| − | By 1787, Hoopers health had deteriorated. At forty-seven he was appointed to the Federal Bench, and he retired a year later. He died in Hillsboro at the age of forty-eight. | + | By 1787, Hoopers health had deteriorated. At age forty-seven he was appointed to the Federal Bench, and he retired a year later. He died in Hillsboro at the age of forty-eight. |