HOPKINS, J. W.

HOPKINS, CHURCH

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Date: 3/3/2005 at 13:01:50

Biography reproduced from page 553 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

J. W. Hopkins, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Hopkins, was born in Burslem, England, May 31, 1844. When three years of age he emigrated with his parents to America. His father purchased a farm in Columbia Co., Wis., where Mr. Hopkins lived until October, 1868, then came to Iowa, locating near Charles City, Floyd county. He remained there one year, then removed to Nora Springs, where he resided until March 1871, when he came to Kossuth county and took a homestead of eighty acres on section 10, Wesley township. He resided on his farm until 1880, when, on account of his wife’s health, he removed to Wesley village, where he now has good residence property. Mr. Hopkins was married Oct. 20, 1867, to Mary A. Church, of Dekorra, Wis. They have five children—Richard B., Minnie A., Liona M., Myrtle E. and Ruth E. In politics Mr. Hopkins is a republican. He is connected with Phoenix and Farmers Insurance Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He commenced traveling for the Decorah marble works in 1883. Mr. Hopkins is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Wesley.