Descendants of James Hooper:

Generation No. 1

1.  JAMES1 HOOPER was born Abt. 1776 in GA, and died Aft. 1850 in Logan/Scott Co. Arkansas.  He married JEMIMA BANKSON.  She was born Abt. 1785 in North Carolina or Georgia, and died Aft. 1840 in Arkansas or Illinois.

Notes for JAMES HOOPER:

Date of birth from 1850 census...Logan County Arkansas

Children of JAMES HOOPER and JEMIMA BANKSON are:

2.                i.       WILLIAM2 HOOPER, b. August 16, 1805, GA....per Shelby Co., Illinois, census; d. September 05, 1869, Shelby Co., Illinois.

3.               ii.    ELI HOOPER, b. February 21, 1807, Randolph County Illinois.

4.              iii.       CLABORNE RHOADES HOOPER, b. November 25, 1813, Henderson Harrison Co. KY; d. December 29, 1873, Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

5.              iv.       MATTHEW E. HOOPER, b. 1815.

                  v.       JOICEY LOUISA HOOPER, b. 1826.

                 vi.       NANCY HOOPER.

                vii.       ELIZA HOOPER.

               viii.       JUDITH HOOPER, m. JOHN THOMAS, Eli Hooper married them.

Notes for JUDITH HOOPER:

This was who we have called Indate

                  ix.       CYNTHA HOOPER.


Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM2 HOOPER (JAMES1) was born August 16, 1805 in GA....per Shelby Co., Illinois, census, and died September 05, 1869 in Shelby Co., Illinois.  He married (1) JEROUSHIA CROCKER May 28, 1826 in Fayette Co., Illinois, daughter of ARTHUR CROCKER and ELIZABETH WAKEFIELD.  She was born April 08, 1808 in Illinois, and died November 20, 1843 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.  He married (2) SARAH BROWN April 24, 1844 in Shelby Co., Illinois, by Eli Hooper.  She was born in Tennessee.

Notes for WILLIAM HOOPER:

Marker located in Cowden on farm south of Paul and Myra Hooper's farm.

Jeroushia and William's stones are in the middle of a pig lot/cow pasture on the

property of Myron Bennett.

August 1, 1999....William Hooper and piece of Jeroushia Hooper's markers removed from Elbert Cemetery to be placed in Mud Run Cemetery by decendants.

Marker reads:

William Hooper

Died Sept. 5,1869

AGED

64 yrs. 20 d'ys

"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"


More About WILLIAM HOOPER:

Burial: September 1869, Elbert Cem, Shelby Co., Illinois (marker Mud Run Cem)

Notes for JEROUSHIA CROCKER:

Married by Zelah F. Watwood, J. P. Cert. says M 25 May 1826. L not in file. Bk Old A, p. 2, 1. 35.  Name spelled Gerusha Crocker

More About JEROUSHIA CROCKER:

Burial: 1843, Elbert Cem., Shelby Co., Illinois (marker Mud Run Cem)

Children of WILLIAM HOOPER and JEROUSHIA CROCKER are:

6.                i.       JOSEPH F3 HOOPER, b. December 26, 1826, Illinois; d. October 13, 1908, Crawford Co., Arkansas.

                  ii.       MARY HOOPER, b. August 22, 1829, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. May 20, 1913, Shelby Co., Illinois.


More About MARY HOOPER:

Burial: 1913, Mud Run Cem., Shelby Co., Illinois


7.              iii.       ANDREW HOOPER, b. 1830, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. Logan, Scott Co., Arkansas.

                 iv.       ELIZA HOOPER, b. January 05, 1830, Shelby Co., Illinois.

                  v.       MALINDA HOOPER, b. 1836, Illinois.

                 vi.       WILLIAM HOOPER, b. 1838, Illinois.

                vii.       JAMES HOOPER, b. 1840, Illinois.

8.            viii.       CHARLES R HOOPER, b. March 10, 1842, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. March 19, 1913, Herrick Twnshp, Shelby Co., Illinois.


Children of WILLIAM HOOPER and SARAH BROWN are:

                  ix.       JOSEPH3 HOOPER.

                   x.       SARAH HOOPER.

