Hopkins Carl Pender

Brief Life History of Hopkins Carl

When Hopkins Carl Pender was born on 7 October 1824, in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert C Pender, was 24 and his mother, Phebe Wilson, was 20. He married Mary Jennette Drake on 17 March 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1857. In 1880, at the age of 56, his occupation is listed as police officer in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 2 July 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hopkins Carl Pender
1824–1910
Mary Jennette Drake
1831–1927
Marriage: 17 March 1851
Melissa Lyda Pender
1849–1923
Mary Ellen Pender
1851–1888
Henry Carl Pender
1854–1878
Flora Eliza Pender
1856–1865
Emma Saphrone Pender
1860–1911
LaCelle Pender
1863–1911

Sources (40)

  • Hopkins C Pender, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Hopkins C. Pender, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Hopkins C. Pender, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for rounding up stray animals and placing them in a pound, from Middle English pinder(e), pender(e), ponder(e), punder(e), puindere, poindere. See Pounder .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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