William Henry Hooper Sr.:
Born: December 25, 1813
Birthplace: Cambridge Maryland
Father: Henry Hooper
Mother: Mary Noel Price
1st Wife: Electa Jane Harris 1818 – 1844
(Buried: Old City Cemetery Galena Illinois)
2nd Wife: Mary Ann Knowlton 1829 – 1887
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
Children:
Willie H. Hooper McArthur 1838 – 1866
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery Platteville Wisconsin)
Mary Dacre Hooper 1840 – 1854
(Buried: Lost Mound Cemetery Hanover Illinois)
William Henry Hooper Jr. 1854 – 1855
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
George R. Hooper 1856 – 1866
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
Mary Hooper Jennings 1858 – 1913
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
Harriet Hooper Young 1861 – 1939
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
Annie Corinne Hooper Caine 1865 – 1946
(Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno California)
Sidney Knowlton Hooper 1870 – 1908
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah)
Alice Hooper Palmer 1873 – 1940
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale California)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Mercantile Businessman in Maryland
Trader on the Mississippi River
1850: Moved to Utah Territory settling in Salt Lake City
1857 – 1858: Secretary of Utah Territory
1859 – 1861: Utah Delegate to United States Congress
1860: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Delegate
Civil War Career:
1862: Utah State Senator
1865 – 1873: Utah Delegate to United States Congress
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1873: Utah Delegate to United States Congress
1872: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination as Delegate
1872 – 1873: Mercantile and Mining Businessman in Salt Lake City
1872 – 1882: President of Desert National Bank Salt Lake City Utah
1877 – 1877: Superintendent Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institute
1877 – 1882: President of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institute
Died: December 30, 1882
Place of Death: Salt Lake City Utah
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Utah
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