 
3.  ELI2 HOOPER (JAMES1) was born February 21, 1807 in Randolph County Illinois.  He married MARTHA ANN (BRAGGS) PROPES July 30, 1828 in Shelby Co. Illinois.  She died March 23, 1850 in Scott County Arkansas.

Children of ELI HOOPER and MARTHA PROPES are:

                   i.       JEMIMA3 HOOPER, b. 1836.

                  ii.       BENJAMIN G. HOOPER, b. 1841.


4.  CLABORNE RHOADES2 HOOPER (JAMES1) was born November 25, 1813 in Henderson Harrison Co. KY, and died December 29, 1873 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.  He married MARY ANN STORY February 03, 1836 in Shelby Co. Illinois, daughter of SOLOMAN STORY.  She was born July 24, 1819 in Kentucky, and died January 16, 1904 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

 
Notes for MARY ANN STORY:

She grew up in Illinois

 
More About MARY ANN STORY:

Burial: Magazine, Logan Arkansas (Ellington Cem)
      

Children of CLABORNE HOOPER and MARY STORY are:

9.                i.    ELI DELWORTH3 HOOPER, b. September 12, 1837, Illinois; d. January 02, 1919, Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

10.             ii.       SIDNEY JANE HOOPER, b. May 19, 1840, Illinois; d. August 05, 1910, Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

11.            iii.       MARY JANE HOOPER, b. 1842, Cooke Co. Illinois; d. 1925, Logan Co. Arkansas.

12.            iv.       PETER WARREN HOOPER, b. May 27, 1844, Cooke Co. Illinois; d. October 07, 1910, Logan Co. Arkansas.

                  v.       GRACE ANN HOOPER, b. 1845.

13.            vi.       MARTHA E. (BETTY) HOOPER, b. May 09, 1847, Illinois; d. November 29, 1894, Fort Smith Sebastian Co. Arkansas.

                vii.       ELIZA EMOLINE HOOPER, b. March 02, 1850.

               viii.    L. J. (JOSEPHINE) HOOPER, b. 1852.

                  ix.       NANCY CAROLINE (NATALIE) HOOPER, b. 1854.

                   x.    H. L. (CALEDONIA) HOOPER, b. 1859.

                  xi.       SERENA HOOPER.


5.  MATTHEW E.2 HOOPER (JAMES1) was born 1815.  He married (1) UNKNOWN.    He married (2) NANCY ASKIN May 12, 1844 in Fayette County Illinois, daughter of JOHN ASKIN.  She was born 1828.


Notes for NANCY ASKIN:

age 22 according to 1850 Shelby co. census


Child of MATTHEW HOOPER and UNKNOWN is:

                   i.       JARELLA3 HOOPER, b. 1840.
    

Children of MATTHEW HOOPER and NANCY ASKIN are:

                  ii.       MILES3 HOOPER, b. 1845.

                 iii.       ELIZABETH HOOPER, b. 1847.

                 iv.       ANN HOOPER, b. 1848.

 

Generation No. 3

6.  JOSEPH F3 HOOPER (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born December 26, 1826 in Illinois, and died October 13, 1908 in Crawford Co., Arkansas.  He married (1) SADIE CUMMINGS January 25, 1848 in Shelby Co. Illinois.    He married (2) ISABELL I. YORK 1875 in Arkansas.

More About JOSEPH F HOOPER:

Burial: October 1908, Locke Cem., Crawford Co., Arkansas

Children of JOSEPH HOOPER and ISABELL YORK are:

                   i.    T.4 HENRY.

                  ii.       NELLIE.


7.  ANDREW3 HOOPER (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born 1830 in Shelby Co., Illinois, and died in Logan, Scott Co., Arkansas.  He married ELIZABETH.  She was born 1827.

More About ANDREW HOOPER:

Burial: Logan, Scott Co., Arkansas
     

Child of ANDREW HOOPER and ELIZABETH is:

                   i.       ANN4 HOOPER, b. 1849.


