George Hopkins^{[1, 2]}

1854 - 1937  (82 years)

• Name	George Hopkins
  Born	27 Sep 1854	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jan 1937	Bell, California
  Buried	Paton Township Cemetery, Paton, Greene County, Iowa
  Person ID	I21625	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	John Hopkins
  Mother	Amelia Cockman,   d. 1905
  Family ID	F88104	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Dora,   d. Paton, Iowa
  Children	1. Margaret H. "Margie" Hopkins,   b. Dec 1883   2. Rosa E. Hopkins,   b. Feb 1887   3. Dora A. Hopkins,   b. Mar 1889
  Family ID	F87558	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Charlotte Ridenour,   b. 31 Jul 1866, Iowa ,   d. 8 Dec 1953, Los Angeles, California  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Abt 1893	Paton, Greene County, Iowa
  Children	1. Ruth Hopkins   2. Mary B. Hopkins,   b. Aug 1897   3. Blanche L. Hopkins
  Family ID	F7713	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Sep 1854 - England  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Ancestors Are Forever", 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour p 431.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Jacie Thomsen [jacie.thomsen@gmail.com], 16 Jan 2008. [S84] E-Mail, Jenifer Tietz [jentietz248@yahoo.com], 11 Feb 2008. Here's what is written about George Hopkins in the Cumberland centenial book "A Century of Memories 1884-1984" George Hopkins, who started his hardware store in Cumberland in 1893, came from Barton-Stacy, Hampshire, England, at the age of 18 with his parents, John and Amelia Cockman Hopkins and sister, Rosa Elizabeth. They first lived near his uncle, Richard Hopkins of Bear Grove Township, Guthrie County. George has his first store in Paton, Iowa, Jefferson County, after his marriage in 1883, to Dora Ann Needham of Grinnell, Iowa. Their three daughters were Margaret H., Rosa E., and Dora A. His first wife died at Paton. After his second marriage, to Alice Charlotte Ridenour, he brought his family and his mother to Cumberland by Stillman Needham covered wagon. There were three daughters born to George and Alice Hopkins -- Ruth, Mary B., and Blanche L. His mother had her home in Cumberland until her death in 1905. When George moved to Cumberland in 1893, he opened a hardware store in the building now known as Bond Harware. He later took his son-in-law, Howard E. Read, into the business as a partner, and it ws then known as Hopkins and Read. George Hopkins sold his half of the store to George Bootjer and moved to Lenox, Iowa. Upon Howard Read's death, William Bond purchased half of the business and the store became known as Bootjer and Bond. Cleo Bond became owner of Bond's Hardware upon the retirement of George Bootjer. George had partnerships in several stores other than the one he opened in Cumberland. They were at Melo, Lenoz and Laurens and a farm at Brandt, S. Dak. When his store in Cumberland was selling the first stoves with warming ovens, a demonstrator gave away biscuits and coffee. The tinner who came to work when needed at the store was Bill Boland. George Hopkins died in Bell, CA., in 1936, where he lived many years after he retired. Burial was in Paton, IA.