Edward Alva Hopkins

Joella, Frances
Ed, Carl & Malinda

Ed was the eldest son of Barclay Brown Hopkins and Mary Ann Dailey. He married Malinda Ferguson, widow of William Ferguson, on October 22, 1892. Malinda had two daughters from her first marriage: Frances and Joella. Ed was a teacher as a young man, then worked in the oil fields, like his other brothers, and moved around as the old fields played out and new fields were developed. He worked in the fields in Eldorado, Kansas and Lee County, Kentucky.

Obituary

Beecher Man, 92, Is Dead

Edward A. Hopkins, 92, who moved to the Town of Beecher from Whiting, Ind., in February, 1954, died Sunday at 8:15 p.m., at the home of the William Stevens. He had been in ill health for three months.

Mr. Hopkins had resided with the Stevens family for 20 years, 19 of which were in Whiting. He was born at Jay county, Ind., and as a young man was employed as a school teacher. His last employment was by the Union Tank Co. He had been retired for many years. Mr. Hopkins was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, and the Odd Fellows lodge at Whiting. His wife, Mary, died in 1940.

His survivors are one son, Carl Hopkins of Chicago; two stepdaughters, Mrs. John O'Connoer of Chicago and Mrs. William Isbell of Three Rivers; three brothers, Arthur of Hamilton, Ohio, William of Munster, Ind., and Charles Hopkins of Eureka Springs, Ark.; one sister, who resides in Wichita, Kan., and seven grandchildren.

The body will be sent from the Morasky funeral home at Wausaukee to Whiting, Ind., where services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at First Church of Christ, Scientist. Burial will be in Ridgelawn cemetery at Lake county.

Note: This obituary was from an undated clipping. The name of the paper is also missing. Beecher and Wausaukee are both names of towns in Marinette County, Wisconsin, and the Morasky funeral home is in that county, too. However, there are also towns of Beecher in Illinois and Michigan, and a Three Rivers in Michigan, too. I think it's most likely that Ed died in Beecher, Wisconsin, though.

Family Group Sheet

Husband: Edward Alva Hopkins  died at age: 92 
       Born: 11-Oct-1863     in: Jay County, Indiana                       
       Died: 04-Dec-1955     in: Beecher, Marinette County, Wisconsin
     Buried in: Lake County, Indiana                      
        Occupation: Standard Oil Refinery       
Father: Barclay Brown Hopkins 
Mother: Mary Ann Dailey 

Wife: Malinda ----  died at age: 81 
Married: 22-Oct-1892     his age: 29   her age: 34 
       Born: ??-Mar-1858     in: Indiana                                   
       Died: ??-___-1940     

  1    Frances Ferguson  b. ??-Jun-883
  2    Joella Ferguson  b. ??-Dec-1884
  3    Walter Carl Hopkins  b. 23-Sep-1893  d. Aft 1955

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