Notes for ANN HOOPER:

This is according to the 1850 Shelby Co. Census
 

8.  CHARLES R3 HOOPER (WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born March 10, 1842 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died March 19, 1913 in Herrick Twnshp, Shelby Co., Illinois.  He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH WOOD March 19, 1865 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.  She was born July 11, 1843 in Ohio, and died December 05, 1878 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.  He married (2) RACHAEL LUCINDA BLACK December 21, 1887 in Shelby, Shelby Co., Illinois, daughter of GEORGE BLACK and NANCY BILSBY.  She was born January 28, 1859 in Mud Run, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died November 12, 1933 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.


Notes for CHARLES R HOOPER:

War documents, declaration of Pension....

Received a gun shot wound in his right breast, said shot striking him near the right nipple and glanced around the ribs and injured the large tendon and muscles under and back of his right arm leaving his body under and to the rear of said right arm.  He cannot lift or chop wood without inflaming said wound and that he cannot raise said right arm above the level of his shoulder without pain.

23rd November 1862 was the date he received the wound.


Obituary....

 More About CHARLES R HOOPER:

Burial: March 20, 1913, Mud Run Cem., Shelby Co., Illinois

Cause of Death: Colitis contributing factor>Interstitial nephritis

Medical Information: Blue eyes, Brown Hair, Light complexion Received a gunshot wound in right breast, near the nipple.


More About MARY ELIZABETH WOOD:

Burial: 1878, Mud Run Cem., Shelby Co., Illinois
 

Notes for RACHAEL LUCINDA BLACK:

Death certificate lists Rachel Ada Hooper also states that she was born in Fayette County, Illinois also date of birth states January 28, 1858


Pension affidavit states Rachel Lucinda Hooper maiden name Black


Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory states that she had a child named Orlie.


More About RACHAEL LUCINDA BLACK:

Burial: 1933, Mud Run Cem., Shelby Co., Illinois

Cause of Death: Thrombosis Middle Cerebral right artery

Medical Information: Contributing factor...arterio-sclerosis
   

Children of CHARLES HOOPER and MARY WOOD are:

                   i.       MELISSA JANE4 HOOPER, b. 1865, Ohio; d. 1882, Shelby Co., Illinois.


More About MELISSA JANE HOOPER:

Burial: 1882, Shelby Co., Illinois

14.             ii.       OTTO"BUD" DELAVAN HOOPER, b. September 06, 1870, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. October 13, 1951, Hardy, Sharp Co., Arkansas.

                 iii.       JOHN HOOPER, b. 1872, Shelby Co., Illinois.

                 iv.       JOSEPH G HOOPER, b. March 30, 1873, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. 1890, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.
 

Notes for JOSEPH G HOOPER:

Known to live in Crawford County, Arkansas according to article written by Helen Cox Tregillis.


More About JOSEPH G HOOPER:

Burial: 1890, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois


15.             v.       NANCY LAVENA HOOPER, b. February 11, 1876, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. March 28, 1958, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois.


Children of CHARLES HOOPER and RACHAEL BLACK are:

16.            vi.       LOGAN CHARLES4 HOOPER, b. May 26, 1889, Herrick, Illinois; d. July 29, 1949, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.

17.           vii.       DEWEY THOMAS HOOPER, b. December 19, 1889, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. 1959.

18.          viii.       WILDA MARIE HOOPER, b. November 26, 1896, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. May 12, 1943, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.

19.             ix.       ETHEL MALINDA HOOPER, b. February 11, 1901, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. 1932.

                   x.       LUTHER HOOPER.

Notes for LUTHER HOOPER:

ran away, must have died.  Story that he was stolen by indians.
 

9.  ELI DELWORTH3 HOOPER (CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born September 12, 1837 in Illinois, and died January 02, 1919 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.  He married (1) MARTHA J. FRANKLIN.  She was born 1844 in Illinois, and died July 16, 1866.  He married (2) MARGARET E. LOYD December 25, 1867.  She was born March 04, 1840 in Alabama, and died December 27, 1894 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.
 

Notes for MARTHA J. FRANKLIN:

Leaving 10 day old twin boys      

Children of ELI HOOPER and MARTHA FRANKLIN are:

                   i.    ELI CLAYBORN4 HOOPER, b. July 06, 1866.

                  ii.       WILLIAM FRANKLIN HOOPER, b. July 06, 1866.


