HOOPER, Benjamin Franklin

1848 - 1937  (88 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	HOOPER, Benjamin Franklin
  Birth	12 Aug 1848	Bicknell, Knox, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1937	Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States
  Death	12 Mar 1937	Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States
  WAC	29 Mar 1938	LOGAN
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  Person ID	I20138	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	HADDEN, Margaret Matilda ,   b. 14 May 1853, Parawan, Iron, Utah, United States Parawan, Iron, Utah, United Statesd. 16 May 1936, Parawan, Iron, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F10662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Benjamin Franklin Hooper also fought in the Civil War (possibly) and the Indian War in Southern Utah. Benjamin and his wife Margaret had three children; Sarah Elizabeth, John Wesley and Margaret May. Benjamin was a road supervisor, he supervised and surveyed the old road to the Craters of the Moon, and he also farmed and ran a saw mill in Alder Creek, Idaho. Alder Creek was located between Mackey and Darlington. He and his wife also ran a stage station at Lost River for about three years. Both he and his wife are buried in the Blackfoot Cemetery. Benjamin died in Blackfoot and was 93 years old. His daughter May raised cattle in the Lost River area and was a cowgirl.