Mary E. Hartley b. 9 Oct 1813 Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Aug 1896 Polk County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1813 - 1896 (82 years)

Name	Mary E. Hartley [1]
Born	9 Oct 1813	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3]
	John E. Hartley Bible is in light ink but appears to give her birth as 6 October 1813, while her stone at Hopkins Cemetery in Polk County gives the date as 9 October 1813.
Gender	Female
Census	1820	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [4]
	James Hartly [Hartley] household 2 males under 10 [James, Jr, abt 6; Willis, abt 2] 1 male 26-45 [James Hartley, Sr., abt 41] 2 females under 10 [Luvina, abt 9; Mary E., abt 7] 1 female 26-45 [Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley, abt 30] 1 female over 45 [??] 1 foreigner not naturalized [unidentified woman, over 45] 1 person engaged in agriculture 0 slaves
Residence	1831-1837	Bond County, Illinois, USA [5]
	The James Hartley family moved from Dickson County, Tennessee, to Bond County, Illinois, about 1831. In 1837, following the death of Elizabeth Hartley in 1835, James moved with his children to Polk County, Missouri.
Census	1840	Polk County, Missouri, USA [6]
	Solomon Hopkins household 1 male under 5 1 male 5-10 1 male 20-30 2 females under 5 1 female 20-30 [Mary E. (Hartley) Hopkins, abt 27]
Census	25 Sep 1850	Polk County, Missouri, USA [7]
	1. Hopkins, Solomon, 37, male, farmer, real estate value $800, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary, 37, female, Tennessee 3. _____, Elizabeth S., 14, female, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, James T., 13, male, Missouri, attending school 5. _____, Lucretia, 10, female, Missouri 6. _____, Thomas B., 9, male, Missouri 7. _____, Amanda, 7, female, Missouri 8. _____, Chana A., 5, female, Missouri 9. _____, Solomon, 4, male, Missouri 10. _____, Mary J., 2, female, Missouri 11. _____, John H., 6 months, Missouri
Census	3 Sep 1860	Fair Play, Madison township, Polk County, Missouri, USA [8]
	1. Hopkins, Mary, 47, female, real estate value $1000, personal $1000, Tennessee 2. _____, Solomon, 13, male, Missouri, attending school 3. _____, Mary J., 12, female, Missouri 4. _____, John, 9, male, Missouri, attending school 5. _____, Sarah, 7, female, Missouri, attending school
Census	16 Auust 1870	Bolivar, Madison township, Polk County, Missouri, USA [9]
	1. Hopkins, Mary, 47, female, real estate value $1000, personal $1000, Tennessee 2. _____, Solomon, 13, male, Missouri, attending school 3. _____, Mary J., 12, female, Missouri 4. _____, John, 9, male, Missouri, attending school 5. _____, Sarah, 7, female, Missouri, attending school
Missing Census	Mary has not been located in the 1880 census, although she did not die until 1896.
Died	8 Aug 1896	Polk County, Missouri, USA [1, 2]
Buried	Aft 8 Aug 1896	Hopkins Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri, USA [2]
Person ID	I1077	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	15 Sep 2011

Father	James Hartley, b. Abt 1779, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia , d. 16 Oct 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 76 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Walker, b. Abt 1790, d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
Married	Abt 1810	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [10, 11]
Family ID	F288	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Solomon Hopkins, b. 13 Mar 1813, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 20 Sep 1853, Polk County, Missouri, USA (Age 40 years)

Married Abt 1835 Illinois, USA [1, 13]

Possibly married in March 1835 in Bond County, Illinois. [12]
No record of their marriage has been found in the Illinois Marriage Index, but their eldest child was born in Illinois.

Children

	1. Elizabeth Susan Hopkins, b. 23 Apr 1836, Illinois, USA , d. 26 Mar 1918, Fair Play, Polk County, Missouri, USA (Age 81 years)
	2. James Franklin Hopkins, b. 9 Dec 1837, Polk County, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Sep 1891, Polk County, Missouri USA (Age 53 years)
	3. Lucretia Hopkins, b. 18 Jan 1840, Missouri, USA , d. 11 May 1905, Missouri, USA (Age 65 years)
	4. Thomas B. Hopkins, b. 15 May 1841, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Oct 1906, Missouri, USA (Age 65 years)
	5. Amanda Hopkins, b. 14 Feb 1842, Missouri, USA , d. 9 Aug 1882, Missouri, USA (Age 40 years)
	6. Chana Ann Hopkins, b. 8 Nov 1845, Polk County, Missouri, USA , d. 29 Sep 1858, Polk County, Missouri, USA (Age 12 years)
	7. Solomon Hartley Hopkins, b. 26 Mar 1846, Fair Play, Polk County, Missouri, USA , d. 8 Aug 1924, Campbell township, Polk County, Missouri, USA (Age 78 years)
	8. Mary Jane Hopkins, b. 30 Apr 1848, Polk County, Missouri, USA , d. 30 Jul 1941, Marionville, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA (Age 93 years)
	9. John H. Hopkins, b. 23 Oct 1849, Polk County, Missouri, USA , d. 18 Mar 1918, Madison Polk County, Missouri USA (Age 68 years)
	10. Sarah Hopkins, b. Abt 1853, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 10 Sep 2011

