Mr. Hopkins followed Mr. Culver as a settler.

The evidence

• “Culver, in the year 1839, he settling on the site of his present residence, where he made the first claim. He was followed by Mr. — Hopkins, in 1840, and a man by the name of Blackstone and Mr. Blodgett, the former in 1843 and the latter in 1842.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 659 / book p. 663

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources