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[Fred Hooper]

Can any of you Hoopers conect to this line?

The following is a facsimile of an article, in a book, entitled
'BIOGRAPMCAL and HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, published by
The Goodspeed Publishing Co. In 1890.

Copied by Fred Hooper
On pages 199-200 we read:

William J. Hooper has been identified with the agricultural affairs if
Miller County since his twenty-first year, and during this time he has
proved himself to be a thoroughly reliable and substantial citizen, as
well as an honest and upright man. A brief sketch of his life will be
read with interest
He first opened his eyes to the light of this world on May 10, 1M, in
Perry County, Tenn., being the third of eight children, four of whom are
still living (three in Cass County, Tex., and our subject in Miller
County, Ark.), born to the union of Dempsey and Rosanna (Roberts)
Hooper, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The
father died in Cass County, Tex. In 1878, in his seventy-second year.
Their marriage was consummated in Perry County, Tenn., and there they
made their home until 1849, when they moved to Rusk County, Tex., where
the wife passed away the same year at the age of thirty-five, and after
her death the father moved to Cass County, where he made his home for
the balance of his life. He was a general mechanic, a fine blacksmith
and woodworker, and manufactured farm inplements, wagon, etc., in
connection with which he also carried on farming operations quite
extensively. He prospered greatly, and at the time of his death owned
considerable valuable property, mostly located about two miles northeast
of where Queen City now stands. After the death of his wife he went back
to Perry County, Tenn., and there he married Miss Mary Ann Pomeroy, and
together they returned to their home in Cass County, Tex., where she
passed from life in 1854. He remained a widower for some time after his
wife's death, but finally succumbed to the charms of Mrs. Jane (Samm)
Mooney, a widow lady, who survives him.
To his second marriage one daughter was born, but she has since died.
The last marriage resulted in the birth of seven children, all of whom
are stiff living. William J. Hooper passed his school days in Perry
County, Tenn., and Rusk County, Tex. In 1857 he came to Miller County,
Ark., and located on the farm where he now lives, which was then an
unbroken forest abounding with wolves, bears, panthers and other wild
animals. He courageously set to work to clear this place, and now has
for his pains a splendid farm of 320 acres in Arkansas and 100 acres in
Texas, just across the river, with eighty acres prepared for
cultivation. His farm is well improved, with a handsome residence e,
good barns, etc. In 1882 he was elected justice of the peace, and held
that office for one term. In January 1861, he joined the Nineteenth
Texas Confederate Infantry, and served until June 1865, surrendering at
Hempstead, on the Brazos River, in Texas. During most of his service he
was a teamster, and participated in the battles of Jenkin’s Ferry and
Mansfield. At the close of the war he had nothing but his wife and
children, and since then he has been very successful.
His wife, to whom he was married on October 19, 1856, was formerly Miss
Frances Allen; she was born in Cobb County, Ga., on May 28, 1840. The
are the parents of eight children, the oldest of whom, Dempsey J., died
in his eleventh year. Those still living are: William N. (A prominent
physician of Hughes Spring, Cass County, Tex.), James H. (A prosperous
farmer in Miller County), Belle Zora (wife of John V. Graves, a farmer
of Caddo Parish, La.), Samuel E. (A teacher of Cass County, Texas.), and
Preston L., Cora E. And Podie (at home). Mr. Hooper is a Royal Arch
Mason, socially, and politically a stanch Democrat, and both he and his
wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.




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