Notes for WILLIAM FRANKLIN HOOPER:

He was a Doctor
       

Children of ELI HOOPER and MARGARET LOYD are:

                 iii.       MARTHA (PATSY)4 HOOPER, b. 1868.

                 iv.       SARAH (SALLY) HOOPER, b. April 1870.

                  v.       MARY O. HOOPER.

                 vi.       NELLIE W. HOOPER.

                vii.       THOMAS P. HOOPER.

               viii.       NANCY L. HOOPER, b. August 13, 1878.

                  ix.       DANIEL W. HOOPER.

                   x.       HENRY C. HOOPER.
 

10.  SIDNEY JANE3 HOOPER (CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born May 19, 1840 in Illinois, and died August 05, 1910 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.  She married LEWIS P. ELLINGTON March 28, 1858 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.  He was born April 09, 1831 in Claiborne Co. Tennessee, and died January 16, 1918 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.
   

Children of SIDNEY HOOPER and LEWIS ELLINGTON are:

                   i.       VIOLA C.4 ELLINGTON, b. 1859, Arkansas; d. 1927; m. SAM TOBY.

                  ii.       SAMUEL H. ELLINGTON ELLINGTON, b. 1860, Arkansas; m. LUCINDA KNIGHT.

                 iii.    ELI PINKNEY (PINK) ELLINGTON, b. 1862, Arkansas; d. 1947; m. RITA LADD.

                 iv.       LOUIS/LEWIS P. (PETE) ELLINGTON, b. May 12, 1864, Arkansas; d. July 25, 1937; m. ALICE LADD.

                  v.       MARY ELVIRA (E.V.) ELLINGTON, b. 1866, Arkansas; m. JOHN F. KNIGHT.

                 vi.       MARTHA E. ELLINGTON, b. 1868, Arkansas; d. 1953; m. WILL WANN.

                vii.       AMANDA S. (NORA) ELLINGTON, b. 1871; d. 1898; m. JASON ADAMS.

               viii.       HARRIET (HATTIE) ELLINGTON, b. 1873; d. 1952; m. NATHAN MAYFIELD.

                  ix.       NATHAN THOMAS ELLINGTON, b. May 14, 1875; d. November 10, 1952; m. ADALINE E. (LIZZIE) VAUGHAM.

                   x.       SIDNEY MAUD ELLINGTON, b. 1877; m. (1) COFFER; m. (2) SAM BATTENFIELD.

                  xi.       JOHN C. ELLINGTON, b. September 29, 1879; d. December 22, 1898.

                 xii.       BERTHINA A. ELLINGTON, b. 1883; d. 1951; m. OLLIE ELKINS.


11.  MARY JANE3 HOOPER (CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born 1842 in Cooke Co. Illinois, and died 1925 in Logan Co. Arkansas.  She married JOHN O. HALL.  He was born 1840 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and died 1914 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

Notes for JOHN O. HALL:

He was 1/2 Cherokee Indian, his father was full blooded and went on the trail of tears
       

Child of MARY HOOPER and JOHN HALL is:

20.              i.       KATE4 HALL, b. Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.
 

12.  PETER WARREN3 HOOPER (CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born May 27, 1844 in Cooke Co. Illinois, and died October 07, 1910 in Logan Co. Arkansas.  He married MARY MARIER BURTON May 28, 1865.  She was born September 18, 1843 in North Carolina, and died November 05, 1875 in Logan Co. Arkansas.
       

Children of PETER HOOPER and MARY BURTON are:

                   i.       WILLIAM PRESTON4 HOOPER, b. February 24, 1866; d. May 08, 1867.
 

Notes for WILLIAM PRESTON HOOPER:

Child death


                  ii.       PHILLIP SHERIDAN HOOPER, b. July 06, 1867; d. Bef. 1870.

                 iii.       ELLEN (S.E.) CALDONIA HOOPER, b. January 23, 1869.

                 iv.       MARGARET ANN ELIZABETH HOOPER, b. November 09, 1870; d. September 1871.

Notes for MARGARET ANN ELIZABETH HOOPER:

Infant death


                  v.       RACHEL CORNELIA (NEELIE) HOOPER, b. April 09, 1872; m. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TOWNSEND.

                 vi.       EDWIN SAMSON HOOPER, b. December 05, 1873; d. December 11, 1873.


