Daughter of Isaac Doolittle and Mary Fay Gookin. Alice's obituary states she was born July 16; the gravestone is engraved July 18.
Alice married Theodore Hopkins on August 8, 1855 in Rochester, New York. Around 1860, the couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, where Theodore had accepted a position of principal of the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Rock Point, a private school for boys. Alice taught in school for girls there. They continued their work until 1881.
From her obituary in the Burlington Weekly Free Press, November 24, 1904: "Under a csomewhat(sic) quiet exterior, Mrs. Hopkins possessed a warm, earnest, steadfast heart, ever ready to be enlisted in the troubles and trials of others, giving herself unsparingly to alleviate distress."
St. Albans Daily Messenger:
Mrs. Hopkins is survived by one sister, Miss Mary Doolittle, a half brother, Col. Isaac Doolittle of Pleasantville, PA, two sons, the Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, rector of the Episphany church, Chicago, and Richard Austin Hopkins of Sodus Point,N.Y.; and one daughter, Miss Edith R. Hopkins of St. Barnabas house, New York
Alice married Theodore Hopkins on August 8, 1855 in Rochester, New York. Around 1860, the couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, where Theodore had accepted a position of principal of the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Rock Point, a private school for boys. Alice taught in school for girls there. They continued their work until 1881.
From her obituary in the Burlington Weekly Free Press, November 24, 1904: "Under a csomewhat(sic) quiet exterior, Mrs. Hopkins possessed a warm, earnest, steadfast heart, ever ready to be enlisted in the troubles and trials of others, giving herself unsparingly to alleviate distress."
St. Albans Daily Messenger:
Mrs. Hopkins is survived by one sister, Miss Mary Doolittle, a half brother, Col. Isaac Doolittle of Pleasantville, PA, two sons, the Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, rector of the Episphany church, Chicago, and Richard Austin Hopkins of Sodus Point,N.Y.; and one daughter, Miss Edith R. Hopkins of St. Barnabas house, New York
Daughter of Isaac Doolittle and Mary Fay Gookin. Alice's obituary states she was born July 16; the gravestone is engraved July 18.
Alice married Theodore Hopkins on August 8, 1855 in Rochester, New York. Around 1860, the couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, where Theodore had accepted a position of principal of the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Rock Point, a private school for boys. Alice taught in school for girls there. They continued their work until 1881.
From her obituary in the Burlington Weekly Free Press, November 24, 1904: "Under a csomewhat(sic) quiet exterior, Mrs. Hopkins possessed a warm, earnest, steadfast heart, ever ready to be enlisted in the troubles and trials of others, giving herself unsparingly to alleviate distress."
St. Albans Daily Messenger:
Mrs. Hopkins is survived by one sister, Miss Mary Doolittle, a half brother, Col. Isaac Doolittle of Pleasantville, PA, two sons, the Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, rector of the Episphany church, Chicago, and Richard Austin Hopkins of Sodus Point,N.Y.; and one daughter, Miss Edith R. Hopkins of St. Barnabas house, New York
Alice married Theodore Hopkins on August 8, 1855 in Rochester, New York. Around 1860, the couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, where Theodore had accepted a position of principal of the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Rock Point, a private school for boys. Alice taught in school for girls there. They continued their work until 1881.
From her obituary in the Burlington Weekly Free Press, November 24, 1904: "Under a csomewhat(sic) quiet exterior, Mrs. Hopkins possessed a warm, earnest, steadfast heart, ever ready to be enlisted in the troubles and trials of others, giving herself unsparingly to alleviate distress."
St. Albans Daily Messenger:
Mrs. Hopkins is survived by one sister, Miss Mary Doolittle, a half brother, Col. Isaac Doolittle of Pleasantville, PA, two sons, the Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, rector of the Episphany church, Chicago, and Richard Austin Hopkins of Sodus Point,N.Y.; and one daughter, Miss Edith R. Hopkins of St. Barnabas house, New York
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