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their children: William, Edward, Mary, Joseph, Thomas, Du Ponceau — the only descendants of "William Hooper the signer. — the first, second and youngest sons were physicians; Thomas was assistant and principal of a number of scliools in North Carolina; and Joseph was also a well- known teacher. Du Ponceau and Joseph both entered the Confederate army at the outbreak of the civil war in 1861; Du Ponceau was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, and Joseph was in 1900 the sole survivor of the fam- ily, and resided in Jacksonville, Fla. President Hooi^er died at Cliapel Hill. N.C.. Aug. 19, 1876. HOOPER, William Henry, delegate, was born at ■■ Warwick Manor." Dorchester count}'. Eastern Shore, Md.. Dec. 2.j. 1813; sou of Henry (1789- 1817) and Mary Noel (Price) Hooper; grandson of William Ennalls and Sarah (Ridgeway) Hooper; great-grandson of Brig.-Gen. Henr}- and Anna (Ennalls) Hooper; greats-grandson of Col. Heni-y and (Orricke) Hooper and of Wil- liam Ennalls, greats-grandson of Chief-Justice Henry and Mary (Ennalls) Hooper and great-- grandson of Capt. Henry Hooper of the English army, who settled in Dorchester county, Md., prior to 1670 on land granted by Lord Baltimore, and was a member of the provincial legislature in 1694. William Henry Hooper attended the county school for a short time; was a clerk in a store, 1827-3'2; merchant at Eastern Shore, 1832-35; went to Galena, 111., in 1835, where lie kept a store three years, failed in business and in 1843 engaged as clerk on a Mississippi steamboat. In 1844 he began the business of building steamboats, and his last boat, the Alexander Hamilton, built in 1847, was burned in 1849, and the loss ruined his business. He was then engaged as clerk in a mercantile houise in Salt Lake Cit}', Utah, 1850-53; visited California on business in 1854 and estab- lished himself in business in Salt Lake City iu 1855. He was a member of the convention that met to frame a constitution for the projjosed state of Deseret in 1855; was appointed by Brigham Young secretary p?-o tempore of the territory of Utah, which appointment was rec- ognized by the government at Washington, and he served, 1857-58. He was elected delegate from Utah Territory to the 36th congress, 1859-61, and in 1862 he was elected U.S. senator from the proposed state of Deseret. He was again a delegate from Utah Territory to the 39tli, 40th, 41st and 42d congress, 1805-73, and in 1872 was again elected U.S. senator from the proposed state of Deseret. He was a director of Zion's Co-opera- tive Mercantile institution, 1868-77; superin- tendent, 1873-75, and president, 1877-82. He was an organizer in 1871, a director and for many years president of the Deseret national bank. He died in Salt Lake City, Dec. 29, 1882.

HOOPES, Josiah, horticulturist and botanist, was born in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 9, 1832; son of Pierce and Sarah (Andrews) Hoopes; and grandson of Abner and Hannah (Pierce) Hoopes and of James and Martha (Bunting) Andrews. His first ancestor in America, Josliua Hoopes, emigrated from Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, in 1683, and settled in Bucks county, Pa. Josiah was educated in the schools of Philadelphia and established a nursery at West Chester in 1853 which became noted for its production of rare trees, shrubs and fruits. Mr. Hoopes made frequent visits to the old world in search of new species and introduced many of the popular speci- mens of useful and ornamental trees. He helped to found in 1859 the Horticultural association of Pennsylvania, and was its president, 1869-75. He was elected a member of the Ornithologists* union and of various .scientific societies; and was a trustee of the West Chester state normal school from its commencement in 1871, serving about fifteen years. He published: Book of Ever- greens (1868) and was a regular correspondent on horticultural subjects for the New York Tribune, Philadelphia Press, and leading magazines.

HOPE, James, painter, was born atDrygrange, Scotland. Nov. 29, 1818; son of Henry and Helen (Haag) Hojje. He was taken by his father to Canada in 1827 and lived on a farm until his father's death in 1834, when he removed to Ver- mont, and served a five yeans' apprenticeship to a wagon-maker in Fairliaven. He attended Castleton seminary, 1839-40; taught school in West Rutland, Vt., 1840-41, and was married, Sept. 20, 1841, to Julia M. Smith, of West Rutland. Shortly after this he received a serious axe-wound and during the long confinement that followed he won quite a local reputation as a portrait painter and earned bj- this means about $100 with which lie purchased books and artists' materials and began the study of art. Soon after he opened a studio in Monti'eal, where he worked succe.ss- fully for two years. Returning to Vermont, he devoted his attention to landscape painting and for three years taught drawing and painting in Castleton seminary. In 1851 he built a residence in Castleton, Vt., where for many 5'ears he spent his summers, and which he continued to own until his death. In 1852 he opened a studio in New York city. He was mustered with the 2d Vermont volunteers, June 20, 1861, as captain of Co. B.; took part in both battles of Bull Run, all the engagements on the peninsula, and the battles of Fredericksburg and Antietam. In the Mary- land campaign he was second in command of his regiment. He was honorably discharged, Dec. 20, 1862, on account of impaired Jiealth. In 1872 he removed to Watkins Glen. N.Y., and from the scenery of that place he painted some of his more