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James Paul Hopper

Male 1911 - 1973  (62 years)    Has 62 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James Paul Hopper 
    Nickname Paul 
    Birth 24 Aug 1911  Webster County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: James P Hopper
      Date of Birth: 24 Aug 1911
      County: Webster
      Mother's name: Ann Oliver
      Volume Number: 118
      Certificate Number: 46875
      Volume Year: 1911



      Source Information:

      Ancestry.com. Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
      Original data: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Sep 1973  Harrison, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Souix Cemetery, Souix Co. Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    George Hopper, Jr.,   b. 00 000 1746, Surry, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 00 000 1822, Lincoln, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather) 
    Matilda Fowler,   b. circa 1811, Trigg County KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. circa 1880, Lyon County KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I139053  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2014 

    Father William Talton Hopper,   b. 24 Mar 1876, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1924, Wheatcroft, Webster County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Price Anne Oliver,   b. 20 Jan 1882, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1935, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Other Partners: Jim Pough  
    Family ID F34635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thirza Story Anderson 
    Family ID F3077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2014 

    Marriage 25 Aug 1947  Billings, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2014 

    Family ID F3079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Aug 1911 - Webster County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Harrison City Cemetery,
      Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska
      HOPPER, James Paul 24 Aug1911-1 Sep1973 A6 9 2 Wife: Thirza Hopper
      HOPPER, Thirza A6 9 1 Husb-James Paul Hopper
      HOPPER, Verla died 1941 D1 11 1 par: Leonard & Grace (Fox) Howard;
      husb#1 Johnston; #2Hopper
      dau:Wanda (Mrs. Hershel) Johnston

      James Paul Hopper
      (August 24, 1911 - September 1, 1973)


      The Harrison Sun
      September 13, 1973


      Last Rites Held For Paul Hopper

      James Paul Hopper was born on Aug. 24, 1911, at Clay, Ky., the son of W. T. and Anna Hopper. He died at his ranch home north of Harrison on September 1 at the age of 62.

      At the age of 14 he came to O'Neill, Neb., after the death of his father. He worked there at the Hickey Ranch and Dairy until he was 19. Then he was a driver for Gallagher Truck Lines in Wyoming for 20 years.

      Paul was a good horseman and sometimes rode in rodeos. He worked on several ranches in western Nebraska, Colorado, and Arizona.

      On Aug. 25, 1947, he married Thirza Story Anderson at Billings, Mont. In 1948 he and Mrs. Hopper took up ranching on the Story Ranch north of Harrison where he lived until his death.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, a son William by a former marriage, and a brother David.

      Surviving are his wife Thirza of Harrison; his step-son Darrell Anderson of Denver; a foster son Russell Hildebrand of Omaha; three brothers, Henry of Mansfield, Ohio, George and Herman of Kentucky; a sister, Mary of Kentucky; and five grandchildren.

      Paul Hopper, at the time of his death, was a member of the Edgemont Southern Baptist Church where he attended regularly. He was baptized on Easter Sunday, 1971. Previous to his membership in the Baptist Church, he was active in American Sunday School work in western Nebraska, especially in the North Star Sunday School near Harrison. He was a member of the Senior Citizens Club at Edgemont.

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