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Surnames in this Bible: Abernathy, Acker, Daniel, Farrar, Hopper, Horsley, Ingram, Lambert, Lumsden, Martin, Reid, Strawn, Tallent, Wilkie.

The HOPPER family Bible is transcribed here from a typed transcript as recorded on microfilm in the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

CHILDREN & WIFES OF
J. T. and MARY HORSLEY HOPPER
(handwritten are dates of 1861-1936 by the name of Mary HORSLEY and 1855-1941 by the name of J. T. HOPPER.)

John - died at the age of 21 - single.
(handwritten date 1878-1913 next to this entry)

Will - married
1. Phella STRAWN

Their Children:

(Ruby
(Hoyt

2. Jessie STRAWN - no children.

Susie - married J. L. ABERNATHY

Their Children:

(Elbert (deceased)
(Lester (deceased)
(Odena
(Austin
(Doyle
(Thelma
(Donald
(Cleo
(Sybil
(J. L. Jr.

O.L. - married Nodie REID

Their Children:

(E. REID
(Annie PEARL

Pearl - died at the age of 3.

M.C. - married Lillie INGRAM

Their Children:

(J.T. II
(Lydia
(Roland

A.E. - married Mae FARRAR

Their Children:

(Edna
(Lola
(Edith
(Alline

H.E. - married 1. Mollie MARTIN

Their Children:

(H.E. JR.
(divorced)

2. Ruby CHELEY

Their Children:

(Bobby
(Calwell
(Linda Kay

Leona - died at the age of 16.

C.W. - married Gladys ABERNATHY

Their Children:

(Willie Jo
(died 1945)

(James
(Billy

John J. LAMBERT married Mary Elizabeth LUMSDEN
Their Children:
Ophelia C. Q. LAMBERT - married Willis D. REID - both dead.
Their Children:
J. Emanuel REID - married Mattie Lou DANIEL - children - Sarah
Elizabeth & a girl born dead.

Onie LAMBERT - married J. Lewis ACKER - dead.
Their Children:
Belle - (dead)
Orvin
Lila - (dead)
Roy
Walter - (dead)
Liller
Harvey
Vera
Marvin
Mamar Ujena - died in infancy.

My brother E. Reid HOPPER married B. Evelyn TALLENT - have one son
John L. - They now live in Huntsville, Ala., where Reid works as an
engineer for Redstone Arsenal.

If I can be of any further help, please ask.

Sincerely,

Annie P WILKIE

P. S. All of these families came to Cherokee Co. from Carol Co. Ga.
HOPPER, LUMSDEN, REID, LAMBERT.

Footnotes: This family Bible is extracted from the microfilm in the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The LDS Church has photographed, transcribed and placed on microfilm many Bibles of early Cherokee County, Alabama families. These Bibles contain a tremendous amount of rich genealogy data which will be helpful to researchers who are searching for ancestors in the area of Cherokee County, Alabama.

The following census records for this family were easy to locate quickly using the Census Records at Ancestry.com

1880 United States Federal Census Records show:

Township 10, Cherokee, Alabama, Page 367C
Joseph LAMBURT, age 49, born GA, farmer, parents born GA.
Jane LAMBURT, wife, age 46, born SC, parents born SC.
Martha LAMBURT, dau, age 19, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.
George LAMBURT, siser, age 15, born GA, father born GA, mother born
SC.
Henry LAMBURT, son, age 13, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.
Ida LAMBURT, dau, age 11, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.
Ephram LAMBURT, dau, age 8, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.
Charles LAMBURT, son, age 7, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.
Rilla LAMBURT, dau, age 5, born GA, father born GA, mother born SC.

District 729, Carroll County, GA, Page 55A
Jas. T. HOPPER, head, age 24, farmer, parents born GA.
Mary F. HOPPER, wife, age 19, born GA, parents born GA.
John T. HOPPER, son, age 2M, born GA, parents born GA.