Taken from the Dodge County Wisconsin Genealogy website - Biographical sketches from the book "History of Dodge County Wisconsin 1880":
Hopkins, A. B.
page 585-586
A. B. HOPKINS, dealer in lightning rods; was born in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, Sept. 11, 1830, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, locating at Mineral Point; he received his early education in Dundee, Yates Co.; was engaged, at this place, in the harness business and in buying and shipping stock; in 1854, he built four miles of the Mineral Point & Warren R. R., between Warren and Darlington, after which he engaged in the lightning-rod business; in 1856, he moved to Prairie du Sac, where, for eight years, he engaged in the lightning-rod and lumber business, and is also in the grain and stock business in connection with a general store, associated with S. S. Wilkinson under the firm name of Hopkins & Wilkinson; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam, and since that time he has been exclusively in the lightning-rod business; dealing in the old Franklyn solid standard rod; he also kept the Stevens House at Beaver Dam, and is engaged in farming in Beaver Dam Township, where he has two farms, one of 200 acres and one of 40 acres, adjoining the city limits. Mr. Hopkins was Constable and afterward Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County for four years; is School Commissioner of the First Ward, Beaver Dam. He married Aug. 28, 1853; has two children--Rose Ann and Emory Elmore.
Hopkins, A. B.
page 585-586
A. B. HOPKINS, dealer in lightning rods; was born in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, Sept. 11, 1830, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, locating at Mineral Point; he received his early education in Dundee, Yates Co.; was engaged, at this place, in the harness business and in buying and shipping stock; in 1854, he built four miles of the Mineral Point & Warren R. R., between Warren and Darlington, after which he engaged in the lightning-rod business; in 1856, he moved to Prairie du Sac, where, for eight years, he engaged in the lightning-rod and lumber business, and is also in the grain and stock business in connection with a general store, associated with S. S. Wilkinson under the firm name of Hopkins & Wilkinson; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam, and since that time he has been exclusively in the lightning-rod business; dealing in the old Franklyn solid standard rod; he also kept the Stevens House at Beaver Dam, and is engaged in farming in Beaver Dam Township, where he has two farms, one of 200 acres and one of 40 acres, adjoining the city limits. Mr. Hopkins was Constable and afterward Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County for four years; is School Commissioner of the First Ward, Beaver Dam. He married Aug. 28, 1853; has two children--Rose Ann and Emory Elmore.
Taken from the Dodge County Wisconsin Genealogy website - Biographical sketches from the book "History of Dodge County Wisconsin 1880":
Hopkins, A. B.
page 585-586
A. B. HOPKINS, dealer in lightning rods; was born in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, Sept. 11, 1830, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, locating at Mineral Point; he received his early education in Dundee, Yates Co.; was engaged, at this place, in the harness business and in buying and shipping stock; in 1854, he built four miles of the Mineral Point & Warren R. R., between Warren and Darlington, after which he engaged in the lightning-rod business; in 1856, he moved to Prairie du Sac, where, for eight years, he engaged in the lightning-rod and lumber business, and is also in the grain and stock business in connection with a general store, associated with S. S. Wilkinson under the firm name of Hopkins & Wilkinson; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam, and since that time he has been exclusively in the lightning-rod business; dealing in the old Franklyn solid standard rod; he also kept the Stevens House at Beaver Dam, and is engaged in farming in Beaver Dam Township, where he has two farms, one of 200 acres and one of 40 acres, adjoining the city limits. Mr. Hopkins was Constable and afterward Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County for four years; is School Commissioner of the First Ward, Beaver Dam. He married Aug. 28, 1853; has two children--Rose Ann and Emory Elmore.
Hopkins, A. B.
page 585-586
A. B. HOPKINS, dealer in lightning rods; was born in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, Sept. 11, 1830, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, locating at Mineral Point; he received his early education in Dundee, Yates Co.; was engaged, at this place, in the harness business and in buying and shipping stock; in 1854, he built four miles of the Mineral Point & Warren R. R., between Warren and Darlington, after which he engaged in the lightning-rod business; in 1856, he moved to Prairie du Sac, where, for eight years, he engaged in the lightning-rod and lumber business, and is also in the grain and stock business in connection with a general store, associated with S. S. Wilkinson under the firm name of Hopkins & Wilkinson; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam, and since that time he has been exclusively in the lightning-rod business; dealing in the old Franklyn solid standard rod; he also kept the Stevens House at Beaver Dam, and is engaged in farming in Beaver Dam Township, where he has two farms, one of 200 acres and one of 40 acres, adjoining the city limits. Mr. Hopkins was Constable and afterward Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County for four years; is School Commissioner of the First Ward, Beaver Dam. He married Aug. 28, 1853; has two children--Rose Ann and Emory Elmore.
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