Frankfort, Kansas, Index
Saturday, November 4, 1911


Samuel Mark Hopkins, son of Clark and
Phebe Hopkins, was born on September
23, 1829, near Centreville, New York.
He was a lineal descendant of Stephen
Hopkins, one of the pilgrims, who came
to America in the Mayflower in 1620.
On his mothers side he was descended
from the Morrills of the same time, and
inherited the sprit of faithfulness and
endurance that was inherent in the men
and women of those early days.

His parents were born in Vermont, but
emigrated to Western New York, when
that country was the wild west, and the
Indians were their neighbors. His
father passed away when he was quite
young, and his mother, with the sturdy
courage and honesty of the women of that
era,she raised ten children to be useful
members of society. With the death of
Samuel Mark Hopkins the family becomes
reunited on the other side.

He was always of a religious temperament
and joined the Methodist Episcopal church
at Rushford, New York with Reverend
Sheldon Baker as pastor. He attended
school at the Methodist College at Lima,
New York.

He taught his first school as a boy at
Bullockville, New York. In 1851 he
was granted an Exhorter’s License,
and in 1852was recommended to the
M.E. Conference. In 1855 he was
ordained Deacon in the Genessee
Conference, New York. In 1857 he was
ordained Elder.

He was married to Miss H. Kelley of
Pike, New York, she preceded him in
death on December 17, 1907.

To this union was born three children,
Jessie L, Wilbor Newton and Grace B.
Wilbur passed away at Frankfort, Kansas
at the age of 21. Grace B. died in
infancy at Clinton, Kansas, the oldest
child is the wife of Reverend C.K. Jones
and survives him.

He came to Kansas in 1869 and in 1870
He was transferred to the Kansas confer-
ence. He organized the first church,
held meetings in the Missouri Pacific
depot until the school house was built.

He passed away at his home in Frankfort
Kansas on November 3, 1911 after two
weeks of illness.