John L. Ripple

RIPPLE, FENTON, VON NIEDA, SNYDER

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 5/7/2010 at 23:32:28

History of Jackson County, Iowa, James W. Ellis, 1910

JOHN L. RIPPLE.

John L. Ripple, a well known and successful farmer and stock raiser of Perry township, is busily engaged in the cultivation of a tract of land comprising two hundred acres. His birth occurred in Richland township, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 17th of August, 1866, his parents being Calvin and Margaret Ann (Mayberry) Ripple, who were natives of Mercer county, Pennsylvania. About the year 1850 they came to Jackson county, Iowa, with their respective parents and here Calvin Ripple has made his home continuously since, being now a resident of Maquoketa. He has attained the age of seventy-two years and has long been numbered among the most respected and worthy citizens of his community. His wife was called to her final rest in 1901. Their family numbered nine children, six of whom are still living.
In the common schools John L. Ripple acquired a fair education that qualified him to take up the more responsible duties of life when he put aside the tasks of the schoolroom. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age and then purchased the A.J. Sweesy farm, residing thereon for five years. On the expiration of that period he disposed of the property and bought his present farm of two hundred acres in Perry township. The fields return golden harvests as a reward for the care and labor he bestows upon them and he also raises good grades of stock. The farm presents a well kept appearance and everything about the place is indicative of the careful supervision of the owner, whose methods are at once practical and progressive. His industry has ever been one of his salient characteristics and has been the measure of his success.
Mr. Ripple has been married twice. In 1889 he wedded Miss Amy Fenton, a native of Jackson county, Iowa, and their union was blessed with a son, Ray, who is now attending college in Chicago. Following the demise of his first wife Mr. Ripple was again married, in 1896, his second union being with Miss Eva Von Nieda, a native of Hamilton county, Iowa. Her parents, Samuel and Sarah (Snyder) Von Nieda, were both born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and in 1867 took up their abode in Jackson county, this state, here residing throughout the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of nine children, six of whom still survive. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ripple have been born five children, as follows: Elsie; Edna; Lloyd, who is deceased; Harold; and Floyd.
In his political views Mr. Ripple is a stalwart republican and at the present time is capably serving in the position of township trustee and also as a school director. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the United Presbyterian church, with which his wife is also identified. He has resided in this county throughout his entire life and is therefore largely familiar with its upbuilding and substantial development, especially along agricultural lines, with which he has been connected throughout the entire period of his manhood.

Mrs. John L. Ripple Grave
 

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