Jesse Hooper (1844 - 1864)

Born 5 Jun 1844 in Franklin, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Aug 1864 at age 20 in Fort Washington, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Jesse was born in 1844. He was the son of Ephraim Hooper and Mary Keef. He passed away in 1864.

Ft. Washington, Md., Aug. 4, of pneumonia, after a sickness of 3 days, Jesse HOOPER, member of Company A, Maine Coast Guard, age 20 years, 1 month, 29 days. The undersigned parents of the deceased feeling it their duty of taking this method of publicly expressing their gratitude and heartfelt thanks to Capt. Baker and other members of the company to which their dear son was lately attached for their kindness to him during his brief illness and for their generosity in contributing funds sufficient to defray the entire expense of conveying his remains to his home where he might be interred among his near and dear friends, and while they lament the loss of their dear son, their assurance that he died among kind friends tends much to allay the grief of a sorrowing family.

Sources

• Jean's Maine Genealogy Page Index of DEATHS and MARRIAGES as published in the ELLSWORTH HERALD its successor, the ELLSWORTH AMERICAN October 24, 1851 through December 29, 1865