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of a memoir of his uncle, William Hooper the signer, in '"Wheeler's History of North Carolina; " memoirs of Generals Howe and Ashe (MS. 1900); sketches of William Hill, Harnett, Abner Nash, Caswell, Davie, Iredell, Johnston, Moore and other notable citizens of North Carolina of the Revolu- tionary period, and of a pamphlet containing sketches of prominent men from the Cape Fear district, from its settlement to the Mexican war, signed " Caius Victor." He died at the home of his son George, at Crawford, Ala., Sept. 25, 1858. HOOPER, Franklin William, educationist, was born at Walpole, N.H., Feb. 11, 1851; son of Will- iam and Elvira (Pulsifer) Hooper; grandson of James Hooper. He was prepared for college at Antioch, Yellow Springs, Ohio, graduated from Harvard in 1875, made a scientific expedition to the Florida Keys in 1875-76 for Prof. W. G. Far- low and tiie Smithsonian Institution; was princi- pal of the Keene, N.H., high school, 1877-80, and became professor of chemistry and geology at Adelphi college, Brookh-n, in 1880. He was elected a trustee of the Brooklyn Institute in May, 1887; was made chairman of the committee on scientfic work in October of the same year; projwsed a plan for the reorganization of the institute and its incorporation as the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1889, and was made director of the corporation in May, 1890. He was elected a mem- ber of the Brooklyn board of education in 1892; a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1896; a trustee of An- tioch college in 1898; a member of the board of directors of the Brooklyn public library in 1894; a member of the board of directors and treasurer of the New England Society in the City of Brook- lyn in 1893; a member of the New York Academy of Sciences; a member of the Hamilton, Montauk and Union League clubs of Brooklyn; and was a member of the executive committee of the Brook- lyn Civil Service Reform association, 1890-98. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Har- vard university in 1897. He is the author of fre- quent contributions to current periodicals.

HOOPER, George De Berniere, lawyer, was born in or near Wilmington, N.C., in 1809; eld- est son of Archibald Maclaine and Charlotte (De Berniere) Hooper. He was brought up on the -plantation of his grandfather, George Hooper, and was appointed a cadet to the U.S. Military academy, West Point, but left there on account of ill health. He completed his school training in North Carolina and was admitted to the bar in Charleston, S.C. He settled in practice in La Fayette, Ala., in 1833, where he was a' major in the volunteer army against the Indians, continu- ing in the service till peace was declared. Here- moved successively to Crawford, Ala.; Columbus, Ga., and Opelika, Ala., and was for a time chan-

cellor of the eastern division of Alabama and one of the best known supreme court and chan- cery lawyers in the state. He was a supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, and, although not an advocate of secession, gave the new government his hearty support, sent two of his sons to the front and was a member of the home guard pres- ent at Columbus, Ga., in the stand made there against the Federal troops in 1865. He was mar- ried in 1836 to Caroline, daughter of Charles P. Mallett, of Fayetteville, N.C., and their oldest son, George William, a soldier in the Confederate States army, was crippled from wounds received at Seven Pines, — married his cousin, Cbarlotte Isabella Waddell; was prosecuting attorney for Russell county, and died in Opelika, Ala., in 1883; Charles, the second son, also joined the Con- fedei'ate army, and was promoted lieutenant- colonel on the field at second Manassas for gal- lantry. George D. Hooper died at the home of liis son John in Birmingham, Ala.. March 19, 1892.

HOOPER, John De Berniere, educator, was born in Smithville (Southpurt), near Wilming- ton, N.C., Sept. 6, 1811; second son of Archibald Maclaine and Charlotte (De Berniere) Hooper. He attended school at Wilmington, N.C., and was graduated at the University of North Caro- lina in 1831 with highest honors, being assigned the Latin salutatory. He taught in the Episcopal school for boys near Raleigh, N.C., 1831-35-: was tutor at the University of North Carolina, 1835-38, and pi'ofessor of Latin and French, 1838-48. He removed to Warren county, N.C., in 1849, and opened a private school for boys. He was in charge of the Fayetteville Female academy, 1860-66; principal of the Collegiate institute for young ladies, Wilson, N.C., 1866-75, and upon the reorganization of the University of North Carolina he was professor of Greek and French languages, 1875-85, and a trustee of the university, 1875-81. He was married, Dec. 80, 1837, to his fourth cousin, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William Hooper, of North Carolina. Of their children, Helen became the wife of James AVills, of Chapel Hill; Fanny, the wife of Spier Wliitaker of Raleigh, afterward judge of the superior court of North Carolina; Julia, the wife of Professor Graves, of the University of North Carolina; and Henry resided in Edenton, N.C., and was married to Jessie Wriglit of that town. The data used in preparing the sketches of the Hooper family which appear in this work were furnished by Mrs. Spier Whitaker, a careful student of the annals of the family. Professor Hooper died at Chapel Hill, N.C., Jan. 23. 1886, and was Iniried in Oakwood cemeterv, Raleigh.

HOOPER, Johnson J., editor, was born in North Carolina in June, 1815; son of Archi- bald and Charlotte (De Berniere) Hooper. He