1 Ronald Alvin Hoppes.

2 Death Certificate.

3 Alvin Elmor Hoppes.

4 Doris L. (Hoppes) Hueftle.

5 Kansas Death Certificate, Kansas Death Certificate number 38.

6 Kansas Death Certificate.

7 Newspaper Article, December 9, 1915 issue of the Alma Signal.

8 Richard Wells son of Bess Swenson Wells.

9 Laura Lee Young Hoppes.

10 Alvin Elmor Hoppes, eye Witness.

11 Dr. Harrison Hoppes, Harry's Corner (www.hoppesgenerations.com).

12 Dr. Harrison Hoppes, Harry's Corner (www.hoppesgenerations.com), Obituary.

13 Harrison N. Hoppes, Swiss Roots: A History Of The Happes Family To 1800 (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1985).

14 (U.S. Government).

15 1860 Census.

16 Ancestory.com, Ship manifest.

17 (Year: 1860; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1153; Page: 40; Image: 41.), Philadelphia, PA.

18 1870 Census, Illinois.

19 (Cashier George Freund at the Citizen's Bank at Cole Camp, Mo. The letter is about John Henry Hustler, when he had a tragic accident which took his life. The letter was dated Feb 11th, 1915. Great grandfather was living in Orange, California.)

20 1880 Census, Sedalia Missouri.

21 Indiana Regimental Histories.

22 1880 Census, Dwight, Morris, Kansas, U.S.A.

23 Notorized Certificate of Marriage (29 Jun 1910, Delaware Circuit Court, Indiana).

24 (U.S. Government), Pension Application for Martha Carmin Swain made in 1910.

25 Ancestory.com, World Tree.

26 Source Agnes Miller 1 August 1981 in letter to Gloria Young.

27 1880 Census.

28 Ancestory.com, From LDS data.

29 1880 Census, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, U.S.A.

30 Stacey Jefferson.

31 Ancestory.com, world tree.

32 History of Preble County Ohio, 1881, page 245.

33 Early Eaton, Ohio Newspapers 1825-1850, page 76:.

34 Ancestory.com, Entries: 13131 Contact: Kay Bradley texasfolks@ticnet.com.

35 1870 Census, State: Illinois County: MARION Locale: RACCOON PCT Series: M593 Roll: 253 Part: 1 Page: 86A 6/14/1870.

36 Matt Matthews and Kip Lindberg, Better Off In Hell (24 NORTH & SOUTH MAY 2002 • VOL. 5 • NUMBER 4).

37 Bonny McDaniel.

38 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r100/064-k-in.htm), http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r155/112-a-in.htm.

39 Evie Bresette, CGRS.

40 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r100/064-k-in.htm), http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r100/064-k-in.htm.

41 Harriet Stone D.A.R. National # 445..

42 Margaret R. Jenks, Granville, Washington County, New York, Cemetery Inscriptions (Copyright 1993, Revised March 1994, Privately Published.), p. 15, Bethany Cemetery, Truthville, North Granville, New York.

43 Lineage Book National Society, D.A. R. Vol III, page 25, Record of Connecticut men in the Revolutionary War., Page 173.

44 Margaret R. Jenks, Granville, Washington County, New York, Cemetery Inscriptions (Copyright 1993, Revised March 1994, Privately Published.)

45 Margaret R. Jenks, Granville, Washington County, New York, Cemetery Inscriptions (Copyright 1993, Revised March 1994, Privately Published.), p. 6.

46 Margaret R. Jenks, Granville, Washington County, New York, Cemetery Inscriptions (Copyright 1993, Revised March 1994, Privately Published.), p. 2.

47 L. Edwin Hoppes, Hoppes and Related Families, p. 245.

48 The Civil War Archive (http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnetr.htm).

49 L. Edwin Hoppes, Hoppes and Related Families, p. 258.

50 Lester C. Hoppes, History of the Hoppes Family and our Ancestry.

51 1920 U.S. census population schedule; digital images; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

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