Samuel Josiah Hopkins

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About Samuel Josiah Hopkins

Birth: Jun. 26, 1832 Cornwall Litchfield County Connecticut, USA Death: Dec. 16, 1878 Greene County Illinois, USA

Samuel Josiah was the oldest child of Benjamin Gold and Mary Beach (Stanton) Hopkins. He came to Illinois about 1840 with his parents and younger siblings.

Samuel married Melissa Caroline Rawlins 10 January 1955 in Greene County, Illinois. They were parents of 9 children: Francis Oscar; Mary Rebecca; William Edgar; James Samuel; John Benjamin; George Albert; Charles Gold; Ada Gertrude; and Josiah S., who was born after his father had died.

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Samuel Josiah Hopkins's Timeline

1832
June 26, 1832
Cornwall, Connecticut, United States
1855
November 1, 1855
1857
September 25, 1857
1859
September 30, 1859
1862
March 10, 1862
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July 4, 1864
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September 2, 1866
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August 18, 1869
1872
October 22, 1872