Governor Ben W. Hooper was born Bennie Walter Wade in Newport, Cocke County, on October 13, 1870, th…

Shared note	Governor Ben W. Hooper was born Bennie Walter Wade in Newport, Cocke County, on October 13, 1870, the illegitimate son of Sarah Wade and Dr. Lemuel Washington Hooper. The child and his mother moved to Dandridge, Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), New Market, and finally Knoxville, where his mother placed the boy in the care of St. John's Orphanage of the Episcopal Church. At the age of nine, he was legally adopted by his father, who changed the boy's name to Hooper and raised him in Newport.

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Governor Ben W. Hooper was born Bennie Walter Wade in Newport, Cocke County, on October 13, 1870, the illegitimate son of Sarah Wade and Dr. Lemuel Washington Hooper. The child and his mother moved to Dandridge, Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), New Market, and finally Knoxville, where his mother placed the boy in the care of St. John's Orphanage of the Episcopal Church. At the age of nine, he was legally adopted by his father, who changed the boy's name to Hooper and raised him in Newport.

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Benjamin Walter Wade Hooper Benjamin Walter Hooper Father: Lemuel Washington Hooper Mother: Sarah Wade				October 13, 1870 October 30, 1870	153	Newport, Cocke, Tennessee, USA Newport, Tennessee, USA	1	April 18, 1957 April 18, 1957	67	86	Newport, Tennessee, USA	Never	M	YES	Y100
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