Izard Co., AR - Biographies - Prof. I. K. Hooper

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Prof. I. K. Hooper, The education of the youth of our country being a matter of
great importance, it is just and proper to make honorable mention of Prof.
Hooper, for he is one of the able educators of the county. He was born in Hall
County, Ga., on the 31st of December, 1854, and is one of seven surviving
members of a family of nine children born to Edward and Eveline Hooper, the
former's birth occurring in South Carolina, in 1799. The father was married
three times; first, to Anna Bowen, who died after having borne three sons and
four daughters; next, to Mary Steppe, a native of Georgia, who bore him two sons
and three daughters; and then to Eveline Owen, who was also a native of Georgia.
This last union resulted in the birth of nine children, six sons and three
daughters, seven of the children being still alive. The father was a farmer by
occupation, and owned 500 acres of land at the time of his death, in December,
1880. He and wife were in communion with the Baptist Church, she being now a
resident of Georgia, making her home with her daughter, Prof. I. K. Hooper
received his education at La Crosse Collegiate Institute, of Izard County, and
at Fayetteville, Ark., in the Industrial University, and while at school was a
bright and industrious student. On the 25th of October, 1882, after his return
home from the University, he was married to Miss Mary T. Bishop, a native of
Arkansas, and a daughter of William and India Bishop, who were Tennessesans.
Prof. Hooper and wife have an interesting little family of three children:
Edward C., Lillian G, and Cyril L. Prof. Hooper has always been a patron of
education, and has been successfully engaged in teaching school for some time,
and his labors in this direction have won golden opinions for himself. He has
been a member of the I. O. O. F. for about three months, and in his religions
views is a member of the Methodist Church. His wife is connected with the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church