Family ID F461 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		Solomon Hopkins and wife Mary E. Hartley, 1840 Polk County, Missouri, census 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, [township not stated], p. 190 (stamped), line 27, Solomon Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0,014,857.
		Solomon Hopkins and wife Mary E. Hartley, 1850 Polk County, Missouri, census 1850 U.S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, [no township stated], p.. 83 (penned), p. 42 (stamped), dwelling 535, family 555, Solomon Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 411.
		Susan Elizabeth (Hopkins) Williams, death certificate, 1918, Polk County, Missouri Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 27 June 2011), for Susan E. Williams, certificate no. 10160, Polk County (1918).
		Mary E. (Hartley) Hopkins, widow of Solomon Hopkins, 1860 Polk County, Missouri, census 1860 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, Fair Play, Madison township, p. 228 (penned), dwelling 1618, family 1588, Mary Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 641
		Mary E. (Hartley) Hopkins, 1870 Polk County, Missouri, census 1870 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, Bolivar, Madison township, p. 19 (penned), p. 105 (stamped), dwelling 131, family 131, Mary Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 800.

Headstones

Mary E. (Hartley) Hopkins, cemetery stone, Hopkins Cemetery, Fair Play, Polk County, Missouri
"Hopkins Cemetery, Fair Play, Polk County, Missouri," database and digital images of headstones, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2011), entry for Mary Hopkins (1813-1896).

Notes

Online source indicates that they had a daughter named Mary Jane HOPKINS, who married David COLLINS in Howell Co MO - this would be most interesting. I do find the following in the 1900 Howell Co MO census:

#67-67, Siloaom Springs Twp COLLINS David, Aug 1849, 50, b MO Mary J., wife, Sept 1858, 41, MO Children listed in this census agree with the children listed on the online source.

David COLLINS was first married to a Nancy HOPKINS. This may be where the confusion has arisen. The subsequent Howell Co marriage is to a Mary J.A. COLLINS. Possibly the latter is Mary Jane HOPKINS, and she was first married to another COLLINS family member? However, usually the marriage records specify 'Mrs.' in that case, and also the birth year of the Mary Jane in the 1900 census, above, does not agree with other records of the birth year of Mary Jane HOPKINS ( 1848 Polk Co MO).

Other online sources indicate that MAry Jane HOPKINS married a Warham W. EASLEY in 1868 in Polk Co MO. I am more inclined to believe the latter, although it would seem likely that there is a connection between the COLLINS family of Howell Co MO and the HOPKINS family of Polk Co MO

