Descendants of William Harrison Jopes

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM HARRISON3 JOPES (SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born February 01, 1835 in Gallatin, TN, and died

April 09, 1907 in Greenfield, MO. He married CATHARINE ELIZABETH BOWLES September 11, 1855 in

Greenfield, MO, daughter of SAMUEL BOWLES and ELIZABETH JANES. She was born February 02, 1835 in

Murfreesboro, TN, and died June 21, 1922 in Greenfield, MO.

Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON JOPES:

Moved from Gallatin, TN in 1839 at age four to Springfield and in 1853 moved to Greenfield MO. He moved his

family back to Springfield for two years during the Civil War. He joined the Missouri State Guard there and

served in the medical corp as a surgeon, a "trade" he had learned from his father-in-law Dr. Sam Bowles. He was

captured at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August

10, 1861. The Union forces kept him locked up at night so he wouldn't escape and then had him attend to their

sick and wounded during the day.

He returned to Greenfield and practiced medicine and owned a drug store.

It has been reported that he made up a special perscription that he dispursed to his close friends after 5 P.M. and

on fishing trips.

From the Greene County Atlas we obtain the following sketch of life of Wm. B. Farmer: "Judge Farmer has had

an honorable career as a citizen of Greene county:

For two or three years, however, he was a silent partner in a drug store with Wm. H. Jopes, but the business was

terminated on the breaking out of the war of the rebellion. (I believe this store was in Greenfield, WHJ III)

Children of WILLIAM JOPES and CATHARINE BOWLES are:

i. LAURA ELIZABETH4 JOPES, b. July 08, 1856, Greenfield, MO; d. July 06, 1886, Butte County, CA.

Notes for LAURA ELIZABETH JOPES:

Chico Enterprise Record

July 9 1886

At the residence of Washinton Broyles, near Cana, July 6, Miss Laura E. Jopes. She was the daughter of

Doctor W.H. and K.E. Jopes, of Greenfield, Dade county Missouri. Was born July, 1856 and was at the time

of her death nearly thirty years old. She left her home in Missouri April 7th, to visit her relatives in

California, and was taken sick some two months ago at the residence of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

Broyles, where she died. She embraced Christ as her Saviour, and united with the M.E. Church in her native

town at the age of fourteen years, in which connection she lived as a faithful Christian girl to the day of her

death. Her mother was with her at the last moments, and the loving father, two sisters and a brother are to

learn the sad news in Missouri. The funeral ceremonies were conducted by Rev. J.E. Barnes, pastor of the

First Baptist Church in Chico, yesterday, at the place of her death, and a large number of sympathizing

friends, together with the relatives, followed the remains to the cemetery near by. And laid them away to await

the resurrection trumpet sound.

Note: Cana is 19 miles north of Chico just south of the Tehama Co. line. Laura's uncle, Washington Broyles

raised cattle and farmed there on several hundred acres. Laura was buried on the home property and was the

first one to be buried there which is now known as Pine Creek Cemetery on Broyles Rd.

The inscription on her tombstone says:

S. Credio

The Memory

Laura E.

Daughter of W.H. and K.E. Jopes

July 8 1856

July 6,1886

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ii. KATIE ALMENA JOPES, b. August 27, 1858; d. August 13, 1860, Springfield, MO.

2. iii. CLARA BELL JOPES, b. November 18, 1860, Springfield, MO; d. October 13, 1953, Aurora, MO.

iv. HATTIE FRANCIS JOPES, b. January 31, 1864; d. December 24, 1933, Greenfield, MO.

Notes for HATTIE FRANCIS JOPES:

Hattie was a spinster school teacher who was born and died in Greenfield.

She lived with her mother.

3. v. SAMUEL WILLIAM JOPES, b. August 14, 1868, Greenfield, MO; d. March 03, 1942, Winters, CA.

Generation No. 2

2. CLARA BELL4 JOPES (WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born November 18, 1860 in

Springfield, MO, and died October 13, 1953 in Aurora, MO. She married TOM MILLER Unknown in Greenfield,

MO. He was born Unknown in Greenfield, MO, and died Unknown in Greenfield, MO.

