HOPKINS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HOPKINS, Ambrose B. - b: 1841 Clinton Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 519
residence: Clinton Twp

Ambrose B. Hopkins, sheriff of Henry County, and of the firm of Page & Hopkins, 
proprietors of the Cooperative Store, was born in Clinton County, Kentucky, April 
25, 1841. His parents, George W. and Sarah (Looney) Hopkins, were also natives of 
that state; the former was born in August 1799, and the birth of the latter 
occurred in July, 1805. They reared eleven children, of whom Ambrose was the 
eighth. His father died in September, 1867, and his mother in July, 1865, both in 
St. Clair County, Missouri, whither they had moved in 1851. It was in that county 
that the subject of this sketch grew up and was educated, following from his 
youth agricultural pursuits. When the late war broke out he enlisted in May, 1861, 
in Captain Cushaw's Company, Missouri State Guards, and after their disbandment 
enlisted in the regular Confederate service, in Company E. Fourth Missouri 
Infantry, which, after the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, was consolidated with, 
and subsequently known as the First Missouri Regiment. He served till taken 
prisoner at Vicksburg, in July, 1863, and he was on parole till November, 1863, 
when he was exchanged. He then joined General Price's command, and continued 
with the same until paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana. Returning to Missouri he 
settled in Henry County. In April, 1867, he became engaged in merchandising at 
Brownington, this county, and continued the business till September, 1880, and in 
the following November he was elected sheriff of the county, and was again re-
elected to that office in November, 1882. From 1870 to 1880, he held the 
position of county assessor. In 1872 and until 1876, he was constable of Osage 
Township, and during the last two years of that time was township collector as 
well. Mr. Hopkins was married October 29, 1871, to Miss Martha Ellington, a 
native of Illinois. They have two children living; Gracie I., and Nathan. Mr. H. is a 
man well fitted for his position and thus far in his official career has given 
universal satisfaction, discharging his duties with credit to himself and the 
people who elected him.

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