Orie Columbus "Lum" HOPKINS 1,460
More Information: • Namesake: Lum was named for his father's brother, William Columbus Hopkins. • 1900 United States Federal Census, James Hopkins household, Harlan County, Kentucky: Lum was living with his parents. He was listed as Orie C. Hopkins (son, age 4, born May 1896). 460 
• Photo: Hopkins Family, May 1909, Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. • 1910 United States Federal Census, James A. Hopkins household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Lum was living with his parents. He was listed as Columbus Hopkins (son, age 14). • Physical Description: Lum was described as tall with a slender build, brown eyes and light hair on 5 June 1917 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. 1340 (This description was included in his WW I draft card.) • 1920 United States Federal Census, James A. Hopkins household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Lum was living with his parents. He was listed as Orea C. Hopkins, son, farmer, age 23, born in Kentucky. 1341 • Occupation: Lum worked as a Milk Truck Driver & Farmer. He ran a milk route (picking up cans of milk from dairy farmers and delivering them to a processing plant). • Residence: Lum lived in the Blanchester, Ohio area. • 1930 United States Federal Census, Lum O. Hopkins household, Warren County, Ohio: Lum and his wife, Ethel, were living in Harlan Township. He was listed as age 33. 1342 
• Photo: Hopkins Family, 1932, Warren County, Ohio.
Lum married Nancy HELTON on 27 March 1920 in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1343 The marriage ended in divorce. (Nancy HELTON was born on 2 October 1898 1344 and died on 23 January 1999 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky 152,1344.)
• Wedding Announcement: Mt. Vernon Signal, March 1920, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. 1343 HELTON-HOPKINS: Miss Nancy Helton and Mr. Lum I. Hopkins were married Saturday, March 27 at Brodhead. [part of next sentence unreadable - can assume it says "Miss Helton (or Mrs. Hopkins) is the daughter of"] . . . . Mr. and Mrs. J. Helton of the Freedom section and one of the county's best teachers. Mr. Hopkins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hopkins and a very promising young man. To both, we with their host of friends, wish every good thing may be theirs. • Children: Lum & Nancy had one son. 434
Lum next married Ethel ca. 1926.1342 (Ethel was born ca. 1909 in West Virginia 1342.)
Lum next married Ellen VIEDT aft. 1930.1336 (Ellen VIEDT was born on 3 October 1906,1345 died on 9 May 1981 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio 1345,1346 and was buried in Morrow Cemetery, Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio 1347.) |