Emma Thurston Hooper

(1861-1899)

At a Glance

Married Alveron S. Hough. Their child Mary Caroline Hough (1895 - 1937) married Howard Grover Mann (1893-1975). Mary died in Knoxville TN and is buried in Rosemere Cemeter, Opelika.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Emma Thurston Hooper was born on October 31, 1861, in Crawford. She died on June 7, 1899, and was buried in Rosemere Cemetery, .

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), Elizabeth Fleming Hooper (1860-1884) 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).