Hopkins, Sumner



BORN IN: Maine
DIED: 1/5/1895
AGED: 65
DEATH LOCATION: Woodside

OCCUPATION: Farmer

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OBITUARY ---------------

SUMMER HOPKINS

Redwood City Democrat

Jan. 10, 1895

Summer Hopkins, for thirty years a resident of Woodside, died at his home in that place last Saturday after a brief illness. Deceased was a native of Maine, aged 64 years, 10 months and 29 days. He was well known throughout the county and highly respected in the community in which he resided so long. Rev. L.D. Rathbone conducted the funeral obsequies at the family residence on Monday last and the remains were followed to Union Cemetery by a large number of friends. Some years ago deceased met with a painful accident in which his skull was fractured, from which he sufTered more or less up to the time of his death.

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