James Montesquieu Hopkins ⁸⁵¹

  General Notes:

James Montesquieu HOPKINS was born on 9 MAR 1811 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 17 JAN 1896 in Lancaster Co., PA. James graduated from Dickinson College and was owner of the Conowingo Furnace in Drumore Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. ¹⁵⁰⁸

  Research Notes:

On 15 Mar 1836, he married Harriet Louisa Webb, who was born 26 Jul 1815, Pine Grove Forge, Lancaster Co., Known children were: Robert Cobeen, born 22 Nov 1845, who married Mary Rowland 16 Oct 1873 and had a daughter, Francis S., born Port Deposit, Md., (she married Bennett Darnell); Emma Anderson, born 23 Apr 1853 in Drumore Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, who married Henry Clay Gardiner 17 Feb 1880; Henry Clay, born 4 Apr 1842 in Drumore, Twp., Lancaster Co. PA, who married Anna E. Nauman 13 Dec 1870; Elizabeth Old, born 16 Dec 1836, Lancaster Co., PA, who married 22 Feb 1858 James King Alexander; Washington Webb, born 5 Jun 1838, Lancaster Co., PA, who married first Harriet Dorothea Rogers and second Mary A. Long; Laura Ellmaker, born 12 Sep 1839, Lancaster Co., PA, who married 17 Nov 1869 Samuel Hockley Rutter; Louise Tome, born 29 Jan 1841, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 30 Jul 1856, Port Deposit, MD; James, born 29 Mar 1844, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 6 Jan 1863 in Washington, D.C.; Anne Ross, born 9 Oct 1847, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 19 Aug 1856, Lancaster Co., PA; Harriet Old, born 3 Jul 1849, Lancaster Co., PA, and married 24 Dec 1873 Gardner Clinton Deaver; and Newton Lightner, born 31 Jul 1851, Lancaster Co., PA, and died unmarried 17 Jul 1876, Lancaster Co., PA. ¹⁵⁰⁸

  Life Events:

1. Graduated: Dickinson College: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸⁵¹

2. Occupation: Owned Conowingo Furnace: Drumore Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁵⁰⁸

James married Harriet Louisa Webb on 15 Mar 1836.⁸⁵¹ (Harriet Louisa Webb was born on 26 Jul 1815 in Pine Grove Forge, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.)