[Hooper] Hooper and Monroe Connection

[Deanna Baumgardner]

In Hooper Genealogy, A Southern Branch, Vol II, by Flora Hooper 
Collier, page 351 it states;
"one interesting facet of the Monroe connection,  in Rhodes Memorial, 
Atlanta, GA, we found in the "Loose Manuscript Hooper File" a letter 
from Felix W. Motlow of Tullahoma, Tenn. dated 28 Dec 1942 to Director 
of Rhodes Memorial Archives, Atlanta; enclosed was a picture of an old 
colonial clock. He stated it was known as the "Monroe Clock" passed 
down through Nancy's family. He also said Nancy was a cousin of 
President James Monroe. (Conjecture: it is possible that Obadiah's 
mother was a Monroe since so many of the 2nd and 3rd generations named 
sons and daughters Monroe for 2nd names. One of Obadiah's daughters 
married Johnson Monroe, but they moved to Barren County, Kentucky and 
it seems unlikely that these many descendants would be named for him.  
Too, she was the next to the youngest of the family and her brothers 
and sisters married and had already named most if not all their 
children before she married. Also to rule out he custom of naming 
children after presidents, Monroe entered office 1817 and many of the 
3rd generation were already named Monroe before that date."

Can anyone shed any light on the Hooper and Monroe connection?

Deanna R. (Hooper) Baumgardner
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