Born: 2 May 1825 White Co., TN

Died: 12 Jun 1892 Dyer Co., TN Church Grove Cemetery, Dyer Co., TN

Parents

Father: Edward E. Hooper

Mother: Susanah Pirtle f: George Pirtle    gf: John Jacob Pirkle    gm: Charity Dibbs m: Mary Cooke    gf: Robert Cooke    gm: Susannah Watson

Siblings

Mathew P. Hooper	Caroline Hooper   +John Alexander McGee         Rev. David Clendenon "Clendenon" McGee         Mary Frances McGee         Joseph Edward McGee         John Alexander McGee, Jr.         Martha "Mattie" Caroline McGee   +Elijah Allen	David Humphrey Hooper   +Louise Catharine Gray
Atlantic E. Hooper	Thomas C. Hooper

Family #1

Husband: Zachariah A. Lay f: Zachariah Lay m: unknown

Married: 1 Mar 1840 White Co., TN

Children

Parisetta Frances Lay   +Nelson Clay Davis         Mary Etta Davis         Lee Davis         Wade H. Davis         Oscar Davis         Cora Bell Davis         Jonathan "John" Davis         Jefferson Davis	Sarah Caroline Lay   +Clayborn C. Fowler         Minnie F. Fowler         Marion Francis Fowler         James Madison Fowler         Benjamin Franklin Fowler         Christopher Columbus Fowler         Mary Magdalena Fowler	Susan E. Lay   +Thomas Crawford         Nelson Crawford         Lien Crawford         Alexander Crawford         William A. Crawford         John W. Crawford         Dee M. Crawford
Charles F. Lay	James A. W. Lay	Madison F. Lay
Daniel C. Lay   +Sally Mathers         Luther Lay         D. Lay         Robert "Baa" Lay         Bev Lay         Dora Lay	Louisa Jane Lay   +Thomas Allen         Parazita Allen         Thomas J. Allen	Thomas H. Lay   +L. J. Beasley
Zachariah "Dave" Lay   +Ida Belle Williams         Dosha Ruth Lay         Stella Mae Lay         Hazel Lay         Homer Lee Lay         Ethel Lee Lay         Richard Floyd Lay         Albert Preston Lay         Lenora Mae Lay         Annie Lee Lay         Katheryn Dora Lay

Family #2

Husband: Bennett Blankenship

Married: 30 Jul 1872

Photo courtesy of Larry Miller

Photo Archive

Theodosha E. Hooper

General Sources

1. Charles Leonard Papers
   TSLA Mf #1421 Reel #3 - Hooper
   
2. Norman T. McGee
   Silas Roy McGee's copy of Maggie (Hooper) Frazier's Bible - Page D
   
3. Tennessee Library Records
   Justin Potter Library, Smithville, DeKalb Co., Tennessee - Hooper Folder, submitted by Thomas G. Webb
   
4. James R. Blanks
   
5. Larry Miller
   
6. 1850 Census
   

   1850 Census - White County, Tennessee
   |h#|f#|name           |ag|s|occu   |birth    |s|r|pg|date
   |58|58|Lay, Zechariah |28|m|farming|Tennessee| |1|5b|july 22, 1850
   |  |  |Lay, Dosha     |24|f|       |Tennessee| |1|  |
   |  |  |Lay, Priscilla |9 |f|       |Tennessee|1| |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Sarah C.  |6 |f|       |Tennessee|1| |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Susan     |4 |f|       |Tennessee| | |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Charles F.|2 |m|       |Tennessee| | |  |
   

7. 1830 Census
   

   1830 Census - White Co., TN
   |name           |m0-4|m5-9|m10-14|m15-19|m20-29|m30-39|m50-59|m60-69|m70-79|f0-4|f5-9|f10-14|f15-19|f20-29|f40-49|f50-59
   |Edward Hooper  |    |    |      |1     |1     |      |1     |      |      |1   |1   |      |1     |1     |      |
   |John Pirtle Jnr|1   |    |      |      |      |1     |      |      |      |2   |    |      |      |1     |      |
   |Elijah Purtle  |1   |    |      |      |      |1     |      |      |      |1   |    |      |1     |      |      |
   |Isaac Purtle   |2   |    |      |      |1     |      |      |      |      |    |    |      |      |1     |      |
   |Jacob Purtle   |1   |1   |1     |      |      |1     |      |      |      |    |1   |      |      |1     |      |
   |John Purtle Jr.|1   |    |      |      |      |1     |      |      |      |1   |1   |      |      |1     |      |
   |John Purtle Sr.|    |    |1     |2     |1     |      |      |1     |      |    |    |      |      |1     |      |1
   |Robert Cooke   |1   |    |1     |1     |      |      |      |      |1     |    |    |1     |      |      |1     |
   

8. 1840 Census
   

   1840 Census - White Co., TN
   |name        |m15-19|f15-19|Total
   |Zacca A. Lay|  1   |  1   |  2
   

9. 1880 Census
   

   1880 Census - White Co., TN
   |f# |name                 |r|s|Ag|rel|s|m|occu         |r|w|bi|Fa|mo
   |148|Blankenship, Docia E.|w|f|55|   | |1|Keeps House  | |1|TN|SC|SC
   |   |Lay, Mattison F.     |w|m|25|son|1| |Farmer       |1|1|TN|TN|TN
   |   |Lay, Thomas H.       |w|m|19|son|1| |Works on farm| |1|TN|TN|TN