Mr. Robert Imlay Hopper, of Paterson, long a prominent attorney of that
city, died on January 24th after a few days illness from a general
breakdown.
Mr. Hopper was the son of the late Judge John Hopper and Mary A. (Imlay)
Hopper, of Paterson, and was born in that city May 28, 1845. After a
public school education he entered Rutgers College, being graduated
there in 1866. He studied law with his father and became a New Jersey
attorney at the June Term, 1869, and a counselor three years later. For
many years father and son were associated in practice in Paterson, being
severed only because the father was elevated to the Bench. In 1878 he
was chosen counsel to the Passaic Board of Chosen Freeholders and served
as such for ten years. He was also secretary to the Paterson & Hudson
River Railroad (now part of the Erie R. R.), holding that office at the
time of his death. He was active in the National Guard of New Jersey,
having been Major and Judge Advocate, and was prominent in Masonic
circles and in various clubs. His wife, who was Miss Ida E. Hughes, died
April 24, 1878. One daughter, Ida, survives.