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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.) An update on John W. Hooper, son of Jacob, is expected in Hooper Compass 3:2 (February 2002). (Click on the order form 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.
Jacob and wife Mary Magdalene Hooper
1830 Sevier County, TN, page 107, line 11 Jacob Hooper 10001-0001
1840 Platte County, MO #622 Jacob Hooker 021001-21001
1850 unknown location
1860 Collin County, TX mortality schedule:
--Jacob Hooper, 54, b. in SC, died February 1860,
cause: stroke
1860 Collin County, TX Precinct 2, Highland Post Office, page 138, 20 July 1960, beginning line 27,
household #857/902:
--Magdalene Hooper 50 NC $2000 $500 Farmer
--Ruth A. Hooper 20 MO*
--Nancy A. Hooper 15 MO attended school
--John King 13 MO attended school
*The age for Ruth, upon first glance, looks like 90. However, not many people were in Missouri in 1780, so it seems unlikely Ruth was born there so long ago. The number cannot be 10, 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80. Comparison of the other 2s on the page shows vague similarity in the formation of this number; perhaps the enumerator was writing the age as nineteen when he was interrupted and told the age should be twenty, so he altered the stroke to make it a 2. Of all the possible digits, the initial number is more like other 3s on the page. On the other hand, an age of 20 is most compatible with the entries on the 1830 and 1840 census for Jacob Hooper. Caution is urged, until Ruth A. Hooper can be found on either an 1850 or 1870 census. Writing on the page is otherwise dark and clear, easily readable.
note: in the 11 May 2000 version of this page, Isaac was incorrectly identified as a child of the older Isaac Hooper. However, a deed for an 1872 land sale (recorded 1878) in Collin County, Texas proves that this Isaac W. (or M.) Hooper instead was the heir of Jacob Hooper. There were nine total shares of this inheritance from Jacob. Five of those shares are represented by (a) Isaac, (b) James, (c) John M., (d) Elizabeth (the second Mrs. James Thompson), and (e) the three children of the deceased Mary Ann Hooper (who had been the first Mrs. James Thompson). Deeds showing the disposal of the other four shares have yet to be located.
1860 Collin County, TX Precinct 2, Highland Post Office, page 138, 20 July 1860, beginning line
34, household #859/904 (this is just two families past his mother's household):
--Isaac M. Hooper 31 TN $0 $150 Farmer
--Mary A. 34 Unknown
--Peter C. 6 MO
--Francis E. 3 MO (female)
--Jacob 3/12 TX
1870 Platte County, MO Pettis Township, #252
--Isaac Hooper 41 TN
--Mary A 47 MO
--Peter O 17 MO
--Ellen 13 MO
--Jacob 11 TX
--Maggie 7 TX
--James 3 MO
--Elma 12 MO (likely a niece of Isaac)
1880 Clay County, MO, Gallatin Township, page 351B
--Isaac M. Hooper, head, 53, farmer TN TN TN
--Mary Ann, wife, 54, keeping house, MO KY KY
--Peter, son, 28, farm laborer, MO TN MO
--Jacob, son, 20, works on farm, MO TN MO
--Maggie, daughter, 19 MO TN MO
--James William, son, 13 works on farm, MO TN MO
--John Hopkins, hired man, 25, IA
--Dick Bently, hired man, 28, KY KY KY
--Lewis H. Bell, (boarder?), 30 farmer, MO KY KY
Mary Ann Hooper married James M. Thompson 23 Aug 1849 in Platte Co., MO. There may have been a
long relationship between the Hoopers and Thompsons. When Richard M. Jacks died intestate in Platte
County, James M. Thompson was appointed administrator. Thompson's security bond was given by Jacob
Hooper and Colby Powell on 15 March 1848. (Jacob Hooper -as Jacob Hooker - was listed next
to this Richard Jack on the 1840 census in Platte.)
