Diana, As someone who has been searching for the birthplace of a g-grandfather (surname Hedrick) supposedly from the Trimble Co. Ky area for many years, I decided to see what I could find for you. I have no association with the Hopper surname. I wish that I could give you some concrete information but unfortunately, what I have is more along the way of what I didn't find. I searched (through Ancestry.com) 1870 & 1860 Trimble Co., KY Census records. I did not find Hopper, Hooper or anything in the "H's" that looked like Hopper or any variation thereof. I searched 1870 Trimble by age using 1861 (plus or minus 2) and saw nothing that looked like a possiblity. I looked at 1900 Kansas but did not find a Madison County as a county at that time. I went to USGenWeb, selected Kansas and then looked for Madison Co. The closest I could find was a reference under the link for Lyon Co. which stated that it (Lyon) was formed in in 1857, parent county Madison (see Breckenridge). There was no link for Breckenridge. I am sorry that I could not find specific information for your inquiry, but sometimes it is just as useful to know the places you can eliminate. Good luck, Jane