William A (Ab) "Will" Hooper b.1871 Polk, NC d. 1948 Odd, Raleigh County, Virginia. Looking for Parents, Thanks

Question

Family Trees has Father as Hooper-8576 John Richard Hooper (1849-1923) from Nashville, Tennessee, I don’t believe this is his Father 

Answer 1

Donnie, Abs' death certificate says he was born in Tennessee and his father, John, was born in Graham NC. John and Ida were in NC in 1910 and 1920.

Answer 2

I think you are probably correct.  People seem to be conflating your William with a child called Absolum Hooper from the 1880 census,

 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQR-3BZ : 5 January 2022), Absalom Hooper in household of John R. Hooper, District 11, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

who was the son of John R. and Selina Hooper.  That child was actually Robert Absolum Hooper, born in March, 1873, per his Tennessee death record

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS82-M9H : 1 March 2021), Robert Absolum Hooper, 13 Dec 1921; Death, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

That doesn't help you find William's real parents, I know, but I think it definitively shows that John and Selina are incorrect.

Comments

Yes maybe we can find his line of Hooper’s

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Found a Dr John Riley Hooper https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/86425118:60525

Answer 3

photo of Death cert hee

https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2014/33/34002122_1391449424.gif

says John Hooper was father, no mothers name

Comments

This might be the right family, age is a little off, but that's not uncommon and place is correct:  "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWQ-MJD : 5 January 2022), Absalom Hooper in household of John Hooper, District 6, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .