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Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins 1913–1987 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Feb 1913

Birth Location: Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 20 Dec 1987

Death Location: Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA

Father: John Hopkins

Mother: Mary Gibson

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Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins was born in 1913 in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA, the child of John Otey Hopkins And Mary Ann Gibson. Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins passed away in 1987 in Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins was born in 1913 in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA, the child of John Otey Hopkins And Mary Ann Gibson.
  • Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins passed away in 1987 in Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA.

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Ernest Hopkins's Ancestors

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Ernest Hopkins
1913–1987
Birth Place: Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
Parents
John Otey Hopkins
1880–1969
Gainsboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Ann) Gibson
1880–1957
Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Marion (David) Hopkins
1858–1916
Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, United States of America
Nancy (Caroline) Brown
1862–1951
Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Isaac (Pinkney Pink) Gibson
1843–1925
Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Christana Rector
1848–1932
Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
Tobias Gibson
1808–1881
Elizabeth Haney
1809–1864
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Gibson
–1841
Patience _
1810–1860

Ernest Hopkins's Timeline

2 Records

1913
12 Feb 1913
Birth of Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
1987
20 Dec 1987
Age 74
Death of Ernest Dewey "Buster" Hopkins in Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA
Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1913
    Event Place: Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1987
    Event Place: Celina, Clay, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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