Thomas HOPKINS

1799 - 1892  (92 years)

• Name	Thomas HOPKINS
  Birth	1 Aug 1799	Rockingham County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1892	Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN
  Notes	(1) Harrison, Ella Warren & Hopkins, Archibald Wilson, A Chapter of Hopkins Genealogy, 1735-1905, Chicago, IL, Archibald Wilson Hopkins, 1905, pp. 172-173: THOMAS HOPKINS, ninth child of Archibald Hopkins, and third child of Elizabeth Shanklin, was married by Rev. John Rankin, in 1826, to Sarah Johnston, who was born May 24, 1806. [Note by compiler: Thomas and Sarah were actually married to each other on May 21, 1828.] CHILDREN: [i] ORLANDO JOHNSTON, born Sept. 6, 1830. [ii] MARY, born Apr. 2, 1834. [iii] JOHN THOMAS, born Mar. 9, 1836. [iv] MARGARET ELLEN, born 1838. [v] WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, born Sept. 9, 1840. [vi] HORACE EVERETT, born Nov. 19, 1848. Home, Ripley, O.; business, merchant. THOMAS HOPKINS left the farm quite early in life, and settled in Ripley, Brown County, O., where he engaged in the dry goods business, which, with other pursuits afterwards embarked in, became extensive. For many years he owned and operated the "Franklin Flouring Mills," located on the Ripley and Hillsboro pike, some two miles from Ripley. He also built an extensive wharf on the river frontage of the store property, and was among the first to build and introduce the wharf boat for the accommodation of steam craft. In connection with the wharf he erected, contiguous to the wharf property, a commodious warehouse for the storage of merchandise, which remained standing until within a few years, when it was dismantled. The family residence built by him was, in its day, regarded one of the finest houses in the town, and is still standing in good condition. A public-spirited man, of wonderful energy and activity, his labors for the community in which he lived, for its welfare as well as his own, were not appreciated as they should have been in the days of his prosperity, but in after years, when reverses had overtaken him and the accumulations of a lifetime had been swept away, there were those who bore testimony of his indefatigable enterprises and of the great good he had done for the benefit of those who followed. He was ninety-three years old when he died. Sarah Johnston was born in Brownsville, Pa., but was living in Ripley, O., when Thomas Hopkins met her. She was a young woman of local distinction and popularity, known by her intimates as the "belle of Ripley." She was in every respect a true woman, of fine attainments. She was an intimate friend of the Blaine family, and recollected well the birth of James G. Blaine, and his boyhood in their native town. She was a Presbyterian, as have been all the members of her household. After the death of Joel W. Hopkins, of Granville, Ill., the following clipping was found among his papers: "Mrs. Sarah Hopkins, wife of Thomas Hopkins, died yesterday afternoon at five o'clock, at her home on Mulbury Street, Jeffersonville, Ind., of old age. The deceased was eighty-one years old, and had long been a resident of Jeffersonville. Mrs. Hopkins was an intimate acquaintance of the Hon. J. G. Blaine, and was familiar with many of the celebrated personages of other years. She was one of the committee of young ladies who gave a reception to General Lafayette upon his visit to this country in 1824." Thomas Hopkins and Sarah Johnston Hopkins are buried at Jeffersonville, Ind.
  Person ID	I23242	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Sarah JOHNSTON,   b. 24 May 1806, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA d. Abt 1887, Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1828	Brown County, OH   [1]
  Children	1. Mary HOPKINS,   b. Apr 1834, Brown County, OH d. 13 Feb 1917, Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN (Age ~ 82 years)
  Family ID	F10244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Marriage Index: SelectedCounties of Ohio, 1789-1850 [database online], Genealogy.com: Hopkins, Thomas Married: May 21, 1828 in: Brown Co., OH Spouse: JOHNSTON, SARAH Gender: M More: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #s 0384273-034274.