Our HOPKINS, SHERWOOD, BUTLER roots.:Information about Bierce HOPKINS
Bierce HOPKINS (b. Abt. 1822, d. April 11, 1854)
Notes for Bierce HOPKINS:
In his will : and I only paraphrase....
I devise and bequeath to T. L. Robe and SusanRobe his wife five hundred dollarsfor taking care of me in my last illness.
I devise and bequeathto Lucius Hopkins two hundred and fifty dollars.
I devise and bequeath to my son Bierce E. Hopkins two thousand dollars to be disposed of as follows;Fifty dollars to be paid yearly according to decree of court of common pleas of Portagecounty at Februaryten 1853until he is ten years old. Afterhe arrives at the age of ten years, I devise that his guardian furnish such sum or sums out of the balance of his legacy the interest accruing there from as he deems proper for his education and other necessaryexpenses untilhe arrives at the age of twenty one years.
I do hereby nominate and appoint Willard RKnowlton, guardian of my sonBierce E. Hopkins.
I devise that in case my son Bierce E. Hopkins should die before he arrives at the age of majoritythe above legacy willed to him or whatever may remain unexpended be equally divided among my brothers and sisters.
He left the remainder of his property to the heirs of John and Jane Bosworth.
A copy of this will has been scanned to the scrapbook.
Hopkins, Bierce
Married:May 13, 1847in:Portage Co., OH
Spouse:BRACE, ALICE
Gender:MMore:Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #s 0891357-0891358.
Hopkins, Bierce
Married:Oct 16, 1844in:Portage Co., OH
Spouse:BIERCE, HELLEN
Gender:MMore:Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #s 0891357-0891358.
More About Bierce HOPKINS:
Burial: April 19, 1854, Tinkers cemetery, Nelson, Portage county, OH.262
Health: 1854, Consumption.
Occupation: doctor.
Will 1: January 16, 1854, Written and signed.
Will 2: June 24, 1854, Probated.
More About Bierce HOPKINS and Helen N BIERCE:
Marriage: October 16, 1844, Portage county, OH.263
More About Bierce HOPKINS and Alice F BRACE:
Marriage: May 11, 1847, Nelson, Portage county, OH.
Children of Bierce HOPKINS and Helen N BIERCE are:
- Helen L HOPKINS, b. Abt. July 1846264, d. June 05, 1847, Nelson, Portage county, OH.
Children of Bierce HOPKINS and Alice F BRACE are:
- +Bierce Ernest HOPKINS, b. September 30, 1849, Nelson township, Portage county, OH265, d. June 06, 1891, Crookston, Cherry county, NE265.