Hopkins - Ellen Porter Largent
ELLEN PORTER LARGENT HOPKINS
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
Friday, Oct 21, 1927 Mrs. Ellen Hopkins, who has been critically ill with angina pectoris at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Huston for 3 weeks died early on Thursday morning. A short service will be conducted at the home at 9:30 on this Friday morning by Rev. F.J. Beisel. The body will then be taken to her old home at Troy for burial. - typed by kbz
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana Friday, Oct 28, 1927
Ellen M. Porter Hopkins was born in Spencer Co, near Troy, March 17, 1842 and died in Waveland at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Huston Oct 20, aged 85Y 7M 3D. She was the daughter of James and Eleanor Taylor Porter. She obtained such education as was possible in the schools at that time and began teaching at the age of 16. For her first school she received fifty cents a day. She was a charter member of the first teacher's institute in Indiana. She taught in the country schools of Spencer and Perry County and for 11 years in the Tell City schools. Her parents were both invalids for many years so she early became the sole support of a family of brothers and sisters. She joined the Methodist Church at Troy in 1859, retaining her membership there through life. She married Albert Largent in 1862. He soon enlisted in the Union army. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Atlanta, and after a stay in Andersonville Prison, died in the Confederate prison at Florence, SC. Their one child, Clara Largen Huston is dead. She married Richard H. Hopkins Oct 16, 1869. He died 27 years ago. She maintained the home at Troy for a number of years, but latterly has made her home with her daughter in Waveland. She is survived by 3 daughters: Mrs. Edmond H. Stradling, Prosser, Wash; Mrs. Etta Titus, Cherrycreek, Nev and by Mrs. T.E. Huston; and by one son, Richard Harvey Hopkins of Lake Geneva, Wis; by 19 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren and by a number of nephews and nieces who will hold "Aunt Ellen" in tender remembrance. There is one brother, Samuel H. Porter of McAllester, Okla; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Jeffers of Lamar. She also reared two stepsons, Dr. Ben Hatfield of Union and James Hopkins of Rockport, Indiana. She was a woman of unusual mental capacity which she retained up to within a few hours of her death. Her life covered an eventful period in the history of the country and she took a deep and intelligent interest in every event. She was a great reader of books and was a discerning and kindly critic. She had traveled over a large part of the West, but she always felt that Indiana and Indiana people were the bet there was. Since coming to Waveland she has made herself a part of the community and has made a large circle of friends. She was a member of the Waveland Department Club and took great interest in its work. She was always generous and considerate of others, seeing their good points and excusing their weaknesses. It was not her disposition to hark back to the "good old days." The present and its people, especially the young people were sufficient for her. And she died in the firm faith of a better hereafter. Funeral services at the home on Fri. morning were conducted by Rev. F.J. Beisel. The singing was by Mrs. Fred Rice and Misses Lenore Seybold, Elizabeth and Edna Isaacs with Mrs. George Slavens at the piano. The body was taken to Troy, where a short service at the Cemetery was conducted by Rev. Mr. Brinkhouse pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church with singing by the Church choir. --typed by kbz