Background
Hope, James Barron was born on March 23, 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Wilton and Jane (Barron) Hope.
Hope, James Barron was born on March 23, 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Wilton and Jane (Barron) Hope.
Graduated from College William and Mary, 1847.
Secretary to Commodore Samuel Barron (his uncle), 1848-1851. Practiced law; commonwealth attorney Virginia, 1856. Served to major Confederate Army during Civil War.
Journalist with Norfolk Day Book and Norfolk Virginian, after Civil War. Editor Norfolk Landmark, 1873-1887. Superintendent Norfolk Public Schools, 1885.
Author: Leoni di Monta and Other Poems, 1857. A Collection of Poems, 1859. Little Stories for Little People, 1874.
Under the Empire, 1878. Arms and the Man (in celebration of Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown), 1882.
Married Anne Beverly Whiting, 1857.