Notes for EDWIN SAMSON HOOPER:

Infant death
 

21.           vii.       MARIAN ROSETTE HOOPER, b. October 02, 1874, County Line near Sugar Grove, Logan Arkansas; d. June 09, 1930.
 

13.  MARTHA E. (BETTY)3 HOOPER (CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born May 09, 1847 in Illinois, and died November 29, 1894 in Fort Smith Sebastian Co. Arkansas.  She married NEAL LAFAYETTE HARDIN 1863.  He was born February 13, 1835 in Warren Co. Tennessee, and died January 24, 1920 in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.

More About MARTHA E. (BETTY) HOOPER:

Burial: December 02, 1894, Magazine, Logan Arkansas


Children of MARTHA HOOPER and NEAL HARDIN are:

                   i.       MILARD L.4 HARDIN.

                  ii.       BABY HARDIN.

                 iii.       SERENA A. HARDIN.

                 iv.       BABY HARDIN.

                  v.       RICHARD C. HARDIN.

                 vi.       NANCY L. HARDIN.

                vii.       ROBERT MARTIN HARDIN.

               viii.       TOREY A. HARDIN.

                  ix.       AMOS HARDIN.

                   x.       JOHN W. HARDIN.

                  xi.    B. H. HARDIN.

                 xii.    E. H. HARDIN.

 
Generation No. 4

14.  OTTO"BUD" DELAVAN4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born September 06, 1870 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died October 13, 1951 in Hardy, Sharp Co., Arkansas.  He married NELLIE GRANT GERTRUDE JENNINGS January 01, 1899 in Crawford, Arkansas.  She was born March 10, 1877 in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, and died May 11, 1958 in Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas.


Notes for OTTO"BUD" DELAVAN HOOPER:

Taken from article by Helen Cox Tregillis....

Otto "Bud" was a tinsmith and jeweler and operated a shop in Cowden for several years in the early 1900's.  He later sold his shop and moved his fmily to Shelbyville, where he worked as a tinsmith.  He was known to have bought the first automobile in Cowden.  It was a two cylinder REO, with a crank on the side of the car, acetylene head lamps, kerosene burning side and tail lamps and many other features that would be considered oddities in later days.  On one occaision, he made a notable trip by automobile which was widely publicized.  Having some business to transact, he left early one morning, drove to Shelbyville transacted his business and drove back to Cowden, all in the same day.


More About OTTO"BUD" DELAVAN HOOPER:

Burial: October 1951, Baker Cem., Sharp Co., Arkansas

More About NELLIE GRANT GERTRUDE JENNINGS:

Burial: May 1958, Baker Cem., Sharp, Arkansas
     

Children of OTTO"BUD" HOOPER and NELLIE JENNINGS are:

                   i.       OTTO THEODORE5 HOOPER, b. September 09, 1900, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois; d. November 20, 1967, Independence, Missouri.


More About OTTO THEODORE HOOPER:

Burial: 1967, Baker Cem., Sharp, Arkansas


                  ii.       MARY GLADYS HOOPER, b. May 04, 1902, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.

                 iii.       ORREN JENNINGS HOOPER, b. April 03, 1904, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois; d. March 15, 1988, Houston, Harris, Texas; m. June 11, 1933, New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri.


More About ORREN JENNINGS HOOPER:

Burial: March 18, 1988, So. Park Cem., Brazoria, Texas

                 iv.       CHARLES RALPH HOOPER, b. May 17, 1906, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois; d. May 19, 1959, 100 Mile House, Canada.


More About CHARLES RALPH HOOPER:

Burial: Loveland, Larimer, Colorado

                  v.       AMY LOVE AUGUSTA HOOPER, b. August 21, 1907, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.

                 vi.       HOMER HERBERT HADLEY HOOPER, b. September 06, 1909, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois; d. 1986, Mammoth Spring, Fulton, Arkansas.

                vii.       WARD GILBERT HOOPER, b. November 08, 1911, Cowden, Shelby, Illinois; d. August 21, 1938, Jonesboro, Arkansas.


