William Hopper Chilton Times May 3, 1884
A telegram was received in our city on Saturday from Prentice, Wis., stating that Wm. Hopper, of Eaton, Manitowoc County was drowned. On Sunday the body was brought down and the funeral took place from St. Augustine church in this city on Monday. A reporter of the Times interviewed John McCormick, the young man who brought the body down and learned the following:
On Friday morning Hopper in company with about sixty men started out to drive logs on Hay Creek a tributary to the Chippewa River, about six miles from Prentice. At 9 o'clock a.m. the men all went to lunch, and Hopper was missed, but no notice was taken of this, as it was thought he was in the rear of the drive. When the men quit work for the day he was asked for, but no one had seen him. A search was instigated and his hat was discovered. On Saturday morning grappling hooks were made and the creek dragged. His body was discovered about eight feet from shore, in twelve feet of water.
The foremen of the camp H. McDonald and Wm Monaghan, assisted by McCormick, the young man who brought the body down, and three others, made a stretcher and conveyed the body to Prentice, which was a tedious job, as they had to cut a road through the brush in a number of places.
A telegram was sent to this city, but no answer being received McCormick started with the body. When near Stevens Point the conductor handed McCormick a telegram notifying him to bring the body to Chilton. He got to Menasha on Saturday evening and next day drove to the residence of Thos. Hopper, a brother of the deceased, in the town of Chilton. Mr. Hopper was much shocked, as it was the first knowledge he had received of his brother's sad fate. On Sunday the body was conveyed to the residence of John Hopper of Eaton, father of the young man, from which place the funeral started.
Mr. Hopper was aged 23 years, 2 months and 16 days, and was a young man highly respected by all who knew him. The bereft relatives and friends have the sympathy of The Times in this, their sad hour of affliction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOPPER, WILLIAM
A young man named William Hopper, aged 23, son of John Hopper of Eaton was drowned lately while driving logs on a branch of the Chippewa.
Manitowoc Pilot, May 8, 1884 p.3
A telegram was received in our city on Saturday from Prentice, Wis., stating that Wm. Hopper, of Eaton, Manitowoc County was drowned. On Sunday the body was brought down and the funeral took place from St. Augustine church in this city on Monday. A reporter of the Times interviewed John McCormick, the young man who brought the body down and learned the following:
On Friday morning Hopper in company with about sixty men started out to drive logs on Hay Creek a tributary to the Chippewa River, about six miles from Prentice. At 9 o'clock a.m. the men all went to lunch, and Hopper was missed, but no notice was taken of this, as it was thought he was in the rear of the drive. When the men quit work for the day he was asked for, but no one had seen him. A search was instigated and his hat was discovered. On Saturday morning grappling hooks were made and the creek dragged. His body was discovered about eight feet from shore, in twelve feet of water.
The foremen of the camp H. McDonald and Wm Monaghan, assisted by McCormick, the young man who brought the body down, and three others, made a stretcher and conveyed the body to Prentice, which was a tedious job, as they had to cut a road through the brush in a number of places.
A telegram was sent to this city, but no answer being received McCormick started with the body. When near Stevens Point the conductor handed McCormick a telegram notifying him to bring the body to Chilton. He got to Menasha on Saturday evening and next day drove to the residence of Thos. Hopper, a brother of the deceased, in the town of Chilton. Mr. Hopper was much shocked, as it was the first knowledge he had received of his brother's sad fate. On Sunday the body was conveyed to the residence of John Hopper of Eaton, father of the young man, from which place the funeral started.
Mr. Hopper was aged 23 years, 2 months and 16 days, and was a young man highly respected by all who knew him. The bereft relatives and friends have the sympathy of The Times in this, their sad hour of affliction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOPPER, WILLIAM
A young man named William Hopper, aged 23, son of John Hopper of Eaton was drowned lately while driving logs on a branch of the Chippewa.
