Soper, George

SOPER, RYAN

Posted By: Lesley and Renee Franks
Date: 7/29/2013 at 15:58:45

GEORGE SOPER, farmer, Wayne Twp., Sec. 31; P.O. Anamosa; owns 320 acres of land in See. 31 and 160 acres in another part of the township. He was born in the town of Pitcher, Chenango Co., N.Y., in 1827; came to Jones Go. in 1848. His wife's maiden name was Margery Ann Ryan, a native of Ohio; she came to Iowa when she was 1 year old; they were married in 1857; have nine children—Horace, Melissa, Ella, Douglass, Joseph, Frank, Charlie, Addie and Jennie; two of the children are married, and live in the same township. Mr. and Mrs. Soper, and Ella and Melissa, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 635.