George William Mallett Hooper

(1839-1883)

At a Glance

In 1860, age 20, George was an attorney in Crawford, Russell County, Alabama. The 1860 census states no real estate property, but $1,200 in personal property. By 1870, George and Charlotte have moved to Opelika and his real estate is valued at $8,000 with personal property valued at $3,000.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

George William Mallett Hooper was born on July 27, 1839, in La Grange, NC, USA. He died on July 31, 1883, and was buried in Opelika.

Occupations

• Attorney.

Relatives

• Parents: George De Berniere Hooper [1] and Caroline Eliza Mallett [1].
• Spouse: Charlotte Isabella Waddell  (1840-1903) [1].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, Charles Mallett Hooper (1866-1890) [1] and George Beatty Hooper (1875-1956) [1].
  • five daughters, Elizabeth Fleming Hooper (1860-1884) [1], Emma Thurston Hooper (1861-1899) [1], Charlotte Isabella Hooper (1863-1926) [1], Caroline Mallett Hooper (b. 1870) [1] and Juliet De Berniere Hooper (1874-1903) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).