Gillum Monroe Hopper was born in Warren County, TN on the 26th of
November 1827, and he is a son of Absolom C. Hopper and Ollie B (Moore)
Hopper.  Absolom Hopper died in 1851 and upon his death Gillum M. Hopper
inherited from him a farm of fifty acres.
    In 1872 Gillum Hopper decided to try his fortunes in Missouri and went
to Clarkton, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres
and where he also built a mill and a gin, continuing to operate the same
until 1881, at which time he moved to Malden.  In the latter place he
conducted a gin for the ensuing 18 years during which time a great deal of
cotton raised in this section of the state passed through his hands.  In
1889 Mr. Hopper's mill and gin at Malden were destroyed by fire and from
that time he lived in virtual retirement on a farm located two miles south
of Malden until 1906 and since then he has lived with his daughter, Mrs.
Samuel DuVal Dunscomb.
    In his political affiliations Mr. Hopper is aligned as a staunch
supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party.  In
fraternal channels  he is connected with the local lodge of the Independent
Order of Oddfellows.  In this religious faith he is a devout member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South in Malden and in the same is an active and
zealous worker.
    Mr. Hopper and his first wife Elizabeth Jane Daniels were the parents of
five daughters and one son which included William Clark Hopper, Mary
Elizabeth Hopper Dunscomb, Ollie B. Hopper Vinson and Julia Ann Hopper Peck.
Two daughters died in infancy.

Gillum Monroe Hopper died on August 15, 1912 and both he and Elizabeth as
well as several of their children are buried in the Park Cemetery in Malden,
Dunklin County, MO.
 

Note:  Mary Elizabeth Hopper Dunscomb was my great-grandmother.  My
grandmother, Lillie B Dunscombe married William Reuben Anderson in 1905,  My
father, George Henry Anderson, was born in 1908.  I was born in Malden in
1937

Gillum and Elizabeth Hopper were two of the five founders of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South in Malden in 1885.

Honus, I do hope  you will be able to use the pictures I sent to you last
fall.  Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Information furnished by Judy Anderson Hamby, Lenoir, North Carolina via the
Missouri Bootheel.     email to:  dhamby@twave.net

 James T. Hopper was my g-g-grandfather through his last child Grant
Hopper.  I would be very interested in sharing what information I have
but was not sure which Gillum descendents you were interested in.
        James T. died in Shelby Co.  I was raised on his farm.  It stayed in
the family almost 150 years.  My mother sold it about 2 years ago.
        Also the Hopper Cemetery has been surveyed and I plan to get a copy.
Would you like it to post on the web page.  Let me know what I can do to
help and what information you would like about my family.
Thanks, Linda Hopper Echternacht.  email to:  jechtern@marktwain.net