Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also,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 . ly thereafter he locatedat Wheeling, whence he soon removed toFairmont, West Va., where he continued inthe practice of his profession until February,1887, when he returned to Fa\ette county,to the bar of which he had in the inter
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also,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 . ly thereafter he locatedat Wheeling, whence he soon removed toFairmont, West Va., where he continued inthe practice of his profession until February,1887, when he returned to Fa\ette county,to the bar of which he had in the interimbeen admitted, and located at Uniontownwhere he has ever since been engaged in thegeneral practice of his profession, with officesin the Hustead and Hazzard building. ! is a Republican and has been ac-tively identified with the work of his partyin Fayette county as a member of the localand county committees, as a frequent dele-gate to county conventions, and by especialservices on the stump with Gov. Atkinsonand others during the Blaine campaign. Hehas a particular interest in educational workand served with ability and efficiency as amember of Uniontown school board, and wasfor three years attorney for the directors ofthe county home. He was an active spirit incausing the location of the Fayette Fuel Gasplant at L^niontown, and has assisted in all. AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 689 efforts that have been made to secure thelocation of manufacturing plants in thevicinity. He has been a contributor to thepress of Fayette county and the press atlarge, as well as to magazine literature andwas one of the corps of local writers who as-sisted in preparing the history of Fayettecounty published in 1882. Through the lat-ter service and much subsequent investiga-tion in local history, Mr. Hopwood has ac-quired a fund of information that has led tohis being frequently referred to as authorityin that direction. He assisted materially inthe compilation of the
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