Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Hope, W. A. 1831 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  W. A. HOPE, farmer, P. O. Flat Rock, was born February 14, 1831, in East
Tennessee. He is a son of Adam and Mary (Carson) Hope, who were the parents of
three children-James B., Mary and William A. The oldest boy, James B., married
Margaret Ferguson; Mary, wife of Joseph Gorsuch. Our subject was educated in
Blount County, East Tenn., where he was also married, in December, 1852, to
Hannah J. Tedford, born September 14, 1832, in Blount County, East Tenn. She
died May 17, 1873, and was the mother of three children-James W., he married
Johanna Cooper; Steward M., he married Jane Highsmith; Lizzie A., born March 29,
1866. Mr. Hope was married a second time, June 15, 1874, to Miss Elizabeth
Tedford, born August 11, 1844, daughter of Robert A and Rebecca (McClurg)
Tedford, and the mother of five children, four now living-Frederick H, born
March 9, 1875; Marcus S., born May 29, 1876, he died November 29, 1877; Artie
P., born May 17, 1878; Nelson A, born January 8, 1880; and Chester A, born April
18, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Hope are members of the old school Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Hope came to this county in 1854, and the same winter he settled on 160
acres of wild land which is today one of the finest farms in the county, and has
excellent improvements. Mr. Hope enlisted August 12, 1862, in the Ninety-eighth
Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Company E, who were afterward mounted and formed a
part of Wilder's brigade; he was an Orderly, and with his regiment participated
in many thrilling scenes and famous battles. He is identified with the
Republican party.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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