HOPKINS: Of Harper District.
Robert Hopkins and his wife, Martha A. (Stalnaker) Hopkins, were the first of this name to settle in this territory. Robert was horn in Pendleton County, western Virginia, December 23, 1822, son of Lawrence B. and Mary (Jordan) Hopkins; Lawrence B. Hopkins was born in Rhode Island, year 1760, and was a soldier of the Continental Army of the Revolution; Mary Jordan was a daughter of Captain William Jordan of the Continental Army, who lived in Pendleton County when Mary, the mother of Robert Hopkins, was born, 1794.
Robert and Martha (Stalnaker) Hopkins were married June 19, 1851, and to them were born the following named children ,all on Flat Fork: Melissa J., June 20, 1852; Minerva S., January 23, 1g54; Marshall A. C., April 9, 1856; John L., April 15, 1858; Mary S. M., March 14, 1860; A. J. Floyd, July 17, 1862; Martha E. N., August 7, 1864; James O., July 24, 1867. Of these sons and daughters, further:
Melissa J., on September 14, 1869, married John L. Harper, son of Henderson Harper, of Harper District, later spoken of as Reverend John L. Harper; these are the parents of Jacob M. Harper, Esq., of the Roane County bar.
Minerva S. married N. S. Bonnett, September 17, 1879; began their home in Walton District.
Samantha E. married F. P. Fields, January 22, 1880, and they made their home in Jackson County.
Mary S. M. married George W. Mitchell, April 1, 1880; they lived many years at Cicerone, lower Harper District, and there George W. died in 1926.
Martha E. married C. Lowe, of Walton District, April 2, 1871.
John L. married Sarah E. Shouldis, April 15, 1883, and they began life in Harper District.
This wife and mother, Martha A., died in Harper District, at Flat Fork, September 15, 1870.
Robert Hopkins married for his second wife Mary J. Cleek, daughter of George and Bridgett (King ) Cleek, in Jackson County, W. Va., on September 24, 1871; to Robert and Mary J. (Cleek) Hopkins were born four children: Bridgett A., October 11, 1872; George Frederick, July 5, 1874; Margaret E., July 21, 1876, and Zuba M., November 14, 1878.
Robert Hopkins was appointed and served as postmaster at Flat Fork, commencing in 1871. Further of his wife, Martha, see name "Stalnaker."
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 554-555
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
