Information on this page and sister webpages was expanded and/or updated on 15 January 2002. These families were analyzed in the first volume of the Hooper Compass Quarterly Newsletter. (For article titles, see the table of contents.) (Click on the order form link for subscription information.)
note: On 1880 census listings, the three states listed are birthplace of the named individual, then birthplace of father, and birthplace of mother.

Isaac Hooper

1830 Sevier County, TN, p 107 line 10, Isaac Hooper 10002-10001
1840 Sevier County, TN p 177 line 23, Isaac Hooper 121001-010001
1850 Platte County, MO Carrol Township, page 326, 25th Oct 1850, household 81/81
--Isaac Hooper 45 Farmer TN
--Eliz 47 VA
--Jacob 21 TN
--William 15 Farmer TN attended school
--Wallace 13 TN attended school
--Jane 11 TN attended school
--Elizh. 9 TN attended school
--Cathn. 6 MO
--Thompson 4 MO
1860 Clinton County, MO Mortality Schedule
--Isaac Hooper, 56, b. in NC, died May 1860, cause: fever
1860 Clinton County, MO Shoal Township, 21 July 1860, page 138, line 9, #40/40
--Elizabeth Hooper 57 VA $650RE $400PE
--W. W. 21 male TN
--M. E. 18 female MO
--Catharine 16 MO
--H T 14 MO
1870 Isaac's widow not yet located, but perhaps she was in Clinton County, MO.
1880 Mrs. Hooper lived with her married daughter Catherine.

1. Jacob Hooper ^{(son of Isaac)}

   The Government Land Office (GLO) shows a land grant was made in 1859 to Jacob Hooper in Clinton County, MO. Platte County, marriage records show Jacob Hooper married Nancy St.John on 15 Oct 1854. Jacob Hooper served in the Clinton County, MO Home Guard. Application #489,434. Certificate #666,312; applied July 1, 1883 from MO.

   1860 Clinton County, MO Shoal Township, 24 July 1860, page 143, line 27, #77/77, in the household of W. C. McClin:
   --Jacob Hooper 37 $700 $400 Tenn
   --Nansey E. 24 TN
   --Nancy E. J. 5 MO
   --L. A. 1 female MO
   1870 Jacob not yet located, but perhaps he remained in Clinton County, MO.
   1880 Clinton County, MO, Shoal Township, page 510D
   --Jacob Hooper, head, 51, farmer, TN NC VA
   --Nancy, wife, 47 keeping house, TN TN TN
   --Elizabeth, daughter, 23, at home, MO TN TN
   --Josephine, daughter, 17, at home, MO TN TN
   --Carrie, daughter, 15, at school, MO TN TN
   --Nannie, daughter, 13, at school, MO TN TN
   --Earnest, son, 8 MO TN TN
   --Artie, daughter, 5 MO TN TN
   --Perdie, daughter, 2 MO TN TN

2. Wallace Hooper ^{(son of Isaac)}

   1870 Wallace not yet located, but probably was somewhere in Kansas. He might also appear somewhere on the 1865 and 1875 Kansas special enumerations.
   1880 Nemaha County, KS, Capioma township, page 97B
   --Willis M. Hooper, head, 44, farmer, TN NC VA
   --Sallie, wife, 39, keeping house, MO KY TN
   --Elizabeth, daughter, 15, at school, KS TN MO
   --Warren F., son,13, KS TN MO
   --David L., son, 7, KS TN MO
   --Herbert Glen, son, 2, KS TN MO

3. Catharine Hooper ^{(daughter of Isaac)}

   Catherine Hooper married Lemuel Kenneday on 12 Dec 1866 in Clinton County, MO
   1870 Catherine has not yet located, but probably she and her husband remained in Clinton County, MO.
   1880 Clinton County, MS, Lathrop township, page 560B
   --Lemuel P. Kennedy, head, 37, farmer, MO TN VA
   --Catherine L., wife, 35, keeping house, MO NC VA
   --William E., son, 12, MO MO MO
   --James H., son 10, MO MO MO
   --Charles F.,son, 5, MO MO MO
   --Lucy D., daughter, 4, MO MO MO
   --Lemuel D., son, 2, MO MO MO
   --Elisabeth Hooper, mother-in-law, 77, VA VA VA
   --Sarah Kennedy, sister, 40, KY TN VA

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