All In The Family

18th Century Pioneer’s Descendants From All Over Country Visit Harrisonburg

Posted: September 24, 2012

By DOUG MANNERS

Dayna Vocke, 2, who lives in New Carlisle, Ohio, and is a descendant of Archibald Hopkins, explores a room in the Hopkins homestead on Saturday. The home on Singers Glen Road, built in 1759, is now owned by Wayne and Shelvie Carr. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Wayne and Shelvie Carr play host Saturday to about 60 descendants of Archibald Hopkins at the pioneer’s mid-18th century homestead on Singers Glen Road.

HARRISONBURG — Genealogy is about more than names and dates for Clark Hopkins.

 

It’s the stories that tell his ancestors’ past that fascinates him.

 

“To me, that’s more...



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