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ARTHUR J. HOPPER, farmer, post office Lawrence, Washington county, was born in Lancaster county in 1816, a descendant of one of the oldest families of South Fayette township. Samuel Hopper, a native of Ireland, immigrated in an early day to America, and located for a few years in Lancaster county, Pa., where in 1811 he married Elizabeth Barkley. Soon after he bought a small tract of land in this county. The land was all woods at that time, but in a short time he had his land under cultivation. He was very successful in all his undertakings, and increased his wealth rapidly. He resided on this farm until his death, in 1876. His family consisted of six sons and three daughters. Robert Hopper, his eldest son, was born in 1812, and married Abigail, daughter of Peter Hickman, of South Fayette township. Fourteen children were born to this union, nine of whom are now living. He was a successful farmer, and at his death, in 1880, owned 450 acres of land. His eldest son, Samuel, married Margaret, daughter of Robert Fife of Upper St. Clair, this county, and he had one child, Mamie. He resides on his farm, two miles west of Noblestown, Pa., and is in the milk business. John, his second son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles S. Van Kirk, of Washington county, Pa. He owns and resides on the old homestead, and is a successful farmer. Goodman C., the third son, married Ida McCune, of Oakdale, Pa.; he is a farmer, and resides on his farm, three miles west of Bridgeville, Pa. William P., the fourth son, married Annie, daughter of Joseph Caldwell, of Washington county, Pa.; he is a farmer. Daniel W., fifth son, married Maggie, daughter of Alexander Campbell; he resides on his farm, near Federal, this county. Nancy married Johnston A., son of John Fife, of Upper St. Clair, this county; is in the dairy business, and resides on his farm, two miles north of Oakdale. Sarah married William H., son of William Young, of Washington county, Pa.; he is a carpenter, and resides on a small farm near Boyce’s Station, on the C. V. R. R. Maggie J. married Samuel A., son of Lysander Foster, of Bridgeville, Pa.; he keeps a good general store in Bridgeville. Minnie L. Hopper is single, and resides with her sister, Mrs. Foster. Andrew, the second son of Samuel Hopper, married Sarah Anne, daughter of James McKown, and several children were born to them, of whom but one is now living; he was a farmer. Samuel, the third son, married Margaret Smith; his descendants were two sons and one daughter. Arthur J., the fourth son, and the subject proper of this sketch, is a retired farmer, and resides on his farm in Washington county, Pa. He was married, in 1841, to Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Middlesworth, one of the original pioneers of South Fayette township. Five children were born to this union, two of whom are now living. Samuel N. is an intelligent farmer, married to Jennie, daughter of Joseph Caldwell, of Peters township, and by her had four children, of whom three are living; he resides on his father’s farm, near Hill’s Station, C. V. R. R. Viola Jane married James, son of Benjamin Hickman, and three children were born to them; he resides on his farm in Washington county. John Hopper, fifth son of Samuel, married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Morgan, an old pioneer of South Fayette township, and six sons and one daughter were born to them. Morgan S., the eldest son, married Etta J. Shane, and by her had three children, two now living; he resides on one of his father’s farms, the old homestead of his grandfathers. Annie married William McHenry, and two children were born to them; they reside in West Newton; he is in the agricultural business. Westley, James, Harry and Billingsley are single, and live with their father on his farm, near Bridgeville. James, the sixth son of Samuel, was killed by the kick of a horse. Nancy, first daughter, married Alexander Fitzpatrick, and five children were born to them, three of whom are now living; she was a farmer’s wife, and resided on his farm in Jefferson county, Ohio. Elizabeth, second daughter, married Thomas Campbell, a farmer, and they have one child, Samuel John, residing with his mother on their farm, in South Fayette township. Mary Anne, third daughter, married James, son of Robert Wallace, and five children were born to them: Samuel, James, Arthur, Lizzie and Jennie. Jennie is living in a house which she owns in the village of Oakdale. This generation are all members of the Presbyterian Church, and are republicans.