Lanterna Rally

Author: Charles Henry Pope

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9781332292806

Excerpt from Hooper Genealogy The senior compiler was led to take up the preparation of this work by an inquiry as to whether the family had been written up; and when he found so many interesting people of the New England stocks, residing in various parts of the Union, and no genealogy to memorialize the past and delight the present and future Hoopers and children of Hooper mothers, he undertook the work. More than twenty-five year's experience in such research and authorship gave him preparation for the undertaking. He had gone but little way, however, when he found the junior compiler in possession of a very full and workmanlike genealogy of the line of one of the pioneers, William, of Reading; and the enterprise was very greatly forwarded by this, as it enabled the searcher to assign the records he had concerning people of that branch. Mr. Thomas Hooper, moreover, generously placed what he had gathered through years of labor and wide correspondence entirely at Mr. Popes disposal, and it is published as the First Part of the book. The records of English Hoopers given at the opening of Part Three and in the Appendix were gathered by Mr. Pope in England. The other parts were then made up by examination of the records at our State House and in many towns, and by the replies received from many kind correspondents over the land. That the book is imperfect goes without saying; fallible authors will make errors; and correspondents who give only part of the information asked or persons who fail to reply cannot expect to find the records of their particular families perfect, although a compiler sometimes makes up for such defects or errors by work in other channels. But the book is a valuable one for every person of this name and for all students of personal history of Americans; that the compilers do not hesitate to affirm. For its faults and mistakes we ask indulgence in advance; for the honest effort to gather and present facts of great interest we are sure there will be growing appreciation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.