BIO:  HOPKINS, Ezekiel, s/o Esek & Mary (Aikman) Hopkins

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

HOPKINS   AIKMAN   LETT   HOLLINGSWORTH   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 818

EZEKIEL HOPKINS was born in Daviess County, Ind., in 1823.  He received very
poor educational advantages, owing to the undeveloped condition of the
schools at that time.  At the age of seventeen he took charge of his father's
farm of 240 acres, and cared for his parents until their death.  He then
inherited the old homestead, about 180 acres of which are under cultivation.
In 1853 he was married to Martha Hollingsworth, born in Daviess County in
1834, daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Lett) Hollingsworth.  Mr. and Mrs.
Hopkins became the parents of ten children:  Louisa, Mary O., Samuel L.,
George E., Joseph H., Edna J., Eli F., Albert, Zelek and Laura (deceased).
Both husband and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Hopkins
is a stanch Republican and cast his first vote for Taylor.  He has been a
successful farmer, and is much respected as a neighbor and citizen.  His
parents were Esek and Mary (Aikman) Hopkins, born in Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania in 1777 and 1779, respectively.  They were married in Kentucky, in 1802,
and in 1818 came to Daviess County, Ind., locating on the farm where Ezekiel
now lives.  The father died in 1859 and the mother in 1856.
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