Historical Marker

Johnson Jones Hooper

US 17 Business (Market Street) at Third Street in Wilmington · Wilmington · New Hanover

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Editor and humorist, creator

of "Simon Suggs" and other

characters of the Southern

frontier. Born in this city,

1815.

Location

AddressUS 17 Business (Market Street) at Third Street in Wilmington
CityWilmington
CountyNew Hanover
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates34.236650, -77.930950

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