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FRANCIS 'FRANK' HENRY SLEEPER, was born in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada, 26 November 1862. He was the son of WRIGHT SLEEPER, (a manufacturer and inventor) and PHILINDA COLE, and the grandson of HEZEKIAH SLEEPER and HANNAH BATCHELDER, the daughter of DANIEL BACHELDER and JUDITH JUDKINS, who came to the Eastern Townships in 1801 from Danville, Vermont. FRANK H. SLEEPER was married to LILLY ANN HOPKINSON on December 04, 1883, in Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec. LILLIE ANN "LILLA" was born on June 1, 1864 in Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke County, Quebec, and was the daughter of WILLIAM CUELL HOPKINSON and CLARINA HOWARD SMITH. FRANK SLEEPER's grandfather, HEZEKIAH SLEEPER was a captain in the militia in the war of 1812. The history of the family is written up in The History of Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, by B. F. HUBBARD.
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