Background
HOPKINS, John C. was born on February 26, 1865 in Farmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Zebulon and Mary A. (Corbin) Hopkins.
HOPKINS, John C. was born on February 26, 1865 in Farmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Zebulon and Mary A. (Corbin) Hopkins.
Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, Delegate.
Principal, Frederica Public Schools, 1887-1893. Member, Board, Education, Dover Public School, 1908-1912. Member, City Council, Dover, 1914-1923.
Mayor of City, 1923-1925. Member, Local Draft Board, Kent Company, 1917-1918. Appointed by Governor. and Superior Court.
Jury Commissioner, Kent Company, 1910-1916. Member, State Parole Board, appointed by Judges, Superior Court of State, 1923. Member, Board of Director, Elizabeth W. Murphy School, Inc.
Member, Bd, Directors. Kent General Hospital., Dover, Delegate. Member, official Board, Christian Church, Dover, Delegate (John Hopkins, ancestor on father’s side, came from Rhode Island, settled, Delegate, 1735, The Corbins, mother’s family, have been natives of Delaware for two centuries).
Spouse May S. Collins, January 20, 1904, Dover, Delegate.