Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Nelson Hooper 
Birth20 Jan 1820, North Carolina
Death7 Apr 1899, Johnson, Whitman Co., Washington
Burial Johnson Cemetery, Johnson, Washington
Spouses
Birth23 Dec 1823, Estill Co., Kentucky
Marriage20 Jan 1841, Edwardsport, Daviess Co., Indiana
ChildrenMiles T. (1847-1932)
Notes for William Nelson Hooper
William N. Hooper, a respected pioneer agriculturist of Whitman County and a man who alsways stood well wherever he resided during his lifetime, was born in North Carolina 20 jan 1820. When he was quite young his parents took him to Indiana, where he grew to man's estate, acquiring a good common-school education. When the time came for him to inaugurate independent action and to assume the burdens and responsibilities of life for himself, he chose farming as his occupation, and that continued to be his business throughout life.
In 1872 he came to the Willamette valley, Oregon, and in 1877 he came thence to Whitman county, eventually locating on a quarter section of government land two and a half miles southwest of the present town of Johnson. There he farmed continuously for the ensuing twelve years. He was a man of energy and good judgment, and these qualities, together with his extended experience in agriculture, made him one of the best and most successful of the agriculturists in his neighborhood. In 1889 he moved into Johnson, with intent to go into practical retirement, and he spent there the evening of his life in peace and plenty. On 7apr1899, he passed into the great hereafter. His remains were laid to rest in the Johnson cemetery.
On 20 jan 1841, in the state of Indiana, our subject married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Asbell, and a native of Kentucky. To their union ten children were born: John R., who became a member of Company B, Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and died during his term of enlistment; Miles T., married and residing in Johnson; Sarah E. (Mrs. L. W. Robertson), a resident of Portland, Oregon; W. H., a resident of Idaho; F. M., residing in the vicinity of Seattle; Mary Alice (Mres. W. A. Baker),, residing in Moscow, Idaho; C. M., Living in Pullman; Iva Jenett, who died in Oregon at the age of seventeen; Clare A. died in infancy; and Urana, who also died in infancy.
During his lifetime Mr. Hooper was an active member and for many years an elder in the Church of Christ, and his widow is also active in church work and in all forms of benevolences. She was the first postmistress of Johnson, retaining the postion for over three years. Quite recently she sold all her real estate except about four acres near town and two lots within the town limits.
From: “An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington”
In 1872 he came to the Willamette valley, Oregon, and in 1877 he came thence to Whitman county, eventually locating on a quarter section of government land two and a half miles southwest of the present town of Johnson. There he farmed continuously for the ensuing twelve years. He was a man of energy and good judgment, and these qualities, together with his extended experience in agriculture, made him one of the best and most successful of the agriculturists in his neighborhood. In 1889 he moved into Johnson, with intent to go into practical retirement, and he spent there the evening of his life in peace and plenty. On 7apr1899, he passed into the great hereafter. His remains were laid to rest in the Johnson cemetery.
On 20 jan 1841, in the state of Indiana, our subject married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Asbell, and a native of Kentucky. To their union ten children were born: John R., who became a member of Company B, Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and died during his term of enlistment; Miles T., married and residing in Johnson; Sarah E. (Mrs. L. W. Robertson), a resident of Portland, Oregon; W. H., a resident of Idaho; F. M., residing in the vicinity of Seattle; Mary Alice (Mres. W. A. Baker),, residing in Moscow, Idaho; C. M., Living in Pullman; Iva Jenett, who died in Oregon at the age of seventeen; Clare A. died in infancy; and Urana, who also died in infancy.
During his lifetime Mr. Hooper was an active member and for many years an elder in the Church of Christ, and his widow is also active in church work and in all forms of benevolences. She was the first postmistress of Johnson, retaining the postion for over three years. Quite recently she sold all her real estate except about four acres near town and two lots within the town limits.
From: “An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington”