Henton Hoppes
Henton Hoppes was born in this township, four miles from Washington, April 22, 1819, and is the son of John Hoppes, a North Carolinian, who came to the state at an early day, and settled in Jackson County, then removed to the birth-place of our subject, where the remainder of his life was spent. Soon after his arrival in this township, he returned to North Carolina, where he took unto himself a wife, in the person of Nancy Brown. Together the young couple rode to Jackson County on pack horses, thence to this township, where they settled on fifty acres of land, purchased with money earned by the bride by weaving. The union resulted in twelve children, who all lived to maturity, save two: Polly, Jacob, Betsey, Jane, John, Nancy, Henton, Austin, Solomon, Margaret, Nancy P., and Henry; the deceased being: Austin, Solomon, Jacob, Polly, Nancy, and Sarah. Mrs. Hoppes was a member of the Paint Baptist Church, was immersed in the winter, when the ice was frozen thick, and died in the faith; her husband was not a member of any church, but was known as an exemplary Christian man.
Our subject was married, August 11, 1848, to Sarah, daughter of David and Serena (Yeoman) Garringer, who bore him eight children, those living being: Samuel B., John W., Henry D., Albert J., and Joseph H. He and family are members of the Paint Baptist Church; he holds the office of deacon and trustee. He assisted in the erection of Carr's Mills Baptist Church, in 1880, and has been greatly interested in the Lord's work. The Paint Baptist Church is located on land adjoining his farm, and, in 1880, the Scioto Predestinarian Baptist Association held their annual meeting in his beautiful grove.
He purchased the farm on which he now resides, and which is situated near the village of Rock Mills, of Jackson Yoeman, January 23, 1865; it contained two hundred and eight acres, to which two have been added. He also owns a farm of eighty-six acres in Union Township, one of one hundred and thirty-four acres on Paint Creek, in the same township, and a farm of one hundred and fourteen acres in Jefferson Towmship; the total valuation of his real estate being estimated at from forty-five thousand to fifty-five thousand dollars, which has been accumulated by hard labor and close economy, and is now in charge of himself and sons.
He and family affiliate with the Democratic party; are good citizens, and true Christians. His son John, is an ordained minister, a good speaker, and hard worker in the Master's cause.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County