Charles Mallett Hooper

(1866-1890)

At a Glance

Mallett became a civil engineer at the age of 17, and followed that business for five years, then engaged in brokerage and loan business in Opelika. He moved to Haynesville, then to Decatur in 1887. His date of birth has also been given as 1861 and 1865.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Charles Mallett Hooper was born on May 6, 1866, in Crawford. He died on July 10, 1890, 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:
  • one brother, George Beatty Hooper (1875-1956).
  • five sisters, Caroline Mallett Hooper (b. 1870), Elizabeth Fleming Hooper (1860-1884), Emma Thurston Hooper (1861-1899), Charlotte Isabella Hooper (1863-1926) 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).