Ella Blount Faith Hopkins (ca. 1900-1951)

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On 25 March 1918, John Faith, 33, of Wilson, son of Henry and Nancy A. Faith, married Ella Blount, 22, of Wilson, daughter of Daniel and Susanna Blount, in Wilson township, Wilson County. Disciples minister J.W. Pitt performed the ceremony in the presence of Violar Blount, Lonny Hopkins, and Annie Morgan.

In the 1930 census of Beaver Dam township, Pitt County, North Carolina: farmer Kimp E. Hopkins, 50; wife Ella, 30; and children Jasper, 13, Rosa L., 11, Susie, 10, Ed and Fred, 8, Sylvester, 6, Earnest, 5, and Lee R., 1.

In the 1940 census of Beaver Dam township, Pitt County: widow Ella Hopkins, 39, farmer, and children Edd and Fred, 18, Rosa D., 21, Sudie Bell, 20, Silvester, 16, Ernest, 14, Leroy, 12, Willie Gray, 8, and James Earl, 6.

In the 1950 census of Beaver Dam township, Pitt County: farmer Ella Hopkins, 50; children Sylvester, 26, LeRoy, 21, and Willie Gray, 18; daughter-in-law Mildred, 18; and granddaughter Shirley Vernell, 10 months.

Ella Hopkins died 26 April 1951 in Greenville, Pitt County. Per her death certificate, she was born 15 October 1898 in Wilson County to Daniel Blount and Susan Barnes and was a widow. Robert Lee Anderson was informant.

Photo (cropped) courtesy of Ancestry.com user Kishka Hopkins.