This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hopkins, Sanderson, Smith, Vossler, Bagley, Eele, Mills, Meisner, Farwell, Thomas, Miller, Holman, Thompson, Lockett, Callahan, McMahon Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1441.1.1.1 Message Board Post: STANLEY SUMNER HOPKINS, b. Feb. 13, 1859 -d. April 8, 1934 in Prairie township, Fremont county, Iowa; married Almeda Lorretta Sanderson, b. July 20, 1863 -d. May 2, 1947; married on ____ __,____. Son of Amos L. and Jane (Smith) Hopkins. Daughter of Ephraigm L. and Loretta (Vossler) Sanderson. In 1904, the Sept. 30th paper said William Hopkins of Oak Dale, Nebr; Stanley Hopkins, of Prairie township, Fremont county, Iowa; Mrs. Mabel Bagley of New Castle, Wyoming; and Mrs. Kova Eele, Battle Creek, Iowa--that they were all brothers and sisters. 12/18/1887.--A.L. Hopkins of Oakdale, Nebr., was visiting his son S.S. Hopkins of Prairie township. A. L. has collected 20,000 archeologicak pre-historical specimen and has given it to the State Historical Society at Lincoln. Children (as far as known): 1. George Sumner, b. May 18, 1881 -d. Apr. 22, 1972; md. (1) Mabel Margaret Mills, b. May 10, 1890 - d. Oct. 27, 1918; md. on Jan. 26, 1908. She died in the great outbreak of Asian flue. Md. (2) Mrs. Louise Meisner, in Jan. 1920 in Watson, Missouri. 2. Ora F., b. Jan. 10, 1883 -d. March 11, 1907. Unmarried. Was the world's corn husking champion.....THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD of 12/6/1900: "Ora Hopkins, son of Stanley Hopkins, of Prairie township, shucked 1800 bushels of corn for Charles Monson in 127 days. Ora is only 17 years of age. Is there any boy under 20 in Fremont county who can best it? We answer NO!--Dr. S.C. Hatten.".......Ora became World Champion in 1904 when husking corn in Jack B. Farwell's field, straight north of Farragut. 3. William Lavernon J., b. Oct. 29, 1884 -d. Feb. 2, 1938. Unmarried. Died of pneumonia. 4. Golda A., b. Dec. 12, 1888 -d. July 4, 1966; md. Robert Thomas, b. Aug. 22, 1879 in Morristown, TN -d. Feb. 8, `1965. Son of Orville and Goldie Thomas. Buried at Rock Port, Missouri. 5. Harley Earl, b. Feb. 1891 -d. Aapr. 11, 1949; md. Mabel E. Miller on July 27, 1917 at Oregon, Missouri. Daughter of Frank and Rebecca (Holman) Miller of Forrest City, MO. Lived at Farragut. 6. Bessie Faye, b. Apr. 3, 1893 -d. in 1980; md. Elbert C. Thomas, b. 1866 -d. Nov. 23, 1974 in Des Moines; md. on Dec. 30, 1914 at her home in Prairie township. 7. Edna May, b. Feb. 3, 1895 -d. 1970; md. Samuel A. Thompson, b. 1892 -d. 1954; md. on June 5, 1916. Son of George and Delia (Lockett) Thompson. Lived east of Sidney at the top of Jordan Hill, and at Farragut. 8. Harvey Bryan, b. Aug. 12, 1897 -d. about 1976; md. Goldie Callahan. 9. Esther, b. April 11, 1900; md. Thomas McMahon, Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1896 -d. July 30, 1977; md. on April 17, 1918 at her home in Prairie township. In World War I. In 1925, they lived in Lacy Grove, northwest of Sidney.