William W. HOPPER (b. August 07, 1790, d. December 08, 1862)
William W. HOPPER (son of Robert HOPPER and Jane (Jean) Duff)247, 248 was born August 07, 1790 in At Sea, and died December 08, 1862 in Malaga, Monroe Co, OH. He married Phoebe LEWIS on February 28, 1825 in Belmont Co, OH.
Notes for William W. HOPPER: The town of Somerton, Ohio was the home of Robert HOPPER's son William. It is located in Belmont Co., Ohio in Somerset Township. It was formed from Wayne Township in 1819; bounded by Warren and Monroe Counties. Harmony Methodist Church was formed in Somerton in 1822 and 1826. In 1850 Samuel Wharton was a class leader. The Methodist Church in Somerton and the first religious services were with a community of friends. He lived in Sharon Township along with brother James as recorded in the 1860 Ohio Census. Will of Robert Hopper, Belmont Co, Ohio.
William Hopper was born at sea possibly Aug 17, 1790 or Dec 1790, giving us the impression that he was the 1st child of Robert Hopper and Jean Duff, born on the way over from Ireland. After landing with his parents, he came by way of Baltimore to Fayette Co., PA and before 1800 went to Belmont Co., OH probably to Bellair or St. Clairsville and then to Somerton, near Barnesville, and lastly to Malaga in Monroe Co., OH where he and his wife both died. In Somerton he became a tanner and later a farmer and for 17 years was a Justice of the Peace. He married Phoebe Lewis, daughter of John Wesley Lewis. She was born in 1800 and raised in Upper Middletown or Connellsville, PA. She came, it is said, "Over the mountains of Pennsylvania, in a wagon, walking part of the time with a gun over her shoulders." William died on December 1, 1872 and Phoebe died on January 22, 1872. They are both buried in a little cemetery in Malaga, Monroe Co., OH. The little village of Malaga has only 26 home. The housed are large and well enough built but it is off the beaten track. The soil is poor and they are not prosperous. In the early days they raised tobacco a great deal. The country is rolling and very picturesque in the spring, with clumps of wood and dogwoods here and there, a romantic country and unspoiled William is buried in the old Malaga, Ohio cemetery.
More About William W. HOPPER and Phoebe LEWIS: Marriage: February 28, 1825, Belmont Co, OH.
Children of William W. HOPPER and Phoebe LEWIS are:
+Jane Elizabeth HOPPER, b. December 02, 1825, Somerton, Belmont Co., OH, d. 1907, Whigville, OH.
William W. HOPPER (b. August 07, 1790, d. December 08, 1862)
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