Notes for TOM MILLER:

Tom Miller was a successful business man in Southwestern MO who owned and operated several lumber yards.

He built his own railroad from Greenfield to Mt Vernon, MO and it tied into the Frisco Line there. He had two

engines, the CLARA BELL and the HATTIE J. He bought them in the l880's from the Baldwin Locomotive

Works in Philadelphia for about 6,000 dollars apiece.

A picture of the HATTIE J in its origonal frame hangs in Dan Jopes garage today (1996). My grandfather, Sam,

was the manager of the Greenfield lumber yard for his brother-in-law, Tom Miller, until he moved to CA in l920.

Child of CLARA JOPES and TOM MILLER is:

4. i. LOIS5 MILLER, b. Unknown, Greenfield, MO; d. Unknown, ?.

3. SAMUEL WILLIAM4 JOPES (WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born August 14, 1868 in

Greenfield, MO, and died March 03, 1942 in Winters, CA. He married (1) NELLIE E. FISHWICK June 30, 1897 in

4562 Cook Ave, St. Louis MO, daughter of FREDERICK VON EBERSBERG and MINA LINDEMAN. She was born

September 23, 1870 in St. Louis, MO, and died 1918 in Greenfield, MO. He married (2) JESSIE RIPPY 1922 in

Winters, CA. She was born 1872 in Vacaville, CA, and died 1946 in Winters, CA.

Notes for SAMUEL WILLIAM JOPES:

Born and raised in Greenfield, the son of a doctor and drug store owner.

Was an avid fisherman and hunter in the Ozarks. Graduated from Kemper Military School in the 1890's.

Managed a lumber yard for his brother-in-law, Tom Miller. Was a past master of the Greenfield Masonic Lodge.

Came to California to start a new life after his wife died.

Children of SAMUEL JOPES and NELLIE FISHWICK are:

5. i. WILLIAM HARRISON5 JOPES II, b. June 26, 1898, Greenfield, MO; d. January 1959, Fresno, CA.

6. ii. DAVID LAWTON JOPES, b. June 08, 1908, Greenfield, MO; d. October 27, 1990, Hayward, CA.

Generation No. 3

4. LOIS5 MILLER (CLARA BELL4 JOPES, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born Unknown in

Greenfield, MO, and died Unknown in ?. She married GENE MCNATT Unknown in ?. He was born Unknown in

?, and died Unknown in ?.

Child of LOIS MILLER and GENE MCNATT is:

i. ROSEMARY6 MCNATT, b. November 10, 1912.

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5. WILLIAM HARRISON5 JOPES II (SAMUEL WILLIAM4, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born June

26, 1898 in Greenfield, MO, and died January 1959 in Fresno, CA. He married ANNA RACHEL RAWHAUSER

1917 in Kansas City, MO, daughter of JEROME RAWHAUSER and KATE GAMBELL. She was born June 20, 1896

in Tipton, IA, and died August 12, 1967 in El Centro, CA.

Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON JOPES II:

Became engaged to Anna Rawhauser in high school. They were childhood sweethearts and remained sweethearts

until death did them apart. From pressures at home, they each tried to continue their education. Anna went to

Kansas City to become an RN and Harrison was sent to University of MO to study medicine. Harrison never

stood a chance, he had unsteady hands and could not stand the sight of blood. He came back to Greenfield and

tought grade school one year. He missed his love and went to Kansas City and went to work for John Deere.

They were married just before Anna was to get her degree. They moved to California in 1920. Harrison spent his

career in the Farm Machinery Business, mostly wholesale. They enjoyed life in spite of the economic hardships

they endured during their lifetime. Like so many others during that time, the depression came during their

supposedly accumulative years and left them without much of a chance build any equity.

They did make friends though, at each funeral there was SRO.

Children of WILLIAM JOPES and ANNA RAWHAUSER are:

7. i. WILLIAM HARRISON6 JOPES III, b. June 18, 1923, Willows, CA.

8. ii. JOHN LELAND JOPES, b. June 28, 1929, Alameda, CA.

