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Gov. Bennie Walter Hooper

Gov. Bennie Walter Hooper

Male 1870 - 1957  (86 years)

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  1. 1.  Gov. Bennie Walter HooperGov. Bennie Walter Hooper was born 13 Oct 1870, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1957; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: Bennie Walter Wade
    • Census: 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Governor Ben W. Hooper was born Bennie Walter Wade in Newport, Cocke County, on October 13, 1870, the illegitimate son of Sarah Wade and Dr. Lemuel Washington Hooper. The child and his mother moved to Dandridge, Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), New Market, and finally Knoxville, where his mother placed the boy in the care of St. John's Orphanage of the Episcopal Church. At the age of nine, he was legally adopted by his father, who changed the boy's name to Hooper and raised him in Newport.

    After graduating from Carson-Newman College in 1890, Hooper studied law under Judge Horace Nelson Cate and was admitted to the bar in 1894. From 1893 to 1897 he served two terms in the state House of Representatives and was captain of Company C, Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he married Anna Belle Jones and practiced law in Newport until he received an appointment as assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern Tennessee District, a position he held from 1906 to 1910.

    Prior to the 1910 gubernatorial election, prohibition and the related issue of machine politics were at the center of political strife across Tennessee. While leading Republicans supported the temperance cause, the dominant element of the Democratic Party rejected it, despite fierce objection by former U.S. senator and fiery prohibitionist Edward Ward Carmack. The breach among Tennessee Democrats grew wider when Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, an opponent of statewide prohibition, used his control of party machinery to block its adoption. The murder of Carmack in 1908 and Governor Patterson's pardoning of his killer further agitated relations among Tennessee Democrats.

    Republicans, seizing the opportunity to take control of the governor's office, nominated Hooper, a capable East Tennessean who had embraced the moral reform efforts sweeping across the state and nation. As an ardent prohibitionist, Hooper earned the endorsement of the prohibition faction of the Democratic Party. With this bipartisan support, Hooper defeated former governor Robert L. Taylor by a vote of 133,074 to 121,694 and served as Tennessee's only Republican governor between 1880 and 1920.

    Hooper dealt with an ongoing conflict over prohibition and election laws; regular Democrats wanted to amend the laws passed by the 1909 legislature, while Fusionists (Independent Democrats and Republicans) fought to keep them as enacted. Despite the turmoil, this administration enacted a child labor law, a law ensuring that the pay of working women would be given only to them, a pure food and drug law, and authorization for counties to issue bonds to buy school property and establish hospitals for treating contagious diseases.

    Hooper won reelection in 1912, defeating another former governor, Benton McMillin. During his second term, the legislature increased state revenue for education, initiated mandatory school attendance for children ages eight to fourteen, and authorized county boards of education to transport students to and from school. Other laws provided for an official examination of the state banking system, a parole system for deserving prisoners, a change in the death penalty to replace hanging with electrocution, and pensions for Civil War veterans and their widows. At Hooper's insistence the legislature passed the "Jug Bill" to prohibit intrastate shipment of liquor or the delivery of more than one gallon from outside the state, and the "Nuisance Bill," which permitted ten citizens to petition the court to close saloons and gambling houses.

    Hooper ran for a third term but lost to Thomas C. Rye in 1914. Upon leaving the governor's office, Hooper resumed his law practice in Newport. He ran for the U.S. Senate twice, in 1916 and 1934, but was defeated both times by Kenneth D. McKellar. In 1920 President Warren G. Harding appointed Hooper to the U.S. Railroad Labor Board in Chicago where he became a national figure in labor-management arbitration by averting a railroad strike scheduled for October 30, 1921. Upon returning again to Newport, Hooper served as a chief land purchasing agent for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and served as vice-chairman for Tennessee's Limited Constitutional Convention in 1953. Hooper authored Elections in Tennessee (1946), and his autobiography, The Unwanted Boy, was published posthumously in 1963. Hooper died of pneumonia in 1957 and was buried in Newport.

