Propst, W. A.

PROPST, CUNNINGHAM, PROPPS

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/23/2013 at 08:11:10

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

PROPST, W.A.—Grinnell Twp—pg 921-22. Dealer in groceries and provisions. Was born April 29, 1829, and is a native of West Virginia, where he was raised and educated. He commenced farming while young and continued it until the fall of 1851, when he came to Iowa, locating in Scott county, where he remained until the spring of 1868. Then came to Grinnell and since that time has been engaged in his present business. Mr. Propst has been twice married; first, in Scott county, November 7, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth A. Cunningham. They had by this union six children: Frank, Ida May, Emma J. Minnie B., Sarah and Charlie. His second marriage was in Illinois, June 15, 1875, to Miss C.J. Propps. They have one child, Bertie.