Hopkins, George H
soldier, lawyer, legislator, manufacturer, was born Nov. 7, 1842, in White Lake, Mich. He received his education in the public schools of his native state; graduated from the Michigan State Normal school in 1867; and in 1871 from the law department of the university of Michigan. During the civil war he served as a union soldier in the seventeenth regiment Michigan volunteer infantry; and in 1889- 90 was adjutant-general of the Grand Army of the Republic. During 1879-84 he served with distinction as a member of the Michigan house of representatives; was speaker pro tem in 1883-84, and chairman of the judiciary committee. In 1888- 90 he was chairman of the republican state central committee, and in 1890-94 was collector of customs for the port of Detroit, in which city he has attained prominence as a business man and a successful manufacturer.