Sunday, March 16, 2014

James W. Hopson

James W. Hopson

birth:
location:
death: December 10, 1917
location: Henderson County, Texas



father: Wiley Marion Hopson
mother: Mary Elizabeth Howard

1870 census

Henderson County Elections - April 14, 1910

Henderson County Result - 1912

Old Cornerstone Removed - 1913

Constable James Hopson Killed by Negro at Athens - December 11, 1917

Negro Kills Constable - December 11, 1917

Negro Who Killed Officer at Athens Still at Large - December 12, 1917

Athens Negro Held Here - December 22, 1917

burial

Negro Who Killed Officer is Given Life Sentence - February 26, 1918

*note - headstone was purchased by Hopson descendants in September 2012. 

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