Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county : also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies, family histories and biographies of representative men of the county : illustrated . ployed up to 1876 when he began thestudy of law under the preceptorship of thelate Hon. Charles E. Boyle. He was ad-mitted to practice July 29, 1879, an^ has beenengaged therein at Uniontown ever after his admiss
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county : also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies, family histories and biographies of representative men of the county : illustrated . ployed up to 1876 when he began thestudy of law under the preceptorship of thelate Hon. Charles E. Boyle. He was ad-mitted to practice July 29, 1879, an^ has beenengaged therein at Uniontown ever after his admission to the bar became attorney for the boroughand was engaged in that capacity for tenyears. He has been attorney for the countysince January 1, 1894. He was for a numberof years secretary of the Fayette CountyAgricultural society and has been a memberof the Uniontown public school board for thepast ten years. Mr. Hopwoods politicalconnection has been that of an active workerin the Republican party. Shortly after at-taining his majority he was elected secretaryof the county committee and was chairmanof that committee in 1882, 1883 and 1886 he was a candidate for district attor-ney, but was defeated by D. M. Hertzog, byforty-three votes. He was a candidate againfor the same office in 1893 and polled a votenumbering some hundreds in excess of his. AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 549 ticket, but was defeated. He was a candi-date for congress in 1894 and received theendorsement of Fayette county, but failed tosecure the nomination. Mr. Hopwood waslargely instrumental in causing the locationin Uniontown of the Columbia Iron andSteel Cos. plant. He was one of the origi-nal promoters and stockholders and is nowmanager and secretary of the board of direc-tors of the Uniontown Street Railway Co. IMr. Hopwood is a Knight Templar, Masonand a member of the Royal Arcanum. Hewas married June 30, 1880, to Emma S., |daughter of William H. Miller, justice of
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