Sarah "Annie"
(White) Hopwood
(1858-1932)
Sarah
"Annie" (White) Hopwood was born on April 19, 1858 in Fayette County,
PA, the daughter of
Perry G. and Mariah (Minerd) White.
In 1877, at age 19, Annie married Joseph M. Hopwood (1854-1929). They had two daughters, Bessie LeClair and Della Guyton.
Joseph was a farmer who spent virtually his entire life in Hopwood. He was a farmer, and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Known as "Aunt Annie," she was a lifelong and "well-beloved resident" of Hopwood. She was a member of the Hopwood Methodist Protestant Church. Their home on one-half acre of ground was on the north border of the National Highway (today U.S. Route 40).
When the federal census was taken in 1900, Annie and Joseph were living in Hopwood along with their daughter Bessie and Joseph's unmarried sister, 49-year-old Louisa Hopwood. Joseph was listed as a farmer.
The 1910 census shows their home along the National Road (Main Street) in Hopwood, with the Hopwoods owning their own farm. Joseph's 59-year-old unmarried sister Louisa continued to reside with them. By 1920, Joseph was laboring as a teamster in addition to his farming.
In the 1920s or early '30s, grand-nephew Holbert White (son of Arthur Earskin White and grandson of George H. White) would come for visits. Annie and the boy's other aunt, Mollie Daugherty, showed him Civil War memorabilia and took him around town to meet other relatives still living there.
Married daughter Della was one of their next-door neighbors.
On May 12, 1924, Joseph and Annie sold their home to William McKnight. He may have been related to Annie's aunts Barbara (Minerd) McKnight or Mahala (Minerd) McKnight, or not at all.
Joseph died on Jan. 27, 1929 at age 75.
As a widow, Annie continued to live in what is known as "Hopwood Patch," according to the 1930 census-taker. She outlived her husband by three years.
Annie died in 1932 at the age of 74. Her funeral arrangements were handled by the Minerd Funeral Home of Uniontown. (The funeral home was owned by Edward E. Minerd, son of Annie's first cousin, Rev. David E. Minerd.)
Joseph and Annie are buried together under a large marker at Hopwood Cemetery.
The Hopwoods are mentioned in the 1912 book by John W. Jordan and James Hadden, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette and Greene Counties.
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