Biography of Zachariah Hopper, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Zachariah Hopper is a progressive farmer and stock raiser of Franklin
County, Ark., and was born in Giles County, Tenn., November 6, 1821.
His parents, Samuel and Sarah (McKinney) Hopper, were born in Burke
County, N. C., and died in Rabun County, Ga., in 1857 and 1842,
respectively, the former being about sixty-five years of age, and the
latter forty-nine. They were married in North Carolina, and from there
moved to Giles County, Tenn., thence to Georgia, where they made Rabun
County their home until their respective deaths. Four of their eleven
children are now living: Jasper, John, Sarah Adaline, wife of Henry
Gillespie, and Zachariah. The latter was thirty-five years of age
before he left home, as he assisted his father in rearing the younger
members of the family. In 1852 he was seized with the "gold fever,"
and accordingly immigrated to California, via Charleston, S.C., Cuba
and the Isthmus of Panama. He spent three years in that State, engaged
in mining, at which he was quite successful, and in 1855 returned to
Georgia, via New Orleans, locating in Gordon County, where he lived
until 1870, and then came to Franklin County, [p.1248] Ark., where he
has since made his home. He is now one of the most extensive farmers
in Iva Township, having 180 acres of land under cultivation, and since
his residence in the township has served as justice of the peace four
years. December 23, 1857, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Hinton, a
daughter of John and Mary Hinton. She was born in Elbert County, Ga.,
June 16, 1836, and died in Franklin County, Ark., April 2, 1886. She
was a true Christian in every sense of the word, a devoted wife and
mother, and her death was an irreparable loss to her husband and
children. Nine of their ten children are living: California, widow of
William Hall; Sarah J., wife of Theodore Johnson; Martha Ann, wife of
Thompson Knox; Mary E., wife of B. Hatfield; Marinda, Flora Adaline,
Jennie Florence, William Henry and James S. John Lawson died when an
infant. Mr. Hopper has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church
since 1869, and has always been a stanch Democrat in politics, and is
always ready to support laudable enterprises. The family are highly
esteemed in the community in which they reside.