is the/word which by the gospel is preached unto you."
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