West Virginia Pioneers
Virgil E Hopkins
1890 - 1912 (~ 21 years)-
Name Virgil E Hopkins Born Dec 1890 West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 11 Apr 1912 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Virgil HOPKINS, twenty-one years of age, was the victim of a fatal fight near his home on Thirteen Mile Creek near Mason County on Thursday evening last. Leonard and Samuel SIDERS, brothers, 21 and 15 years of age respectively, are in jail at Point Pleasant charged with the killing. The killing which occurred about dusk that evening was witnessed by Miss Ella WARNER and Miss Gertie WARNER, who were being accompanied to church by HOPKINS, when the SIDERS boys and the young HOPKINS had a fist fight in which the former was worsted.
It is said that the brothers each held an open knife when an altercation in which bad names were called and stones thrown started. HOPKINS was struck in the back by a rock and started toward the SIDERS boys, the girls running in the opposite direction. When they looked back HOPKINS was bent over backwards and it is thought he received the fatal blow while in this position. Immediately after this his assailants ran and HOPKINS sank to the ground, calling to the girls, who rushed to his side and asked if he was hurt. He answered yes, that he was stabbed in the side, and died within a very few minutes. Examination revealed only one wound. The knife entered the heart between the fifth and sixth rib.
The SIDERS boys went to their home where the younger boy was arrested the next morning by Deputy Sheriff SAYRE. It is said that on reaching home that evening that Sam SIDERS denied striking HOPKINS with the knife. The older boy made no statement about the affair but left the vicinity at once. He was apprehended later near Arlee and stated that he did not know HOPKINS had been killed. Both boys were given a hearing in Squire Eddington's court and remanded to jail.
An inquest was held over the body of HOPKINS by Dr. WAGONER, after which the remains were taken home and prepared for burial. The principals in the deplored affair were neighbors and members of respected families. They have always borne good reputations until the present time. This was the first killing of its kind to take place in Union District in many years. (Mountaineer, 19 April 1912)
Person ID I90032 WVPioneers Last Modified 28 Mar 2012
Father Benjamin B Hopkins, b. Aug 1866, Wood County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Lucretia C Dillon, b. Feb 1871, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 13 Feb 1890 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 2/13/1890 at bride's residence
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
B B Hopkins, 23, Wood, Hogg Jackson
L C Dillion, 19, Jackson, Hogg Jackson
1900 Ripley, Jackson, WV
Hopkins, Benjamin B 8/1866 m 10y WVWVWV
Lucretia C 2/1871 m 10y 2-2 children WV VAVA
Virgil E son 12/1890 WV
Harry C son 2/1892 WV
1910 Union, Mason, WV
Hopkins, Benjamin B 43 m1- 20y WVWVWV
Lucretia C 39 m1- 20y 2-2 children WV VAVA
Virgil E son 19
Harry C son 17
1920 Union, Putnam, WV
Hopkins, Benjamin B 53 WVWVWV
Lucretia 48 WV VA VA
Harry son 26 m WV WV WV
Lenna dil 21 m WV WV WV
Depha gd 2 2/12 WV WV WV
Ruth da 6/12 WV WV WV
Bailey, Earley nep 32 m WV WV WV
Vergie niece 26 m WV WV WV
Gerthel niece 5 WV WV WV
Family ID F23220 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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