Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hopkins, William T. October 5, 1819 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

WILLIAM T. HOPKINS, attorney, Morris, was born in Maine October 5, 1819, son 
of David HOPKINS, also a native of Maine, born in 1779; he was a farmer by 
occupation, and died in Maine in 1860; his wife, Esther (TRASK) HOPKINS, was 
born in Maine in 1781, and died in 1872, at the old homestead in Maine. The 
parents raised fourteen children - nine sons, of which subject is the sixth, 
and five daughters. Subject was educated in the State of Maine, and read law 
at Bangor, that State. Was admitted to the bar at Morris, Ill., in 1850, and 
at once began the practice of his profession, which he still continues. Mr. 
HOPKINS was engaged in the mercantile business in Morris from 1853 to 1855. He 
has been Superintendent of Public Instruction for one term; was elected Judge 
of the Grundy County Court in 1861, and served one term; in 1864, he was 
elected Representative to the Legislature form this county for two years; he 
was also one of the Electors the same year on the Republican ticket, which 
cast the vote of this State for Abraham LINCOLN for President. In 1865 and 
1866, Mr. HOPKINS was one of the general agents of the Internal Revenue 
Department of the United States. Was in the three-months service in the late 
war, and raised a company, of which he was Captain. In 1863-64-65, he was 
President of the Sanitary and Christian Commission for this district. Subject 
was married in Maine, in 1846, to Clara H., daughter of Simon PRESCOTT; she 
was born September 20, 1824. Mr. and Mrs. HOPKINS having no children of their 
own, raised two nieces - Hannah HOPKINS, who is now the wife of Allen F. 
MALLORY, and Nora J. ABBOTT, who is now an invalid at her adopted home with 
her uncle. Mr. HOPKINS is a Mason; has filled most of the offices in Lodge and 
Chapter, and is at present (1882) Master of the Lodge at Morris. He was a 
member of the first convention that formed the Republican party in this State. 
Self and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Subject was an intimate 
friend of President LINCOLN from 1850 to the time of his death, and was at the 
convention at Chicago that nominated Mr. LINCOLN for the Presidency. Mr. 
HOPKINS is still a Republican.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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