Person

Seymour Hopper (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1807-02-12 d. 1871-03-16

Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant. Tennessee native. Married to Anne B. Cronly in Garrard County, Kentucky, on December 10, 1839. Father of William D. Hopper, Margaret Letcher Hopper, Jane Hopper, Mariah Hopper, Edward C. Hopper, Sallie Hopper, Louis C. Hopper, Elizabeth Hopper, John Seymour Hopper, and Nancy Hopper. Merchant in Garrard County in 1850. Employed Will Pendleton as a clerk in Garrard County in 1850. Merchant in Lancaster in 1860. Employed William D. Hopper as a clerk in Lancaster in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lancaster in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 2, p. 289B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 4.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 14A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 16.

Find A Grave, "Seymour Hopper (1807-1871)," Memorial #41960481, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41960481 (accessed May 5, 2020).

Citation

Hopper, Seymour. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202211 (November 12, 2026).

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