Manitowoc Pilot, May 8, 1884 p.3
William Hopper Chilton Times May 3, 1884
A telegram was received in our city on Saturday from Prentice, Wis., stating that Wm. Hopper, of Eaton, Manitowoc County was drowned. On Sunday the body was brought down and the funeral took place from St. Augustine church in this city on Monday. A reporter of the Times interviewed John McCormick, the young man who brought the body down and learned the following:
On Friday morning Hopper in company with about sixty men started out to drive logs on Hay Creek a tributary to the Chippewa River, about six miles from Prentice. At 9 o'clock a.m. the men all went to lunch, and Hopper was missed, but no notice was taken of this, as it was thought he was in the rear of the drive. When the men quit work for the day he was asked for, but no one had seen him. A search was instigated and his hat was discovered. On Saturday morning grappling hooks were made and the creek dragged. His body was discovered about eight feet from shore, in twelve feet of water.
The foremen of the camp H. McDonald and Wm Monaghan, assisted by McCormick, the young man who brought the body down, and three others, made a stretcher and conveyed the body to Prentice, which was a tedious job, as they had to cut a road through the brush in a number of places.
A telegram was sent to this city, but no answer being received McCormick started with the body. When near Stevens Point the conductor handed McCormick a telegram notifying him to bring the body to Chilton. He got to Menasha on Saturday evening and next day drove to the residence of Thos. Hopper, a brother of the deceased, in the town of Chilton. Mr. Hopper was much shocked, as it was the first knowledge he had received of his brother's sad fate. On Sunday the body was conveyed to the residence of John Hopper of Eaton, father of the young man, from which place the funeral started.
Mr. Hopper was aged 23 years, 2 months and 16 days, and was a young man highly respected by all who knew him. The bereft relatives and friends have the sympathy of The Times in this, their sad hour of affliction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOPPER, WILLIAM
A young man named William Hopper, aged 23, son of John Hopper of Eaton was drowned lately while driving logs on a branch of the Chippewa.
Manitowoc Pilot, May 8, 1884 p.3
A telegram was received in our city on Saturday from Prentice, Wis., stating that Wm. Hopper, of Eaton, Manitowoc County was drowned. On Sunday the body was brought down and the funeral took place from St. Augustine church in this city on Monday. A reporter of the Times interviewed John McCormick, the young man who brought the body down and learned the following:
On Friday morning Hopper in company with about sixty men started out to drive logs on Hay Creek a tributary to the Chippewa River, about six miles from Prentice. At 9 o'clock a.m. the men all went to lunch, and Hopper was missed, but no notice was taken of this, as it was thought he was in the rear of the drive. When the men quit work for the day he was asked for, but no one had seen him. A search was instigated and his hat was discovered. On Saturday morning grappling hooks were made and the creek dragged. His body was discovered about eight feet from shore, in twelve feet of water.
The foremen of the camp H. McDonald and Wm Monaghan, assisted by McCormick, the young man who brought the body down, and three others, made a stretcher and conveyed the body to Prentice, which was a tedious job, as they had to cut a road through the brush in a number of places.
A telegram was sent to this city, but no answer being received McCormick started with the body. When near Stevens Point the conductor handed McCormick a telegram notifying him to bring the body to Chilton. He got to Menasha on Saturday evening and next day drove to the residence of Thos. Hopper, a brother of the deceased, in the town of Chilton. Mr. Hopper was much shocked, as it was the first knowledge he had received of his brother's sad fate. On Sunday the body was conveyed to the residence of John Hopper of Eaton, father of the young man, from which place the funeral started.
Mr. Hopper was aged 23 years, 2 months and 16 days, and was a young man highly respected by all who knew him. The bereft relatives and friends have the sympathy of The Times in this, their sad hour of affliction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOPPER, WILLIAM
A young man named William Hopper, aged 23, son of John Hopper of Eaton was drowned lately while driving logs on a branch of the Chippewa.
Manitowoc Pilot, May 8, 1884 p.3
Inscription
son of J & M
Gravesite Details
Died: Aged: 23 yrs., 2 mos., 16 days
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
