of Foster, Rhode Island · documented from the public record
The family in the record
E. B. Hopkins b. 1847
E. B. Hopkins⚭ Angeline E. McCoy
childrenFannie B. Hopkins · Edna B. Hopkins · Henry H. Hopkins
Their story
What the record says
Born Foster, Rhode Island, Sept 19, 1847.
Wholesale grocer, partner in The Steele-Hopkins & Meredith Co. at Springfield.
Resident since 1889.
Family moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio when he was nine (for Antioch College).
Civil War veteran: 154th and 184th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, mustered out as orderly sergeant at Nashville.
Later commercial traveler and Ohio agent for Kingan & Company.
Director in Springfield Savings Bank.
Served as president of city council.
Married Nov 1, 1874.
Daughter Fannie B. married Dr. J. F. Dolina of Dayton, Ohio.
Daughter Edna B. married E. T. Nichols of New York.
Son Henry H. resided in Los Angeles, California.
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