Morgan-Russell-Lee County AlArchives Biographies.....Hooper, Mallett C. 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 7, 2012, 1:28 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers MALLETT C. HOOPER, son of George William and Charlotte J. (Waddell) Hooper, was born in Crawford, Ala., May 6, 1861. He was reared and educated in Opelika; became a civil engineer at the age of seventeen, and followed that business for five years, when he engaged in the loan and brokerage business at Opelika, and continued it there one year. He was at Haynesville, Ala., a short time, and in February, 1887, located in Decatur, where he is still conducting the same business, in addition to which he is identified with various enterprises in that city. Mr. Hooper's father was born in LaFayette, Chambers County, Ala. He was a lawyer by profession, and as such ranked very high. He was a soldier during the late war and held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. At the battle of Seven Pines he was wounded and incapacitated for further service. After the war he resumed the practice of law and continued it the rest of his life. He died in August, 1883. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART IV. MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA, TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/morgan/bios/hooper1003gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb