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Born 1812
From The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882)
DAVID J. HOPKINS (deceased), late of South Lebanon; was born in Hopkinsville, Warren Co., in 1812, and was a son of James Hopkins, a pioneer of this county. In early life our subject learned the tailor’s trade, which he followed in South Lebanon for a number of years; in 1836, he was married to Tarcillia, daughter of Capt. William Snook, a sketch of whom appears in connection with the sketch of Peter Snook, of Hamilton Township; Mr. H., after being married, plied his trade in South Lebanon for several years, when he went to Hopkinsville, in which he resided fourteen years, when he returned to his former place of residence, Jan. 2, 1858; to Mr. and Mrs. H. ten children were born, five living, viz., James E., Nathan K., Charles A., Rinaldo and Susan; the deceased are William F., who was a member of the 35th
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