[2] His wife, Mary Ann Peacock, died in 1872 of tuberculosis;[2] they had three children, Harry C., William Francis (who became a writer) and Jennie M.[2][3] As of 1883 he was a manufacturer of tools.
He listed his party affiliation as "Trades Assembly" (one of two such) in the Wisconsin Blue Book, and was assigned to the standing committee on state affairs.
[citation needed] Hooker went to work for the Milwaukee post office in approximately 1884 (the Assembly was not at that time a full-time job).
He had worked there for ten years, and was a directory clerk, at the time of his death at his home in the Fernwood neighborhood of Milwaukee.
He was buried in Fond du Lac's Rienzi Cemetery, where his wife and other members of his family were interred.