For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 523
ANDREW F. KOEPPE....Andrew F. Koeppe, an enterprising and successful agriculturist of Fulton township, is numbered among the worthy native sons of Muscatine county and has spent his entire life within its borders. His birth occurred on the 29th of January, 1872, his parents being Charles and Rosa ( Koschnople ) Koeppe,who are natives of Germany and Bohemia respectively. They were married in this county and began their domestic life on a farm of eighty acres in Fulton township, to further the cultivation and improvement of which Mr. Koeppe has since devoted his time and energies. As his financial resources increased he extended the boundaries of his farm by additional purchase until it now embraces two hundred and eighty acres of rich and valuable land. Both he and his wife enjoy a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout the community, having won the regard and esteem of all with whom they have come in contact. Unto them were born fourteen children, nine of whom are yet living, namely : Kate, Carrie, Therese, Annie, Emma, Ida, Sadie, Otto, and Andrew F.The last named remained under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age assisting his father in the operation of the home farm and thus gaining practical knowledge of the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. On starting out as an agriculturist on his own account he rented a tract of land and has since been actively engaged in the work of the field, now operating a farm near Stockton in Fulton township. His thrift and industry are manifest in the neat and attractive appearance of the place and the well tilled fields annually yield golden harvests in return for the care and labor which he bestows upon them.
In 1900 Mr. Koeppe was united in marriage to Miss Emma Lamp, who was born on the farm which our subject now operates, her natal day being August 20, 1878. Her parents were Hans and Louisa ( Plambeck ) Lamp, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Illinois. They were married in Iowa and took up their abode on a rented farm in Fulton township, Muscatine county, Mr. Lamp being busily engaged in its operation until 1887. In that year he purchased land and successfully carried on his agricultural interests until 1900, since which time he has lived in honorable retirement near Stockton. He still owns one hundred and seventy-three acres of well improved and productive land. Mr. and Mrs. Koeppe are the parents of four children, as follows : Louis, whose birth occurred on the 7th of July, 1901 ; Florence, whose natal day was December 6, 1903 ; Estella, born April 27, 1907 ; and Luella,, who first opened her eyes to the light of day on the 28th of June. 1910.
Mr. Koeppe belongs to Walcott Camp No. 2479, M. W. A., and is also identified with the Modern Brotherhood of America, being a member of the lodge at Stockton. He and his wife are well known socially here and have a large circle of warm friends who esteem them for their excellent traits of character as well as for their hospitality and kindly spirit.
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