Brief Life History of Eli Willis
When Eli Willis Hopkins was born in September 1850, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Eli Hopkins, was 44 and his mother, Mary Cranford, was 36. He married Nancy J. Mansell about 1870, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Unity, Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Beat 2, Lee, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1930, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saltillo, Lee, Mississippi, United States.
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- Willis Hopkins in household of Eli Hopkins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eli Willis Hopkins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Willis Hopkins in entry for Bertha L. Logan, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
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1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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