History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 440, Astoria Township
G. V. Hopkins, retired physician, was born in Bourbon Co., Ky.,
Feb. 3, 1798; his father, Lemuel Hopkins, was a native of Pennsylvania,
and a farmer; Garrett, the subject of this sketch, was so enthusiastic
in the study of medicine while young that he qualified himself for
practice at a very early age; in 1810 he settled in Preble Co., O., and
became eminent in his practice in a short time; in 1820 he married Miss
Susanna Leas, a daughter of Daniel Leas, of Little York, Pa.; she died,
and in 1831 he married Esther Oliver, of Dark Co., O.; in 1841 he came
to the point where Astoria is now situated, and practiced in his
profession for many years.
