Hopken, John George

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Belle Prairie Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: Jun 1917, Bruning, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA
• Military Service: 1918

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1910 enumeration, John, age 15, lived at home with his parents and worked on the family farm, when not in school. Also at home were four brothers and four sisters.

Residence:
According to information on his World War I draft registration card, filed on 5 June 1917, John George Hopken lived at Bruning, Nebraska. John reported that he was a farmer working for his father, Chris Hopken, Sr. He was single, had no one solely dependent upon him for support and he claimed no exemption from the draft. The Registrar of the local draft board, J. H. Messman, described John as a man of medium height and build; with brown eyes and brown hair. There were no other physical characteristics that would disqualify John for military service.

Military Service:

     According to an application filed on 25 March 1963, Mrs. Mary Hopken, of Bruning, Nebraska, requested a headstone for her husband, John G. Hopken, who had enlisted in the U.S. Army from Nebraska on 28 August 1918 and was discharged on 20 December 1918. He held the rank of corporal in the U.S. Army, Bakery Company 402, Quartermaster Corp. A flat granite marker was ordered from the Columbus Marble Works, Columbus, Mississippi, and shipped to Willard H. Mussman, of Geneva, Nebraska, who agreed to transport it to the Bruning Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bruning, Nebraska.

John married Schmidt, Lucy 26 Dec 1923. Lucy was born 10 Oct 1898; died 5 Dec 1924. [Group Sheet]

John married Ortgies, Mary 27 Nov 1926. Mary was born 19 Mar 1897; died 25 Aug 1991; was buried , Bruning, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Details of the birth are not known at this time.

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Birth:
Details of the birth are not known at this time.