Nanny Belle Hopkins

Brief Life History of Nanny Belle

When Nanny Belle Hopkins was born on 12 July 1870, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Otey Hopkins, was 36 and her mother, Elvira America Burke, was 32. She married William Brownlow Ellis on 26 June 1886, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 1, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 16, Putnam, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 29 September 1961, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Baxter, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.

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William Brownlow Ellis
1864–1936
Nanny Belle Hopkins
1870–1961
Marriage: 26 June 1886
Almedia Ellis
1890–1925

Sources (9)

  • Mary B Hopkins in household of John O Hopkins, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nannie B Hopkins, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Nannie B Hopkins Ellis, "Find A Grave Index"

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1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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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