A Power of Attorney given 1872 and recorded in Collin County, Texas shows that three children
of James M. Thompson and Mary Ann Hooper survived their mother and were heirs of their grandfather
Jacob Hooper. They are listed under their father and step-mother/aunt Elizabeth Jane, for their earlier
census listings. Below are their enumerations, or those of their offspring, after marriage:
Sarah was born 24 October 1851 in Missouri and died 12 April 1880. She is buried in Plum Grove Cemetery, Jefferson Co., KS. Her husband John Thomas Carter and children are listed on the 1880 federal and 1885 state census:
1880 Jefferson County, KS, Rural township, page 298D
--J. T. Carter, head, 30, farmer, KY KY KY
--Mary A., 10, daughter, at home, KS KY MO
--Nancy J., 9, daughter, KS KY MO
--Lewis H., 6, daughter, KS KY MO
--Laura F., 5, daughter, KS KY MO
--Wm. R., 2, son, KS KY MO
1885 Jefferson County, KS volume 117, page 30
--J. T. Carter 34 KY farmer
--M. A. 33 MO
--M. A. (female) 15 KS
--L. H. 11 (male) KS
--L. F. 9 (female) KS
--G. M. 2 (female) KS
--L. W. 6/12 (female) KS
Other Carters, including WW (male), 6, and NJ (female), 13, were in
nearby homes nearby in 1885.
Georgia Thompson was born about 1852-4 in Missouri. She was married to Andrew M. Williamson, age 28, on June 27, 1872 by Methodist Episcopal Church minister M. R. Clough in Jefferson County, Kansas.
1880 Leavenworth County, KS, Kickapoo township, on Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, taken
19 June 1880, page 25/26A, SD 3, ED 143
--Andrew Williamson, head, 43, horseshoeing PA PA PA
--Georgee, 28, wife, keeping house, MO KY TN
--Rebeca, 6, daughter, KS PA MO
--Ellenor, 4, daughter, KS PA MO
--Bertha, 2, daughter, KS PA MO
--Sarah, 5/12, daughter, KS PA MO
--Elfairberg Hooper, 23 (female), cousin, boarding, KS TN IN*
--Susie Thompson, 14 (or 17), Sister-in-law, MO KY TN
--Valentine HILL, 18, relationship not reported, KS KY KY
*The age and mother's birthplace suggest that this E. Hooper is the daughter of James A.
and Mary Hooper. Apparently, the woman is duplicated as Elton Hooper within the Kansas home of her
parents in 1880 (but appeared in earlier years, as Susan or Susan E. Hooper).
1885 Jefferson County, KS Perry township, vol. 115, page 5
--A. M. Williamson 47 PA Blacksmith [with KS military unit "C 8 I"]
--Georgean 30 MO
--Rebecca 11 KS
--Ella 9 KS
--Bertha 7 KS
--Sadie 5 KS
--Maggie 3 KS
Jacob likely was named for his maternal grandfather, and was born about 1854 or 1855 in Missouri. He was married by J. C. Northrup, J.P., to Mary A. Williamson on 4 July 1878 in Jefferson County, Kansas.
1880 Jefferson County, KS, Kentucky twp., Page 280A
--Jacob Thompson, head, 26, Brick mason, MO KY TN
--Mary A., wife, 27, keeping house, PA PA PA
--Henry, son, 1 KS MO PA
1885 Jefferson County, KS, vol 118, p. 24
--J. Thompson 31 MO Stone Mason
--Mary 30 PA
--Henry 7 KS
--Mary 4 KS
--Edith 2 KS
When their aunt Mrs. Sarah (Irving) Hooper applied for federal benefits based on her husband's Mexican War service, both James and John Hooper served as witnesses attesting to the fact that she was the unremarried widow of Abraham Hooper. They had lived close to her and their cousins in Tennessee, in Platte County, Missouri and in Atchison County, Kansas.
1860 Atchison County, KS, Center twp (page 128) 18 July 1860, beginning line 32, #885/881
--James Hooper 27 $800 $200 Farmer TN
--Mary 23 Ind.
--Mary E. 4 MO
--Susan E. 3 KS
--Amanda J. 1 KS
#885/882 (same house as James)
--John Hooper 25 Farmer TN
--Sarah E. 20 Ind.