    Bennie married Anna Belle Jones 1901, Elm Hill. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Dickinson Jones and Townszella Jane Randolph) was born 3 Aug 1875, Tennessee; died 7 Sep 1967; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Anna B. Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Oct 1902, Tennessee; died Bef 12 Feb 2003.
    2. 3. Ben Jones Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jun 1904, Tennessee; died 4 May 1931; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. James Randolph Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Sep 1906, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1935; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. Margaret Janella Randolph Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 May 1909, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 3 Aug 2014; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. 6. Lemuel Washington "Tige" Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Aug 1911, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 2003; was buried 14 Feb 2003, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Newell Sanders Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Nov 1916, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 2010, Cocke County Convalescent Center; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anna B. Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 6 Oct 1902, Tennessee; died Bef 12 Feb 2003.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Anna — William Burnett Stokely, Jr.. William (son of William Burnett Stokely and Edith Estes) was born 9 Mar 1900; died 17 Oct 1966; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. William Burnett Stokely, III  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Ann Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. Jane Randolph Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

    Anna — Phillips. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ben Jones Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 20 Jun 1904, Tennessee; died 4 May 1931; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Ben — Juanita Francisco. [Group Sheet]


  3. 4.  James Randolph Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 23 Sep 1906, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1935; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    James — Isabella Thomas. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. James Randolph Hooper, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 5.  Margaret Janella Randolph HooperMargaret Janella Randolph Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 4 May 1909, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 3 Aug 2014; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 6, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Margaret married John Earl Burton Abt 1929. John died Abt 1929. [Group Sheet]

    Margaret married Jesse Beecher Carpenter 23 Dec 1935. Jesse (son of Samuel Patrick Carpenter and Rutha Jane Galloway) was born 28 May 1907, Jefferson County; died 12 Jan 1986. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Janella Ann Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Sep 1936, Tennessee.
    2. 13. Sara Kay Carpenter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Dec 1942.

  5. 6.  Lemuel Washington "Tige" Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 6 Aug 1911, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 2003; was buried 14 Feb 2003, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Lemuel — Esther Holt. Esther (daughter of Bruce Alexander Holt and Gladys Mamie Henry) was born 23 Oct 1914, Wachula, Florida; died 20 Jan 2000, Mariner Nursing Home, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Jan 2000, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Dorothy Jo Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1936, Indiana.
    2. 15. Judge Ben W. Hooper, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1940, Tennessee.

  6. 7.  Newell Sanders HooperNewell Sanders Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bennie1) was born 9 Nov 1916, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 2010, Cocke County Convalescent Center; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Newell married Edward Floyd Hurd 11 Mar 1935. Edward (son of Raymond Edward Hurd and Lillian Bankston) was born 29 Mar 1908, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1982; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Jane Randolph Hurd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Aug 1936, Knox County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 2013, Glendale Springs, North Carolina.
    2. 17. Frances Mae Hurd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Sep 1938, Tennessee.
    3. 18. Newell Sandra Hurd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Mar 1940, Tennessee.
    4. 19. Annabell Hooper Hurd  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  William Burnett Stokely, III Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  2. 9.  Ann Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

    Ann — Dr. Robert McClain Johnson. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. Ann Randolph Johnson  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Catherine Lee Johnson  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 22. Sandra Johnson  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 23. Ellen Johnson  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 24. Robert McClain Johnson, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 10.  Jane Randolph Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

    Jane — William J. Stark, Jr.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Bill Stark  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. David Stark  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 27. Patrick Stark  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 28. Ann Randolph Stark  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 29. Helen Stark  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 11.  James Randolph Hooper, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (4.James2, 1.Bennie1)

    James — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. James Randolph Hooper, III  Descendancy chart to this point

    James — Patricia Ruth Nafts. [Group Sheet]


  5. 12.  Janella Ann Carpenter Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret2, 1.Bennie1) was born 20 Sep 1936, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 6, Cocke County, Tennessee


  6. 13.  Sara Kay Carpenter Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret2, 1.Bennie1) was born 28 Dec 1942.

