Sacramento County
Biographies
EDWIN C. HOPKINS
EDWIN C. HOPKINS, referred to in the
following sketch, is a gentleman of sterling integrity and marked business
ability. He was born in Cambridge, Vermont,
where he received his early education in the common schools. He started
out in life as a farmer, but soon afterward became a clerk in a general
store. February 22, 1869, he came to Sacramento
and joined his brother in the news and book store, and was his successor at the
same stand until 1886, when the present partnership was formed. He takes a
prominent part in social affairs, being a Freemason, a member of Sacramento
Lodge, No. 140, also of Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3, of Council No. 1, of Commandery No. 2, of Unity Lodge, No. 2088, K. of H., of
Sacramento Lodge, No. 11, K. of P., of Capitol Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F., and
of Red Cloud Tribe, No. 40, I. O. R. M.
Transcribed 8-30-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated
History of Sacramento County, California. Page 622. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.