Sources

[S143] Hartley - e-mail (Dianne Erwin, 1999), (Dianne Erwin to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 2 June 1999).
[S1501] "Hopkins Cemetery, Fair Play, Polk County, Missouri," database and digital images of headstones, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2011), entry for Mary Hopkins (1813-1896).
[S1390] John E. Hartley Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, translated out of The Original Greek. . . (stereotyped by E. White, New York [n.p.], [n.d.]), privately held by Debra Seaton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2000; digital copies from Hartley descendant Diana Erwin, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (2011). Family data from 1811-1876. In addition to entries on family data pages of the Bible it held several loose sheets of data written in different inks and hands. The earliest data includes the birthdates of children of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley.
[S1491] 1820 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 12 (stamped, lower right), line 7, James Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123. .
[S1360] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.
[S1498] 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, [township not stated], p. 190 (stamped), line 27, Solomon Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0,014,857.
[S1499] 1850 U.S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, [no township stated], p.. 83 (penned), p. 42 (stamped), dwelling 535, family 555, Solomon Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 411.
[S1515] 1860 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, Fair Play, Madison township, p. 228 (penned), dwelling 1618, family 1588, Mary Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 641.
[S1516] 1870 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, population schedule, Bolivar, Madison township, p. 19 (penned), p. 105 (stamped), dwelling 131, family 131, Mary Hopkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 800.
[S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.
[S2956] History of Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 739-740, for John E. Hartley, Stockton, Missouri.
[S150] WorldConnect - "The Dennys", James Denny, (Author email: jamesdenny@aol.com. Last updated: 25 Aug 2001. Copyright © 1998-2006, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Solomon Hopkins, born 13 March 1814, Wilson County, Tennessee (Reliability: 0), 10 Feb 2007.
[S149] Missouri, Cedar - Goodspeed's History, Goodspeed Publishing, (1889; reprint, Clinton, Missouri: The Printery, 1973.), MO 9.10 H52., pp.. 739-740 (Reliability: 3).
John E. Hartley, President of the Stockton Exchange Bank, of Stockton, Mo., was born in Dickson County, Tenn., on the 13th of February, 1821, his parents being James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley, who were born near Augusta, Ga., and in Tennessee in 1780 and 1790, and died in Cedar county, Mo., and Bond County, Ill. In 1835 and 1855, respectively. They were married in Dickson County, Tenn., whither James had gone when a young man, and in 1831 he emigrated to Bond County, Ill. And in 1837 to Polk (now Cedar) County, Mo., the farm which he owned being now in the possession of J. W. Bugg. He did all his trading at the town of Bolivar, and, like the majority of the pioneers, was compelled to suffer many privations and hardships, but by hard work and good management, conquered many difficulties and became well-to-do. The following are his children: Willis, residing on a portion of the old homestead; John E., Solomon, Richard, Thomas, Henry, and Mary, widow of Solomon Hopkins, deceased. Four children are deceased. John E. Hartley was ten years old when he left Tennessee, and sixteen when he came to Cedar County, Mo. He was reared on a farm, and made his home with his father until he was over twenty-one years of age, and received quite poor educational advantages, but made good use of his opportunities, and was an intelligent young man. From the time he was eighteen to thirty years of age he was afflicted with rheumatism. From 1845 to 1848 he served as deputy circuit and county clerk of Cedar County, and in 1848 was elected sheriff and ex-officio collector of Cedar County, and was re-elected in 1850 without opposition, but was debarred further re-election by the statutes. From 1852 to 1854 he was engaged in merchandising, and at the latter date was again elected to the position of sheriff and collector of the county. In 1855 he purchased another stock of goods, and with the assistance of his brother, Thomas, managed this in connection with the duties of his office. He hauled his goods from Boonville and Jefferson City, a distance of 140 miles, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1862, when his goods were taken by soldiers of the late war. Late in the fall of that year he went to Versailles, where he remained until the spring of 1865, then made the overland trip to Montana, and engaged in stock raising and trading in stock. In the fall of 1872 he returned to Cedar County and located at Stockton, and in the spring of the following year opened a store at that point, and also one at Caplinger's Mills, Richard Huston being manager of the latter establishment. In 1878 he was burned out at Stockton and closed out his store at Caplinger's Mills, but in June, 1881, engaged in the banking business in Stockton with a capital stock of $15,000, and the fall of the same year moved to the building he now occupies. Two years later he organized the Hartley Bank at Jerico, Cedar County, Mo., and in January, 1886, sold his stock and was the prime mover in the organization of the Mt. Vernon Bank, at Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Mo., but the same month and year disposed of his stock in the bank at Jerico. At the time of the organization of the bank at Stockton he was elected president, and M. B. Loy was chosen cashier. In October, 1887, Walter M. Hartley became cashier. Mr. Hartley is now the owner of 840 acres of land, at one time being the owner of about 1,500 acres, and all his property has been acquired by industry and sterling business principles. He has always been very liberal in supporting worthy enterprises, and aiding in the development of the county, and is one of the prominent men of the same. He has been a life-long Democrat, and James K. Polk received his first vote for the presidency. He became a member of the Masonic fraternity in 1850, and now belongs to the Stockton Lodge No. 283. May 9, 1850, was married to Miss Sarah J., a daughter of Jacob Sherrill, who came to Cedar County about 1840. Mrs. Hartley was born in Carroll County, Tenn., in 1834 and died in Montana Territory in 1871, having borne the following family of children: William L., assistant cashier in his father's bank; James H., a farmer; Jacob M., in Montana Territory; Minnie L., wife of C. B. Jones, of Montana Territory; Lurah Dean, wife of M. B. Loy, an attorney-at-law of Stockton, Mo.; Walter M., cashier of the Stockton exchange Bank; Jean, who is attending Baird college, at Clinton, Mo.; and Robert Lee, in Morrisville, College. In 1877 Mr. Hartley took for his second wife Mrs. Mary E. (Loy) Lesley, a daughter of Thomas Loy. They have one child, Leona. Mrs. Hartley is a member of the Christian Church.