    Sara married Perry Lee Jowers 1961; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 31. Jennifer Lee Jowers  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Apr 1968.

  7. 14.  Dorothy Jo Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1) was born Abt 1936, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Dorothy — Richard Ray Ellison. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Judge Ben W. Hooper, IIJudge Ben W. Hooper, II Descendancy chart to this point (6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1) was born Abt 1940, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Ben married Judith Kay Hawkins 10 Sep 1961, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Judith was born 20 Sep 1940; died 13 Jan 1989, Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Ben W. Hooper, III  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 33. Lauren Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point

    Ben married Patsy Mason 13 Jun 1975, Cocke County, Tennessee. (daughter of Cecil Hollis Mason and Bessie Nease) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 34. Julia S. "Julie" Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 35. Ester "Macy" Hooper  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 16.  Jane Randolph HurdJane Randolph Hurd Descendancy chart to this point (7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 8 Aug 1936, Knox County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 2013, Glendale Springs, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Jane married Alan S. Christner, Jr. 14 Jun 1957; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 36. Alan Christner, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Aug 1958.
    2. 37. Edward Hurd Christner  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Sep 1959.
    3. 38. Richard Randolph Christner  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Mar 1964.
    4. 39. Pamela Ann Christner  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Mar 1965.

    Jane — Ferree. [Group Sheet]


  10. 17.  Frances Mae Hurd Descendancy chart to this point (7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 24 Sep 1938, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Frances married Albert Maxwell Mullen, Jr. 1 Aug 1958, Cocke County, Tennessee. Albert (son of Dr. Albert M. Mullen and Alice H.) was born Abt 1932, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 40. Albert Maxwell Mullen, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jul 1959.
    2. 41. Melissa Ann Mullen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Feb 1961.

  11. 18.  Newell Sandra Hurd Descendancy chart to this point (7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 18 Mar 1940, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Newell married Russell Sydney Bowman, Jr. 8 Jun 1960; divorced Yes, date unknown. Russell (son of Russell S. Bowman and Lillian Staub) was born 12 Jun 1938; died 12 Jul 2005. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 42. Betsy Randolph Bowman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 May 1961.
    2. 43. Russell Bowman, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Mar 1963.
    3. 44. Martha Ann Bowman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Mar 1965.
    4. 45. Annabelle Lillian Bowman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1967.

    Newell married Benjamin Stanley Scott 26 Dec 1977. [Group Sheet]


  12. 19.  Annabell Hooper Hurd Descendancy chart to this point (7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1)

    Annabell married Henry Corley Buchanan, III 19 Dec 1971; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 46. Allison Elizabeth Buchanan  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1977.
    2. 47. Benjamin Henry Buchanan  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1980.

    Annabell married Gerald Teague Raines 3 Jul 1986. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 20.  Ann Randolph Johnson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  2. 21.  Catherine Lee Johnson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  3. 22.  Sandra Johnson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  4. 23.  Ellen Johnson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  5. 24.  Robert McClain Johnson, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  6. 25.  Bill Stark Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jane3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  7. 26.  David Stark Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jane3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  8. 27.  Patrick Stark Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jane3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  9. 28.  Ann Randolph Stark Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jane3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  10. 29.  Helen Stark Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jane3, 2.Anna2, 1.Bennie1)

  11. 30.  James Randolph Hooper, III Descendancy chart to this point (11.James3, 4.James2, 1.Bennie1)

  12. 31.  Jennifer Lee Jowers Descendancy chart to this point (13.Sara3, 5.Margaret2, 1.Bennie1) was born 3 Apr 1968.