--Jacob 6/12 KS
1865 Atchison County, KS [apparently still in same house]
--John M Hooper 30 M W Farming TN
--Sarah 26 Ind
--Jacob 5 KS
--James 4 KS
--John 2 KS
--James Hooper 32 M W Farming TN
--Mary 28 Hswfe Ind
--Mary 8 MO
--Susan 7 KS
--Amanda 5 KS
--Stephen 3 KS
--William 1 KS
1870 Atchison County, KS, Center township, page 16/264, 29 June, beginning line 11, #111/117
--James Hooper 38 TN farmer $3000/1515 citizen
--Mary 35 Ind keeping house
--Mary 15 KS at home, attended school
--Susan 13 KS at home, attended school
--Amanda 10 KS at home, attended school
--Stephen? 8 (or Ephraim, Upheir?) KS at home, attended school
--William6 KS at home, attended school
--Charles 3 KS at home
--Olivia 1 KS at home
#112/118
--John Hooper 35 TN farmer $2500/925 citizen
--Sarah E. 31 Ind keeping house
--Jacob A 10 KS attended school
--James W. 8 KS attended school
--John Y 7 KS attended school
--Robert L 4 KS
--Mary M 3 KS
--Abner W. 1 KS
1880 Atchison County, KS, Atchison City, page 331C
--James A. Hooper, 47, head, teamster, TN TN TN
--Mary, 43, wife, keeping house, IN KY OH
--Mary E., 24, daughter, at home, MO TN IN
--Elton, 23, daughter, at home, KS TN IN
--Amanda, 20, daughter, at home, KS TN IN
--Stephen E., 17, son, works on farm, KS TN IN
--William, 16, son, works on farm, KS TN IN
--Charles F., 13, son, works on farm, KS TN IN
--Olive, 11, daughter, at school, KS TN IN
--Cora A., 9, daughter, at school, KS TN IN
--James, 5, son, at home KS TN IN
--Mabel, 2, daughter, at home KS TN IN
See above listings under older brother James Hooper for John Hooper's 1860, 1865, and
1870 listings.
John's first wife probably died as a result of the complications of child birth,
for her grave at Round Mound Cemetery in Atchison County, Kansas identifies her as Sarah Elizabeth
Hooper, 12 March 1872 age 32 years, wife of J. W. Hooper." A nearby grave is for "Elizabeth Hooper
Sept 1872 age 6 mo."
Powers of Attorney recorded 1872 in Collin County, Texas identify James Hooper as remaining in
Atchison County, Kansas. However, the same documents identify John W (M?) Hooper as a resident of
Grayson (or Collin) County, Texas. If he actually moved to Texas from Kansas, John soon returned and remarried, for he
reappears in Kansas again in the 1880 census. The age discrepancies on the 1880 probably resulted
because the second wife was less familiar with the ages of her new family.
1880 Center twp., Atchison Co., KS, page 12/464D, SD 3, ED 9, 5 June, beginning line 18,
#111/116
--John Hooper 35 head, farming, TN TN TN
--Elvina 36, wife, keeping house, PA PA PA
--Maggie 13, daughter, attended school, KS TN IN
--John 15, son, works on farm, attended school, KS TN IN
--Robt., 14, son, works on farm, attended school, KS TN IN
--Abner, 12, son, works on farm, KS TN IN
--Chas., 10, son, works on farm, KS TN IN
--Belle, 2, daughter, KS TN IN
--Starkey, Lillie, 8, stepdaughter, IL VA IN
After the death of her older sister Mary Ann, Elizabeth married James Thompson, the widower. Thus, the oldest three children listed after Elizabeth in 1860 are her step-children.
1860 Platte County, MO #913
--James M. Thompson 35 KY
--Elizabeth 25 TN
--Sarah 8 MO
--Ann 7 MO
--Jacob 5 MO
--Mary 4 MO
--Lucy 1 MO
1870 - Uncertain. The family probably resided in Jefferson County, KS since a Power of Attorney
recorded in Collin County, Texas in 1872 gave that location as the place of residence.