6. DAVID LAWTON5 JOPES (SAMUEL WILLIAM4, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was born June 08,

1908 in Greenfield, MO, and died October 27, 1990 in Hayward, CA. He married EMILY MAE LONG May 02,

1931 in Oakland, CA. She was born October 02, 1908 in Hanford, CA.

Notes for DAVID LAWTON JOPES:

From Oakland Tribune, October 30, 1990

Jopes, David Lawton:

Died October 27, l990 in Hayward CA, following a stroke. Born in 1908 in Greenfield, MO. Husband of Emily

Long Jopes (married May 2, 1931 in Oakland, CA); father of Janet Bossetto and father-in-law of Ronald "Bud"

Bossetto of Hayward; grandfather of Gino Bossetto of Castro Valley and of Anthony Bossetto of Hayward.

Survived also by maney nieces and nephews. He was a hardwood lumberman in the East Bay for 50 years. He

worked for White Brothers and Strafble Lumber Company in Oakland and for the J.E. Higgins Lumber Company

in Union City. He was a long time classroom volunteer at Eldridge Elementary School at Hayward and a

recipient of the Honorary Service Award from the Eldridge School P.T.A. He received the "Volunteer in Service

to the Community" Award from the Oakland Tribune. He was a frequent to the Letters to the Editor column of

the Oakland Tribune. No Servieces per his request. Cremation by Neptune Society.

Child of DAVID JOPES and EMILY LONG is:

9. i. JANET MAY6 JOPES, b. December 31, 1939, Oakland, CA.

Generation No. 4

7. WILLIAM HARRISON6 JOPES III (WILLIAM HARRISON5, SAMUEL WILLIAM4, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2,

HACKY B1) was born June 18, 1923 in Willows, CA. He married (1) JACQUELINE VIRGINIA ALLEN September 14,

1944 in Fresno, CA, daughter of HENRY ALLEN and DORA DUNCAN. She was born February 01, 1922 in

Springer, NM, and died January 10, 1980 in San Diego, CA. He married (2) ELOISE PHYLLIS SHEPARD RIDDLE

July 05, 1981 in San Diego, CA. She was born June 30, 1930 in San Diego, CA.

Children of WILLIAM JOPES and JACQUELINE ALLEN are:

i. DAVID ALLEN7 JOPES, b. December 07, 1945, Brawley, CA; m. MELANIE SARGENTICH, May 16, 1976,

Fresno, CA; b. January 27, 1951, Alhambra, CA.

ii. DAN WILLIAM JOPES, b. June 21, 1948, Brawley, CA; m. NANCY COLLEEN BARRETT, November 25,

1967, El Centro, CA; b. April 07, 1949, Brawley, CA.

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8. JOHN LELAND6 JOPES (WILLIAM HARRISON5, SAMUEL WILLIAM4, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1)

was born June 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA. He married MARY ANN WILLIAMS October 21, 1950 in Brawley, CA.

She was born October 05, 1929 in Brawley, CA.

Children of JOHN JOPES and MARY WILLIAMS are:

i. CURTIS WILLIAM7 JOPES, b. March 26, 1955, Norco, CA; d. November 10, 1974, Upland, CA.

ii. JOHN DOUGLAS JOPES, b. July 30, 1957, Upland, CA; m. CAROLYN LEA TATNALL, March 18, 2000,

Gwynedd, PA; b. October 09, 1945, Philadelphia, PA.

iii. SCOTT ROBERT JOPES, b. July 13, 1959, Upland, CA; m. ANNETTE BEZUHLY, April 03, 1982, Upland, CA;

b. February 28, 1960, Lynwood, CA.

9. JANET MAY6 JOPES (DAVID LAWTON5, SAMUEL WILLIAM4, WILLIAM HARRISON3, SAMUEL H.2, HACKY B1) was

born December 31, 1939 in Oakland, CA. She married RONALD J. BOSSETTO in Oakland, CA. He was born

August 14, 1938 in Canon City, Colorado.

Children of JANET JOPES and RONALD BOSSETTO are:

i. GINO JOSEPH7 BOSSETTO, b. March 26, 1965, Oakland, CA.

ii. ANTHONY LOUIS BOSSETTO, b. May 20, 1968, Oakland, CA.

 

Submitted by William Harrison Jopes III

September 29, 2003