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William H. Hooper

Birth Date: August 22, 1831

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Enlistment Date: September 16, 1862 at Brooklyn, NY to serve 3 years (27 years of age)

Mustered In: September 17, 1862 as Private

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Company: D

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Subsequent Service: Transferred - September 30, 1863 to Veteran Reserve Corps.

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Father's Name: William H. Hooper

Mother's Maiden Name Sarah Phillips Hooper

  • According to family oral history, Sarah was involved in the underground railroad.
  • Her son, Private William H. Hooper, had among his effects a receipt from the purchase of a slave.

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    Children:
    Charles T. Hooper.
    Wife - Julia Williams was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    Children:
    William Hooper, Jr. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on August 29, 1857.
    Aunt - Hannah Phillips Van Benthuysen
    Uncles:
    John Hooper.
    Charles Hooper


  • We wish to thank Private William H. Hooper's descendant,
    Jill Birdsall for much of the information provided on this page

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