1880 Jefferson County, KS, Kentucky township, page 19/285C, SC3, ED 178, 15 June, beginning line 12,
#124/127
--James M. Thompson, 55, head, farmer, KY [blank][blank]
--Elizabeth, 43, wife, keeping house TN TN TN
--Magdelain, 15, daughter, at home, attended school, KS KY TN
--Benjamin, 11, son, attended school, KS KY TN
--Walter, 4, son, KS KY TN
--Charles, 2 KS KY TN
1885 Jefferson County, KS Kentucky township, vol. 117, page 7
--James 60 KY Stone-Brick Mason
--Elizabeth 49 TN
--Susan 21 MO*
--Benj. 16 KS*
--Walter 9 KS
--Charley 6 KS
--Harry 4 KS*
*The year of this census must have been a sad one for the family. Little Harry (born 13 Dec 1880) died on 17
March 1885. Older sister Susan Magdaline Thompson (born 10 July 1863) died on 16 September 1885.
Their brother Benjamin Anderson Thompson long outlived them - he died 4 April 1935, according to
his tombstone.
Collin County, Texas marriage records show that Margaret A. Hooper married Daniel David Dawson on 13 February 1859. The location of the marriage is the primary reason for thinking she belongs as a daughter of Jacob. Her 1860 entry shows her birth was about 1841 in Missouri, so she was not on the 1840 census. She should be with her parents in 1850, but of course Jacob's 1850 listing remains unfound. In 1860, she lived with her in-laws. She seems to have died before the 1870 census. Thus, if she really was a child of Jacob and Magdalene Hooper, her share (i.e., her surviving children's share) of the Hooper estate probably was handled by her husband. The most fruitful way to look for proof of her parentage likely would be to search for a deed in Collin County from D. D. Dawson, wherein he sold that share. The purchaser may have been F. M. Saling, who had bought 5 of the 9 shares of the Jacob Hooper estate.
1860 Collin County, TX Weston Township, p 100, line 26, #765/804
--Jonah Dawson 45 Farmer $7600/6000 NC
--Sarah A. 44 TN
--Nancy 18 MO
--Mary E. 1? (smeared, marked over, could be 12) MO
--Sarah A. 9 MO
--Letty Burris 35 GA
--Ellen King 12 IL
--James Burris 8 TX
--Daniel B. Dawson 24 Grocer MO
--Margaret A. 19 MO
--Mary E. 4/12 TX
--Nathan Allman 19 Farmer MO
--Enoch Dawson 26 Teamster 0/400 MO
1870 Cook County, TX, Precinct 5, Gainesville PO, p. 16/257, line 7, #60/60
--Daniel D. Dawson 34 MO Cattle Raiser $760/4000
--Mary E. 11 TX attending school
--Martha F? 9 TX attending school
--Victoria A. TX 6 at home
--Cloyd 4 TX at home
Ruth A. Hooper (daughter of Jacob)
So far, no record besides the 1860 listing (with Magdalene Hooper) has been located.
Nancy A. Hooper (daughter of Jacob)
So far, the only definitive records for this woman are the 1860 listing (given at the top of this web page) and a marriage license. The Collin County, Texas marriage register shows Nancy Hooper married her neighbor Cit Whitaker on 23 Sep 1860. Neither Cit nor Nancy Whitaker have been found on later records. There is a strong probability that Nancy was widowed, returned to Missouri and/or Kansas, and then moved to California around 1875 with her second husband.
References:
Hodges, Nadine and Mrs. Howard Woodruff, 1969, Platte County, Missouri Abstracts of Wills and Administrations: Kansas City, MO [self-published] [available as 977.8135/S2hod/497-74 at Everton's Publishers Library in Nibley, Utah.]
Jefferson County [KS] Marriage Book B, page 156; Book C, page 143.
Jefferson County Genealogical Society, 1986, Tombstone Inscriptions and Burials Jefferson County, Kansas 1854-1986: Oskaloosa [KS], pages 353, 354.
Murray, Betty Runner, 1994, Marriage Records of Platte County, Missouri, Volume 1, 1839-1854 Book A: Platte City [Mo],Platte County Historical Society.
Paxton, W. M., 1897, Annals of Platte County, Missouri, from its exploration down to June 1, 1897; with genealogies of its noted families, and sketches of its pioneers and distinguished people: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, Kansas City [MO].
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updated 18 September 2002