Ron Hooper Photos
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I received this picture from Steve Adams
Left to right:
Mary Polly (Philips) Hooper, Larkin Washington Hooper (their son), and Clemmons S Hooper, Jr.
Picture was made about 1870


Picture of Richard Brooks Hooper (son of Obediah Sr.) grave site.
The grave is located in Banks County, Georgia a few miles from my home. The Obediah Hooper Sr. homeplace was located in the general area of the grave. This area of the county changed names 3 times, Franklin, Habersham and finally to Banks.
The old timers in Banks County remember the land across the road from the grave as being the Old Hooper Place. There was a Hooper covered bridge that crossed the Middle River but was burned by vandals many years ago. The bridge and old roadbed are shown on many of the old Banks County maps.
I have not been able to find Obediah's grave, but I am sure it is located nearby.
The DAR placed the tombstone on Richard's grave back in the 1930s.
The grave is currently in a cow pasture and unprotected. There are several other graves in the small cemetery, and many are not identified.
The cemetery is known as the Kesler Cemetery to the local county folks and is currently owned by the Whitfield family.
[Editorial Note: Some claim the Kesler Family Cemetery is nearby, but is located behind the Miller Family Cemetery, where this headstone is found. RBH's second wife, Adenia Mayson, first married James A Miller, so this seems reasonable.]


Absalom (1764-1845) Hooper's Fiddle.
It's not often we actually get to see something that belonged to
our earliest known ancestor. The fiddle was built for Absalom by a member of the Picklesimer family. I wonder how many tunes
Absalom played for his children and his wife, Sarah, on those cold winter nights in the mountains.
Owner of the fiddle wishes to remain anonymous.




Isaac Mack Hooper in his Confederate Uniform
~ Picture was made during the Civil War ~
Isaac Mack is the Son of Isaac Hooper and GrandSon of Absalom and Sarah Sailors Hooper
Left to Right:
James Carl Hooper (my father), Ron Hooper (me) and Jerry Taylor (Double Hooper Cousin living in Town County, GA)
Picture was taken at a Family Reunion June 20, 2001
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