Hooper, Caroline Mallett, 1814-1875

Caroline Eliza Mallett (1814-1875) was the daughter of Charles Peter Mallett (1792-1874), a prominent manufacturer and banker of Fayetteville, North Carolina. She lived in North Carolina until her marriage in 1836 to George De Berniere Hooper (1809-1892). Hooper was the son of Archibald Maclaine Hooper (1775-1853), journalist and lawyer of Wilmington, North Carolina. He taught school in Wilmington and Charleston, studied law in Wilmington, and began practice in Alabama in 1833. The letters show that he lived successively in LaFayette, Alabama; Columbus, Georgia; and Crawford and Opelika, Alabama.