Phidelia Beebe, born in New York, was a young woman when her family left New York in 1831 or '32 and moved west, settling where neighbors were scarce, the land mostly prairie and reports of conflicts with Indians were recent.  She was the daughter of Jabez Beebe and Sophia Waite.

Martin and Phidelia were married on January 3, 1843, probably within the township, by Abraham Lincoln, a local Justice of the Peace.  Marriage License

They were childless.  They adopted a daughter, Jennie, who eventually left Hancock County and became a successful writer and journalist in Denver, Colorado, and later in New York City*.

Phidelia died in the early spring of 1893, on March 27.  Martin died in the fall on that year, on September 10.  They were both buried at Fountain Green Cemetery.

Excerpts from the History of Hancock County, Illinois
edited by Thomas Gregg, 1880

Page 819: The earliest settler in the township is supposed to have been Ute Perkins, who came in 1826. The next was John Brewer, in 1827; followed by Abram, James and Mordecai Lincoln, Benjamin Mudd, John Day, Andrew and Pittillo Perkins and Wm. Saylors, all in or about 1830. Then Wm. Duff, Jabez A. Beebe and Jonathan Prior, 1831; Stephen G. Ferris, 1832; Amos Hobart, 1833; Wm. Allton, 1834; Jary White, 1835; Martin Hopkins, 1836; Col. Thomas Geddes, 1836; David Allton, 1836.

Page 820: Who was first to open store [sic] in the village we are not advised; but Martin Hopkins (at present living there), Mathew McClaughry and Stephen H. Tyler, junior, carried on general merchandising business there as a firm for many years. They were all prominent and much respected men in the community.

Page 35: Martin Hopkins, a pioneer of Fountain Green, died at his home there Sept. 10th aged 86 years and 11 mo.  He came from Connecticut in company with Stephen H. Tyler in 1835 and the next year the two men opened the first store in Fountain Green.  He was married in January, 1842 to Miss Phidelia Beebe, daughter of the pioneer Jabez A. Beebe, who with Stephen Ferris, laid out the village of Fountain Green.  Mr. Hopkins crossed the plains to California in 1850, returning in 1852. He bought land north of the village, but a few years before his death he purchased the same piece of property in Fountain Green which had been the site of his first store in 1836 and made his home there.

Martin Hopkins, 48, male, farmer, value of real estate 2000, born MA
Fidelia, 36, female, born NY

There's an interesting item on census pages for this area.  In the column used to record "whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict", there is a handwritten entry at the top of the column, "average value of each miners daily product".

Martin Hopkins, 38, male, miner, value of real estate 1500, born CT, daily product $2
Ezekeil B Rose, 35, male, miner, born NY, daily product $2
Seth Berry, 34, male, miner, born NY, daily product $2
Seth Martin, 29, male, miner, born DE, daily product $2

Martin Hopkins, 52, male, farmer, value of real estate 6000, value of personal estate 2000,
born CT
Mary, 45, female, born NY [Phidelia]
Mary L Ruse, 35, female, born NY [Mary L. Beebe Rose, Phidelia's sister]
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Amelia Ruse, 16, female, born IL, attended school within the year [Amelia Rose]
Emily, 13, female, born IL, attended school within the year [Damietta Rose]
Jenny, 1, female, born IL

Hopkins, Martin, 63, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 9000, value of personal estate 5000, born CT, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Phidelia, 54, female, white, keeping house, born NY
Jennie, 11, female, white, born IL, both parents foreign born, attended school within the census year
Willie, 12, male, white, born IL, attended school within the census year [identity undetermined]
Keyes, Andrew, 22, male, white, farm laborer, born NY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Sizo love ??, Mary, 35, female, white, born OH

Hopkins, Martin, white, male, 74, married, farmer, born CT, both parents born CT
Fidelia, white, female, 65, wife, keeping house, born NY, father born CT, mother born NY
Jennie L, white, female, 21, daughter, single, at home, born IL, both parents born Poland
Lay, Marion, white, male, 19, laborer, [no entry for marital status], farm laborer, born MO, both parents born MO