More About WARD GILBERT HOOPER:

Burial: 1938, Baker Cem., Sharp, Arkansas
 

15.  NANCY LAVENA4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born February 11, 1876 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died March 28, 1958 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois.  She married JOHN ELMER REYNOLDS July 01, 1893 in Cowden, Illinois.
 

More About NANCY LAVENA HOOPER:

Burial: 1958, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois
      

Child of NANCY HOOPER and JOHN REYNOLDS is:

                   i.       JIM?5 REYNOLDS.


16.  LOGAN CHARLES4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born May 26, 1889 in Herrick, Illinois, and died July 29, 1949 in Cowden, Shelby, Illinois.  He married HELEN HANNAH KRONINGER August 09, 1896 in Shelby Co., Illinois, daughter of DANIEL KRONINGER and MARY CHRISTY.  She was born February 04, 1896 in Dayton, Deleware Co., Ohio, and died June 29, 1967 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois.


More About LOGAN CHARLES HOOPER:

Burial: Mud Run Cem., Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois


Notes for HELEN HANNAH KRONINGER:

On her death certificate it lists that Helen is buried at Mound Cemetery.

In my personal records I have Helen and her husband, Logan buried at

Mud Run Cemetery in Cowden.  I tend to think that they are buried in the

same  cemetery.
 

More About HELEN HANNAH KRONINGER:

Burial: July 01, 1967, Mud Run Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois

Children of LOGAN HOOPER and HELEN KRONINGER are:

                   i.       EDITH LOUISE5 HOOPER, b. July 10, 1913, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. July 10, 1913, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.


Notes for EDITH LOUISE HOOPER:

Lived 7 hours, according to Bible owned by Linda Stone Karl.
 

                  ii.       EVELYN MARIE HOOPER, b. July 19, 1914, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. February 03, 1993, Effingham, Illinois; m. (1) DON BURKE; m. (2) GLEN STONE; m. (3) MELVIN "PAT" RILEY, March 19, 1945, Tenineo, Washington; b. January 22, 1920, Sebka, Minnesota.


Notes for EVELYN MARIE HOOPER:

Partially paralyzed by a stroke.


More About EVELYN MARIE HOOPER:

Burial: Mud Run Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois


Notes for MELVIN "PAT" RILEY:

Mother was Olive Helen Connely

Father was John Riley


                 iii.       PAUL DEAN HOOPER, b. December 24, 1915, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. January 03, 1996, Effingham Co. Effingham, Illinois; m. MYRA MARIE STEIN, December 15, 1940, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; b. May 17, 1922, Effingham Co., Illinois.

Notes for PAUL DEAN HOOPER:

Paul was employed at Oliver Corp. in Shelbyville for 50 years.  He retired after 10 years of service with Fedders in Effingham.

More About PAUL DEAN HOOPER:

Burial: January 06, 1996, Mound Cemetery, Cowden, Illinois

 
                 iv.       MARGUERITE EDNA "MARGE" HOOPER, b. December 11, 1916, Owanaco, Illinois; d. May 05, 1988, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. RICHARD EDWARD STONE, June 22, 1935, Terra Haute, Indiana; b. January 10, 1911, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. November 11, 1985, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois.


More About MARGUERITE EDNA "MARGE" HOOPER:

Burial: November 14, 1985, Glenwood Cem, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois


More About RICHARD EDWARD STONE:

Burial: November 14, 1985, Glenwood Cem, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois
 

                  v.       FRANK HENRY HOOPER, b. February 08, 1918, Owanaco, Illinois; d. 1999, Arizona; m. (1) CALLIE LOUISE "LOU" PACK; b. Marble City, Oklahoma; d. Tenino Washington; m. (2) LENA LORENTZEN; m. (3) EUNICE PRISCILLA STROUD, November 20, 1958; b. July 1940, Brookland, Washington.

                 vi.       "MATTIE" MADALINE HELEN "MADALYNNE" HOOPER, b. February 10, 1920, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. (1) GLENN HARLEY DAUBER, June 13, 1939, Kirksville, Missouri; b. December 28, 1908, Inman, Kansas; d. October 07, 1975, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California; m. (2) LEONARD LUDKE FORTMAN, May 22, 1977, Beverly Hills, L.A. County, California; b. September 21, 1919, Aneroid, Sask., Canada.

