Danial Hopper, son of James Hopper and Elizabeth (0aks) Hopper who 
married in 1798 in Henry Co., VA.  

The following was Taken from the Goodspeed Biographies of Madison Co, Tenn. printed 
c1890.

Danial Hopper is the son of James Hoppoer, and was born in Henry County, Va, May 28, 1812.  His father was also a Virginian and followed the occupation of farming through life.  His grandfather, William Hopper, was a resident of Virginia and served the colonies in the Revolution.  For gallant service he was granted a pension, which continued until his death.  The mother of Danial was Miss Elizabeth Oaks, who married her husband about 1798 and bore him ten sons, of whom only three are now living.  Her husband dying during the war of 1812, she came to Tennessee with her family, in 1835, and located in Madison County.  About 1852 she went back to Virginia, her native state, but just before the late war moved to North Carolina and there died at the age of eighty years.  Daniel was reared a farmer and has followed that vocation.. in 1836, he came to Madison County, and October 4, 1838, and was married to Miss Lucinda, daughter of Stephen Burrus.  This lady bore him four children, two now living:  Susan C. and William M.  The mother was born in East Tennessee, Feb. 7, 1823, and two years late was brought ot Madison County.  Her death occured here Feb. 5, 1885.  Mr. Hopper ia a Democrat a mason, and owns over 1,300 acres of land, 800 acres of which compose his home farm, six miles northeast of Jackson.

Submitted by LELA KNIGHT ASHBURN <bemis1@ipa.net>


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