Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
KOPP, JOHN F:
Farmer; b Des Moines Co, Iowa Oct 23, 1871; s of John Martin Kopp-Mary Wagner; ed Des Moines Co; Elliott Business Coll, Burlington 1891-92; m Grace L Wright Sept 5, 1901 Henry Co; d Mary (Mrs William Gordon), Ruth (Mrs Miles Mallams), Naomi; 1892-96 farmer with father, Henry Co; 1896-97 well driller, Henry Co; 1897-99 owner & opr 320 A, farms 260 A, total property 500 A, Henry Co, raiser & feeder hogs & Angus cattle; dir & stockholder A D Hayes Co; 1910- trustee Marion twp, secured 10 miles of hard surface road past Beulah Meth Ch; 1937- dir sch bd, 1914- secy, instrumental in orgn & bldg of Pleasant Lawn sch, pres 2 years; Farm Union, past mbr, active in com work, secy bd & orgr Farmers Co-op Exchange Store; Henry Co Short Course, secy & overseer Corn Show 1916; past mbr Livestock Marketing Exchange, later became Henry Co Farm Bur, ch mbr, pres 6 years, 1935- treas, active in com work, mbr livestock & mbrship drive coms; MWA, Mount Pleasant, past mbr; IOOF, Mount Pleasant, 1910- mbr; Meth Ch, chmn trustees in rebuilding Beulah Ch 1925-26, chmn of bd, asst tchr mens SS class; Rep twp committeeman & del to co conv many times, del to determine Henry Co supvr; hobbies: fishing, hunting, visiting, reading; res Route 1, Mount Pleasant.
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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.

Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, March 2021.

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