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Andrew Jackson Hopkins

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Andrew Jackson Hopkins

Birth
Goochland County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 Nov 1906 (aged 81)
Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA
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Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 102 & 103

ANDREW J. HOPKINS born in Goochland county, Virginia, January 17, 1825, came to Braxton county in 1842, with his parents, Caleb and Mary A. (Cocke) Hopkins. For about eight years he worked with his father, helping him to clear a farm He then entered 278 acres of land, of which he cleared about 90 acres, since which he has been kept from active labors by ill health.

In Braxton county, December 16, 1851, Andrew J. Hopkins and Sarah Dennison were united in marriage, and the ten children of their union were born: Lucian M., January 24, 1853; Minerva C., May 29, 1855; Martha A., April 17, 1857; Matilda E., August 1, 1858; Lucy J., December 16, 1861; Narcissus W., September 12, 1863; Sabina C., November 11, 1865; Walter L., March 7, 1868; Alice V., November 23, 1870; William J., February 11, 1874. Martha A. lives in Missouri, the other children at home. The wife of Mr. Hopkins was born in Lewis county, (now) West Virginia, December 8, 1836, a daughter of G. G. and Martha (Stout) Dennison, who made their home in Braxton county in 1848.

Mrs. Hopkins had three brothers, James C., Daniel J., and John Dennison, who served through the civil war in the Confederate army. George W. Hopkins, brother of Andrew J., served two years in that army, enlisting in 1862, and died from fever at Harrisonburg, Virginia. Andrew J. Hopkins' postoffice address is Flat Woods, Braxton county, West Virginia.

Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 102 & 103

ANDREW J. HOPKINS born in Goochland county, Virginia, January 17, 1825, came to Braxton county in 1842, with his parents, Caleb and Mary A. (Cocke) Hopkins. For about eight years he worked with his father, helping him to clear a farm He then entered 278 acres of land, of which he cleared about 90 acres, since which he has been kept from active labors by ill health.

In Braxton county, December 16, 1851, Andrew J. Hopkins and Sarah Dennison were united in marriage, and the ten children of their union were born: Lucian M., January 24, 1853; Minerva C., May 29, 1855; Martha A., April 17, 1857; Matilda E., August 1, 1858; Lucy J., December 16, 1861; Narcissus W., September 12, 1863; Sabina C., November 11, 1865; Walter L., March 7, 1868; Alice V., November 23, 1870; William J., February 11, 1874. Martha A. lives in Missouri, the other children at home. The wife of Mr. Hopkins was born in Lewis county, (now) West Virginia, December 8, 1836, a daughter of G. G. and Martha (Stout) Dennison, who made their home in Braxton county in 1848.

Mrs. Hopkins had three brothers, James C., Daniel J., and John Dennison, who served through the civil war in the Confederate army. George W. Hopkins, brother of Andrew J., served two years in that army, enlisting in 1862, and died from fever at Harrisonburg, Virginia. Andrew J. Hopkins' postoffice address is Flat Woods, Braxton county, West Virginia.

Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)

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