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Wylie Columbus Hopper (1879 - 1922)

Wylie Columbus (Lum) Hopper
Born in Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married about 1906 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at age 42 in Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Shot to death by his brother-in-law. Dispute over taxes being paid on family land.

Sources

  • court records.
  • '1900 U.S. Fed Pop Census' ED 01 03 Tom Bean town, Grayson, Texas Pp 10A
  • "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G6-LKG : 30 November 2021), Columbus Hopper in entry for Charles Hopper, 1900.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29Q-MJ5 : accessed 8 December 2022), Wiley C Hopper, Justice Precinct 3, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1557; FHL microfilm 1,375,570.
  • "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYS-N2C : 3 February 2021), W C Hopper, 1920.
  • "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX8-72Q : 29 December 2021), Wylie Columbus Hopper, 1917-1918.
  • "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9L-7Z5 : 10 March 2021), Lum Hopper and Myrtle Baxter, 13 May 1906; citing Grayson Co., Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,290,420.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49890553/wylie-columbus-hopper: accessed 07 December 2022), memorial page for Wylie Columbus “Lum” Hopper (14 Jul 1879–11 Mar 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49890553, citing Warden Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Rita Ownby Holcomb (contributor 18927424).




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