John Hopp was born in Germany,
Sept. 29, 1820, and came to America in 1840. He landed at
New York, and from there went to Pennsylvania, where he
remained until 1854, when he came to Clayton County and
located in Sperry Township. He was married to Sarah
Gambe, Apr. 24, 1853, in Pennsylvania, where she was born
Oct. 12, 1820. Their union has been blessed with six
children - George W., born Jan. 31, 1854, now resides in
Brookings, Dak.; he is editor of the Brookings County
Press, and also has an interest in the Dakota Huronite
and the Hamilton County Times; he is Postmaster at
Brookings; John, born Jan. 24, 1856, resides in Brookings
County, Dak., and is engaged in farming; Jacob, born Jan.
13, 1858, is a resident of Kingsbury County, Dak., and
edits the Kingsbury County News and the Lake Preston
Times; he is also in the Recorder's office at that place,
Henry, born Jan. 31, 1861; Thomas, Jan. 20, 1863, and
Mary, Aug. 2, 1872. The subject of this sketch owns a
farm of 60 acres of finely cultivated land in Sperry
Township, where he resides. He served one year in the
late war in the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry, Company D. He
was discharged at Iowa Mountain, Mo., on account of
disability. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1097 |