HOOPER
HOPE
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
