>From Vermont Phoenix, January 14, 191- Frederick T. HOPKINSON Former Brattleboro Man ill one day with pneumonia--Son of F. P. HOPKINSON of Cherry Street. Frederick T. HOPKINSON , 50, son of Frederick P. HOPKINSON of Cherry Street, died Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock in his home at 112 Main street in Bennington, after being ill 24 hours with pneumonia. he first had an attack of grip, but his condition was not considered serious enough to notify his father until it ws too late for the latter to reach im, so no word came until after the son had died. Mr. HOPKINSON and Charles F. SARGENT of Cherry street left for Bennington Monday morning. Mr. HOPKINSON was born in Barnet Jan. 15, 1866, a son of Frederick P. and Elizabeth Frances (Simmons) HOPKINSON. He came here in his early boyhood and graduated in 1886 from the Brattleboro high school, where he took a college preparatory course. After graduation he was clerk for a time in local stores and worked in the Estey organ factories, and about 20 years ago he went to Bennington, where he was proprietor of a barber shop. On Nov. 21, 1899, he married Dora G. BUSS of Bennington, who survives with one son Harry D. Mr. HOPKINSON was a member of Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows and Oasis encampment, Patriarchs Militant, of Brattleboro, also of several organizations in Bennington. He was a communicant of the Episcopal church in Bennington and an active worker in its interests. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon in the Episcopal church in Bennington. Transcribed by Ruth Barton 4/29/2008 -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT