KROPPACH, OSWALD

KROPPACH, ZEPPENFELD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/22/2026 at 07:57:16

BURLINGTON CITY.
(P. O. BURLINGTON)

KROPPACH, OSWALD, Assessor; was born in Prussia Sept. 24, 1832; came to New York Dec. 7, 1853, remaining there some seven months, and from there removed to St. Louis, where he resided about one year ; from St. Louis he went to Chicago, staying there about five months ; the latter part of 1855, he came to Burlington, where he engaged in the manufacture of gents' and ladies fur goods and dealt in hats and caps; in 1870, he sold out to R. M. Washburn. Mr. Kroppach has been elected to the office of Assessor, four times, in 1871, 1872, 1874 and 1878 ; he has been a prominent member of the Turner Society since his residence in Burlington. Jan. 1, 1854, Mr. Kroppach was married to Sophia Zeppenfeld, in Chicago ; Mrs. Kroppach was born in Prussia ; they have had six children, two of whom died in infancy ; the living are Emma, Bertha. Robert and Otto.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879