Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Stanley Hoopengardner 
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247Birth Date6 Oct 1877
Birth PlaceIndiana, USA
Death Date1903
Death PlaceIndiana, USA
FatherLewis Hoopengardner Jr. (1840-1930)
MotherLydia Ann Lepper (1847-1926)
Misc. Notes
George (John) Hoopengardner.
[The above inclusion of John may be inaccurate, as George had a brother named John.]
Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel, January 17, 1901:
Under the firm name of Hoopengardner and Crummit, Messrs. George Hoopengardner, of Ossian, and Wesley Crummit, of this city, will engage in the general merchandise business at Sheldon. The firm today purchased a lot in that village from P.A. Randall and will at once proceed to erect a building.2793
[The above inclusion of John may be inaccurate, as George had a brother named John.]
Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel, January 17, 1901:
Under the firm name of Hoopengardner and Crummit, Messrs. George Hoopengardner, of Ossian, and Wesley Crummit, of this city, will engage in the general merchandise business at Sheldon. The firm today purchased a lot in that village from P.A. Randall and will at once proceed to erect a building.2793
Spouses
Birth DateAug 18792793
Birth PlaceIndiana, USA
Death Date9 Apr 19022794
Death PlaceAllen County, IN, USA
Burial Date11 Apr 1902
Burial PlaceOak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, Wells, IN
OccupationCompositor for a Ossian, IN Newspaper
Cause of DeathBlood Poisoning
FatherWilliam EARL (1825-1906)
MotherLanora “Nora” VANANDA (1850-1920)
Misc. Notes
Tragically Nellie died as a result of childbirth, as did her daughter Gretchen when she gave birth.
Nellie has two gravestones in Oak Lawn Cemetery: one [at] her parents’ plot and another placed by her widower in another part of the cemetery.
Obituary
(Ossian, Indiana) Evening News, April 10, 1902:
Mrs. George Hoopengardner died last night at her home after a few days’ sickness with blood poisoning. She was a young woman aged only about twenty-three. The funeral will be held Friday. Mrs. Hoopengardner was formerly Miss Nellie Earl who worked as a compositor in a newspaper office here. (Note: This same obituary appeared in the Bluffton (Indiana) Chronicle on April 16.)
Nellie has two gravestones in Oak Lawn Cemetery: one [at] her parents’ plot and another placed by her widower in another part of the cemetery.
Obituary
(Ossian, Indiana) Evening News, April 10, 1902:
Mrs. George Hoopengardner died last night at her home after a few days’ sickness with blood poisoning. She was a young woman aged only about twenty-three. The funeral will be held Friday. Mrs. Hoopengardner was formerly Miss Nellie Earl who worked as a compositor in a newspaper office here. (Note: This same obituary appeared in the Bluffton (Indiana) Chronicle on April 16.)
Family ID2696
ChildrenGretchen (1902-1925)