    Jennifer — Gordon Burnett. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 48. Sarah Burnett  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 49. Abby Burnett  Descendancy chart to this point

  13. 32.  Ben W. Hooper, III Descendancy chart to this point (15.Ben3, 6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1)

    Ben — Lucy Parker Dunn. Lucy (daughter of Clyde Augustus Dunn and Mary Parrott) was born 10 Oct 1966. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. Ben W. Hooper, IV  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 33.  Lauren HooperLauren Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (15.Ben3, 6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1)

    Lauren — Sartain. [Group Sheet]

    Lauren — Steve Bible. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 51. Drew Bible  Descendancy chart to this point

  15. 34.  Julia S. "Julie" Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (15.Ben3, 6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1)

    Julia married Douglas L. Kitzmiller 2 Aug 1986, Cocke County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 52. Mason Kitzmiller  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 53. Jesse Kitzmiller  Descendancy chart to this point

    Julia married Michael L. "Mike" Kyker 9 Dec 1995, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 54. Jack Kyker  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 55. Sam Kyker  Descendancy chart to this point

  16. 35.  Ester "Macy" Hooper Descendancy chart to this point (15.Ben3, 6.Lemuel2, 1.Bennie1)

    Ester — Mason. [Group Sheet]

    Ester — Scott Layman. [Group Sheet]


  17. 36.  Alan Christner, III Descendancy chart to this point (16.Jane3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 14 Aug 1958.

    Alan married Kathleen Kennedy 14 Jan 1989; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 56. Patrick Alan Christner  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 May 1991.

    Alan — Michele. [Group Sheet]


  18. 37.  Edward Hurd Christner Descendancy chart to this point (16.Jane3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 22 Sep 1959.

    Edward — Darlene Sherwood. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 57. Edward Hurd Christner, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Oct 1982; died 5 Feb 2011; was buried Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida.
    2. 58. Steven J. Christner  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 59. Laura N. Christner  Descendancy chart to this point

    Edward married Rebecca Thompson 31 Jan 1987. [Group Sheet]

    Edward — Charity A.. [Group Sheet]


  19. 38.  Richard Randolph Christner Descendancy chart to this point (16.Jane3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 12 Mar 1964.

    Richard married Tracy Pioth 12 May 1990. [Group Sheet]


  20. 39.  Pamela Ann Christner Descendancy chart to this point (16.Jane3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 9 Mar 1965.

  21. 40.  Albert Maxwell Mullen, III Descendancy chart to this point (17.Frances3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 2 Jul 1959.

    Albert married Michelle Lovell 15 Jun 1991, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Albert married Janie R. Moore 21 Feb 1997, Cocke County, Tennessee. (daughter of Arthell Moore and Thelma Smith) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 60. Hannah Mullen  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 61. Emma Mullen  Descendancy chart to this point

  22. 41.  Melissa Ann Mullen Descendancy chart to this point (17.Frances3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 27 Feb 1961.

    Melissa — Shannon Howard. [Group Sheet]


  23. 42.  Betsy Randolph Bowman Descendancy chart to this point (18.Newell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 15 May 1961.

    Betsy — Bowman. [Group Sheet]


  24. 43.  Russell Bowman, III Descendancy chart to this point (18.Newell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 23 Mar 1963.

    Russell married Linda Champion 24 Mar 1990. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 62. Melissa Marie Bowman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Sep 1990.

  25. 44.  Martha Ann Bowman Descendancy chart to this point (18.Newell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 30 Mar 1965.

    Martha — Marcus Brown. [Group Sheet]


  26. 45.  Annabelle Lillian Bowman Descendancy chart to this point (18.Newell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 14 Dec 1967.

    Annabelle — Fritz Leonard. [Group Sheet]


  27. 46.  Allison Elizabeth Buchanan Descendancy chart to this point (19.Annabell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 27 May 1977.

  28. 47.  Benjamin Henry Buchanan Descendancy chart to this point (19.Annabell3, 7.Newell2, 1.Bennie1) was born 27 May 1980.