More About GLENN HARLEY DAUBER:

Burial: October 1975, Cherokee Lawn, Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California

                vii.       LEO HAROLD HOOPER, b. March 06, 1921, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. December 03, 1967, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. (1) MARY BURNS; b. Pana, Illinois; m. (2) VERA ELLEN FOWLER, Cowden, Illinois; b. November 24, 1926, Holliday, Illinois; m. (3) BETTY JANE GRIFFITH, December 05, 1945; b. Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois.

               viii.       LUCILLE MAY "BILLIE" HOOPER, b. May 27, 1922, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. ROBERT EARNEST HENDRICKS, December 06, 1941, Chehalis, Lewis Co., Washington; b. October 05, 1919, Centrailia, Washington.

                  ix.       ERMA VIOLET HOOPER, b. August 07, 1923, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. April 26, 1979, Beaufort County,Belhaven, North Carolina; m. FRANK MARYON WILLUMSEN, November 24, 1946, Aberdeen, Washington; b. May 10, 1914, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington; d. September 04, 1992, Belhaven, Beaufort Co., North Carolina.


Notes for ERMA VIOLET HOOPER:

Died of massive heart attack.
 

More About ERMA VIOLET HOOPER:

Burial: April 29, 1979, Fulford-Tate Cem, Belhaven, Beaufort Co., North Carolina

Notes for FRANK MARYON WILLUMSEN:

Had Colon Cancer and Emphysema (COPD) Died from blockage of digestive tract due

to abcess misdiagnosed by doctors.


More About FRANK MARYON WILLUMSEN:

Burial: September 06, 1992, Fulford-Tate Cem, Belhaven, Beaufort Co., North Carolina

                   x.       LEROY EARL "JOE" HOOPER, b. May 29, 1925, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. April 22, 1982, Effingham, Illinois; m. ALMA, November 12, 1953; b. October 09, 1918; d. September 04, 1992, Effingham, Illinois.

Notes for LEROY EARL "JOE" HOOPER:

Joe loved to coon hunt.  Had many good dogs, mostly blue tick hounds.  He never

legally adopted Earlene and Marilou but raised them as his own.  They never

knew any father other than Joe.


More About LEROY EARL "JOE" HOOPER:

Burial: April 25, 1982, Mud Run Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois

More About ALMA:

Burial: September 1992, Mud Run Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois

                   xi.       VIVIAN IMOGENE "BICKIE" HOOPER, b. September 13, 1926, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. June 03, 1957, Illinois; m. JAMES "JIM" HARPER, August 17, 1945.


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Burial: Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois

                 xii.       LOUIS RAYBURN HOOPER, b. December 01, 1927, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. November 11, 1975, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. ROSE ILENE MCMANMIE, January 01, 1949; b. January 29, 1932, Herrick, Shelby Co., Illinois.


Notes for LOUIS RAYBURN HOOPER:

Accident involving Bush Hog.
 

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Burial: November 14, 1975, Mound Cem, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois


                xiii.       ALDENA LORAINNE "DEANIE" HOOPER, b. August 04, 1929, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. June 26, 1997, Phoenix, Arizona; m. (1) GEORGE LEWIS OLSON, January 18, 1947; b. July 08, 1922, Alaska; m. (2) VOLNA "JAKE" JACOBS, March 05, 1957.
 

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Burial: July 01, 1997, Sitka Memorial Park, Sitka, Alaska


                xiv.       RUSSELL LEE "TUGGY" HOOPER, b. July 19, 1931, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; d. February 18, 1966, Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois; m. DOROTHY FISHER; b. March 03, 1935, Taylorville, Illinois.


More About RUSSELL LEE "TUGGY" HOOPER:

Burial: Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois
 

Notes for DOROTHY FISHER:

July 1994 address:

Dorothy Barger

4878 West Drive

Fort Meyers, Florida

              33901


813-939-1489

other husband is Bobby Joe Barger
 

17.  DEWEY THOMAS4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born December 19, 1889 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died 1959.  He married MABLE CROUCH.

Child of DEWEY HOOPER and MABLE CROUCH is:

                   i.       RALPH5 HOOPER, b. 1920.

