History of Dublin, (Pulaski County) Virginia United States of America

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Moses Aaron Hopkins Biographical Sketch

Moses Aaron Hopkins, diplomat, was born in Dublin, Pulaski county, Va., Dec. 25, 1846. He was a child of slave parents and in 1862 took refuge in the lines of the Federal army. He learned the alphabet after 1866, studied at Avery college and was graduated from Lincoln university in 1874, and from Auburn Theological seminary in 1877, where he was the first colored man to graduate. He was ordained by the presbytery of Baltimore in 1877 and was pastor and teacher at Franklinton, N.C., 1877-85. He was married, Oct. 14, 1875, to Carrie Elizabeth Payne, of Utica, N.Y., and in 1885 was appointed by president Cleveland U.S. minister resident and consul-general to Liberia. He died in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 3, 1886.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor