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James H. Hopper (Caldwell co. + Lyon Co, ky, laborer, sergeant in the 17th ky cav)

b. 1841-01-09 d. 1889-09-12

Lyon County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Caldwell County, Kentucky native. Son of Humphrey Hopper and Rebecca Hopper. Married to Mary E. Vanzant Hopper in Lyon County, Kentucky, on February 14, 1861. Father of Rebecca L. Hopper, Sarah E. Hopper, and Mary E. Hopper. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Laborer in Lyon County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and sergeant from December 5, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 379A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 702.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 2, p. 65B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film #000321364.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 415.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0139.

"James H. Hopper (1841-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #88124178, accessed July 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88124178.

Citation

Hopper, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214324 (November 12, 2026).

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