Frederick Eli Hopkins

Background

Hopkins, Frederick Eli was born on May 22, 1857 in New York City. Son of Eli and Martha Ann (Osborn) Hopkins.

Education

Graduate Brooklyn Lay College and Institute, 1879. A.M., Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1889. (Doctor of Divinity, Tabor (Iowa) College, 1894).

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1880. Pastor 1st Church, Hempstead, New York, 1880-1884. Contributor to Christian at Work, New York, 1884-1887.

Pastor Park St. Congressional Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1887-1891, 1st Church, New Canaan, 1891-1900, 1st Church, Dubuque, Iowa, 1900-1910, Pilgrim Church, Chicago, 1910. Lyceum and chautauqua lecturer since 1900.

Membership

Mason.; Clubs: Chicago, University, Rotary, Englewood Men’s.

Connections

Married Sadie Luther Slade, of Fall River, Massachusetts, July 7, 1880.

Father:

Eli Hopkins

Mother:

Martha Ann (Osborn) Hopkins

Spouse:

Sadie Luther Slade