Elizabeth Fleming Hooper

(1860-1884)

At a Glance

Nickname “Bessie” this child was listed as age 2/12 in the 1860 census

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Elizabeth Fleming Hooper was born on April 22, 1860, in Crawford. She died on June 14, 1884.

Relatives

• Parents: George William Mallett Hooper (1839-1883) [1] and Charlotte Isabella Waddell (1840-1903)  [1].
• Paternal grandparents: George De Berniere Hooper and Caroline Eliza Mallett.
• Maternal grandparents: Haynes Waddell (1826-1875) and Mary Hooper Fleming (1807-1891).
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, Charles Mallett Hooper (1866-1890) and George Beatty Hooper (1875-1956).
  • four sisters, Caroline Mallett Hooper (b. 1870), Charlotte Isabella Hooper (1863-1926), Emma Thurston Hooper (1861-1899) and Juliet De Berniere Hooper (1874-1903).
• Uncle: De Berniere Waddell (1838-1924).

References

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