ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO MISC;HOPKINS 1879
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Ashtabula Telegraph 26 Dec. 1879
CONNEAUT
My Dear Old Telegraph:--The cold chilly winds of December are upon us, and
if we have all done our duty we are prepared for them, as we have had
sufficient warning.
Last week two quite sudden deaths occurred in our midst. One a Mr. Garner
HOPKINS, who lived near Amboy station, had been threshing for a neighbor
with a flail, came home and while sitting in his chair with the family,
suddenly ceased to breathe, and that was all the struggle he had to pass
away. He was a very robust, hearty man for one of his age--85. Some fifty
years ago he was a resident of Ashtabula, and lived near Bunker Hill. The
other was Stephen B. Hopkins, a nephew of Garner. He had been a resident of
the borough for the past eight years. He was formerly from Pierpont, and I
believe was one of the pioneers of that township. He was one of the most
successful deer hunters on the Reserve. The Hopkins family were natives of
Rhode Island, and descended of one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. {Stephen Hopkins, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
was actually a second cousin twice removed.}