Elijah Hopkins
Our subject was born, October 25, 1837, on the farm he now occupies, in an humble log cabin, which was vacated when he was eighteen months old. He was reared and educated on the farm. In 1869 he went to Greenfield, Highland County, and ran a flouring mill; remained two years, then came back to the farm on which he has since resided. In March 1, 1850, he married Lucinda, daughter of John Gibson, who bore him six children: James Herbert, Lillie Florence, Harry Vernon, Emma Ethel, Hannah Leah, and Louis Frank, the latter departed this life at the age of twelve years.
He and wife are members of the German Baptist Church, at Fairview, and are exemplary Christians.
Politically, he is a Republican; has held the office of township trustee, and is at present a member of the township board of education: is Sabbath-school superintendent, and church deacon. He occupies a part of the Milton Heagler farm, and farms principally to grain.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County