 
18.  WILDA MARIE4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born November 26, 1896 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died May 12, 1943 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois.  She married (1) GLEN STEWARD WATSON, son of CHARLIE WATSON and HANNAH KRONIGER.    She married (2) ARNOLD MONTOOTH.


More About WILDA MARIE HOOPER:

Burial: May 1943

Medical Information: Sugar Diabetes
      

Children of WILDA HOOPER and GLEN WATSON are:

                   i.       CHARLES EDWARD5 WATSON, b. 1914; m. VOLLIE ELLEN TAYLOR.

                  ii.       FREDA LOUISE WATSON, b. November 26, 1916, Herrick Township, Illinois; m. ISAAC LUTHER TAYLOR; d. Beecher City, Illinois.
       

Child of WILDA HOOPER and ARNOLD MONTOOTH is:

                 iii.       LELIA IRENE5 MONTOOTH, b. August 17, 1922, Herrick Township, Illinois; d. January 04, 1943, Herrick Township, Illinois.


Notes for LELIA IRENE MONTOOTH:

Died at age 19 of TB
 

19.  ETHEL MALINDA4 HOOPER (CHARLES R3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1) was born February 11, 1901 in Cowden, Shelby Co., Illinois, and died 1932.  She married MILTON CAMFIELD.

       Children of ETHEL HOOPER and MILTON CAMFIELD are:

                   i.       CARL5 CAMFIELD.

                  ii.       ROBERT CAMFIELD.

                 iii.       GUY CAMFIELD, m. MARTHA BEASON.
 

Notes for GUY CAMFIELD:

Died of TB...
 

20.  KATE4 HALL (MARY JANE3 HOOPER, CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born in Magazine, Logan Co. Arkansas.  She married MARVIN J. RYAN 1878.  He was born in Morgan Co. Alabama, and died 1878.

Children of KATE HALL and MARVIN RYAN are:

                   i.       MARTHA5 RYAN.

                  ii.       JOHN (NADE) RYAN.

                 iii.       TOM RYAN.

                 iv.       CLAYBURN (CLABE) RYAN.

                  v.       NANCY RYAN.

                 vi.       GEORGE RYAN.

                vii.       JERRY RYAN.

               viii.       RUBE RYAN, m. MAURINE HUGHES, 1921.


21.  MARIAN ROSETTE4 HOOPER (PETER WARREN3, CLABORNE RHOADES2, JAMES1) was born October 02, 1874 in County Line near Sugar Grove, Logan Arkansas, and died June 09, 1930.  She married DAVID C. WELDON October 09, 1890 in Logan Co. Arkansas.  He was born July 11, 1872 in Sugar Grove, Logan, Arkansas (County Line community), and died September 08, 1947 in Oklahoma.

 
Notes for DAVID C. WELDON:

Moved to Oklahoma in 1908
       

Children of MARIAN HOOPER and DAVID WELDON are:

                   i.       ELMORE5 WELDON, b. November 02, 1891; d. December 1962.

                  ii.       PEARL WELDON, b. October 05, 1894; d. November 28, 1931; m. JOE EMERSON.

                 iii.    JOE WELDON, b. March 06, 1896; m. (1) EDNA MANGRUM; m. (2) RELA MAE FLANNIGAN.

                 iv.       WARREN (PET) WELDON, b. February 15, 1898; d. September 17, 1962; m. IDA DILL.

                  v.       BEN WELDON, b. August 23, 1900; d. August 20, 1958; m. MAE HUGHES.

                 vi.       TOM WELDON, b. October 03, 1902; d. June 28, 1983; m. LOLA PRICE.

                vii.       ORINDA WELDON, b. November 10, 1905; m. (1) FRED SMYTHE; m. (2) JAMES RENFROW.

               viii.       NEWTON WELDON, b. February 20, 1908; d. April 11, 1970; m. CELIA SCOTT.

                  ix.       FRANCES WELDON, b. February 03, 1910; d. January 27, 1981; m. (1) CLIFFORD WALKER; m. (2) OTIS O'NEAL.

                   x.       VICTOR WELDON, b. July 06, 1912; d. October 12, 1975; m. RUBY MORPHEW.